 | United States. Congress. House - 1826 - 844 páginas
...ronstrucd as exceptions to certain specified powers, or as inserted merely for greater caution. tburlh. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...of discharging it, can be directed only by reason anil conviction, and not by force or violence; and tlierefore all men have an equal, natural, and uualienable... | |
 | James Madison - 1828 - 16 páginas
...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,...can be directed only by reason and conviction, not bj force or violence. The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience... | |
 | 1834 - 504 páginas
...equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.' Virginia, in its constitution, says : — 'That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator,...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... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 632 páginas
...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,...reason and conviction, not by force or violence.' The religion, then, of every man, must be left to the conviction and conscience of every man ; and... | |
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - 1835 - 644 páginas
...ought to be exempted upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. XX. 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... | |
 | Jonathan Elliot, United States. Constitutional Convention - 1836 - 692 páginas
...to be exempted, upon payment of an equivalent to employ another to bear arms in his stead. " 20th. 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... | |
 | William White - 1836 - 408 páginas
...the sixteenth 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,...conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all itfen are' equally entitled to the free exercise of religion; according to the dictates of conscience... | |
 | Francis Lister Hawks - 1836 - 632 páginas
...1802 is constitutional. * The article is in these words : — " That religion, or the duty whichlwe owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed onlj by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled... | |
 | 1843 - 434 páginas
...moderation. t«v I«rance. frugality, and virtue, and by frequent recurrence to funJaraf"tal principles. 16. That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator. 8ndt™l manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and OM«j I tion, not by force or... | |
 | Rhode Island - 1844 - 612 páginas
...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... | |
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Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth " 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. 
