 | Charles Campbell - Virginia - 1860 - 766 pages
...of the house, and Archibald Gary speaker of the senate. The new declaration of rights asserted that "all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion according to the dictates of conscience;" yet it appeared that the assembly intended to continue the old church... | |
 | Episcopal Church. General Convention - United States - 1861 - 698 pages
...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,...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each othe," — which said Article is now in full force. In testimony whereof, I have hereunto... | |
 | Virginia - Law - 1862 - 238 pages
...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,...practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. ••• CONSTITUTION OF VIRGINIA. Mr. Arcltihalct Oary, from tho cuminittrn -appointed... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - Slavery - 1862 - 438 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. The constitution was framed to... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - Constitutional history - 1863 - 312 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other. The llth section of the 3d article of the constitution of 1880, secures perfect... | |
 | Taliaferro Preston Shaffner - 1863 - 862 pages
...moderation, temperance. &»• . gality, and virtue, and by frequent recumnc* to fundamental principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of ducharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, sot by AD 1776.] HISTORY OF AMERICA.... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1863 - 548 pages
...construed as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. IV. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner rf discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, and not by force i::i violence ;... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - United States - 1864 - 842 pages
...moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to fundamental principles. "16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...directed only by reason and conviction, not by force and violence, and, therefore, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise of religion,... | |
 | John Fulton - Constitutional history - 1864 - 582 pages
...be construed as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. " 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 violence ; and therefore all men have a natural, equal, and inalienable right... | |
 | Ransom Hebbard Tyler - Cemeteries - 1866 - 568 pages
...and per convention," it is declared, among other things, as the "basis and foundation of government," that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...to practice Christian forbearance, love and charity towards each other." (State Constitution, Bill of Rights, Sec. 16.) § 63. In North Carolina the Constitution... | |
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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... 
