 As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion — as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of...  The Congressional Globe - Page 3103by United States. Congress - 1851Full view - About this book
 | George Claude Lorimer - Church history - 1900 - 674 pages
...good-will of Mohammedanism and prospering our trade, it was solemnly declared that "the government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." ' This shameful repudiation by officials ready to imitate the infamy of Iscariot, availed us nothing.... | |
 | James Albert Clark - Theosophy - 1901 - 258 pages
...of the Treaty sent to the Senate in 179G, when discussing affairs with Tripoli: "As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense...character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of the Mussulmans, it is declared by the parties that no pretext arising from religious... | |
 | James Melville Coleman - Political ethics - 1903 - 368 pages
...in this treaty. To this end a clause was inserted in the treaty which declares : " As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion, it has in itself no character against the laws, religion and tranquillity of Musselmen." This was signed... | |
 | Robert Elliott Speer - History, Modern - 1904 - 376 pages
...justified in saying what was said in the Treaty which we made with Tripoli in 1796, " The Government of the United States of America is not in any sense...enmity against the laws, religion or tranquillity of Mussulmans. , . . . No pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce an interruption of... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - Political Science - 1905 - 348 pages
...1796, during the administration of Washington, we find this significant declaration: "As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense...the laws, religion, or tranquillity of Mussulmen, ... it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions shall ever produce... | |
 | John Bassett Moore - International law and relations - 1906 - 1056 pages
...the powers intervened in behalf of Greece, and regulated the affairs of Crete. t "As the government of the United States of America is not in any sense...enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity of Musselmen; and as the said States never have entered into any war or act of hostility against any Mehomitan... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - India - 1906 - 488 pages
...1796 sent to the Senate a treaty with Tripoli, whose opening words are these : — As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion, — AN ANGLO-AMERICAN FUNCTION 139 as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion,... | |
 | Agnosticism - 1906 - 810 pages
...guilty on the innocent, was indecent, if not blasphemous. GEORGE WASHINGTON, PRES. USA The government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded upon the Christian religion. REV. HENRY M. FIELD. Four-fifths of the young men of the country are skeptics.... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - 1909 - 478 pages
...(Tripoli), sent to the Senate (1776) a treaty which opened with the following : " As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense...enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquillity of Mussulmans, and as the said States have never entered into any act of war or hostility against any... | |
 | Moncure Daniel Conway - Slavery - 1909 - 484 pages
...interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries." There is the statement, "As the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion," from the great Washington. (It was unanimously ratified by the Senate.) We also know what the feeling... | |
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