When the Constitution of North Carolina was again changed by the Convention of 1861, which voted for secession and joined the Confederacy, the article in question was changed in phraseology only. The word “Christian” was omitted, but the clause still debarred from holding office a “person who shall deny the being of God or the Divine Authority of both the Old and the New Testament.” The convention of the period of reconstruction, which met in 1865, afforded no relief, but the Constitution which it framed was rejected by the people at the polls in the following year, though on other grounds. It was not until the Constitutional Convention of 1868 that Jewish emancipation was accomplished in North Carolina. The time was ripe for the abolition of all religious tests, and there appears to have been no debate on that point. Only “persons who shall deny the being of Almighty God” were, and still are, debarred from holding office in that State, as no change has been made in this regard since 1868. CHAPTER XVI. THE WAR OF 1812 AND THE REMOVAL OF JEWISH DISABILITIES IN MARYLAND. The Jewish community almost at a standstill between the Revolution and the War of 1812――Stoppage of immigration and losses through emigration and assimilation――No Jews in the newly admitted States――The small number of Jews who fought in the second war with England included Judah Touro, the philanthropist――The Jewish disabilities in Maryland――A Jew appointed by Jefferson as United States Marshal for that State――The “Jew Bill” as an issue in Maryland politics――Removal of the disabilities in 1826.