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... Niles' National Register - Seite 2891817Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Wilson Campbell - 1813 - 322 Seiten
...and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according... | |
| David Bailie Warden - 1816 - 230 Seiten
...Williamsburgj in May 1766, it was solemnly declared : " 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 and violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of their religion, according... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1817 - 528 Seiten
...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 tfen arc equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to TERRETT the dictates-of... | |
| United States federal convention - 1819 - 524 Seiten
...equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. xx. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...by 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,... | |
| William White - 1820 - 506 Seiten
...following, viz. — " That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging, 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 to the dictates... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - 1822 - 526 Seiten
...principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, ш be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and, therefore that all men «/«¿J enjoy thefuUeit toleration in the exerciie of rthjin, according... | |
| Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1823 - 462 Seiten
...recurrence to fundamental principles. XVI. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion. Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...by 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... | |
| Virginia, William Waller Hening - 1821 - 674 Seiten
...frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Religion CREATOR, and the manner of discharging it, can be...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dic»... | |
| Virginia - 1833 - 604 Seiten
...by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 10. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...by 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... | |
| 1834 - 544 Seiten
...liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — ' That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be...by 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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