Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1858-09-30
RICH MON HIG.



many respects foreign country to US EagE-hnen We
have eosqaered Iceland, and iniloduced English lave
usases, ard even habits OF fife. In Dublin there il
Court OF Chsnceiy and Court of Queens Bench alter
'ne iAshion oi England. ard the much magnsd Esabh.
cd Church OF tha. country has ouuded ip perhaps
too strict an analogy with o-u. But our country
men north Of the Tweed have preserved their
ence as thoroughly In the time OF Wallace and Bruce
Toe mot ieivid partisan Of Scottish rights ought TO b,
saa,oeo when he d-siet Of this issnd contain
ing less than three nilio69 hhabtaLts Ia po,.e-riaa
o. hss and cu-toms widely Offering hom ,hcsr which
ssisod ssd lelahd Of The cbief Of ,he-s
et IsfsgAaas the os,ST''ss = T rse.rs eseSeh
'ne general cpiuon oil the world IA tha, ErsS.s,o @
Io'e "sn Gu sLiet m honortg Tie hrst day of IN. |
sesk Neither French Iaisu C.thol,cs Tor Germ N
or Duich frotestants the sunday 4, A.
observed IN London The closing Of every shop aud
tVfy theatre, tie semcess1ton Of railway taina and
omnousep the pnm church and chapel goers passpR Nv
uuh th,u Prayer Hymn BJcks held deyouty In tb.r
dgioved hands, all strike the foreigner indication. Of
pre'ernaiura gloom in the national character This
shict observance OF the Sunday Jewish Sabbath Ia
standing accusation against sho live IN the south.rn
part OF the island Aud jet We know that are TO, in
sueh slavery as some OF our felows IL Sunday da~ns
hne aud sunny summer dav know that there are
many recreaons for the poor enckusy Who toed all
The vrk in marrow chop, iul OF musty uoo1ens
Or sltky smelling groceries, aud who has only oue
day in seven to sueeteu himself sid get tle air. E,n
tie old iE-, ibios ued thar Londoptr. en-
p"yed all kinds OF couveyances take them Richmond
Or some other suburban their we, xiv
aud nov the means 0i lccomoiiou and liberty are vastly
ncreased The trains take for te trins
10 the green held in every direction and
uere are open, places which ind ed sometimes
Ver.ed 10 roious bot which sincerely believe
are Tor tie mO-t part the f soding q mper.te
and reasonable reir,shmeot TO those sho need OF it.
Then Hampton Court aud ether publ: Llces are open
the London parks afford pleasant uaks TO tens OF thou
sans; aud it msy be sad that, rth the exception Of
.nusemtn's for sheh money is paid the duors the
Engshman Sunday Is deprived Of those recreation
in th,ir NJ
sure. It fusIy detefnbed by pubic opinion in
England 10 eondrmu scheme Tor Increasing ,he bour
Of set Of Sunday aud l. these grounds that
several popozals oheTr -onAbe OPENING places
OF recreation have been opposed persons by no means
narrow minded utoieran; The obset vauce If the Sab,
bath has IN Eogaud been defended grounds
riib nature and common sense and although we nav
be looked uP"n by the Continental supersious and by
The Northern Presbyterian unplous still thin tb.t
the decorous bit lot acec ob-errace Of Sunday by
Instructed Glasses in England IL lar compromise be-
tween extreme opinions be expected or d.
Every shopketper aud ahopm t eyery artisan or urary
nau has one day in the week for meditation rest or mo-
derat" reaxstiou, while society ard the Safe eouaiy
prohibit The following oi their usual occupaions or an
indulgence 10 the regular mundane erjayments Of the
week The reeuts ne are inclined 20 ihInk sufficiently
haPpy There are come who in favor OF Q iurther
looscninS OF restricuons while portion OF the clergy
would gsdly zee seVerer rule. But the extremes of
opinion are By no means widely srpaated each other
aud tue Observance OF the Eaglsh Sunday Is uhole
satisfactory 10 that vast bulk OF the community who are
neither very siudous Of precsees o the one hand nor
ueons OF abandoning the Precepts Of the Chueu the
Bot cross the Tweed and yoa get into another world
10 nothing Is the land which pfides i.srB assertion
OF it, i1dcpe1ds OF p gaId k.Ll than M
tbe strength and siusUlr9fy d rs Fesbyterian Dorios
The religion OF Scotland il the religion even Of c.
