Daily American organ. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1856, 1855-01-27
GENERAL INFORMATION.
Almanae for the CITY Of Washington.

AlmaHae for the CITY Of Washington.
THIS DAY
sun , rises. ra. 8 Length of day. . SO
New moon 18th, a24A.M M. changes oath, s.s5PM
TRAVEL.
0 For Baltimore
The cars leave daily at 8 and s1< A. NJ, and and
For Alexandria
The Washington and Alexandria boat leaves
Pages Wharf, Seventh street. hourly. Fare FIVE cts
For Rockville.
The stage leaves every morning at o'clock. Fare
81 Office, corner Of ID and 8th streets.
For Upper Marlboro. @
The stage leaves every morning at o'clock. Fare
81 80. Office, northwest corner Of ID and sth SITS.
For Gordonsvilie.
The cars leave Alexandria daily at TX o'clock. for
Gordonsviile and intermediate places.
For Richmond
The boat leaves the wharf at the terminus of 18th
street daily at A. NJ, and o'clock, p M. Fare
$5 so.
For Leesbauy.
The stage leaves Tuesday, Thursday, and Satur-
day. Office, United States Hotel.
California Steamers.
The regular mail steamers leave New York on the
writing from this city should mail their letters on
the 3d and 18th of each month.
The Post Office
The Northern and Eastern Mail is opened at s
Soloos sos a. n; and half past z M closes at4 p
The Great Southern Mail is opened at s A. M, and
closes at P. NJ. The Southern Mall as far South as
Wilmington North Carolina, arrives at half past p.
The Northwestern Mail is open at half past P. NJ,
closes at P. M.
The Western Mail is open at o'clock A. NJ, closes
at r. NJ.
The Norfolk Mail arrives at Ii o'clock p NJ, closes
af q M dali
The California Mail direct, closes here on the Sd
and 18th of each month"; at 3 p M
Warrenton Mail arrives at II A. NJ, closes at 10
A. nj.
Wa1senso1 .hs Springs arrives at Il A. NJ closes at
AN ACT for establishing religious freedom, passed
in the Assembly of Virginia in the beginning of
the year 1885:
Well aware that Almighty God hath created the
mind free that all attempts to influence it by tenn
poral punishments or burdens, or by civil incapa-
citations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy
and meanness, and are departure from the plan
OF the Holy Author Of our religion who, being Lord
both OF body and of mind, yet chose not to prop
agate by coercions either, was in his almighty
power to do; that the impious presumption Of fleg-
slatures and rulers, civil as wen as ecclesiastical,
who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired
men, have assumed dominion over the faith of
thinking as the only true and nalibie and as such
endeavoring to impose them upon others, hath es-
tablished and maintained false religions over the
greatest part of the world, and through all time
that to compel man to furnish contributions of
money for the propagation Of opinions which he
disbelieves is sinful and tyrannical that even the
forcing him to support this that teacher Of his
own religious persuasion is depriving him of the
comfortable liberty of giving his contributions
ha trlIlpr Qtn he
make his pattern, and whose powers he feels most
persuasive righteousness and Withdrawing from
the ministry those temporal rewards which, pro-
ceeding from an appreciation of their personal con-
Duct are an additional inctement to earnest and
unremtting labors for the instruction of mankind;
that our civil rights have no dependence on our re-
ligous opinions more than our opinions in physics
or geometry that, therefore, the prescribing of
any citizen as unworthy the public confidence by
laying upon him an incapacity of being called to
the Offices Of trust and emoument, unless he pro-
fess or renounce this that religious opinion, is
depriving him injuriously of those privileges and
advantages to which, in common with his fellow
citizens, he has natural right that il tends also
TO corrupt the principles of the very religion it is
meant TO encourage, by bribing, with monopoly
Of worldly honors, those who win externally pro-
fess and conform to it, that though, indeed, those
are criminal who do not withstand such tempta-
bait in their way; that to suffer the civil ma
gstrate to ntrude his powers into the field of opin-
on and TO restrain the profession propagation of
principles on the supposition Of their i'll tendency
is dangerous fallacy, which at once DESTROYS ali
religious liberty, because, he being of course Judge
Of that tendency, viii make his opinions the rule
Of judgment, and approve or condemn the sent-
ments OF others only they shall square with, or
differ from, his own; that Il is time enough, for the
of o..
GERS TO interfere when principles break out into
overt acts against peace and good order; and,
finally, that truth is great and win prevail If left TO
herself that she is the proper and sufficient antag
onist OF error, and has nothing TO fear from the
conflict, unless by human interpositon disarmed Of
her natural weapons, free argument and debate,
errors ceasing to be dangerous when II is permitted
freely 10 combat them.
Be IL, therefore, enacted By The General As
sanbly, That no man shall be compelled TO fire.
quent or support any religious worship, place, or
ministry whatsoever, nor shall he be enforced, re-
strained, molested burdened in his body or goods
nor shall he otherwise suffer on account ofhs religious
opinions or belief but that all men shall be free to
profess and by argument to maintain, their opin-
ions in matters Of religion, and that the same shall
In no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil
capacities.
And though we well know this Assembly, elected
by the people for the ordinary purposes Of legis-
lation only, have no power to restrain the acts Of
succeeding assemblies, constituted with powers
equal TO our own; and that, therefore, to declare
this act irevocable would be Of no effect In law
yet, free to declare, and do declare, that the
rights hereby asserted of the natural rights Of
mankind, and that If any act shall be hereafter
passed TO repeal the present. to narrow its ope-
rations such an act will be an infringement OF
natural right