The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-09-25
Blasphemy and Balderdash by Cheva-
lier Webb.
An ImpOrtan mt Gall to the Clergy 60 Stop
the Prosperity OF the Herald.


rNFIDELITY AND RIGHTEOUSNESS REPUTATION
or sunday by THE NEW YORK HERALD AND NEW
YORK lN&IDELS-
While the press OF this city Of the Union have been
occupied with tho attempts of ruanly portion Of the
population OF Baltimore to control the government of that
city dangerous movement In our own city has
bccn permitted to pass almost UNDECIDED We alludc Of
course, tho movement made by nfde population,
under the guidance Of the Nxw York HERALD, rampe
upon and abolish all laws enacted for the orderly
observance of Sunday, "the Sabbath" "the Lords
day. asst is known to different denominations Of Chris
matters not by what designation il Is known;
but from the beginning Of the world one day
blessed with revelation as day Of rest and to 30 devo
to the worship and the praise OF Him from whom ro-
ceved our being and upon whom all nations ana midi
s'thc Lcds day and when, during the French
revolution, nndey sought to accomplish the very end AZ
which the HERALD and its associates aim, by establishing
larger interval Of labor than six days, God, vndica
ton Of his wisdom permitted the fact to become ap
parent that He had organized raa bodies that to
well AS duty enjoned by His express command Conse-
quently the philosophers aud men Of science Of that
day, scorng they did the very name OF religion and
rdcung the idea Of God who was to be feared obeyed
and worshpped compelled TO abandon their hos
ty Of the ordinances Of the very Being they repu
dated, and acknowledge the necessity Of resting from
labor one day in seven.
The history Of the world tho history Of Revelation tho
history Christianity and of civilization all lead to one
and the resultthc existence of God Supreme
Being who created and governs tho world and who has
partially revealed himself to and given him laws for
his government The wscst men Of antiquity believed in
plurality Of Gods-and whys Simply because they were
not blessed with the revelation of the Bible And yet
the woud-b philosophers of modern times without a
1.-THE of the wisdom of the sagcs of antiquity gravey
form us that they admit and believe in the existence Of
one God who is supreme while they deny of the
Scriptures! Now this when analysed, is an aDsurdty.
IT, with less wisdom than Socrates or Cato, these men
their intelligent followers have, and ALL been
enabled TO arrive at the same sound conclusion that there
does exist great First Cause; and that He IS God
alone"-if say all men now believe and admit this,
whichever else they may deny whence comes this universal
wisdom? The answer is approximation the revelation
contained in Gods wordfrom that very Bible the teach
ngs of which they repudate and all of which they ignore
while from IT, and it alone, they derive their knowledge
of God and His attributes Hence is that civilization and
Christianity have become in sense synony
is the former exist without the latter. Where the
religion of the Bible does not prevail or not acknowledge
edwe speak of denominations sects of fanat
cism-there civilization does not and cannot exist And
consequently throughout the civilized world the observ
ancc Of Sunday or tthe Sabbath or he Lords day.
only recognized by law, but constitutes part and
parcel Of the existence of society itself.
These great truths from which there is escape;
and he who believes that in this country and this age of
the world do away with the observance of Sunday
the Christian Sabbath and of the statute laws which
force such observance and at the time preserve the
social fabric protect life and guard the rights of property
is either fool or mailman. And yet this is what is
now being attempted BY the New YORK HERALD and
handful of unprmciped nfdes, who, at the bidding Of
that INSCRIPTIONS press endeavorng to excite the
rich against the poor and by addressing themselves to
the worst passions Of the ignorant and depraved masses
seeking to reenac in this city the scenes which dis
graced the French revolution They have revived among
us the same cry Of hostility to the Bible and Christianity
"Down with the Fanatics'-and the reputation OF Sun
day and its mummeries; and they have openly com
menced the identical which deluged the streets SC
Paris with blood rendered France of unutter
able horrors, and caused the whole civilized world to
stand aghast at the beastality and erocy Of whom
cut loose from the restraints OF religion and the teachings
of Gods Word.
There is nothing imaginary in all this; and while
there exists almost unnatural silence in regard to
this alarming movement, we are safe IN saying that
never before has the public mind of this great
metropolis been 50 thoroughly alarmed to the danger
danger. For weeks past the HERALD has been preparing
for against the Observance Of Sun
day and TO embolden its followers In such audacious
proceeding has boosted of its popularity with the people
Of all classes Notwithstanding its habtual disregard of
the law Of God and man by publishing on Sunday and
treating all days alike Day after day il has proclaimed
its prosperity and its powera prosperity and power de-
rived from Christian community and from moral and
religious people, same it laying the axe
at the root OF all those institutions of religion and morality
system, in which Life and property alike protected. We
| quote from its more recent numbers
The meeting THIS EVENING AGAINST sABBArARIAS DEs.
voks Garden opposite the Bowery theatre public meet
all Of snss ana afas I
desire the s WE have no doubt
BY the determination Of men who Know their rights and
There athoriy the New Testament
M %hS hs m to assa as
jewish Sabbath was abolished there no command to
or ANY h his e noe
would they not have mentioned in those long catalogues Of
Of O.
tee Of keeping Sunday as Sabbath v This is lame and i'm
why they that Paul about to leave day
they assembled 70 hear him preach
r h %e na The e sy e OF s Il
let q lay BY him store &c This proves
lords Perhsps this refer day S the week
keep as Sabbath or the evidence that St John SO kept it,
1s 'f s,s Tie fsi s sssssGs
ros amy aa enc BE-
m to @ s hapeo S One spssa S % ss
sna e Pf SG Sgn b ns eq ng %
evenns Sas arden vii 'p take most decided step
by a @ 10 the gone one
| can be made pious by the law of the land
The meeting took place the evening of the 18TH and
ii the HERALD of the following day have the follow
The MEErIsc AGAINST SUNDAY TyRAsSY.--In another
page we publish full report of the proeeedngs ofthe meeting
win be found highly interesting and worthy attention
s a rse ba oup s and nsSn
the s wedge Of ps opinion a g which driven home By
tue guilt the and present ensht
ened and then that gulf shall be rendered forever mpas
These principles be found in resolutions as
published and applaudcd by the HERAID the denourc
ing Of the clergy Of all denominations as he gentlemen
of white chokers and in general basphemy and stu.
died contempt not Of fauatcsm but of the Bible and Of
all religious and social restraints the natural freedom
/ and RIGHTEOUSNESS of man. We extract briefly from
! the principles cnuncatedH:-
9 Resolved That while The worship Of day, like that of
place image other form of idol worship
with judicial decson) allowable in
this land and while such superstous ioators
entitled The protection civil AUTHORITIES from ali wanon
interference and rotous disturbance the peaceful
Of their worship meeting Of citizens any
fu purpose yet tis the less impuden
rantbe assumption the part such idoaers that in any
place they happen be In the majority compe by
legal pains and penalties those who have such
their day or shrine to treat them with special regard and
/ renee.
10 Resolved That the liberty TO worship what please
implies the liberty to worship nothing please that
those processing what called nfde and athestc sen
enis have right p the recognition from
The civil powers as those processing Jewish Christian any
other doctrine
IL Resolved, That the attempts enore the oh.
eeTvance OF the hst day of the Sabbath
by the same secarian and proseyng spirit which has this
time inspired the effort the reading Pro
| tnsant Scriptures In public schools
INIT tha HERALD should have been able get up
meeting against law and order-agains religion and
moraty-agains The very exsence Of society itself and