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... American Educational Monthly - Página 4421866Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1855 - 576 páginas
...temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
| United States. Supreme Court, Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1855 - 702 páginas
...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 Pinkney Hambleton - 1856 - 550 páginas
...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 - 564 páginas
...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 - 702 páginas
...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 - 700 páginas
...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 - 278 páginas
...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,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according... | |
| John Scott - 1860 - 282 páginas
...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,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to Ike free exercise of religion, according... | |
| Episcopal Church. General Convention - 1861 - 698 páginas
...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,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
| Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1862 - 438 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
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