Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1862-01-15
WEEKLY BUGLE.
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WEDNESDAY,, JANUARY Is, 1862.


Well aware that the Alaaighsy God has
created the mind free; thai AL attempts
10 influence II by temporal punishment or
bzEsksaaa. ux by cssal ineaPasisataoass tead
Only to beget habits Of hypoGrssy, and are
a departure froza khe Holy Aathog d oar
Rslsaiona who, beang Lord o1 BODY and
nina. vet ahszass nos % pzopagaaa II by
coercion on eishag thaA she impasms pre-
sumptioa ef Legislators and rulers, civil
aad aele&aasasscAl, whs, hsaag themselves
but fellibls and oRinapiFea aaeas have as
samed dominion oyex the faith of others,
sestiug up tAeif own opinion and modes
of thinking as alone true and fnf&i-
liable, and As saeh,s Ende&voring to i'm
pose shsna upon Others, have established
Sua Haainsainsd false religfeu ever the
gFs@s@2 paxt of the world and through al
time.
That to compel man to furnish eontri-
buttons Of money for the propagsAaen Of
opinions which be disbeiieves, Is sintal
and tyraEical shai eyen forcing man 70
suspSys shis or thai teacher sf hss own
reiigiaas persuasion 10 depEiyiHg him d
tbs comfortable Liberty Of giving Bis eoa-
| triburions 10 the particular pastor whose
morals he would tnzke his pattern, and
whosa powers he feels most persuasive 10
righteousness, and Withdrawing from the
ministry those temporal rewards which,
processing from An xpproba2ion OF thar
| personal conduct, are an additional IN
s;Iyszaent 10 earnesg and uureEniEsed tab9Es
| for the instruction Of mankind.
| Thatoar civil rights have Id dependence
on our religious opiaions, any more than
oar opinioa IN paysae or geometry; that,
| therefore, the prescribing any citizen IS
nuworthy the rublie eanhdence by laying
upaa hln al incaE@sisy of being sallsi
| "a eaSess oG ssust Faad ensluneas, aaiesz
he profess or Eenounoe this or thai reli-
gioas opinion, is depEiving him Injurious
/ " of ahoae privileges and advantages to
xhaeh in 60 MAoa With hE fslIC@ ozEaz ems
/ he has a natural night, and tends also &c
oorrapt tbs pEinsiples Of thai FeEy reli-
| gion Il Is me4ns 80 encourage, BY brlblng
With = monopoly Of worldly honors and
| ensoiamenSs shcse who Hfl externally cog
| form to it that though, indeed, those are
! criminal who DO NOS HlEbStand such temp
tstians. ret neither are those innocent
who laY thea in the vsAy.
! That to suffer the evil magistrate TO IN
trude his powers into the hsid of opinion,
and 10 restrain the profession Or propaga'
! ticm of prlnsapA~s Do Gha sspposlSaon I'd
! tagir I'll tendency, is 4 dangerous fallacy
which at once destroys ali religious IIber'
tx because be, being, Of course, judge oI
shak se1deaey, viii make his asPanioHae n
ruls Of 5uagmeut, md approve or condemn
the sentiments OF Others, only as they shal
agree With or differ from his own; thai /
il time enough, for the rightfal paEpos'
az evil government, for its officers 10 IN
tarpose when pginoapasa break aut il over
acts against peace and good order.
And fsnalfy, sh8s truth IL great, and vii
prgyail if left to herself, and is the prop
sr and sufficient Antagonist 10 error, an
can have uothing TO fear from the conflict
unless (by human inserpositioal disaEDe'
of her natural weapons-free argamen
and aeh@ss: error ss@slag @ be danger
Gus when it Is permitted freely 10 contra
dies ksesna a. 0a.=
Be il therefore saGcted by the Genera
Assembly, that no man shall be eompeelie
20 support any religious worship, place
or ministry, whatsoever, nor shall be foEa
ed, restrained, molested, or burthened
4, his body OF goods, NOR sasaA otberwis
suffer on account OF bis religious opinion
- or be&isf bat all men be free 10 profess
= and tyv argument to maintain, their op Ii
!. ion in rnatsers Of seligioa, sRd that th
!. same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge
or aaect their eiEil capacities.
And th ,ugh We know that this Assem-
- bly, elected by the people for the ordina
RI legislation only, have no poser tosr'
strain the aaGs of succeeding Assemble:
constituted with powers equal 10 our on
aud thai to declare this act iTrgyoksb
woald be Of no effect IN iaw; yet we a.
= free to declare, and do declare, thai Il
,. rights harsby asserted are natural righ
II mankind, and that If any act shall
: ): hareafter passed to repeal the present,
= TO narrow It's operation, such aet will
). an infringe nent Of natural rights.
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