The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-26
The Sunday Law In Philadelphia.
n so mEErIso or CIrIzBNs IN FAVOR OF RUNNIN

The Sunday Law In philadelphia.
MASS MEETING or oIrlzBNs IN FAVOR OF RUNNrN
RAILRoAD CARS ON SUNDAY.
fFyom the PhiladelpbiA Ledger, July rs.
II the advocates restrictive Sunday law, Ia their 70
cent action sesDst Sunday travelling. desired 70 bring
ed in ihe, object, and the OF supreme Court
or Saturday declaring that to railroad Sunday
Is Of the peace has assieted much towards hat
object rhe decision scarcely rendered, which de-
csred in effect, that under laws there ddsre
OF civil liberties, according this religious
mon is held before there very large popular meet
ing propose the imms date repeal OF all laws THAI make
,hs difference. This question, therefore, s Withdrawn
from The of regi0us disp aaton and is
70 be one Of political agitation II no longer question
for The Conscience bs. one for the balo. box, aud
rst and no quarter on either side. Fortunately for
the ueope, they have the right OF elec.,ng their
who interpret them and with the thorough dis
ssssions which will eDsue before tne question is
seed there ID not the least doubt that the prevailing
public sentiment will be fully and unmistakably ncorpo
raed IN the next enactment The elective judiciary has
ton old established pracces the DO ger OF courts
to make or unmake laws, and 10 interpret them
5estric. public rights proves how nesmAoe is the priv
ege the people possess Of eecng judges whereby
they have popular rights the
Judiciary as they should be the legislative branch of the
government Demsg0goes have inveahed against the
elective franchise but that right Of the people the
only security they have for safe enjoy OF their
S,v liberties ana the people should guard it carefully
This Sunday question: as affects the right Of the people
As such viii be- determined b. the o.ity Of voters When
II rs brought to the ballot BOX Inc Supreme Court
by comprehensive view OF the whole question couli
have great deal OF discussion agitation;
perhaps !. is just as well that the Court gave the
most restrictive Interpretation TO toe Law; for s often
what rights their liberties and privileges rest Judge
Thompson the consideration Of this questiou took
limited view Of regarding as the two antagonsc parties
the Railroad company side, violating law for gain,
and on the other side the entire public upnoding the Law
Of the casep Is 1t the contemplate issue OF q railroad
sompanys profits against the Of the city and the
diff determine for there probably would be no great
difference Of OPINION respecting IT, But the real Question
lion Of COTTON Of the communisv sbo would .ssr,
that right The right OF every individual in the commu-
nifty 10 travel when he pleases and in wha. manner he
peases and the right OF those entertaining peculiar vie va
Of the sancty OF the sabbath 10 stop him The railroad
company, as only the means through whsh the people
would e1ercife that right, not politically, party 10
win be very difficult to convince the common sense Of
ibis community that a man has right TO travel on
SuI day. without molesaion Judge Tho npean lys he
has, that be may be ceosrred Of TINS right altogether be-
cause the means be employs do not suit the notions
goCnefs which entertained by portion the COM
muDy II he bias the right 10 hire Of the keeper of
livery stable, without either Of them violating the law as
Judge Thompson he has Why has he the right
hire railroad and both be equally noIensve 70 the
law Docs difference in numbers carried constitute
difference in principle which would make one offence
and the other ro The hire, in both cases, for nai
vdual GAIN but the accommodation Of so many per
greater for the railroad company is for the keeper
Of the livery stable Bus says the Ju &C. the exercise
Of The right in railroad car sisIrOs worship in
she railroad route, and becomes breach Of the
peace, complained Of Bat any complaint as to
be reasonable No mere wh.m, NO capricous value Sc.
upon quiet, fanciful annoy snce, nor any peculiar
the SIX ought to be allowed interfere hts Of
the public government Of equal laws 10 matter
Of disturbance, the proof strong favor o:
quiet of raro travelling against it, aud the
rights OF the public bong Affected the should
had ine benefit Of any doubt in the matter.
candid ulDYeiudiCed
railroad does make ouch disturbance 10 interfere
wn the worship Of any congregation whose heart is in
may call greater attention TO IT, but custom mus!
render the most sensitive ears Indifferent to it, Churches
worship now, some every night in the week
plain though railroad cars and every other vehice
fact 80 little noise Goes the car make compared with any
other kind Of carrsee that City Councils required bells
spp,oach of the The rumbling Of these
but half minute at any time passing any
place. passing every six minutes would be ten
cars every hour, i've minutes disturbance in every
hour Church service lasts hour and half, cOnee-
quenty the service could be disturbed only and
half minutes ary session. and only n,lf minute at
time not longer than ia necessary for the minister to
recover bis breath Now will any person say that this
people Of one Of their undoubtet civil Fighter Church
congregations have rights, but they hold them in subor
and much more reasonable that they should retire from
the line OF the street, not TO be disturbed de-
that the whole community their rights
the alton OF the limited number Of congregations
who reside the line Of railroad travel That the
Of the passenger Sunday oends the conscience
hearing Of the strict sabbaarian is evident
from the fact that the locomotive, with it's screechng
steam whistle and its loud toned warning be comes
queny into the tbcky populated psrt Of the city
day, and has been doing for years. at Ninth and Green
the churches and ctzers the line Of the railroad or
single arrest for breach of the peace. il not for
The fear that railroads for the common people would carry
them the country from the churches do not
believe there would be single complaint OF their running
and if thought that any individuals religious feeling
ha, Nv ndottrp
travel we should not say word in It's favor On the
contrary, believe it would take them away from
scenes OF vice and dissipation VII meet them every
where in q city, and from whose temptations they
scarcely escape when al! the avenues to rational
inn ocent enjoy ment closed to them There
country in the world more moral and religious than Eng
land Yet the Engsh had TO concede right
sunday enjoyment to the people ana We have YET 70
tous from The privilege Twenty years ago in this city
the Sunday rars ran passenger railroads. but they old
not boso out Of the religious observance of the peo
pie They ran till they died out for want Of public sup
port which shows that they had influence for evil at
all people, and did not add anything then
existing irrehgous tendencies. Then churches did not
con,ioer travelling in breach Of the peace and yet
they twenty years the primitive which
are held up 10 US as pattern of simplicity, virtue and
religion.
MASS MEETING OF CITIZENS IN PHILADELPHIA.
The Of the fact that meeting Of persons favor
Of running The passenger cars 90 Sunday attracted large
There could have not been less than five thousand
present. and the meeting would have been much larger
but Tor the fact that stage had been erected for the
speakers and persons left before the meeting
oeanzed, under the impression that hal been aban
dored. Finally, an old wagon procured for the Off
GERS, snd Mr.. Aquilla Pascoe was chosen Chairman.
The call Of the meeting was read and Mr.. JOSIAH BOND,
q member Of the Society of Friends, pushed his way
through the crowd, and having announced his
introduced to the meeting He said he desired say
word In regard to the principles annuhcated by the oun
der OF Penney lvania, William Penn BE taught that the
Sabbath thoud be observed just the owy Jesus pre-
scribed said that the Sabbath was ade for man.
and not man Tor the Sabbath Oae day Of 10
is physical necessity, and ne cid not think there
individual preseut who would have II
otherwise but when we come to be tied down by
'priestcraft,' might we'll be ted down BY sskiug
craft" he desired 10 bear his testimony to the liberal
Of Penn, who preached tho largest liberty Of
~ wish to worthp God according the die
tatts OF my conscience aud others have the same
right. How much law may be- violated by these cars in
passing church Sunday, am hot lawyer enough to
say but have idea that they would not disturb in