Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-17

NED their prayer the n,as' Why have they NOT rcn
,, ms DC ,s9uesed 70 suspend al executive
that our ships sa not satha, srimcs shall No,
tina. justice shall not seize the Suspected or guard tho
~ on Sunday any other day Of The week The .n, "
, does no, rest on that Gay s Government, ever ae
10 worship IN our churches in peace Our Government ;
eene Of eur sSS IKE Our mails They bear from
legislative bodies the decisions OF the judiciary and the ord.
of country Of crime and the ds defence
'ere of the PEOPLE Were they suppressed one dsy Of he
and besides while the bog, might resi- the mail
would pursue their journey with the passengers The mail
relatives aud friends preserving communion of bea,, Ss
those lar separated aud increasing the most pure and rc6s
pleasures Of existence; also the letters of ca
convey the Of the markets. prevent runo,s s eh
pnd promote general asndivida in,e,c., ,s s,
Tracts winch almost every house ,rou"Ssa, ,. and
cpuoic is the conveyance OF these violation the Sabba,
The advance of the human intelligence IN vim. @
religion itself depends in part upon the speed with ,y;,
knowledge OF the pas, DISSEMINATED Without am
between one country aud another, d between ;I,re,
tons of the country every Improvement in n",s
eal science, aud the Of life would be confined N u
borhood where originated. The more rapid and The %
frequent this interchange the rapid win he the mn, m
intellect and the progress Of improvement The mail i. Ill.,
chief means by which intellectual eh, iavh,es % o @
,Iemes of the Republic. Stop one day IN ieven an e sA
reaid one seventh the advancement our country you
from stopping the mail Sunday the committee would a
commend the of all reasonable means TO pve .e
expedition and greater extension VIVA, wouldc the cs
strike every mind 1.-THE Union a, the SAME timer II 70
distance OF province or state fom the government
frequency OF intercourse between Our mail. ;sa MI
ou ana arkansas in less time than they reached Ken,uck
and Ohio in the infancy Of their selenef and po 10y
there arc three millions of people extending thousand %
er rue @ WE hear less Of discomfort than when
10 stop the mails one day in would lie to thrust ,
whole western country, and other distant carts of this Se
c days journey from the scat of t;oycrn ncpun-
were expedient 10 put end the transmssion of ,
ana newspapers on Sunday because violates te IA @
have not the petitioners begun wrong in their es OF God
arm OF government be necessary compel man to s,ec, @
oey e laws OF God do not the State Governments possess
INFINITELY more power IN this respect Let petlioners 49,
10 em and see II they induce the passage of lo ~
respect the observance Of the Sabbai for If no ;n, 20
the mail to carry Sunday il mus, be ov sui or
for individuals to write, carry, receive or read them y i
pleie the system Travelling on business or 70 com
to and fo church; all printing, carrying receiving and
ing OF mewpape all conversations and social niercoursc
upon resous subjects, must necessarily be nnsh
TO suppress the evil Would also follow as nm i'
m 'nat every man. woman, aud child should be
70 aend meeting? and only sect in the on;n
ion OF some, can be deemed orlsdox must il NO, h
co. ny law, which mat and compel all hear those teaeh
ers ana coniiou'e to their support! II minor punbmen,
would not restrain the Jew, Sabbataan ~ ,
VINO oe,eves Saturday to be the Sabbath dsbcIieves
wouu MOI me same sys,epsequc that should e<o
to imprisonment Punishment the rack and the ~ soi
to doctrines which thew abSo or compel Them
shall have yielded to those measures il will be ms snu
NO longer bea ,%e sn ne ans Of the mail
oil TINS Government TO afford ALTO jew o, en, uu
e protection and the advantages Of our beuens %
ns'uos on Sunday as well every day of the ,u
Although This government will convert itself into
IL VIII practice upon the ma MIN Laid 49,
uy 'ne ounder oil Chrsanitythat tul IN do %
me Saoba.h day IL the Almighty set anar ,h 800
OF ,he week as ine which bound TO keen hoi va
vote exclusively to his worship would il not he mo,o anu
70 'e preceps oil Christians appeal exclusveIy 20 49,
Laweveroi the Universe 10 aid them making :, or
correcting ,heH practices by purifying their hearts,
ment VIII protect them in their efforts When ,sv
so instructed he public mind and awakened The ~
oil noviduas as To make them believe that IL =;
oil Gods law TO carry the mall open post Offices ~
on sunday the EVIL Of which they complain will
Of ITSELF without any exeron of strong arm NJ c;
when man undertakes to be Gods avenger he become. %
mon Driven by the frenzy OF religious zca he ios e
gentle feeng forsets the most precepts of his coed
becomes ieTocious and unreleniing '' anu
ranes dd not wait TO be oppressed the mother
country asserted ana exercised o,a 80
them 10 have acgresced in the tax of three nenco
pound OF tea would have led the way TO the nas,
on they took bold stand against the prncinc aS
anu Independence was the result The pctoncrs IL y
requested congress to suppress Sunday mails upon IN. oot
OF political pedency but because they violate the
the first day Of the week ~ "e sahcuty OF
inns being the iact and the petitions having L.
GAINED even the wish TO unite politics and regoS 10y
e committee reasonably cherish the hope that thew ,; t
teconGied 20 It's decision, in the case; especapy n. Z ;s
iac that the counter memorials equally resnectabIy o
e interference OF congress, upon the ground tfat &c
tional - '" "eiciofe unconstitu
consideration Of the subject o. '" VIC TURNER