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... tion there may be of its grammatical construction and its rhetoric , and although the date is errone- ous . The ratification of the Constitution of the United States by the Virginia Convention was on June 25 , not on June 28. It is the ...
... tion there may be of its grammatical construction and its rhetoric , and although the date is errone- ous . The ratification of the Constitution of the United States by the Virginia Convention was on June 25 , not on June 28. It is the ...
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... , " and they may be considered , therefore , as having his sanc- tion . The first record is that " James Madison was the son of James Madison and Nelly Con- way . " On such authority Nelly , and not THE VIRGINIA MADISONS . 3.
... , " and they may be considered , therefore , as having his sanc- tion . The first record is that " James Madison was the son of James Madison and Nelly Con- way . " On such authority Nelly , and not THE VIRGINIA MADISONS . 3.
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... tion , which , whatever may have been his earlier plans , opened public life to him as a career . The first work of the convention was to consider and adopt a series of resolutions instructing the Vir- ginian delegates in the ...
... tion , which , whatever may have been his earlier plans , opened public life to him as a career . The first work of the convention was to consider and adopt a series of resolutions instructing the Vir- ginian delegates in the ...
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... tion was not quite ready for this latter step ; or possibly its members thought that , as the greater includes the less , should freedom of conscience be established a state church would be impossible , and the article might therefore ...
... tion was not quite ready for this latter step ; or possibly its members thought that , as the greater includes the less , should freedom of conscience be established a state church would be impossible , and the article might therefore ...
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... tion at their follies , and by keeping them at a becoming distance . " It was his loss , however , and our gain . He was one of the men the times demanded , and without whom they would have been quite different times and followed by ...
... tion at their follies , and by keeping them at a becoming distance . " It was his loss , however , and our gain . He was one of the men the times demanded , and without whom they would have been quite different times and followed by ...
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Page 60 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Page 66 - ... support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 16 - Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "that Religion or the duty which we owe to our Creator and the Manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence.
Page 44 - There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not: The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
Page 107 - Mr. MADISON thought it wrong to admit in the Constitution the idea that there could be property in men.
Page 104 - Religion and humanity had nothing to do with this question. Interest alone is the governing principle with nations. The true question at present is, whether the Southern States shall or shall not be parties to the Union.
Page 66 - Virginia do enact that no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever...
Page 12 - There are at this time in the adjacent county not less than five or six well-meaning men in close jail for publishing their religious sentiments, which in the main are very orthodox. I have neither patience to hear, talk, or think of anything relative to this matter; for I have squabbled and scolded, abused and ridiculed, so long about it to [so] little purpose, that I am without common patience.
Page 104 - They produce the most pernicious effect OH manners. Every master of slaves is born a petty tyrant. They bring the judgment of heaven on a country.
Page 67 - In fact, it is comfortable to see the standard of reason at length erected, after so many ages, during which the human mind has been held in vassalage by kings, priests, and nobles : and it is honorable for us, to have produced the first legislature who had the courage to declare, that the reason of man may be trusted with the formation of his own opinions.