The Northern star, and constitutionalist. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1834-1837, 1835-01-24
From the Providence Daily Journal.
GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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House Of Reorescntatises, Friday morn
ing, January l6.-On motion of Mr. D.
Wolf, the House proceeded to the order
OF the day, It being the bill entitled T" an
act 10 restrain the disposition of lands in
mortnain, aud for other purposes"
The bill was read and the first sectio n
considered by the House, and occupied
their attention for about three hours. Jts
passage was advocated by NIessrs D.
Wolf and Hazard, and opposed by NIessrs
Halle, Iilnghas,,l Dorr mud King, and
alter having been so amended that II
would not affect ucis Of rcorpUra,ion
heretofore grahled, was adopted bya v,te
OF 10 to II.
Adjourned TO 3 o'clock.
.Jnrnoon --Jdr Tiitnehast was charg-
cd "nh hhcssuge lo;his Excelcncy the
Governor aud the Senate, informing them
That the H"use would join with them at
gr,ss.
/ The petition OF Thoma, II Taylor for
sale OF real Ythic, was received aud re-
sierred.
air Dorr introduced bill entitled "An
act to aOoilsh imprisonment for debt IN
CERTAIN cases )" read II first time.
! The petition Of Thomas Cunouph,. Jo-
sirh Hail, Edward Grebble, aud James
Eayrs, Tor liberation, wcie uranied-.nd
th"ss Of Joseph Parker and Bmjanin
| Brayton were dismissed.
The petition Of George Fuller, TO be
relieved from penalty, was granted.
Tno petition of Samuel Randall for sale
Of real estate was granted and that nf
Gorton Spencer for the same purpose,
was rejected
/ The House then proceeded to the con-
sideration OF tho order of the day, on mo-
ton Of Mir D'Wolf, aud took the uniin-
i,hed business Of the morning. The Sec
ond section of the bill was read, and after
un in, ifectual effort 10 amend, Wa. adopt
ed by vote of 3 to -.
the third section was adopted without
n division. i he 18th lection was rejected
bv Il vote Of II to 34-when tho ucuse
adjourned 10 , O'clock to-inotruT mSru-
inS.
Saturday n,ornning, i'm. l7.-On mo-
tion ut Dir Smtth, A.n Wiusor and Sam
uel Gushing we're appointed II committee
te run the dividing line between the towns
OF Gloccster and i}urrllIyilie.
On motion OF Mr. D'H,oT, the IJousc
proceeded to the ofdei ol the day, the
consideration OF tie bill "to restrain the
disposition of Lands in mort main aud tor
other purposes
The remaining sections of the bill, Of
L.. b,l
ed aud rejected, were also -jeclcd. The
three sections of the bill were then read,
and the question then put, "shnll tins
bill pass as an act OF this ilouse;"
Mr. Hppin rose aud SAID, befrc this
question is taken OH the final passage Of
the bill, l may be permitted to remark,
that have voted against every section
and every amendmeht, and shall now be
clad to have my name recorded against
the passage OF the entire bill. AS much
time has been consumed on the question,
will d,taiu the House but Il few mo-
ments My remarks are not offered, sir,
with an expectation oi throwing addition
al light upon the subject all that need
be said, has been ally sad by others
TO my mind, the question isby far the
most important Of any presented for The
conside, alton Of this House, at this ses-
sion. | am opposed TO this act altoyeth-
er, Tor the reason that II is, in my opinion,
calcu lated to interrupt the well being ol
society, and am quite sure will add
very lulle to the honor or respectabilHy
of the State. 1t essentially inIeIieres
with the affairs Of several religious soci-
etics within my own immediate knoml-
edge. il is calculated to alarm, inter
rupt and break down all the religious so
cielies in the State. will ask, sir, Why
this should be done What particular
necessily at this moment Nho COM
plain What, sir, an to be deprived
iby law, OF The right OF giving to II rel-
;! gious society for The purpose, If please,
Of disseminating Christianity over the
world This would be, indeed, the re-
:! ligious freedom ot which we boast ! By
this act, II person were disposed, he
cannot give dollar Tor the dissemination
OF religlJus instruction.
This first section prohibits any rel-
lgious soci,y IRON holding any property
which shall be exclusively pledged or ap-
propriated to the propagation or manicn-
ance of any particular creed or doctrine
but presume they mny held property for
The support Of religion generally. u you
deprive them of the right to hold property
for the propagation oil a particular creed
or doctrine, why not prohibit those who
teach, from teaching and propagating par
ticuar doctrines from the pulpit
What then is religion Will the Gen
eral Assembly undertake to define what
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