Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-08-22

mentS II he co not disturb others IN their re-
ligious worship;
5. That no person on account of his reh-
gious opinions, can be rendered ineligible to
any Office Of trust or profit under this state !;
that no preference can ever be given by law
to any sect or mode of worship; and that no
religious corporation can ever be established
in This state:
g. That all elections shall be free and G.
qdal:
Z That courts of Justice ought to be open
to every person, and certain remedy afforded
for every injury to person, property or char
acter and that right and justice ought to be
administered without fail denial or delay !;
and that no private property ought to be ia
ken or applied to public use without just
compensation:
8. That the right of trial by jury shall re-
main inviolate:
9. That in all criminal prosecutions, the &C
cused has the right to be heard by himself
and his counsel TO demand the nature and
cause of accusation TO have compulsory pro-
cess for witnesses in his favor; to meet the
witnesses against him face to face; and, in
prosecution on presentment or indictment, to
a speedy trial by an impartial jury of the
vicinage; that the accused cannot be CON-
PEELED to give evidence against himself, nor
be deprived of life, liberty, or property but
by the judgment of his peers or the law Of the
land
10. That no person, after having been once
acquitted by a jury, can, for the same offence
be again put in jeopardy Of life or limb, but if
in any criminal prosecution the jury be divided
in opinion at the end of the term, the court
bef9re which the trial shall be had, may, in its
DISSECTION, discharge the jury, and commit or
balthe accused for trial at the next term Of
suci court:
Il. That all persons shall be bailable by suf-
ficidnt sureties, except for capital offences
when the proofs evident or the presumption
great; and the privilege of the writ of Habeaa
CORPUS cannot be suspended, unless when in
cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety
may require it,
IL. That excessive bail shall not be required,
nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and
unusual punishment inflicted.
49, That the people ought to be secure in
their persons, papers, houses and effects from
unreasonable searches and seizures; and no
warrant to search any place or to seize any
person or thing can issue, without describing
the place to be searched, or the person or
thing to be seized, as nearly as may be, nor
without probable cause supported by oath or
affirmation:
IA. That no person can, for an indictable
offence, be proceeded against criminally by
information, except in cases arising i'll the
land or naval forces, or in the militia when III
actual service in time Of war or public danger,
or by leave of the court, for oppression or
misdemeanOr IN office.
IS. That treason against the state can con-
sist only in levying war against it, or in adj
herring to its enemies, giving them aid and
comfort; that no person can be convicted OF
treason unless on the testimony of two wit
nesses to the same overt act, or on his own
confession in open cour that no person can
be attainted of treason or felony by the
General Assembly; that no conviction can
work corruption of blood or forfeiture of
estate; that the estates Of such persons as may
destroy their own lives shall descend or vest
as in cases of natural death; and when any
person shall be killed by casualty there ought
to be no forfeiture by reason thereof:
TO- That the free communication ofthoughts
and opinions is one Of the invaluable rights of
man, and that every person may freely speak,
write and print on any subject, being respons-
bic for the abuse of that liberty; that IN all
prosecutions for lbels, the truth thereof may
be given in evidence, and the jury may de-
tcrinine the law and the facts, under the direc-
ton of the court
II. That no er ,to8t facto law, nor law i'm
pairing the obligation of contracts, or retro
spective in its operation, can be passed, nor can
the person ola debtor be imprisoned for debt
after he shall have surrendered his property
for the benefit of his creditors, in such man
ner as may be prescribed by law
10. That no person who is rehgiously scru-
pulous of bearing arms, can be compelled to
do so, but may be compelled to pay an equiva-
lent for military service, in such manner as
shall be prescribed by law and that no priest,
preacher Of the gospel, or teacher Of any re-
ligiots persuasion or sect, regularly ordained
| as such, be subject to militia duty, or CON-
| PEELED to bear arms:
10. That all property subject TO taxation in
this state shall be taxed in proportion to its
| value
90. That no title of nobility, hereditary
emoument, privilege or distinction shall be
granted, nor any Office created the duration
| of which shall be longer than the good be
| haviour of the officer appointed to fill the
| same:
81. That migration from this state cannot
be prohibited:
%. That the military is, and in all cases and
at all times shall be in strict subordination tC
the civil power: that no soldier can, in time
of peace, be quartered in any house without
the consent of the owner, nor in time of war
but in such manner as may be prescribed by
law; nor can any appropriation for the sup
port of an army be made for a longer periol
than two years.
SCHEDULE.
Sec. |. That no inconvenience may
arise from the change of government
we declare that all writs, actions, prose
cutions, judgments, claims and contract!
of individuals and of bodies corporal,
shall continue as if no change had takeI
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