p. 40 | The Religious Amendment

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 16, 1872

The Religious Amendment.

It is well known that petitions for this amendment, numerously signed, were sent in to the last Congress. These were met by counter petitions, and the usual disposition was made of them by the Committee to whom they were referred; that is, the Committee reported adversely to any action on the subject, and asked to be relieved from further consideration of the matter. On this the Christian Statesman says:—

“At the close of the recent session of Congress, the usual disposition was made of petitions favoring the Religious Amendment to the Constitution. Senator Trumbull, from the Committee on the Judiciary, reported that petitions with many thousands of signatures had been referred to them, some asking and others remonstrating against such amendment, and asked to be relieved from further consideration of the subject. As usual, the papers echo this report of the Committee as a final settlement of the question, and an effectual quietus of the agitation in support of the measure. They know as little of the determination and hopefulness of the friends of the movement as of the logical strength of their position.”