...summer of 1780, the new Constitution for the State went into effect, in which it was provided, " that the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, or religious societies, shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing1 their public teachers, and of contracting...

...duty of all men in society, publicly and " at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme " Being — that the legislature shall from time " to time, authorize and require, the several " towns, parishes, &c. to make suitable pro" vision at their own expense, for the institu" tion of the public worship...

...several " towns, parishes, &c. to make suitable prou vision at their own expense, for the in.sl.itn" tion of the public worship of God, and for " the support and maintenance of the public • Cliaiming's Election Sermon. " protestant teachers of piety, religion, and " morality,...

...Commonwealth have a right to invest their Legislature with power to authorize and require, and their Legislature shall, from time to time, authorize and require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, or other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense,...

...order and preservation of their government, the people of this Com- . monwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require,...the several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies-politic, or religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution...

...order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require,...towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, and religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the...

...order and preservation of their government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to invest their legislature with power to authorize and require,...towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politic, and religious societies, to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the institution of the...

...3,) invest the respective legislatures of those states with " power to require, and direct them to require, the several towns, parishes, precincts, and...other bodies politic, or religious societies, to make provision for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion, and morality."...

...government, the people of this commonwealth have a right to make suitable provision at their own espense for the institution of the public worship of God, and for the support and maintenance thereof. Provided, that all religious societies shall, at all times, have the exclusive right of electing...

...several towns, parishes, precincts, and other bodies politie, or religious societies, to make provision for the support and maintenance of public Prote.stant teachers of piety, religion, and morality." These provisions are utterly indefensible. Nothing can justify the power thus given to the legislatures...