Richmond daily times. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1853, 1852-02-18

charge W. do nos believe H. Those gentlemen took
their stand without consultation with each other, and
we have reason TO believe that they will acqut of
any perversion ofthe ammunition they furnished us.
As the declarations with which the Dispatch winds
its article have only TO say, as far as We know
that there was no und intention among the members
OF the Society towards the Editor of the Dispatch We
expected he would willingly yield at once to reason
able request and all would go on we'll Not doing So
he placed rs under the necessity OF alpeahng TO tne
public to sustain Now, submit If the Dispatch
should blame for effects that flow from its adj
mltted obstinaeyand add its useless opposition to
public opinion and oar rights and reasonable wishes
We should like to know how the editor became inform
ed that the practice of sabbath labor prevails uni
versay in all the cities of this country in England and
in France Did he guess at it. Or coadease it out of his
glowing imagination We haow that there many
exceptions among the dailes in this country and
informed that there exceptions in England where
there are but comparatively few daily papers. The
practice Of Sabbath labor is rapidly coming into disre
pte, and must and ought to yield to the force of public
opinion
AS to the real extent of Sunday service in the Dis.
patch Office, say that the admitted abuse absorbed
as many hours of Sunday usually devoted to
labor ia other days The rule of the editor who is so
morus about dictation permitted yield to the
choice OF the printers In the of reason, why
could he not yield the rule to the when
asked to do so But he may say the Society asked it
his men would have done it, if they had been put
the committee All OF them prefer not to work
Sunday As to the remarks the change of the Sab
bath day. we simply reply the matter is settled by the
Church and the State
itselfo the observation-disclosures ofthe reply il made
statement of facts concerning the Teegraphc and
the Baltimore papers, not the papers of the North 1t
says: wv understand that the committee OF the Ty
biographical Society explain what took to be
tradiction of Themselves. The committee have made
no explanation. Their language unambiguous and
pointed. Two members OF the committee only explain
ed to the editor las nas02eea0R of their plain
ment.
The following arrangement Of the Dispatch removes
all present difficulty has yielded all that was at first
courteousy solicited, after getting up storm in its
"tea pot, which has subs led in yapo without serious
injury to the Typographical Society:
"A NEW ARRANGEMENT IN THIS 0FFfCE.-After this
week. in vineaon OF the editors of this paper we have
to say that in compliance with the wishes Of the hands
employed in Office and ont Of desire to relieve them
and emewhatct ourselves from the excitement and
ASPIRATION which has been causelassy produced 10
has been arranged that Monday mornings Dispatch shall
be Kept open for the latest and telegraph messages
until IL o'clock Sunday night, when the compositors
will convene in the office and set in types these 6i de-
2afe1s of the paper We trust this will satisfy every
body, white 1t carries cut our object"
The italics ours, but the "buDging' is the edi-
tors
We are fully satisfied. The principle for which we
contended, has been acknowledged The public, we
hunbly trust will acquitus of any unkndness towards
the Dispatch. Our course adopted from necessity,
and cur controversy against that Office has been conuc
ted with much orbearance as, under all tile crcum
stances, could have been expected "All is WELL posi-
bly, that ends WE'LL
Very respectfully,
A. NJ. BAILEY,
j. RICHARD LEWELLEN,
J. II. WALFORD, Committee
A. T. CRUTCHFIELD,
j. i. BINGHAM,
RICHMOND Feb. 10th, 1852