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the progress of science and the useful arts is alone promoted
by granting the author's and inventors, for limited periods, the
exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
A comparison, founded upon and extensive intercourse and an
intimate acquaintance with the governments of other Countries,
must always bring the American citizen to the conclusion
that his political condition is preferable to that of every
other people. Can he, under these circumstances, be otherwise
than tranquil?

In the United States there is no restriction on religion;
the religions of every denomination, the Christian of every
sect, and the Jew, are alike secured in the rights of conscience:
this principle operates in every state of the Union.
Here is a great consolation to the philanthropist and the
oppressed of all nations. Our constitution provides the balm
that can heal the wounds inflicted in the strife of mankind,
to get relief from the religious oppression and persecution. - Quered yet correct
Congress can not make any "law respecting and establishment
"of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise there-
"of" (6.) "No religious test shall ever be required as a qualification
"to any office or public trust under the united States (6.)

Happily for our Citizens, the highest authority in the
United States, is prohibited from making any regulations on
a subject which should, everywhere, be confided solely to
the conscience of the individual, under the direction of
the Supreme Disposee of all things. To those who may
question the policy which we have adopted, we answer,
the experiment has existed from the commencement of our
government. The results which we can furnish, have been
elegantly pourtrayed by the intelligent observer whom we
have already quoted; after stating that the people of the
United States are composed of all the religious sects of
Europe, he continues, "it appears at first, as if these sects
"would, after the transmigration, preserve their original
"state, and it is natural to conclude, that they might likewise agitate

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(5.) Constitution of the United States, Art I. Sect. VIII. ch.8; and
Acts passed by Congress, 21. Feb<hi rend="underline">y</hi> 1793, vol. II Ch.156; 17th April
1800, vol.III.ch.179: 10<hi rend="underline">th</hi> April 1790. vol.II.ch.34; 29th April, 1802
vol.III.ch.296.

(6.) Constitution of the United States, amendments, Art. I. and Art VI.chIII.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	137	Main Headings	radicalism not dangerous
Folio number	032	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c3 / d8 / e3
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[prince of wales feathers] i&m 1816]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur wellesley, duke of wellington
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1816
Notes public		ID Number	46749
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