The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-08-11

ProUs PnIsBuRY AND POPE PIus-Tbe Pope Of
Rome has issued bis manifesto, and so has the
Pope Of the New York police. These great
State papers are both equally clear. Pope Plus
complains Of the Intervention of foreign Powers
in his dominions as interfering with the indie
pendence of his sovereignty; but he has himself
invited the Intervention of foreign Powers to
protect him; therefore be is not Independent.
If foreign Powers 60 a little further than he de-.
sires, that is only what might be expected and he
is in the position Of the horse in the fable which
asked mans assistance to put down his enemy
the horned stag, but man having once got on the
horses back, kept his seat after the stag was
subdued, and has kept it ever since in despite Of
the horses complaints
The Roman Pope complains that "a foreign
usurping Power proclaims that God has made
man free as regardeth his political and religious
opinions, thus denying the authorities established
by Gcd upon earth, and to whom obedience and
expect are due" The pious Pope of the New
York police holds it to be an equal grievance
that, in defiance Of Puritanism, considerable
number Of the people of New York city proclaim
that God has made man free as regards his re.
ligious observances and the disposal of his time
on the first day of the week, as well as on any
other day Of the seven. Accordingly, sovereign
pontiff Pillsbury Issues his bull that all places
where intoxicating liquor is sold shall be closed on
Sunday next, but that, in other respects, careful
regard must be paid to the rights of our citizens,
who, without injury to public order or private
immunity, are entitled to observe their respective
and accustomed methods of rest, devotion or re.
Taxation"
This Is as clear as mud. The people may in
du]ge in their accustomed methods of relaxation:
but suppose that they start something new,
something that they were not accustomed to
good music, for instance, in the public parks on
Sunday would an equally careful regard be
paid to their rights then? Upon what principle,
moreover, is it that man may 60 into o lager
bier saloon, or liquor store where Rhenish wine
is sold, and there take rest and refreshment, and
read the papers on the last six days of the week,
but on the first be cannot do go, though that is
bis accustomed method of rest and relaxation"
on Sunday. By pursuing this method he does
not interfere with any other persons peculiar
mode OF Sunday observance. If he conducts
himself in disorderly manner that is different
affair. and the police ought to be on hand to
take charge of him. A few persons quietly en-.
joying each others society in lager bier saloon
or garden" or in any public house, cannot in
terfere with the devotons of other men at
church. Indeed, the noise of the cars passing
through the streets is thousand times more an
interruption and an interference, and yet nobody
now thinks ofstopping them-not even the pious
Pfllsbu1y himself Before quitting his manifesto,
we would suggest that when he has occasion
again to issue "a general order" he would do
well to employ somebody to make his confused
ideas clear on paper, if that be possible or at
least to put them into grammatical language.
1t is very evident that Pope Pillsbury is
coming round to our side; but we do not want
bin. He has the reputation of possessing a
little piety, and by all accounts this is an article
of which the police are very much in need. Let
him, therefore, stay with them, and try to make
them half as pious as himself
This question Of freedom on Sunday, as well
as on any other day, is extending all over the
Union. At Pittsburg and Cincinnati it is dis
cussed with much excitement. In one of those
cities Jew has been prosecuted for following
bis worldly avocation on Sunday, though he
kept bis own Sabbath on the previous day. This
tyranny compels him to keep two days Instead
OF one, though the constitution leaves every man
free in bis religious observances
Now we trust that the citizens of New York
and Of other cities will make this test with
every candidate who comes forward for office, and
insist upon his taking pledge against the usur-
patton Of the inquisitors who are infringing upon
the personal liberties Of the people in way that
would not be submitted to under the absolute
governments Of France and Austria, or any
where else in Christendom. Thus will the Sum
day despotism be swept off the stage of existence.
never to return. It has been we'll said that