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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Democracy In America, Volume 1 by Alexis de Toqueville: profession, dedicated to the service of God and the care of
souls, and ought not to be diverted from the great duties of
their functions: therefore no minister of the gospel, or priest
of any denomination whatsoever, shall at any time hereafter,
under any pretence or description whatever, be eligible to, or
capable of holding, any civil or military office or place within
this State."
See also the constitutions of North Carolina, art. 31;
Virginia; South Carolina, art. I, Section 23; Kentucky, art. 2,
Section 26; Tennessee, art. 8, Section I; Louisiana, art. 2,
Section 22.]
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