Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1883-07-26

csnscisntiously and sincerely an atheis
Ut materialist think otherwise by pro
visions in the law TO the contrary. Fol
these reasons, should have prsfsrreC
| that the en- ire mention of r. / giUus s 40
jects had been omitted from the PIsam
| bic but l did not come here TO propose
| it all and do not propose 1t Now. And
| | say further, in view of the suggestions
| have made, and another suggestion
shall make, we ought no! IL take stol
further IL is because the right OF con
| science is the most sacred and tender
right Oh earth, and because, AS u matter
of policy, you cannot leach mems con
sCieuces except nv moral snasion, by
persuasion, by the goodness Of the doc
| trihs and principle you aVow. 1t Is for
| these reasons, and added to them an.
| other, and that Is, Mr.. President, that
what you propose to do here is to invoke
Almighty God for that which more pco.
pie in Ohio than the gentleman from
Harrison Mr.. Waddle dreams of, think
He will never grant an answer to a
prayer. You purpose 10 ask Almighty
Gsd for temporal and physical blessings.
There are men in this State as religious
as the gentleman from Harrision Mr.
Waddls as deeply convinced of the be
ing of God, rs earnestly and sincerely
desirous OF seeing and walking by His
| light, who believe that He has ordered
all things according to His will, and
that, whilst spiritually we may com
| mune with Him, He will not answer orl
| requests for temporal gifts. And AZ one
| man is not ASHAMED to avew saoh to be
his religious belief, protest against the
right of this Convention, or the peOpls
OF Ohio, to place in this Constitution 4
religious doctrine which is proposed to
be placed here, and l and mine do not
believe to be true religion, and, there
fore, l most sincerely deprecate any
mention of it in the Constitution.
Mr.. TUTTLE. The gentleman has an
swersd the question that was going tn
ask; that was, whether the drift of his
| remarks was not AGAINST the mention ot
Gcd la the Constitution
Mr.. HoADLY. l said that l should
have preferred it. But it is not because
| am among those in whose behalf
spoke il addressing the Chair in that ra-
gard, fer belong to what claims to be
| religious sect, feeble in numbers, per
haps, but strong in confidence that VIZ
are right, and whose views the advan
cling truths of science more sHd more
confirm; and | Say to the gentlsmaL
| from Harrison Mr.. Waddlel, that ther-
are very many people in Ohio who d.
not believe that God will answer prayer
| for temporal blessings, who do belieVs
in prayer; aud, except for spiritual gifts
and AS the means of spiritual cOmmu-
nication with the Most High. Himself
! a spirit, and who believe that this world
and all it contains is now in the orderly
process Of evolution according to Al
mighty will. l say it is \ religious ques-
tion, and l do not propose to go into de-
bate, except to Indicate that the gentle
maE has undertaken to interpOlats int
this constitution that which is itself I
| religious question, and hs wishes to
make the constitution itself sectarian to
more than one person in the State OF
| Ohio, many persons in the State Of Ohio
and to more than one organized relIgi
Gus society in the State OF Ohio. In the
city in which We are now sonvened
there is religious sUcisty which holds
in dislike and adherence the doctrine
which the gentleman proposes to insert
| in this constitution, and il Is not the on
| ly society uf the kind in the State. l.
therefore, respectfully submit that to
these who, like myself, are religionists
of this kind, it is sectarian to place this
doctrine In the constitution, and we are
entitled to have the constitution of the
State made so that oar religious senti.
msnts shall not be offended by any of
religious sentiments shall not be offend
ad by any of Its provisions