The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1834-09-20

y. NO man ~ court OF common law
shall be compelled to give evidence a.
gaiust himself.
10. Every man being presumed 10 Be
innoceat, until pronounced guilty by the
law, oil acts ef severity, shas are not no.
cessarY to secure an accused person ough
to be repressed.
II. The citizens hove a right in .
peaceable manaer TO assemble for thei
common good, and to apply to those ia
vested with the powers Of government
for redress Of grievances, or other proper
purposes, by petition, address or remon
STRANGE.
~. The liberty Of the press being es
sential to tho security Of freedom in 9
State, any citizen may publish his ecnti.
meots on any subject, being responsible
for the abuse Of that liberty.
l3. The right Of trial by jury shall re.
main inviolate.
Ia. Private property shall not be taken
for public uses without just compensa.
ton.
I5. The military power shall always
be held in strict subordination to the civil
authority.
I6. No soldier shall, in time of peace,
be ,quartered in any house, without the
consent of the owner; nor, in time Of war,
bot in manner to be prescribed by law.
II. Wherens Almighty God hath cre-
ated the mind free, and all attempts to in
fluenoe il, by temporal punishments or
bur,hens, or by civil incapac .tations. tend
to beget habits Of hypocrisy and mean
ness and whereas principal object Of
our venerable ancestors, in their migra-
tionto this country, and settlement of this
State, was, as they expressed it to hold
forth lively experiment, that a flourish
ng civil State may stand, and be best
maintained with full liberty in religious
concernments: We therefore declare,
that no man shall be compelled to fre-
quent, or support, any religious worship
place, or ministry whatsoever, nor enforc-
ed, restrained ,molested or burthened, in
his body or goods, nor disqualified froi.l
holding any orfhce, nor otherwise suffer
on account Of his religious belief: and
that I'll men shall be free to profess, and
by argument to maintain, their opinion in
matters Of religion; and that the same
shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or effect
their civil capacities; and that all other
religious rights and privileges Of the peo-
pie of this State, as now enjoyed, shall
remain.inviolate and inviolable.
l8. The enumeration Of the foreign
rights shall not be construed TO impair
others retained by the people.
ARTICLE ii.
OF THE ELECTIVE FRANCHISE
OR RIGHT OF SUFFRAGE.
SECTION Livery person who is now
a Freeman and an Elector shall continue
to be SO, SO long as he shall retain the
qualification upon which he was admitted.
And hereafter, every free white male,
native citizen Of this State ofthe oge OF
twenty-one years, who is possessed in bis
own right Of a fre ehold estate within this
State, of the value Of one hundred and
thirty-four dollars, or which shall rent for
seven dollars per annum, and which es-
tate, in reversion, or remainder qualities
no other person; shall be entitled 10 be
admitted freeman and IN eector, in the
town in which his said estate lies; .provi-
ded, that the yearly value any life es.
tate to qualify freeman shall exceed the
amount Of the rent reserved if any, by
the sum of seven dollars, land provided also
that an estate under mortgage & in posses
sion Of the mortgagee, shall qualify the
in possession (if in other re-
spec,s quaIifed) and him only. And no
freehold the conveyance OF which has
been executed since the fiith day. of De-
cember, A. d. 1922, or which shall be
hereafter executed, shall be deemed SUI
fcient to qualify the owner and possessor
thereof, unless his interest therein shall a.
mount to the sum Of one hundred and thir-
ty-four dollars, over and above all sums
secured oy mortgage thereon, to the orr
ginal grantor, or to any other person for
his use, within one year after the date ol
said conveyance.
SECTION II.-Every froe white male,
native born citizen Of any other State, or
territory Of the United States who has re.
moved or shall hereafter iemove into this
State, and have his actual residence OF
home therein for one year next preceding
may be admitted freeman and an eloctoI
in the town where his freehold lies, upon
his being otherwise qualified according
to this article.
SECTION HI.-Any free white male,
native Of foreign country, naturslized ia
the United States, acco, ding to the laws
thereof, who shall have his actual perma-
nent residence or home in this State for
the term Of three years after naturalza-
ton and be otherwise qualified according
'tothis article, may be admitted freeman
and elector by act Of the General Assem-
bly,, but not otherwise and no alien not
naturalized shall be so admitted.
Section lV.-The oldest son( (beiag oi
lawful age) Of freeholders qualified as is
herein before prescribed, except in regard