 ... public peace, nor obstruct others in their religious worship; — and all persons demeaning themselves peaceably, as good members of the State, shall be equally under the protection of the laws, and no subordination nor preference of any one sect...  Niles' National Register - Page 261821Full view - About this book
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 572 pages
...citizens of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law ; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. ART. 4. The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1853 - 108 pages
...citizens of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. ART. 4. The^ people of this Commonwealth have the Right of selfsole and exclusive right of governing... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1853 - 158 pages
...subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.] IV. The people of this Commonwealth have the sole and exclusive right of governing themselves, as a... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - Religion in the public schools - 1854 - 314 pages
...Bible be admitted, the Roman Catholic children are excluded, and inasmuch as the Constitution says that no subordination nor preference of any one sect or...denomination to another shall ever be established by law, therefore the Bible must be excluded. But why? Because a particular sect requires it ! Then what is... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - History - 1854 - 304 pages
...Bible be admitted, the Roman Catholic children are excluded, and inasmuch as the Constitution says that no subordination nor preference of any one sect or...denomination to another shall ever be established by law, therefore the Bible must be excluded. But why? Because a particular sect requires it ! Then what is... | |
 | Antonio Gavin - 1854 - 430 pages
...subjects of the Commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law:'* so likewise in the Constitution of the United States it is provided, that 'Congress shall make no law... | |
 | New Hampshire - Law - 1854 - 712 pages
...good subjects of the State, shall be equally under the protection of the law ; and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law. And nothing herein shall be understood to affect any former contracts made for the support of the ministry... | |
 | Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives - Parliamentary practice - 1855 - 226 pages
...not disturb the public peace, nor obstruct others in their religious worship ; — and all persons demeaning themselves peaceably, as good members of...test be required as a qualification for any office or trust, under this state ; and all religious societies in this state, whether incorporate or unincorporate,... | |
 | Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...good citizens of the state, shall be equally under the protection of the law : and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another, shall ever be established by law. And nothing herein shall be understood to affect any former contracts made for the support of the ministry... | |
 | Society for the liberation of religion from State patronage and control - 1873 - 466 pages
...their separate constitutions. In the State of Maine the fundamental law of the State provided that " no subordination, nor preference of any one sect or denomination to another, shall be established by law." After referring to other instances, the speaker said that in every one of the... | |
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