...christian religion, and consequently a government that the bey might safely treat with."— Or that " the government of the United States is not, in any sense-, founded on the christian religion. It has in itself no character of enmity against the laws and religion of Mussulmen." Honest old captain...

...reciprocal ; passports arc to be given to vessels of each country by which they are to be known — "As the Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion, and has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of Mussulmen, no...

...reciprocal; passports are to be given to vessels of each country by which they are to be known—"As the Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the christian religion, and has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of Mussulmen, no...

...so at the time, ought never to have ratified the treaty alluded to, with the declaration that " the government of the United States, is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion." What else is it founded on 1 This act always appeared to me like trampling upon the cross. I do not...

...its Congress ; while it places on record in its treaty with Tripoli, the solemn assurance that " the government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion." 8 US Stat. at large, 155. It is far from our intention to treat this as a theological question. It...

...Barbary States, while General Washington and Mr. Adams were Presidents, it is expressly stated that " the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion," and that " it has, in itself, no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of...

...llth article of the treaty, and a more full quotation will give the meaning more exactly, that the " Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion." Now, this is a true statement. It is not claimed that the Government of the United States is founded...

...llth article of the treaty, and a more full quotation will give the meaning more exactly, that the " Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion." Now, this is a true statement. It is not claimed that the Government of the United States is founded...

...Tripoli (1797) to insert a sort of disclaimer against Christianity, inserting in the treaty, ' the Government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion,' a sort of offset, in accordance with the fashion of the period, to the Austrian treaty of nearly the...

...God, and another, in contracting atreaty with a Mohammedan power, hesitated not to declare that "The Government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion. It has in itself no character of enmity against the laws and religion of Mussulmans.*" Surely our Christian...