Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of this liberty. No laws shall be passed regulating or restraining the freedom of the press.[Maine.] The liberty of the press is essential to security of freedom in a State; it ought not, therefore, to be restrained in this Commonwealth. [Massachusetts.] The liberty of the press is essential to the security of freedom in a State; it ought, therefore, to be inviolably preserved. — [New-Hampshire.] The people have a right to freedom of speech, and of writing and publishing their sentiments concerning the transactions of government, and, therefore, the freedom of the press ought not to be restrained. [Vermont.] Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right. No law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press. [Connecticut.] Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions, or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury: and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. -[New-York.] The printing presses shall be free to every person. who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the Legislature, or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citizen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. [Pennsylvania.] The press shall be free to every citizen who undertakes to examine the official conduct of men acting in a public capacity; and any citizen may print on any such subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. — [Delaware.] The liberty of the press ought to be inviolably preserved. [Maryland.] The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and can never be restrained but by despotic governinents. [Virginia.] The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained.[North Carolina ] | The trial by jury, as heretofore used in this State, and the liberty of the press, shall be forever inviolably preserved. [South Carolina.] Freedom of the press, and trial by jury, as heretofore used in this State, shall remain inviolate; and no ex facto law shall be passed. — [Georgia.] The printing presses shall be free to every person who undertakes to examine the proceedings of the Legislature, or any branch of government; and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every citi zen may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. [Kentucky, Tennessee, Indiana, Louisiana, and Illinois.] The printing presses shall be open and free to every citizen who wishes to examine the proceedings of any branch of government, or the conduct of any 'public officer; and no law shall ever restrain the right thereof. Every citizen has an indisputable right to speak, write, or print upon any subject, as he thinks proper, being liable for the abuse of that liberty.[Ohio.] Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. No law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press. [Mississippi.] Every citizen may freely speak, write, and pub lish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty.-[Alabama.] The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man; and every person may freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. [Missouri.] If any citizen of the United States, being of the crew or ship's company of any foreign ship or vessel engaged in the slave trade, or any person whatever, being of the crew or ship's company of any ship or vessel owned in the whole or part, or navigated for, or in behalf of any citizen or citizens of the United States, shall land, from any such ship or vessel, and an any foreign shore seize any negro or mulatto, not held to service or labor by the laws of either of the States or Territories of the United States, with intent to make such negro or mulatto a slave, or shall decoy, or forcibly bring or carry, or shall receive such negro or mulatto on board any such ship or vessel, with intent as aforesaid, such citizen or person shall be adjudged a pirate, and on conviction thereof, before the Circuit Court of the United States, for the district wherein he may be brought or found, shall suffer DEATH. — [Laws of the United States.] INDEX. Abolition, immediate, what is meant by it, Adultery fostered by the slave-system, Afflicting case of a Mother, America, United States of, Apostles referred to, Believing Masters, Blessing of him that was ready to perish, Blessing pronounced upon such as remember the poor, Bond-servants, Hebrews not to be compelled to serve as such, Bonds, those in, to be remembered, Breaking the commands of God, and teaching men so, Casting lots for God's people, Christian rum-drinkers, Christian enslavers, Clarke, Dr. A., his opinion of slavery, and the slave- trade, Coke, Dr., his opposition to slavery, Page 75 53 104 134, 135 133 52 58 14 34 137 99 95 60 59 105, 131 80 68 94 147 38, 104 31 121 Comfort of the oppressed, Congress, members of, engaged in the slave-trade, of the slave-system, Covetousness forbidden, Cruelties to servants, forbidden by the Mosaic law, Daniel, his example referred to, |