 | Sarah Mytton (Hughes) Maury ("Mrs. William Maury, "), Sarah Mytton Maury - 1847 - 282 pages
...sparing salvo the first amendment adds, that Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof....of such provisions, abound with interdicts of all connexion between Church and State and with protections for the rights of conscience. Christianity... | |
 | South Carolina. Court of Appeals, James Albert Strobhart - 1848 - 616 pages
...are positively prohibited by that amendment of the Constitution of the United States, which ordains that " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof," as well as by the first section of the 8th article of the Constitution of this State,... | |
 | Abbott Hall Brisbane - 1848 - 282 pages
...unto the management of his own dispensations. Ltt your act towards this sacred subject be simply " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." This is enough ; this leaves the salvation of man to the only power to which it... | |
 | Guido Görres, George Phillips - 1848 - 856 pages
...tfi aber eben biefeô фгтсф, ше!фев in ber twrtlamerífantfфen Sßerfaffung alfo lautet: „Congress shall make no Law respecting the Establishment of Religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof (ber Gongrejj foil fein ®efe& тафеп, «>е1фев bie 6mfür)rung einer Religion... | |
 | 1849 - 604 pages
...the impassable harrier, not to be overleaped. The very first amendment to the constitution declares, that " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof. * * * Any law of Congress, requiring any oue man, or any set of men to attend divine... | |
 | John England - 1849 - 524 pages
...did not give to the general government any authority in religious concerns, but expressly stipulated that " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." Thusj whatever authority a government may rightfully possess in this respect, resides... | |
 | Richard Swainson Fisher - 1852 - 752 pages
...United States no national or established religion. It is expressly provided, (Amend, to Const. Art. I.) that " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the exercise thereof. The " Baptists" are the most numerous in every portion of the Union, but on a diversity... | |
 | RICHARD S. FISHER - 1853 - 638 pages
...United States no national or established religion. It is expressly provided, (Amend, to Const. Art. I.) that " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the exercise thereof. The " Baptists" are the most numerous in every portion of the Union, but; on a diversity... | |
 | Cornelius S. Cartee - 1855 - 348 pages
...national or established religion in the United States ; for it is expressly declared in the Constitution, that " Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the exercise thereof." Every citizen is free to choose his own faith ; but the mass of the people adhere... | |
 | John Hughes, John Breckinridge - 1856 - 552 pages
...-a nation, as such, ought not to support nor even recognise the religion of the Lord Jesus Christ. Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof" • (1) Overture, p. 5. (2) Page «. (3) Pago 8. The gentleman will tell you, that... | |
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Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a... 
