| William Henry Foote - 1850 - 582 páginas
...following July. The last clause of the Bill of Rights is in these words — " That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging...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... | |
| John Ross Browne - 1850 - 534 páginas
...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... | |
| George Long - 1850 - 704 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,...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... | |
| Protestant Episcopal Historical Society - 1851 - 244 páginas
...the Representatives of the good people of Virginia, met at Williamsburg, in May, 1776, it is said : '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 - 1851 - 1348 páginas
...moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a frcqucut recurrence to fundamental principle* 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ran be directed only bj reason and conviction, not bv force or violence ; and therefore all men... | |
| John Howard Hinton - 1851 - 136 páginas
...vicious, and encourage the virtuous, by wholesome laws, equally extending to every individual. But that the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, and is nowhere cognisable but at the tribunal of the universal... | |
| Henry Howe - 1852 - 614 páginas
...1776, the principle of religious freedom is distinctly asserted in the last article, which declares, " that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can only be directed by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and, therefore, all men are equally... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention, Nathan Hale - 1853 - 700 páginas
...matters of religion. Now I hold that religion is a matter exclusively between God and the individual; and " the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason or conviction ; and thus, I repeat it. this right is in its nature an unalienable right, because it... | |
| Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 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,...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... | |
| 1855 - 576 páginas
...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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