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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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Life of John C. Calhoun: Presenting a Condensed History of Political Events ...

John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1843 - 642 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof ; or abndging the freedom of speech, or of the press ; or the nght of the people peaceably to assemble, and petition the government for a redress of grievances." course, -would as effectually interfere with the freedom of the press, and be equally...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 1

Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1847 - 710 pages
...of the venerated statesman who recommended, nor of the people who adopted, this amendment. The right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the government for a redress of grievances; to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches...
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The Revised Ordinances of the City of Saint Louis

Saint Louis (Mo.). - 1850 - 454 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. ARTICLE II. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State, the...
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A Brief Exposition of the Constitution of the United States for the Use of ...

John Seely Hart - 1850 - 122 pages
...is Congress restricted in regard to the right of petition ? It shall make no law abridging the right of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances. 9 (97) ARTICLE II. RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS. " A well regulated militia being necessary to the...
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The Congressional Globe

United States. Congress - United States - 1851 - 854 pages
...the freedom of speech or of the press, or the rigbt of the people peaceably to assemble and petition the Government for a redress of grievances." There...the Constitution of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this amendment^commensurate with that imposed by this law. Both are asserted, viz...
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Annals of the Congress of the United States, Volume 3; Volume 9

United States. Congress - Law - 1851 - 858 pages
...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...restraint upon it. under the Constitution of the United Stales, at the time of the adoption of this amendment, commensurate with that imposed by this law....
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The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States ..., Volume 3

Joseph Gales - United States - 1851 - 852 pages
...prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the rignt 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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Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences ..., Volume 3

Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Henry Vethake - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1851 - 640 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. The right also is secured to the people to bear arms, to be free from having soldiers quartered...
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The Pictorial History of the United States of America: From the Discovery by ...

John Frost - America - 1852 - 1054 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. ARTICLE II. A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the...
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The Works of John C. Calhoun: Reports and public letters

John Caldwell Calhoun - United States - 1855 - 492 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." vOL. V.— 13 ' dition act, in order to show the identity in principle between it and...
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