Am=tesdAn tor ia those cies The canous WINCH
established BY SUftheTn Presbytees would
A. tsuef' surprise Paris Florence In thia he
middle OF tie 18th cenury the Jud.cal ots.,vaDea ~
Pna - called The sabbath 10 accepted dOctrn- and
sniofc'd as practice by the ajig clergy Of Scotland
And by that IA 60 section II socety winch alsays Ac-
gu esees ~ the teaching Of national prieshooi Tho
matter Is brought before the public 10 conBexon With the
recent ieturaS regarding the consumption OF whisky ia
oeouaLd There are isS OF who are rot suScisntlv
Aequ inted -ith Scotland kno" that the abuse Of the
national spirit Il very general and that Sunday when
"bO prde themselves on their respectzby feel IL due Ia
themselves TO remain ndOors is especially
ed oy Tie quaItiy VI spirits cOnsuued. The chasee
ot TIE Antsao5Aeriens u, that the rgidIIy Of the
national usages, Hbd the nieidiction OF rauonsl
generally, and Sunday 10 particular
are he cause OF mucu Uf the drunkenness and inmotaL
y which are Sscno,d to Scotland Ii would certainly ap
pear That uo- the pTecans have gained the upper hand
10 Scoil4nd and that they are makLg all SORTS std cor
tons Of men feel their poser. We can seldom hear mpfb
OF the doings Of the orthodox ministers Of Scotland With
out ethng the truth Of Mltous bitter line 'N.v Pres
oy'r out old priest NJ lOrg" Certainly We in EGG
land ioud i-orook fuch iuIelieraice from our own
tab ish clergy Is commonly asserted 10 be practd
hy the less splendid hierarchy Of tie rorhern king m
Whatever Se may be- We nct ptiestridden people
N'ither Anglican cetgymin, Baptist minister ror
Catholic priest would THINK this DIVISION ot The isi.nd
Oi interfering Win a Richmond train q Graye-eud
steamcr Sunday nerncon. Bot IN Sco,la7d ue bsv,
ysais been conscious tbst struggle s rrnceedpg be-
iSeen minority desitous q Etglsh freedom ard ma
rity hcadd by tie clergy oi the rSat Presbytean
Churchcs- When speak Of a Insjoriiy and minority
We Ter ony TO the middle and upper casses tor II l. be-
fond Dc ubt that the resistance reasonable euoymcut
IN the Sunday sptings th Hy rom the uelto-do Scots
Who can bud sufficient comfort their own 6rcsde.
The attempts OF class TO & a recreation In the
Pen air sud the green fields hsve ever received the
erce orpos ton OF these comfortable rsEeioniss and
heir spiritual guides. few yrars stree there vas
reat commctiuu because certain Pu,an landowners re-
used to allow Sunday eIcursioniis land t the pers
'heh they had erected tor the yde sie,mhosts cor
eponden whose letter printed yesterday staes thst
rhin e. days "a rufanly mob, headed by the Gla.-
20 errey, assuied party s return the city from
sunday tfip With hOOtng and hs.ing The Forbes Mac
etze Act Is IN full ce and the warfare against Sunday
-adng is being carried with spiriL and with much
>-ufance Of 50 il would that the Sahba-
,risus are having things al their way aud II IL
bOud appear that excess ~ drinking increases contcu
satsgsy with ths hgb-handed endorsement Of reI-
cofiee'ls' Draw an unpleasant cOnelusivn n do.s n
esd, soem plain euough that t5 divefsi Of be bua
hhd iroin ah eg hmaie amuscntnts must send men 40
hose sumuhnts which excite tie nrty... ~
loOd and aimiuts o. temporary cAhhatatoh. bhls-s
hs PIE bverie4 turn ,esr siiy into being nVinebe
tempt,ton, they may well alou aii, CIergisc apd te
inocent oyments O hie 70 sd taem in spending the
bbafh -day proGfablV aEd chcttluly.