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Show f GEQRGE WASHINGTON ON RELIGIOUS TOLERANCE A a reply to the bigoted propaganda, propa-ganda, attacking Governor Smith on religious grounds, which t3 being be-ing distributed through the South by various intolerant organizations, the Democratic National Committee has Issued photostatic copies of a letter written by George Washing ton to the members of the New Church, a Baptist congregation, in Baltimore. In it, the "Father of the American Republic" said: "We h::ve abundant reason to refill; il.it In this land the light of truih and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition, and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. "In this enlightened age and In this land of equal liberty it is our boast that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of vhe laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding .the highest high-est offices that are known In the Unite.-) States." |