...Vidal v. Mayor of Philadelphia, 43 US (2 How.) 127, 198 (1844) ("So that we are compelled to admit that although Christianity be a part of the common...annoyance of believers or the injury of the public.") with Scott v. Sandford, 60 US (19 How.) 393, 411 (1857) ("[T]here are two clauses in the Constitution...

...Pennsylvania, if not broadly construed to negate Girard's exclusion of Christian clergy, at least in the "qualified sense, that its divine origin and truth...to the annoyance of believers or the injury of the public."63 Other prominent figures also criticized Jews. The 1857 American party candidate for governor...

...unquestioned matter of fact. It observed in 1844, speaking of Christianity, that its "divine origin and trust are admitted, and therefore it is not to be maliciously and openly reviled and blasphemed against."4 Sustaining federal prosecutions of Mormons for polygamy, the Court said that practice was...

...in Christianity or not, and whether they were Jews or infidels; so that we are compelled to admit, that although Christianity be a part of the common...annoyance of believers, or the injury of the public. Such was the doctrine of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, in Updegraph vs. the Commonwealth, 1 1...

...protected every variety of opinion on religion, including infidelity. "So that we are compel led to admit, that although Christianity be a part of the common...annoyance of believers or the injury of the public." That, he added, was the holding in Updegrapb.25 Thus, in the end, Story's support of the doctrine boiled...

...agreed, and in a unanimous opinion read by Justice Joseph Story, ruled as follows: Christianity ... is not to be maliciously and openly reviled and blasphemed...annoyance of believers or the injury of the public.... It is unnecessary for us, however, to consider the establishment of a school or college, for the propagation...

...believed in Christianity or not, and whether they were Jews or Infidels. So that we are compelled to admit that, although Christianity be a part of ^the common...annoyance of believers, or 'the injury of the public. Such was the doctrine of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in Updegraffv. The Commonwealth, 11 Serg....

...in 1844, he declared "although Christianity be a part of the common law of the state [Pennsylvania], yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its divine...maliciously and openly reviled and blasphemed against "40 Nor did contemporaries consider the almost-universal religious preferments and disabilities that...

...connection with the provisions of the Constitution of that State." " So that we are compelled to admit, that although Christianity be a part of the common...annoyance of believers or the injury of the public. Such was the doctrine of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the Commonwealth m Updegraff." (2 Howard,...

..." It is said, and truly, that the Christian religion is a part of the common law of Pennsylvania ; yet it is so in this qualified sense, that its Divine...annoyance of believers, or the injury of the public." With these principles before the Court, we are somewhat surprised that the provision of the will which...