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" ... no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent... "
Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled ... - Page 627
by New York (State). Constitutional Convention, Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter, William Leete Stone - 1821 - 703 pages
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The Constitutions of the United States: According to the Latest Amendments ...

Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...all mankind. 'Provided that the liberty of conscience, hereby granted^ .'shall not be so construed, as to^ excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or Safety of this State. XXXIX. And whereas the Ministers of the Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of...
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Acts of the General Assembly of the State of South-Carolina, from ..., Volume 1

South Carolina - Session laws - 1808 - 502 pages
...to all mankind: Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God,...
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The History of South-Carolina: From Its First Settlement in 1670 ..., Volume 2

David Ramsay - Enslaved persons - 1809 - 642 pages
...to ail mankind, provided that the liberty of conscience thereby declared shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices,...inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state/' "*-• fi By the constitution of 1778 the title of the executive officer was changed from president...
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A Gazetteer of the State of New-York;: Carefully Written from Original and ...

Horatio Gates Spafford - Albany (N.Y.) - 1813 - 376 pages
...to all mankind. Provided, that the liberty of conscience hereby granted, shall not be so construed, as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state." The 39th section ordains, determines and declares, that no minister of the gospel or priest of any...
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The Catholic Question in America: Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in ...

William Sampson - Catholics - 1813 - 278 pages
...which is in these words, " that the liberty of conscience hereby granted, shall rt not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, " or justify practices, inconsistent with the peace or safe(( ty of this state/' The liberty of conscience is granted let it be remarked, and by aprotestant...
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An Alphabetical Digest of the Public Statute Law of South-Carolina, Volume 3

Joseph Brevard, South Carolina - Law - 1814 - 528 pages
...all mankind : Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God,...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...however, has wisely declared, that the "liberty of conscience, thereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of thU state." In a word, the convention, by whom that constitution was formed, were of opinion, that...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 518 pages
..."liberty of con. science, thereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse icts oí licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state." In a word, the convention, by whom that constitution was formed, were of opinion, that the gnspelof...
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Laws of the State of New York, Volume 1

New York (State) - Session laws - 1823 - 516 pages
...without discrimination or preference, shall forever be allowed in this state, to all mankind; but tlie liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be...the peace, or safety of this state. . . »SEC. IV. And whereas, the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God,...
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 220 pages
...profession and wort-hip, without discrimination or preference, shall for ever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby...inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. 4. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the service of God...
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