The Establishment Of The Chaplainship To Congress

The American People Are Too Well Schooled In The Duty And Practice Of Submitting To The Will Of The Majority To Permit Any Serious Uneasiness On That Account

[religious Liberty Was] In Its Nature An Inalienable Right ... Because The Opinions Of Men, Depending Only Upon The Evidence Contemplated By Their Minds, Cannot Follow The Dictates Of Other Men.

Because The Bill In Reserving A Certain Parcel Of Land In The United States For The Use Of Said Baptist Church Comprises A Principle And A Precedent For The Appropriation Of Funds Of The United States For The Use And Support Of Religious Societies, Contrary To The Article Of The Constitution Which Declares That "congress Shall Make No Law Respecting A Religious Establishment."

Conscience Is The Most Sacred Of All Property.

I Have Appealed To Our Own Experience For The Truth Of What I Advance On This Subject [that The Legislative Power Is The Predominant Power]. Were It Necessary To Verify This Experience By Particular Proofs, They Might Be Multiplied Without End. I Might Find A Witness In Every Citizen Who Has Shared In, Or Been Attentive To, The Course Of Public Administrations.