Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-12
NJ IL GARLAND, Sec'y.
SUNDAY MAILS.

Tue ldte report lfufu the 81. =. senate on
tn transmission OF the Mals nm Sunday, has
excited IA deep and diversified interest through
ont oar country. The paper quite a novel.
iy, tor although laws have frequently been
passe involving a violation ol the Lords
day, this is the first argnmenialive report pub.
hshcd b. either House Of Congressto yiudi
cate and justify the PROCLAMATION. Sincerely
rs we musi regret that the numerous aud re-
speciHhle petitioners against the conyeyanc.
oil the mails on Sunday, have been defeated
IN their praseworthy design, their very dis
cnmtorture mav furnish some Important III.
siruetious to all who are interested on ills
subject.
All men Can nov see, what some who were
asked 10 take pnrl in this business, declared,
thai The course pursued BY the petitioners was
not wisely chosen
Their cardinal error, as | venture TO call II,
consisted IN snpposlng that the Cause uf our
blessed Savioar requires the interpostion, IL
any way, of" The higher powers Pure reli-
eion Is OF a nature loo spiritual aud holy 10 he
advanced by worldly power or policy. judy
inc from the Lights oi nistnr, II is actually Sa.
fer Tor rs who p'ofs aud rol ourselves ChrIs-
tan, to encounter me hostility OF the Is ate.
than 10 b. jdrored Nth lis corrupine patrons
ag" and alliance rhr Church has never bren
inJur d by persecution, but she has been hrot
t. the verge Vi destruction by placing her re-
ance upon the arm al man, The wor us oil
our Lord must never he forg 1iten--' ma king
dom Is not Of tts wortd
Another error OF The petitioners re lates to the
real source aud nature ui our laws they are
merely expire sious of public opinion our Re-.
presen'at,ves mus snd will be guided III all
thr,r legislation, by The com sentiments
II those who invest them with their high aud
responsible trust. The popular viii, there.
FORE must lmpart its every hue and shade
to the legislative enactments that spring from
it. Are our enzens generally pious Our
| laws will OF course, be such as plety would
| sanction. Have we cause 10 weep tnal but few
among us, give evidence ofteing raised from
the death OF sin TO tue life oil righteousness 4 Of
| being clothed with the meeknesS, benevoence
| and purity of the Gospel II is perfectly futile
| to expect that our public laws shall be lmbued
| with the spirit Of christianity, Nor can We IA.
tionally hope TO remedy the sad and deplola-
BILE evil, by reading homilies lin the dress of
| petitions) 10 our Representative in Congress.
We begin al the wrong end Of the work--and
defeat musf be he i,suc.
| The particular lesson taught rs in thee late
proceedings of Our Scuair IS this never 10
attempt the exercise OF religious influence for
the attainment OF public object, vnless there
De "A rlfdT prosper OF Dtlns suS alnfu IN ine Ii-
Gus effort hs the force OF public opinion. In
the case under consd ration, owing 10 the iuJu
/ dicious course taken by the petitioners for NJ.
tanning end of the highest importance
dreadful injury has re ulted to the cause of Re
! le ION in this country. The most dIgnfed aud
yenc, able branch ui our national legislature b >
soemaiv gwen It's sanction 70 an acknowledge
ed desecratlo of the Christian Sabbath AID
b ought forward Whatever arguments It's learn
ing could muster aud its cloqurnce array, To
quiet the conscences Of those who choose TO do
then own pleasure rather than Gods. on the
day of holy rest. Aud to heighten our mori-
fiction, the official document IN VII ch these
unchr,iian opinions are advanced, is one fine
ATTEST that has issued from copgfrss-it has
been read with uneNalnped avidrty, and hailed
bv many of Our countrymen as new Declar.
alton OF Independence
INonld earnestly call upon Christians of =.
very denomination, to lei thrir ze | in thu
GAUGE Of our common Master aud Lord be
tempered with a sound discretion. = Nnlum
nnnen abe.t ST sill prudential The ate defeat
ought H. dIshrarIen no one. The signs of the
times invoke rs IN an imperative voire 10 put
forth new nod increased efforts for the dlld-
sion of Deeper spIrIt Of pieiy over our belov-
ed country, nuiii ihro' His blessing. without
whom nothing Is strong. nothing IS holy, il
shall BECOME truly evangelical
AN EPi5COPALIAN.