 | William Gordon - 1801 - 452 sider
...it as an article in the farm of government, " That n(> person who shall deny the being of a God, or the truth of the Protestant Religion, or the divine authority of the Otd OF Nev»Testament, shall be capable of holding a-ny office or place of trust or profit in the civil... | |
 | William Gordon - 1801 - 452 sider
...it as an article in the form of- government, " That no person who shall deny the being of a God, or the truth of the Protestant Religion, or the divine authority of the Ok] or New Testament, shall be capable of holding a-ny office or place of trust or profit in the civil... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1828 - 530 sider
...Tenessee, a belief in God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, is necessary to enable a person to hold office. In North Carolina no person who denies...which some law, that has been a dead letter, is not reVOL. II. Y pealed in some one of the states, in order to bring the theory of the government more... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 554 sider
...member of the house, one hundred acres for six months. No person who denied the being of a God, or the truth of the protestant religion, or the divine authority of the old or new testament, or who should hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety... | |
 | 1830 - 602 sider
...seventeen of the States the same oblervation holds good as to taking office under the Stale Governments. In North Carolina, no person who denies the truth...religion, or the divine authority of the Old and New Testaments, is ccpable of holding any civil office. In New Jersey no person who is a Protestant can... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1830 - 632 sider
...rewards and punishments, is required as a qualification for office. In N. Carolina, no one denying the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Old or New Testament, or whose religious principles are incompatible with the freedom and safety of the... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford - 1830 - 636 sider
...rewards and punishments, is required as a qualification for office. In N. Carolina, 110 one denying the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Old or New Testament, or whose religious principles are incompatible with the freedom and safety of the... | |
 | James Bell - 1831 - 778 sider
...seat in the general assembly or council of state. No person who denies the existence of the Deity, the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Scriptures, can hold any public office. Justices of the peace are appointed by the general assembly,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1833 - 732 sider
...much more from necessity than from any other cause. Still the advancement of thought in America wat rather gradual than sudden. Many of the original provisions...though some of them still remain. There is scarcely a year.passes, in which some law, that has been a dead letter,, is not repealed in some one of the States,... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1835 - 724 sider
...amendment was unquestionably to afford a clearer evidence of the public mind, and to THE PURITANS. - 241 set at rest for ever any questions which, by constructions...that has been a dead letter, is not repealed in some ons of the States, in order to bring RELICTION. 243 the theory of the government more in unison with... | |
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God, and a future state of rewards and punishments, is necessary to hold office. In North Carolina, no person who denies the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority of the Old and New Testament, was capable of holding office. 
