 | Rhode Island - 1844 - 612 σελίδες
...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,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 σελίδες
...mistake not, was worthy the pen of the recording angel. That clause read something in this manner : that religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; therefore, all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | George Long - 1850 - 704 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 534 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Charles Wilkins Webber - 1855 - 600 σελίδες
...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, that all men should enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercises of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1859 - 700 σελίδες
...article of Colonel Mason's draught related to the vital subject of religious freedom. Setting forth, that religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, it proceeded to declare that "all men should, therefore, enjoy the fullest toleration in the exercise... | |
 | William Cabell Rives - 1859 - 702 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | John Scott - 1860 - 282 σελίδες
...ought 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,...not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to Ike free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | John Scott - 1860 - 278 σελίδες
...ought 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,...not by force or violence, and, therefore, all men have an equal, natural and unalienable right to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Morris - 1864 - 842 σελίδες
...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,... | |
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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... 
