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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... "
Columbia Law Times: A Monthly Review Devoted to Law and Political Science - Page 146
1891
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The Constitutions of the United States: According to the Latest Amendments ...

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...
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Acts of the General Assembly of the State of South-Carolina, from ..., Volume 1

South Carolina - 1808 - 502 pages
...to all mankind: Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God, hath petitioned...
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The History of South-Carolina: From Its First Settlement in 1670 ..., Volume 2

David Ramsay - 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...
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A Gazetteer of the State of New-York;: Carefully Written from Original and ...

Horatio Gates Spafford - 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...
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The Catholic Question in America: Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in ...

William Sampson - 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...
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An Alphabetical Digest of the Public Statute Law of South-Carolina, Volume 3

Joseph Brevard, South Carolina - 1814 - 528 pages
...all mankind : Provided, That the liberty of conscience thereby ordained, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state." And whereas, the Jewish congregation at Charleston, called Beth Eloihim, or House of God, nath petitioned...
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Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled ...

New York (State). Constitutional Convention, Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter, William Leete Stone - 1821 - 718 pages
...preference, shall forever be allowed in this state to all mankind ; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts...practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. IV. No minister of religion, or priest of any denomination whatever, shall hold any...
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Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled ...

New York (State). Constitutional Convention, Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter, William Leete Stone - 1821 - 712 pages
...this state to all mankind ; hut the liherty of conscience herehy secured, shall not he so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. SEC. IV. No minister of religion, or priest of any denomination whatever, shall hold any...
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Principles and Acts of the Revolution in America: Or, An Attempt to Collect ...

Hezekiah Niles - 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...
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Laws of the State of New York, Volume 1

New York (State) - 1823 - 516 pages
...preference, shall forever be allowed in this state, to all mankind; but tlie liberty of conscience hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts...practices- inconsistent with the peace, or safety of this state. . . »SEC. IV. And whereas, the ministers of the gospel are, by their profession, dedicated...
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