The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-13
THE RICHMOND WING AND OUR
SELVES.


absent from the city for some weeks, returned
only on Wednesday evening. On Tuesday
last we had conversation with the junior edi-
tor touching the proceedings of the Typo
graphical Society, and the use WHICH had been
made of his letter to that body. In the course
of that conversation we understood him to say
that he was opposed to forcing any one into
the measure which he himself had voluntarily
adopted, and that he had not been aware Of the
use to which his letter would be applied. In
one Of the religious papers of this city, on yes
day morning, the following editorial appeared:
A Coon ENTHUSIASTICALLY, the propre-
tors Of the Daily Wing of this city gave notice
to the subscribers of that journal, that they
should discontinue Sunday work in their ONCE.
The Typographical Society having taken the
matter into consideration, and having adopted,
by a large majority, a resolution TO abstain
from desecrating the Lords day, by working,
as several of them had heretofore done, made
known their decision to the daily offlces IN the
CITY, oil of whom, with the exception OF the
Daily Dispatch, agreed to abandon Sunday
work in future. We trust that the proprietors
of the Dispatch will yet see the proprety IN
concurring in this measure.
That such desecration of the Sabbath day
exerts a demoralizing influence upon those
thus employed, is we'll ascertained fact. De-
barred from attending The services ofMe sane
tuary, they must necessarily become irreli-
gioas, if NOT scepticai. Apprentices in such
offices are placed in an unfavorabe, ifnot dan
gerous position, as respects their future pros
poets. The plea of necessity has frequenil,
been shown to have no valid foundation, and
any supposed benefit that might be derived
from having the news a little earlier, is no
equivalent for the injury thus inflicted on a la
borious and worthy class of the community
Why should not printers, jouneymen as well
as apprentices. hare She privilege of attending
the services Of the sanctuary! Are they to
be compelled TO violate command Of Jeho-
yah, and the law of the Commonwealth, to graz
tify the curiosity of few individuals ? lfany
important intelligence arrives between Satur
day night and Sunday night, it can he commu
ncated to the public by means Of e.ctras.-
That it should have been SO long counte-
naaced, and countenanced too, by professors
Of religion, is matter OF especial wonder. Ii
has been carried on in defiance of the State
law prohibiting labor on the Sabbath, and the
police have failed to do their duty in reporting
the offenders, and have thus connved at their
breach of a positive enactment. We trust
That they wW hereafter be made to do heir.
duty, and arrest the attending parties. We
hope. too, that the religious portion Of the
community wiH sustain those presses Which
abstain from this unnecessary dissertation.
and discountenance any one aDhsch shall per-
sistin upholdi"g it.-Religious Herald.
We shall enter into no controversy with the
Herald, nor is it necessary; for the Wing, not
only by publishing, without comm mt, endors-
| ed this assault upon us, but manifested an
| eagerness TO commence the warfare, which u.s.
to say the least, unusual. On the same morn
ing on which il appeared in the Herald, it ap.
peared in the Wing!
We have already stated that the printers in
this Office have twenty-four hours entire lei
| sure, and that they have every opportunity tt
attend divine worship if they think proper tt
do so. We shall say nothing about "extras,
| since, to judge from what is said of them above
| they must be issued from the Wing office
without labor. Nor shall we do more thar
allude to the very neighborly hint to the police
to take us into custody, aud deal with US ac
cording to law. But we do ask especial at
ten,ion to the concluding sentence, in which
the whole religious community is invited t.
drop the Dispatch and take the Wing. Ths
| ~ 10 hoSt Soi''Ou VII hOth III
twenty .sesen out Of its twenty-eight years o
existence; but it has now grown rich, and
like those moral gentlemen who first make ,
fortune by rum selling, and then lecture OF
| temperance, it can now afford tc damn the 81,
which is no longer necessary.
We take the occasion to say, that we acqui
Mr. Edwd. VIM. Johnston entirely OF all par
in the publication Of this article. We feel as
sured that the personal relations existing be
tween himself and one of us, would neve
have allowed him to countenance such pro
ceeding against us.