State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on 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... The International Quarterly - Page 389edited by - 1904Full view - About this book
| Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...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. II. The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of both civil and religious societies,... | |
| South Carolina - Session laws - 1808 - 502 pages
...all mankind: Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God, hath petitioned... | |
| David Ramsay - Enslaved persons - 1809 - 642 pages
...ail 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/' "*-• fi By the constitution of 1778 the title of the executive officer was changed from... | |
| Philadelphia (Pa.) - 1813 - 716 pages
...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." He dwelt at some length on the broad liberality extended by the enacting clause, and contended... | |
| Horatio Gates Spafford - Albany (N.Y.) - 1813 - 376 pages
...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." The 39th section ordains, determines and declares, that no minister of the gospel or priest... | |
| William Sampson - Catholics - 1813 - 278 pages
...is in these words, " that the liberty of conscience hereby granted, shall rt not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, " or justify practices, inconsistent with the peace or safe(( ty of this state/' The liberty of conscience is granted let it be remarked, and by aprotestant... | |
| Joseph Brevard, South Carolina - Law - 1814 - 528 pages
...all mankind : Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God, nath petitioned... | |
| Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...has wisely declared, that the "liberty of conscience, thereby granted, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of thU state." In a word, the convention, by whom that constitution was formed, were of opinion, that... | |
| New York (State) - Session laws - 1823 - 516 pages
...state, to all mankind; but tlie 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. IV. And whereas, the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated... | |
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