New-York daily tribune., 1858-03-18

There Il another theory, that W. az 20 tue peo'
ole on ths dsy OF rest 10 contemplate the great Gre
ato, Of Ue.xcn and earth And man; to contemplate
mans relations 10 the Creator and ms dute. a. .
moral being. Mr. KetehEn itea an e1rsc
from Blackstone, showing tna, profana-
ton Of the sabbath was. coIeueteo a crime
in that great law authority. he a'so referred to
statute OF this State that there ehoud De no huntng,
f.tng or gaming going to tipping houses on the Sab
| ath. This was an expression ol inc po"Pe 1i Nss
York in the early days of the Commonwealth Shath
continent { the people be changed IL we look 10
Europe We see there mode OF Keeping the Sabbath
that I. connected with system OF government thst
degrades the masses OF mankind; oha. we change
our system-when the mode OF keeping the Lords
dsv In tbi. country and in England Il inseparably
COZ nected with system OF government which has
elevated the masses Talk Of Union: There is no
,ecessjty of talking about African Slavery; if
abolish this custom Of keeping the Sabbath Wa will
soon all be slaves. lApplause.
Mr.. FAsCHFR then said that he had been lnyltei =
srak about the remedies for Ssbbsth desecration IT.
one sense be thought we should appeal TO the law,
and not allow to rest idly in the statute book. An
alarm has been sounded in some quarters that we pro-
pose to ak for stringent laws but we do not propose
any such thing We ask for due protection 10 the
obseryston of this day. We do not ask any Leeisa-
t,,re that they shall compel any to attend church.
or in spy way point out how msn should worship
God: but they should allow all persons to pass the
dsy in quiet and order. Each one must exert his IN
hu, u,nce on others. Gentlemen connected with rail-
roads and public works must exercise their influence.
They must all work, and they must not let the law
alone without doing its part.
Mr.. WHITE explained that he meant to say that
public opinion must be set right bTt; not that the
law was Dot TO be called on at ALL
Mr. B. +. Butler rose and said he must object tO
one Of the resolutions he agreed with them IN prlncl-
pie but could not believe exactly that he must stand
by the magistrates in all the laws now on the statute
books. There was some laws there that were dead
letter and always would be so. Things have changed
since 1895, when the first of these laws were passed
He might call in the magistrates to protect Us N our
worship. but any man must have right to worsnp 10
his own way. There was g'eat difference IN the
civil and the religious power; snagstrate had civil
power but not the power in religious matters, save to
protect all equally. Mr Butler hoped this resolution
would be altered.
Mr.. WV f. DoDGE, was next introduced to the
meeting and said he had been invited TO address this
meeting in reference to the railroad travel on the Sab
bath. He said he had long been connected with one
Of our railroads. be had come TO the conclusion that
there was no necessity for railroad travel on the Sab
bath in the United States PeCunarlly II Is great
loss to the company. There are not perhaps 80 per-
sons who do travel from this city on the two great
roads which run to the West; and, perhaps il the
train did not run they would be found in churches.
They would stay here till Monday and are ready to go
then; but il they run the train on Sunday, they do it
for these few passengers, and IS dead loss To the
company. Again, the railroad company should re-
quiIe, and we as citizens should require, that they
should have honest, moral men as brakemen. II men
interested in railroads and stockholders would exert
their influence we would soon have Sabbath-keeping
railroads.
Mr.. G. f. WooD said that it was proper to state
that this Committee have now in process of collection
statistics with regard to railroads that many OF our
railroads did not the Sabbath now. He hoped
this meeting would have an influence to induce others
to cease running on the Sabbath.
Judge HORSER said he had not meant TO open his
lips lie held that every person had night to hs
own peculiar notions in religious matters Every per-
son must stand fall in these respects by his own
conscience In the political aspect of this case, he
also had right TO the protection OF the laws IN the
exercise of his religion. He called attention to the
nuisance of the Dewsboys disturbing the Ssboah by
selling the Sunday papers crying them so loud as to
disturb the meetings in the Churches even,
and hoped the law would protect them in this case
1t is bringing up children toa life of subsequent crime
Now Sir while agree that due Observance OF the
Sabbath in its political and religious aspects is best
secured by dfusing and strengthening religious sentl-
ments in the hearts and minds OF the peope-When
compare the Sabbaths now with the Sabbatns when N
was boy-the holiness which seemed to peryade the
very atmosphere-when / recOllect the timidlty with
which everybody feared to do any work at ALL al
most fear that We shall not be able to stem the down
ward current.
Mr.. BUTLER said that, upon consultation with his
friend the resolution which he had before referred to
was altered, so as he could vote for it.
The CHAIRMAN invited Mr.. +. p. Tallmsdge to
make few remarks. Mr.. TALLMADGE took the stand
and said as he was not the programme he could not
be expected TO say much. He had CREST deal of
experience in this matter. There were laws on the
Statute Book WHICH are dead letter! II we "ah'
these laws enforced, each must use his own niu-
ence with his neighbor He went out upon the Sew
enth avenue a Sabbath or two ago, and saw there
nearly 1900 persons with fast horses and fine bug
gies ready for racing. They were the sons
of gentlemen present. While you are IN
church, your sons are at Harlem horse racing.
He had made out an order to the policemen to arrest
those newsbOys who were crying papers on sunday,
but had finally concluded to go first to the editors OF
those papers and see if he could not prevail on them
TO have ii stopped; to cell the papers in quiet way
He would keep the order in his pocket and, II they
would not stop it, he would issue the order. lAp-
pause, long and loud lie looked to all good citi-
zers to help him sustain the laws.
Mr. ALExAsDFR kSOx rose and offered another
resolution, which was received with amendment
from Mr.. Boiler.
The resolutions we've then unanimously adopted,
and the meeting adjourned.