 | Constitutions - 1804 - 372 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. XXXIX. And whereas the Ministers of the Gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to the... | |
 | South Carolina - Session laws - 1808 - 502 pages
...enjoyment of religious profession and worsliip, a public act. discrimination or preference, shall fof ever hereafter be allowed within this state to all...Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God, hath petitioned the legislature to be legally incorporated, with privileges and powers similar to those... | |
 | David Ramsay - Enslaved persons - 1809 - 642 pages
...to 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... | |
 | Horatio Gates Spafford - Albany (N.Y.) - 1813 - 376 pages
...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." The 39th section ordains, determines and declares, that no minister of the gospel or priest... | |
 | William Sampson - Catholics - 1813 - 278 pages
...which 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... | |
 | Hezekiah Niles - United States - 1822 - 514 pages
...however, 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
...this 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... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - New York (State) - 1887 - 102 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. 4. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when,... | |
 | Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 220 pages
...this state to all mankind ; 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. 4. And whereas the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated to... | |
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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... 
