Ezra Stiles Ely - Moral character has now some influence in our ele

Moral character has now some influence in our elections, but not that place which it deserves. The law of public opinion excludes confirmed sots, and persons judicially convicted of high crimes and misdemeanors against the State; but it ought to render the election of all profane swearers, notorious Sabbath breakers, seducers, slanderers, prodigals and riotous persons, as well as the advocates of dueling, impracticable.

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A conservative Calvinist weekly periodical. Just as today, there were few politicians who could stand up to such a test.

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Ezra Stiles Ely, 1786-1861, Presbyterian Pastor in Philadelphia, Editor, The Philadelphian The Duty Of Christian Freemen To Elect Christian Rulers: A Discourse Delivered On The Fourth Of July, 1827 In The Seventh Presbyterian Church In Philadelphia

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