 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - 1836 - 692 Seiten
...to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men have an equal, natural, and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | William White - 1836 - 408 Seiten
...the sixteenth article of the declaration of rights, it is provided in the words following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all itfen are' equally entitled to the free exercise of religion; according to the dictates of conscience... | |
 | Rhode Island - 1844 - 612 Seiten
...as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. ••• IV. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 Seiten
...or established within the limits thereof. 15. That no free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That rnligion, or the duty which we owe *o our Creator. ;md the manner of discharging it, can be directed... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 Seiten
...erected or established within the limits thereof. " That no free government, or the blessing of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. "That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed... | |
 | Wisconsin. Constitutional Convention - 1848 - 698 Seiten
...of error shall never be prohibited bylaw. Sec. 20. No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. BYRON KILBOURN, Chairman. Resolutions were introduced and read, as follows, to wit : By Mr. CASE :... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Albert Strobhart - 1848 - 616 Seiten
...Principles and Acts of the Revolution, 124. It declares that religion, or the City Council v. Benjamin. duty which we owe to our creator, and the manner of...be directed only by reason and conviction, not by form or violence, and that therefore, all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of... | |
 | George Long - 1850 - 704 Seiten
...and obtaining happiness and safety." |5,: " That no free government or the blessing of liberty, "n be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence...it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force and viok-nee; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free i-xtrcise of... | |
 | John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 Seiten
...mistake not, was worthy the pen of the recording angel. That clause read something in this manner : that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 534 Seiten
...the pen of the recording angel. That clause read something in this manner: lhat religion or the duly which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; therefore, all men ore equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
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That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence... 
