 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 ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according...  Papers of the American Historical Association - עמוד 30מאת American Historical Association - 1888תצוגה מלאה - מידע על ספר זה
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 546 דפים
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercises of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - 1855
...and to withhold from it any support by public taxation. But, although it may be true that " religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence," and that "all men are equally 'entitled to the [ * 49 ] VOL. in. 22 Terrett r. Taylor. 9 C. free exercise... | |
 | JAMES P. HAMBLETON - 1856
...privilege was not so extensive. But our glorious old Bill of Eights provided " that religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conscience, not by force or violence; and therefore all men are entitled to a free exercise of religion,... | |
 | James Pinkney Hambleton - 1856 - 509 דפים
...privilege was not so extensive. But our glorious old Bill of llighta provided " that religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conscience, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are entitled to a free exercise of religion,... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1859 - 683 דפים
...remonstrate against the said bill ; — Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...be directed only by reason and conviction, not by MEMORIAL AND REMONSTRANCE. 635 force or violence."* The religion, then, of every man must be left to... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1859 - 683 דפים
...Madison. " That religion, or the duty we " That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the man- owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be di- ner of discharging it, being under rected only by reason and convic- the direction of reason and... | |
 | John Scott - 1860 - 266 דפים
...ought to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. 20. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to Ike free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that no particular religious... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1860
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. " Religion can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, nll men are equally entitled to the free exercise of it, according to the dictates of conscience ;... | |
 | Episcopal Church. General Convention - 1861 - 655 דפים
...by the 16th 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 men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and... | |
 | Virginia - 1862 - 36 דפים
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by a- frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and... | |
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