Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-12-25
A Paris Sunday.


The efforts Of ati-sabbaih men says the Jour.
nal Of C0amere are dire ed 10 the Introduction of
holiday ObservaucsO of sacred bours. The National
Sunday League" Of England, and correspondents
destinations in this country, ses on the priueiple
that the most plausible and sge,live mode Of dss
uoyirg The divine institution is 10 sppeaI 10 the
love Of pleasure, Il is veil then 10 study the char,
acier ana influence Of the '.reorsatiTs sunday "a
be substituted for orr day Of rest AID Worahis The
last document Of The New York Sabbah Committee
-7Tas Sa56atA q EaroFs-furni=hss WeleSme lisht
On this point The resdencs Of the Secretary for two
years in the Old World afforded opportunity for
accurate information The fOlloSiBg extract will
show whittier re shall drifl if We give up our Sab
baths for a Continental sunday:
a Paris Sunday has become rrozerbial for rs
godlessness- Passing along its clean and beautiful
streets, you md The cafes and restaurants crowded
sIth men, taking their morning meal and rsadiog
the newspapers Of the day. Cries Of fruit dealers
aud street-TendeFs are every where heard, though
me needless Accumulation Of crying newspapers is
not tolerated, even in Paris. PaYioTs, masOns.
Toofsrs painters all kinds Of meeh8nies are gagged
In iheir usual sT0csiiOBs. Places Of busiaess are
universally open till mid day, rs on other DAYS
The Hhirl Of cabs and omnibuses is even more con
stant than during the six days Of the week lad
the curiosity to count the vehicles passing the In
dustral Palace, Champs Elysses, mostly going 20 or
returning from The Bots De Boulogue in the after-
loon Of the second Sabbath in Auaust-she grand
fete day 81 Cherbourg, When Paris vas emptied Of
the elite Of its fashionable s0cety-and found the
average 10 be one hundred and fortv minnie ar
one thousand six hundred and sigatv an hour
The grand Waler>Works at ST. Cloud and Versailles
Play only On Sunday. As the day advances the GAR
deus Of the Tuileries and the Cbamps Eivsses
presents scene Of uRriValled gaisy and folly Bands
Of music execute lively military and opsrstie airs
Gaudy booths ara surrounded With ads Of men.
women, and children, absorbed By childish sporis
Automatic too sllly for the amusement Of infants
serve to delight other groups Of soldiers and srse-
gers. Goat carriages and Whriigiss Of wooden
horses or mimic ships divert the children and nur-
ses. As evening SETS in the outdoor concert and
drinking saloons Haunt their attractions. brilliant
mirrors reflect the isneifu gas jets; singing men
and singing women, accompanied by orchestras be-
low, anuse the multitude With comic and some.
times immoral songs Every conceivable device for
dTaEing the people sEay from home and from Gsd
IS employed. The Cirque de Temperatures furnish
es its equestrian attractions and lis miahiuspirin
Exhibitions Adjacent public gardens are throngei
vita dancers OPeraiie and theatrical amusements }
add their seductive performances The whole line
of the BoulsVards Is filed with people seated in
front Of the cafes, slipping their branded coffee,
playing domihoeai or gazing at the promenaders /
along the broad pavements. Houses and homes III 4
there be such thing, without the name in Francel
seem 70 be emptied into the streets aud places Of
amusemenis, and the city is converted into q pan
aemonlam Of folly and Of gsnieel or gross dssipa-
ton.
''Sincs the accession ofthe reiguins DYNASTY SIM
day labor has been susp nde3 on he public works in
France; but observed that the stuuendous urepara
tion for the Emper0F's fete day fireworks IN The /
Place de IL COncOrde were 10 full progress on the
second Sabbath in August the fete occurring on the
succeeding Sunday; but on Monday the Sunday !
Eorkmen were not there, either because destination
or Oyer-exsrtion compelled day of rest.
"Saeh without more Of detail, is Paris Sunday
In the light Of reason, and Of the Bible and Of
eternity, hcW does It look and what are ia friis
Are they not found in the thriftlsss condition Of
vast PT0lstaTe population, living from hand 10 mouth
restless IN spirit. feroeiOus in temper kept from
rebellion y numerous sOdieFy, or quieted By Gov
eTnment labor and food May they not be seep in
tbe dWarfed stature and paIlid aspect sei Tsteed
insheieney Of the laboring classes and in che sbs
Monday records Of the employers OF Of the ma
gisraeyi the Sundays dssi patton disepabling tbou
sands from Mondays occupations or sending them
to prison! Can they not be traced in the General
deeieDsion OF private, commercial, and political
morals, whatever cover the refinement and high
civilization of Partisan life NAV throw oVer The
incOnceiVabe iniquity Of its social condition in The
loosening Of eo1j1gai bonds, the utter loss Of
ho11e day and Of ali the restraints and Jews Of home
life; in the prevalence Of godessness, irrelgion.
and Inhdeliy and in the aseendency OF civil and
spiritual despOiisml Better would il be for Paris
for France, for the Continent that ofday
were recognised, and that the tide Of life we're 10
roll Oh without cessation, than that the Lords dav
should be thus perverted into day Of sinful folly
and universal Generalization. Ceaselsss occups-
ton, With all its physical evils and its embruitng
influence would he less disastrous than this deyoion
OF sacred time to goddess pleasure"