Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-02-26

Mr. Adans) as much as they please, in their
eiIofs 10 Hpprar exalted ps,ria,s-bu,
they mu,, nor be expected IN b. believed un,iI
they wipe out The history OF their deeds from
1900 10 their final discontinue by ,be noac, nj
1914. And still less can II br pxpecled Tim,
the charge of fasehood, IN regar,i IL the ground,
assumed by MIR Adams, can bs supported, un.
Ill they can either disprove the FAC, tia, Ger.
tain leaders" of the federal psr,y we're looking
ahead 10 the appointment OF military com
Their purpose but civil war such functionary
could have been required by the,u
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SABBATH MAILS
| We have received the following note, TO
which we beg leave TO snhjoin lew remarks :;
| Hessr,. Idiscrs a friend, who has Iono
supported YOUR paper, would suggest whether
II would not answer every purpose as wei To,
/ finish your papers on Monday and send them
by Thursdays mad, and thereby NOT tle nu,,rr
the Necessity OF working Sahhalh morninp.-
! Your relis lnus f,icads begin To think they ar.
indirectly encouraging the proclamation al that
holy. day aud unless YOU vii pay some re.
spsc' TO their feelings, nv,pber of them will
Withdraw thu support. THIS, s,rs, is not IN.
tended as "a threat, but is sent IN tue spirit of
! friendship. A SUBSCRIBER.
We know 'he author, and we receive his ad-
montion IN Inc spirr' off,1endship which dics.
ted il. We beh.ye him TO be sincere when he
says he did not intend it as n threat for We
! ARE ass,;<ed hr knows US too we'll, 10 expect IN
10 be induce! ~ alter amy course which we
think right by any ssceies oflniimidarlon.
IN answer To his tvs, q1eaIon, We assure
him that il, as be suggests. We were ~ delay
sending our Mondays paper until Tuesday al
ternoons mail, We shoold receive ten c0Dl-
plants where We now iecrive one, nnd should
consequently sustain a like nroeortion oflnss
Aud besrles--ii we should sdept the sugguston
| Of our " Subscriber What good nIoral eject
eouldit possibly produce Should we with
hold our papers, wood not thu stage continue
to go on as il now does And would not the
post masters. whose offices il may reach on the
Sabbath, still undergo III. lahorol oppning. rs
sorting and distributing Most nssu,edv -
But, our friend and Subscriber is entirely mi..
taken in supposns tina, work IS necessarily per.
FORMED in our office in consequence OF the ex.
, sting arrangement On contrary the pa
prs Of Monday W HIGH arn sent by the Saiure|a.
nights western mail, are, with scarcely an *.
ceptian. prepare hfore - O'clock of thai
nigh,-and he may therefore rest assured tina,
no paper which he touches is contaminated
with a PROCLAMATION nj ,he Sabbath. unless be
be of thai class Of Christians which believe the
" holy day TO commence at the setting of the
SIN Of Saturday. We have seen ,hs time when,
from the arrangement, Of the mails, We found !,
diificelt 20 avoid doing some " orb in the office
on the Sabbath but. during ihp las, ls months
WE have maie such arrangement. as enable ~
10 ave id 1t. We confess however. that We do
not entertain such a rigid opinion OF the nere.,
sny of abs aiming from, all eirplovmsat nn the
sabbath as does our corr espoodfni. We do
not think tina, the penalty Of death, which wa,
attached 20 ns violation bv the Jews ou,h,
81 III TO be en- forced--bui we believe H. nnIwth-
IL as strictly as may De consisien, With a due
regard to the absolute necessities Of midi, riuas
and the vital Interests of the community AZ
large. We believe. too; that the Sabbath, for
the purpo-es OF public worship AID relipinus
instruction, is a law of Christianity, of divine
appoin ment-and that the mere resting from
Labor on tina, day longer than is necessary
for these purposes. is M ordinance Of human
institution. The Rev. DR.. Paley Whose ortho.
dosy and learning will be uIqussIioned) con
sidrrs that The divine law relative to the obse,-
vance of the Sabbath tpars exclusively on llr-
Mosa'cal dispenaa,on END that itwa, abroga.
ted at the birth of our saviour But, il DR..
PaIev BE not regarded MS an authority of suhi.
cient weight, We refer our friend to ST. Paul,
who SAYS. Lei, therefore, no man Judge you
in respect of an holy day, or 81 the NV moon,
or Of he Adbdtt day, which are a shadow Of
things TO come &c.-AtSe conclude viii the
follow ing remarks from an uoknoun correspon.
dent. They are pertrnenl aud fo'clhle:
Mesus. Editors,-i &oud Suggest TO your
numerous reaherS the sfnlownIg qnes non -
Those who hsve urged the measure oil stopping
The nr,I on SUNDAY. have stated that II ine
oLser,an-c OF SdnJiay SHOULD become extuci
in our land, puhlIc and private sIiue ouid
disappear, and ANARCHY aud de pu,iSm would
ens,,e ". desire 10 liof a. question to thee
people. hos DO ' hu account tor, The fact, that
those christians who pay ltgard 10 90 pa',n-
ular dty, have SO lous been Justly reckCaea a
mong uur most .rruous aud useful citizens
Al DAYS with the Qnaktrs are equa ' holy
saws Chrkson. in his porlrai,'We OF Qusketsn.
Now, how dot. II happen that ibese' people are
40 worse than 'ptbeis, II 1t he necessary to
the ,nainial nance Of public virtue ihat the OBJ
servance Of Sunday should be niloned by law
CONVENTION
The non-freeholders aye holding meetings
in several counties, Nc, wifi n view 10 adopt