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The Removal of the Indians: An Article from the American Monthly Magazine ... - Page 47
by George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 72 pages
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Ramsay's History of South Carolina: From Its First Settlement in ..., Volume 1

David Ramsay - 1858 - 600 pages
...to all 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." By the constitution of 1778, the title of the executive officer was changed from President...
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Congressional Serial Set

1858 - 798 pages
...establishment or mode of worship ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the State; nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious societies,...
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General Laws of the State of Minnesota

Minnesota - 1858 - 1064 pages
...establishment or mode of worship; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of the State, nor shall &ny money be drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any religious societies,...
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Notes on Dr. Scott's Bible and Politics

W. C. Anderson - 1859 - 104 pages
...matters of religions belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State." Sec. 2 of Art. 9, " The Legislature shall encourage, by all suitable means, the promotion of...
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American Eloquence: A Collection of Speeches and Addresses, by the ..., Volume 1

Frank Moore - 1859 - 618 pages
...however, has wisely declared, that the 'liberty of conscience, thereby granted, shall not be so construed all cases to which the separate States are incompetent, or in which the harmony of the United States m State.' In a word, the convention, by whom that constitution was formed, were of opinion, that the...
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The Political Code of the State of New York

New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - 1859 - 670 pages
...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 with the peace or safety of this state. wrttofh»b«» SECTION 4. The privilege of the writ of hal>eas corpus shall not be suspended,...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New York: As Altered by ..., Volume 1

New York (State) - 1859 - 1086 pages
...state to all mankind : Prodded, 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 ^°™^BJ°r profession, dedicated...
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Notes on Dr. Scott's Bible and Politics

William Astley Cooper Anderson - 1859 - 92 pages
...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 with the peace or safety of this State." Sec. 2 of Art. 9, " The Legislature shall encourage, by all suitable means, the promotion of...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity in the Supreme Court of the ..., Volume 28

Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1859 - 720 pages
...state 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." All of this section, with the exception of the preamble, was re-adopted in the constitution...
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The State Register [of California] and Year Book of Facts: For the Year 1857-59

1859 - 452 pages
...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 with the peace or safety of this State. SEC. 6. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases...
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