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" Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress... "
Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Dec. 5. 1796-March ... - Page 389
by United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857
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Revised Civil Code of Louisiana: With Annotations of Hon. A ..., Part 1

Louisiana, Eugene Davis Saunders - Civil law - 1888 - 928 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances. — Freedom of press. — Courts cannot control iu advance by injunction the publication...
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Discourse Before the Rhode Island Historical Society at Its Centennial ...

Horatio Rogers - Constitutional history - 1890 - 90 pages
...wisdom of our fathers in insisting that religious liberty, freedom of speech and of the press, the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, of trial by jury in civil cases, that excessive bail should not be required, nor excessive...
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Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, of the War of 1812: Major General in the United ...

Nicholas Baylies - 1890 - 208 pages
...character of the petitions, the constitution declared that Congress should make no law abridging "the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances" and that it was the imperative duty of the government to receive the petition, refer them...
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A Memoir of the Life and Public Service of Joseph E. Johnston: Once the ...

Bradley Tyler Johnson - Generals - 1891 - 416 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of...
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History of Franklin and Grand Isle Counties, Vermont: With Illustrations and ...

Lewis Cass Aldrich - Franklin County (Vt.) - 1891 - 918 pages
...this manner : " Holding sacred that provision of the Federal Constitution which guarantees the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances, and considering under the present suffering and fearful situation of our unhappy country...
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Confederate Scrap-book: Copied from a Scrap-book Kept by a Young Girl During ...

Lizzie Cary Daniel - Confederate States of America - 1893 - 296 pages
...any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state. speech, or of the press ; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances. A well-regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of...
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American Constitutions: Comprising the Declaration of Independence ..., Volume 1

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional law - 1894 - 1436 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right rm, as the case may citizen thereof, and that I will faithfully and honestly dis grievances. Art. 5. There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in this State otherwise...
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The Convention Manual of the Sixth New York State Constitutional Convention ...

New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1894 - 1326 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right ence to the jury, and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as grievances. 167. The General Assembly shall have authority to grant lottery charters or privileges:...
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American Orations: I. Colonialism. II. Constitutional government. III. The ...

Alexander Johnston, James Albert Woodburn - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1896 - 442 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances." There can be no doubt about the effect of this amendment, unless the " freedom of the...
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Remarks on Army Regulations and Executive Regulations in General, by G ...

United States. Judge-Advocate-General's Department. War Department - 1898 - 204 pages
...authority. (See articles 12, 20, 21, 27, 41, 46, 50, and 52.) It seems further apparent that this right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances has no applicability to the military service, because Congress has provided, in the thirty-fourth...
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