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Page 56
... Madison to a northern friend after he had returned to Virginia from Princeton College . He cried out against " the diabolical , hell - conceived principle of persecution " that " raged " among the clergy of his native State , and ...
... Madison to a northern friend after he had returned to Virginia from Princeton College . He cried out against " the diabolical , hell - conceived principle of persecution " that " raged " among the clergy of his native State , and ...
Page 62
... Madison , was able to get the bill for religious liberty passed . This famous bill was drawn by Jefferson in June , 1779 , and watched through all its fortunes with jealous care . Jefferson was our minister in Paris when the bill ...
... Madison , was able to get the bill for religious liberty passed . This famous bill was drawn by Jefferson in June , 1779 , and watched through all its fortunes with jealous care . Jefferson was our minister in Paris when the bill ...
Page 64
... Madison , and for half a century it furnished the progressive men of every State the inspiration and arguments for religious emancipa- tion , until civil authority and religious conformity were divorced in every part of the Union . We ...
... Madison , and for half a century it furnished the progressive men of every State the inspiration and arguments for religious emancipa- tion , until civil authority and religious conformity were divorced in every part of the Union . We ...
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... Madison , by his " unwearied exertions " got most of the im- portant bills through . It happened , as with every extensive plan of reform , that some measures were adopted at once , some were temporarily defeated only to triumph later ...
... Madison , by his " unwearied exertions " got most of the im- portant bills through . It happened , as with every extensive plan of reform , that some measures were adopted at once , some were temporarily defeated only to triumph later ...
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... Madison in the midsummer of 1780 , " that North Carolina , which contains but one tenth of the American militia , should be left to support the Southern War alone . " So Virginia sent off her men and supplies to stay the tide of ...
... Madison in the midsummer of 1780 , " that North Carolina , which contains but one tenth of the American militia , should be left to support the Southern War alone . " So Virginia sent off her men and supplies to stay the tide of ...
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