Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1830-03-01

me New Testament. by Citing the cano,,.
o'u-'ar tfom recommending the ripota.s'He
seT'ance rssn oi the ScrIpiural Sabbs,b = %
y recommends that Christian iiberaIi,v' opeh-
all holiday observance, which your : 10
s'rants presume respectfully 10 recunma.''h-
'heir rulers, namely 10 let one man 'I 10
one day above another = a nd auo,L,r s'etn
esteem Nil days alike" hhn
b. Because, as serenih day Sahha,eon.
~ defence vi a creed entirely criptursI , M
Hem unstranis, with Difference. i.u;oi ?Oat
GEES. thai The Sunday in modern Chr is,snA'D
unknown 10 any OF tue inspired writers I'm so
mated IN he following edict of the Roman
peror Constantine, viz " Let all III, Ind
" and Town People, and the occupani. =, -,
= trades. rest on The venerable dGv I'm, Sa MI
" nevertheless, lei farmers in The County, -
" cate necessary agricultural labor as h.,..
Z" fore, &c. &c. Here is an undenishL.
toric TACT and after stating il, we ma. :.
inquire, by what divine authority this ,1n'.3
yensra'ion of solar ritn~als-undertook az.
union ut Church aud State in The Foor,b " "
tnry rectity or repeal he fourth Comnant
ment '"u
d Because, waving further proofs that H..
creed OF your menIotiailsts, far from b.ios
derived from human Legislation, or ginaiei o
divine appointmen We proceed respectfulv l..
Contend, Nhat under the guarantee Of the l,,,
damentaI law oil the lanI, all Christian ..,,s
are equals-equa'ity is eqnit, and, Ut conr.s
congress proposes no equitable aurhgrit, IN
enact laws, whlch even indirectly dlsclo., ann
marked preference of one religious sect n,
doctrine, over another Or " iich tend IN III,
nIfy or d,spAIage any peculiar tenet of Chrs.
tan hCliet.
Z. Because your memorialiss assevera,e .,a
appeal 10 history for conf nation of this lar,
thai tue believers in no age of ChrsIisn,,,
" here its real objects were understood. ba,.sa
interdicied requisite travelling on The Sshhatb
day Aud III such 4 vast community as ,hss.
unlIed States, comprehendlng so many d,.I.n,
and pppnlons districts, aud exhibiting sueh n n
immense diversity OF intercourse, your distan,
memurialists beseech their civil rulers. 10 con'
sider how many citizens may be found. on any
interdIcted day, The state of " hose health ,hs
state o whose affairs, The dying STATE of " ho.,
friends. NAV impeiiously require them to ,rs,.
o. and who, but for the accommodation ,hs,
steamboats, aud mail coaches constantly ano,d
would be frustrated in the althlnment Of surY
ohJec 5 as Divine Providence seems 10 hayee,.
onIpted from all human IL gislation.
3. Because, although your Remonstrsnt.
insist, that no modern day aploinied by bu.
man authority, Can he cOnsecrated for noble,
purposes than was the seventh day by di,ia.
appointment. Yet they feel bound TO st,te
that they do not acqnirscr in the WIDE djslipe
ton between yirtuOus conduct disclosed on III,
t'st or on the sepenh day of the week, and vi,
the other working days, because TO them sncb
distinctions seem ungIounded and pernicions
ami, moreover, they do eonscienciousIy believe
that pure Christianity has no more connraion
with restraint oil mail coaches or internal nayi.
CATION, on eilher of those Two days, than with
any other p0ruon Of time. lis true, such DAYS
are called " holy" But wherefore is i, NOR.
holy 10 pray in the closet And Why should
Congress, eaen had they Jurisdiction. leglsIals
TO aid any seci n cherIshlnga superstition so
unworthy OF the liberal light oil the Gospel
And IN conclusion, therefore, we ask for no
leeisIatlon to coerce any DENOMINATIONS Of
Christian citizens in these United States, 10
compl. with the dictates of our scripiural holi
day Aud on The other hand. We respectfully
but firmly Claim for ourselves and our posIefr
", The like unimpared religious freedom.