Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency. We ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious favorable smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right [...]
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Only three days later, Paul Revere, William Dawes, and Samuel Prescott made their famous ride; and the next morning, April 19, the British began their march against Lexington and Concord which resulted in the “shot heard ‘round the world.’ ” The following day, British troops commenced military action In Virginia, seizing both public supplies and [...]
The “Fundamental Orders” explained why that document had been created: Well knowing when a people are gathered together, the word of God requires that to maintain the peace and union of such a people, there should be an orderly and decent government established according to God. 18 That constitution next declared the colonists’ desire to: [...]
In New York the universal toleration of all religious professions and sentiments is secured in the most ample manner. Notwithstanding this constitutional declaration carrying the doctrine of unlimited toleration as far as the peace and safety of any community will allow, the courts have decided that blasphemy was a crime at common law and was [...]
For example, when Ohio territory applied for statehood in 1802, its enabling act required that Ohio form its government in a manner “not repugnant to the Ordinance.” Consequently, the Ohio constitution declared: Religion, morality, and knowledge being essentially necessary to the good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of instruction shall [...]
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