Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1829-03-26
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Though hou houidsi buih hg ussi high
as The eagles, RI br,ag Thee dorm from thence
| GEsrLEaiEa Persons OF ~ lai optics look +
ing az subjects Though different media come 10
different conclusions have lately read IN
/ your Us lul paper. the Report OF the Cou,inh.
! ee Of the United states senate, on Tic trans.
poriatipn al the mails, &c. an rhs Sab bath, aud
the conVic IONS of my mud, Head sme Ia diskeni
| from the high opInIon yon have expressed ~
| that y per, he il the production Of whose pen
soever u may. The freedom of the Pres Is
Justly said 10 be the palladium Of our liberilrs,
and holding in view this I,incipie, rs well as
The liberal iiy with which | have always regsr.
de- your paper a. beng conducted. since I
have been led particularly 10 notice II, doubt
NOT but yon will give insed,on 10 the following
reply TO the above mentioned report. Truth
stands upon an understandable basis and loses
nothing for its free md feafSs sitting error
is The same, whether advanced by The King OF
| the humble ColiageT, and we should approach
add repcl II. with the same indifference and
ealipness, ~ the one case ms the other.
| Your Committee set out by promising that
some respite is required from the ordinary vo-
cations Of life, is m established principle sane
TONED by the nsages of all nations, whether
Christian ar Pagan. One day in seven has also
been determined upon as The proportion OF time,
majority Of citizens Of this country, the first
day in the week commonly called Sunday has
been set apart to that object The principle
has recciCfd he sanction The National Ltgis.
taiurc," &c So far I see nothing 10 condemn,
but much 10 applaud, aud would only add
that in determining upon this principle, the
| Christina world have had their mind ii cd upon
the obli- atoms they feel themselves under TO
regard as paramount, the moral duties which are
founded in the wisdom oftiod, H. from yonr own
shelving The national legislature have so eypdMb
moral principle pf the deraog ~ so far 10 inter-
W ave il with her Laws as TO add a suspen.
SION of all public business on that day. &C."
Now, your humble Examiner does not zee how
| this accords with the expression, which soon
follows " thai should Congress, ia their Legs
lafye capacity adopt The sentiment, it ,uuld
establish the principle thai the Legislature is
proper tribunal 10 determine what are the
laws Of God IL Is evident the sentiments here
embracrd,hre not paradoxical, but contrary
agd irreconcleable for VI n you have SAID
" the pr neiple meaning the observance Of
Tine Sabbath, has received The saBciion Of the
National Legislature the time y already past
when, according 30 your prcmises ,fie precedeB,
WIS set, F." hat the Legislature is The iribuna,
10 determine wliat are the Laws Of God"--in-
deed ifthe argument you here use TO shew
lnat ny ~SfH'a'iHR or iiia shpJtct oil your me
morialisfs, would be attended with conseuuep-
ces 50 pregnant with evil. IL would seem nppli-
cable TO the formation OF every feature OF our
Jurisprudence, in which regard has been paidto
the commandments constituting the decalogue;
and The insian oes are so numerous as TO strike
with force every mind that has examined how
rigidly the laws have in many instances been
founded upon the moral duties. In looking TO
the uItmaium, YOU bring Ia my mind The case
Of u navigator, mentioned by Col. Gooch, who
started perhaps 10 the South, aud went 10 the
North. What is the truth OF the case IN hand
Thousands Of the good people Of this common
wealth, many Of them Of no religious persua sion,
conceiying il. as it truly is, contrary TO the ge-
Mus Of our excellent laws TO infringe upon the
moral principles OF The Bible, petition Congress,
that that particular feature Of our institutions,
which required labor on The Sabbath. should be
so changed. AS 10 run parallel with the obliga-
tons imposed on them by their CreHior, which
l think would be in " strict adherence 10 the
spirit ofthe Constitution" BY your own shew-
ing you admit that Gin conformity to theiwishes
ofthe great majority OF the citizens Of this
country Sunday has beer set apart as the
Sabbath. and that the pripcipie has received
the sanction of the National Legislature. and as
thosgh what bsd been said was forgotten, YOU