Catholic Historical Researches

Author : A. A. Lambing
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365396772
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (967 download)

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Download or read book Catholic Historical Researches, Vol. 2 written by A. A. Lambing and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Catholic Historical Researches, Vol. 2: April, 1886 When the first Congress met under the Constitution it was Otter whelmed with amendments recommended by the conventions of the several States. Spencer and Lossing remark, These amendments, when counted up from all quarters, were found to amount to two hundred and one; but as many of them were repetitions, more or less exact, there were not more than'fifty or sixty which demanded the consideration of the House. Madison introduced the amend ments to the House, and they were referred to a committee of one member from a State, with general instructions. After long debates, and various alterations a majority of two-thirds was obtained in favor of seventeen of the fifty or sixty submitted to the House. The Senate took up these, and in the end reduced the number to twelve, which were laid before the several Legislatures for their approval. Ten of the articles proposed by Congress were, in due time, ratified by the constitutional majority of the States. Referring to the adoption of the Constitution in Massachusetts, the same historians say: The amendments proposed were, in substance, such as were afterward adopted and added to the Constitution. On the 2lst of June, (1788, in New Hampshire, ) the Constitution was as sented to by a majority of eleven only, and substantially in the form and manner set forth by Massachusetts. In addition to the amend ments proposed by the latter, the former recommend that Congress should make no laws touching religion, or infringing the rights of conscience, 9 &c. There is no evidence that South Carolina, whose member had pro posed the religious liberty clause, offered any amendment embodying the same idea. The State, as well as Mr. Pinckney himself, appears to have been satisfied with bringing the matter to the notice of the convention, and securing the non-religious test clause. From all the evidence within our reach at present it appears certain that the State which cast the vote that secured the adoption of the Constitution, secured also the adoption of the religious liberty amendment, What ever may have been its motive of action. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.