New-York daily tribune., 1859-07-02
POLICE COMMIS SIONERS.

TIE Board OF Police Commissioners met yesterday
afternoon at Police Headquarters. President STILL
MAN in the chair aud all the members present.
Two remonstrances in German aud English, against
the enforcement of the Sunday laws, numerously
sgr ed were presented to the Board by the Rev D. L.
Hatch, CongregstoDalst preac her, accompanied by
several Germans. The document commences:
"The nndersigred voters in the Metropolitan Police
District respectfully demonstrate against the revival
and enforcement by YOU of those Sunday laws when
have 20 long been dead letter. aud goes on TO say:
1--WE believe these laws to be unconstitutional, aud
unsusained bv public opinion; as also that the me-
moria recently addressed TO yOu requesting and de-
- mardirg the enforcement OF these laws-.ni es-
pecaly those respecting the sale OF liquors on sun
"day-orgipated from sectdrtan zeal for religious
" dogna and Lot from pure regard tor the virtue
" of temperance the suppression OF vice aud crime
" We defire and claim equal protection on al ne days
" Of he cCek from actual vice and crime, 80 iar as lies
" in your utmost power; and We earnestly deprecate
your attempting anything more on SUI Day OF aloT
rg anythipg less on the other days Of the week III
{" vile posons are sold under the name aud guise OF
bealti fu beverages, it is your duty to prevent II,
" and if disordery iouses are opened l. Is your un,
" doubted duty TO close them on eaeh and erery day
" he tek In dischargng this duty, you Will receive
" our support and cOuntenauce, as that OF all good
"ciiizens. We protest strongly against any attempt
your part to interfere further than this with the
"taSte reereatons, and employment. oi your ieno"
citizeIs On Sunday, any other day.
The remcnstrapces were signed by about twelve
hundred persons, claiming to be Americans, Germans
arc jews. Ameng the slgrers are the Kew Ut. haA-
on editor Of The Chri0H AdrOcdte and pastor OF the
Eleverth-stree Seventh Day Baptis, Church. the Rev.
c. B. Utter, agent of he Seventh Day Baptist Tract
Society: the Rev. Charles Shaun of the German La.
thersn Church East New-York; Mr.. kopp, editor OF
the Gtrman Defa0krat, and the Rev. j. Il. Ha'en,
formerly Of the Laurenssteet Congregation Church,
Brooklyn.
Mr HaTCH read a somewhat lengthy address To the
Board which contained the argument Of the remon-
strsuts agur st the enforcement OF the Sundayla~
Tire Rev. Mr.. MAxoS, presenting the remonstranee
signed by Tho claiming to be Americans, stated that
he represtnted the Seventh Day Baptists and n max
ing the request they did he hoped the Beard would
act toward them a. they would ike TO be acted by.
Mr. KoPP presented the renoDstrance signed by the
Germans, and remarked that he hoped the Law would
not be enforced ard he claimed that it il would
lead 10 civil revolution, and perhaps bOOdshed. Tue
men who signed the dccume al naturalZed ct
zeus and were sworn to euforce the laws and were
ready at spy tine to take in defense of their
acOpieo home.
ON motion the documents were referred TO the Com
rnitiee on Laws and Ordinances composed of Messrs
Stranahan and Cllshoefer.
Sergeant Van Orden of the Sixteenth Precinct, re-
sigpeo and Officers Peson Mills of the Nineteenth, and
James r. Lasrerce of the Twerty-frst Precinct were
dismissed the fofce.
On motion, Superintendent Pilsbury was invited to
meet " ith the Commissioners.
The Boari then adjourned.