Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1846-09-10

cpies involves Rul lei us lr,k a, he rtecrjrn, II
would establish. Ii the people ssuesre. how long ~
IL De ceinfe We SHAH ste spme other ordinance ienchihg
upon our rights aid liberties. Win til. help OF lit
lie eAIfaodnary religious zeal. the directory nf the
Iynchhurg aud Salem turnpike Company meh, pass
al ordinance prohibiting all travel their road sun
day.
Every good eli len. as far as praccshle irum de
crn respect !" lie customs aid usagss oi his cuniry
Independent oi his religious scunles III conform 10 the
Sabbath. Such runnrny Is both useful and proper
There is law IN Virginia pr,,d.ng Tor the keepng ut
The day which is oi individual application only Such
Is lis cutnon aud natural consltucun Bun every en-
lshiened man knows. At the lime, thar such con
i"fmlly Is voluntary II punlshrd under
any Sunday ordinance t,r vacation ii tlir day. the
Federal Court would give hun redress. A canal is
chartered at The great highways of the comuni.
~. upon The same principle a Toll Bridge, Ferry.
TURNPIKE oiher highway. and there is no pow.r dele
e:ied Ia either III lis chaner authorizing blockade
On Sunday.
l. is principle in la, where powers are not given
They are moi IMPLIED, cannot be enforced and the
proper aud only alternative left Ia atus
Director Is 10 rrsgn- his acceptance aIsu hs resg
naimn being MISTER OF his choice. The odl-
nance question Is The result m hiroy and innurance
The Language ut the Sunday Mai Report ioclby por-
rays thai fact. .ln md vldual character, all
enleIIan "p'nIons aud pursue corresponding practice
upon The suhe Of Ttlison flow ever diversified these
may be. We all halm"ntze AS cillztns. while each Is
/
he 'lalms lur hlmstl'. But. IN our Representative,
character, our Individual character is lost. The ind
vljnal acis Tor himself the representative for his
sidets lie Is chosen Ia represent their political an,
/ mol thru religious VIEWS guard the rphts of
not |" restrict The tights u conscience. DEE pots may re-
gid Their subjects AS their property, and nsurp the DIT
vine ptefngause {" prescribing their religious ialih -
But the history Of the morId furnishes The melanchol,
Demonstration, that the disposition Of one ,uan To co, rc
the religious homage oi another springs from an unchas
tened ambition, rather than devotion To any re-
lgmn.' Again II says-'t must he rec Ilect.d that
III The earliest settlement ui Tins country, the spri
persecution which drove the pgtms from their nallv
hume was brought viii them their new hahllailon.
aud that some christians w.te scourged. and others p
/" DEATH Tor no uh'r crime than dissenting from tn
desmas ii their rulers Religious zeal enllss tn
strongest pr Jndlc ot the hum mind and when mis-
directed 'Aclts The worst passions Of nature unde
tn deusye pretcNt OF doing Gud service"
Volumes might be written IN relation To This odiou
'dlc. II is principle sought 10 be established and
successful vii convuse this cuntiy very centre
| he Stockholders, III The majesty Of Their srenp h
should wipe III ihIs stigma. Ii Is due Ia the public
/" my humble opinion II Is Injury 10 the canal whlc
~" be lei. IN alter years--and i'll bear and feel tn
Impress OF this folly. by diversion Of the Trade an
irdv'L II wonld have been much ntarr approach I
wsd"m aud 10 Justice. had the dreclofy as much a
practicable. reduced the tos but oh lana tlcism-ntl
my VAS wanting, nolhlng needed. but 10 convert ever
huai into meeting ouse, AMI every capt into the III
ca VI leader Of lha, meeting
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