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It is at once admitted that it may not so do . The question is not , in any given case
, whether the community and its social institutions ought to be better ; for the
importance of progressive improvement is readily conceded . Nor is it a question
...
It is at once admitted that it may not so do . The question is not , in any given case
, whether the community and its social institutions ought to be better ; for the
importance of progressive improvement is readily conceded . Nor is it a question
...
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I sustain my position by the admitted truth , that civil order and its authority are not
founded in grace . I take for granted that the foundation and superstructure may
be homogeneous . If the one be legitimate so will the other ; and though nothing ...
I sustain my position by the admitted truth , that civil order and its authority are not
founded in grace . I take for granted that the foundation and superstructure may
be homogeneous . If the one be legitimate so will the other ; and though nothing ...
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... it will readily be admitted , after the remarks just now offered , that in a land
where public apostacy cannot be charged , where there is no obligation to
approve of an unsound principle , or to perpetuate either an abuse or a defect ,
where the ...
... it will readily be admitted , after the remarks just now offered , that in a land
where public apostacy cannot be charged , where there is no obligation to
approve of an unsound principle , or to perpetuate either an abuse or a defect ,
where the ...
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Where no pledge is given to maintain defects , and a testimony against them is
admitted , there is no inconsistency in acting upon principles that are sound , and
in improving facilities that are afforded , under a system that has its wants , in ...
Where no pledge is given to maintain defects , and a testimony against them is
admitted , there is no inconsistency in acting upon principles that are sound , and
in improving facilities that are afforded , under a system that has its wants , in ...
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That they have is readily admitted ; and I have not said these institutions are
perfect . The question at issue is , are the citizens pledged to approve of , and to
perpetuate those imperfections ? -Must no virtuous man participate in the affairs
of ...
That they have is readily admitted ; and I have not said these institutions are
perfect . The question at issue is , are the citizens pledged to approve of , and to
perpetuate those imperfections ? -Must no virtuous man participate in the affairs
of ...
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Página 24 - the Constitution has discarded religious establishments. It does not forbid judicial cognizance of those offences against religion and morality which have no reference to any such establishment, or to any particular form of government, but are punishable because they strike at the root of moral obligation, and weaken the security of the social ties.
Página 24 - Nor are we bound by any expressions in the constitution, as some have strangely supposed, either not to punish at all, or to punish indiscriminately the like attacks upon the religion of Mahomet or of the Grand Lama ; and for this plain reason, that the case assumes that we are a Christian people, and the morality of the country is deeply ingrafted upon Christianity, and not upon the doctrines or worship of those impostors.
Página 24 - The free, equal, and undisturbed enjoyment of religious opinion, whatever it may be, and free and decent discussions on any religious subject, is granted and secured; but to revile, with malicious and blasphemous contempt, the religion professed by almost the whole community is an abuse of that right.
Página 50 - The Migration or Importation of such Persons as any of the States now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the Year 1808, but a Tax or duty may be imposed on such Importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each Person.
Página 41 - In the latter, the local or municipal authorities form distinct and independent portions of the supremacy, no more subject, within their respective spheres, to the general authority than the general authority is subject to them within its own sphere.
Página 24 - ... the people of this state, in common with the people of this country, profess the general doctrines of Christianity, as the rule of their faith and practice; and to scandalize the author of these doctrines is not only, in a religious point of view, extremely impious, but, even in respect to the obligations due to society, is a gross violation of decency and good order.
Página 25 - The proviso guards the article from such dangerous latitude of construction when it declares, 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 and safety of this state.
Página 1 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves ; which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the meanwhile accusing or else excusing one another,) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospe.1.
Página 23 - Such offences have always been considered independent of any religious establishment or the rights of the church. They are treated as affecting the essential interests of civil society.
Página 66 - And when Abram was ninety years old and nine, the LORD appeared to Abram and said unto him, I am the Almighty God ; walk before me, and be thou perfect.
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| Título | Moral Character of Civil Government: Considered with Reference to the Political Institutions of the United States,in Four Letters Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Religion, Society, Spirituality, and Reform |
| Autor | Gilbert McMaster |
| Editor | W.C. Little, 1832 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 18 Jul. 2006 |
| Largo | 72 páginas |
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