St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-05-01
TIVE
SAINT MARY'S FEMALE
SEMIN AIRY

VIlHF ST. MARY'S FEMALE SIENNA.
L RY 10 again open for the reception Of pa
pills, under the charge OF Mrs TRli;LE, of
l:.lsim"re, assisted by Mrs MILLS, Of ,he
same city. Mrs. TRIBE is 81 native Of
England, bat has had eighteen years exrr,I.
eace teacher in this country. Her refer
euces aud testimonials are Of the best: she plays
finely on the piano. teaches Frenrh and Speaks
j, huently, and IS altogether a thoroughly c,iu :
c.t-d woman; Mrs. MiLLS,-a Roman.
Caiholic-is native "t Baltimore, and Was,
i,rtore marriage, Miss MagruLcr Though
size has had nn experience as teacher, Yet
L~r education has t.-en thorough her manners
h,e highly accomplished. and she is recognized
Nv all VIII" know her, cminentIy fitted far
her present position. They are engaged Er
n Il less than sishteen months, an Arrangement;
which gives STABILITY To the lEsti,u,inn W.
s.esr+ak for the school. liberal na,ronny.
monweall!s of Kentucky. and the laws and
government thereof SO long as continue
citizen thereof. and do further solemn
1y swear Cor afiirm) that have not Joined
in, aided or abctted the so called Cunf;.d.-
rate States. or either of them. in their re-
bcllion against the United States or in
their invasion of this State, and that
will not 50 aid, assist, abct or comfort
them therein, directly or Indirectly, so
long as | continue a'citizcn of this State,
50 help me God
"Sec. : That any minister Of the Cos
pei. or priest Of any denomination, who
shall. after this Act takes effect, solrmniz2
marriage without first complying with the
PROVISIONS of the first section of this Act.
shall be guilty of misdcmcanor, and
Sh.lI ho S,,hicrA IN I, fno Co.. ,,,o.,, .,,l
offence. upon the prcsentment of the
grand jury. Of not less than fifty, nor
more than FIVE hundred dollars Has
been presented to me for my signature.
and herewith respectfully return it, with
the reasons why I cannot sign it
The Federal and State Constitution.
were designed to operate equally, uni
formiy and impartially upon all citizens.
no matter what may be their political
opinions, condition or calling in life; no
classes are preferred; no unjust or invidi-
Gus distinctions are made. These posi-
tioas arc sustained by Section l. Article
18th. title "Bill Of Rights" in the Con-
stitution of Kentucky. which is as follows:
THAT all freemen. when they form a So
cial compact. arc equal. and that no man,
or set of men are entitled to exclusive
separate public emolumcnts or privileges
from the community. but in considera-
tion of public services" And also by
Section u, same title and article, in which
it is declared: That the civil rights,
privileges or capacities of any citizen shall
in no wise be diminished or enlarged on
account Of his religion"
1t was the dcsiga of the trainers of these
instruments to prevents union of Church
snd State; to prevent the interference of
politics with religion, or religion with poll
tics; to define aud separate secular from
spiritual duties; and in my judgment, to
ignore aud discountcnancu all test oaths in
the performance of religious ceremonies.
The ministers Of the Gospel, remembering
nll our fathers had suffered from this, me.
n,orialized the Convention which framed
our Constitution upon this subject, and it
was this very grievance, to wit test
oath, as condition precedent to soIealn-
izing marriages. which called forth the
ever-tO-be-remembcred complaints and
protests Of the clergy i'm Virginia. espe-
cially from the oLi Baptists and Presbyre-
rians. about slightly years ago. in the Viz
ginia House of Delegates, which gave
birth to Dir. Jcffcrson's immortal bill for
religious freedom.
1t see,ps to me the bill is framed, upon
the fallasiuus assumption that. because the
civil government sees fit to make use of
ministers Of the Gospel, to accommodate
And protect itself from frauds in the su-
perintendence of the civil coutract Of mar-
Tiagc. therefore they are civi! officers.
snd ought to be required to take the shove
oath to support the Constitution, with the