, 1859-09-28
39r:r6;ia Ttibttttt.
WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER os, 1852.



:. The fact calluot Lave escaped our readers in
;. tlis city that the Sunday question is purchase
in the hands Of the eminent moralists and
Christians Of tho Chicago Times, and the Dcn'
:, ocratic party, used hy them for the division Of
the Republicans, md for hoisting tic dynazty
Of the Rev. Thomas Dyer aud his Bishops
La Rue and Couolly, into the places which 1lc:
spublicana now fill. lie would bo fool wlo
did not scc that; and he would he greater
fool yet who did not also &c that Wentworth,
nactl'cr saint in disguise, is helping on the ag,a
ton for the qualification Of lis revenge against
thoso whom he has ceased to control We
have from tue first seen through the plot, We
lave known that under all the noise
nnd confusion which this matter has
created was only plan By which
another Dyer procession Of politicians, pimps,
hlaclguasds lse-s:zumpots and she~strumpcts,
most Of whom have not seen the inside Of u
church sincc tic Day Of Penteoost might be
gotten up. We lave known that most Of
tho steps in tho crusade were decided upon
in the doggorics and slums in whicl, tie
I tho Democratic quarters Of the city abound;
md that the end Of MI would be, if The plot
t:rs could work upon tho religious belief Of
the Republican church-gocrs with sufficient
effect tho restoration TO power Of those men
who would make the Sunday ono eoutin-
ued howl Of blaspl.emy and lcbauchcry. With
very decided opinions about tho sancity If tic
Sunday aud the necessity for its proper
observance, VIC did not join the crusade
With very divided opinions about tic inuti1ity
Of lesis}ntiug mcn into church, aud tic posi-
lively domcralixing influences Of the effort to
cut of, on the Lords Day, all means Of cgrcss
from the city, away from the grog shops, and
into tic fields, Gods first temples" we shall
mot Join it And We take tthat many pious men
who wcrr grievcd by tho cxccsses incident 10
the first opening Of the State Street railroad,
and who wcro disposed to assist in this roli,i-
cal hunt Of tie man.sellins PecksniGs, will SIC
that their courselic not in the direction Of new
legal enucimcnts or tile harsh enforcement Of
those now existing, but in the more potent,
convincing aud effective measures which lie at
the base Of all va!ua1,l. reforms.
Chicago in all her police regulations for the
prevention and punishment Of crime, on Sum
day or any other day, is NOT an ill-gorerncd
city: She has large population who look
upon Sunday as day Of worship and rccsea-
ton They are confined to no particular M
tionality. They are as honest ia their opinions
as these who believe otherwise. They have
right to liberty Of thought to any extent that
they may choose to carry their speculations,
and to entire and perfect liberty Of action with
in that broad circle which bounds the rights Of
others; and that liberty, be the issue the Sum
day question o. any other, NC, rs Christians
nnd Democrats, arc bound to defend We de-
mand, then, Of tho city authorities, the prompt
suppression Of all row1yism, tic punishment
Of all drunkenness, the arrest Of all offenders,
particularly OH the Sunday; in a word, such
an execution Of authority that no man shall Ike
disturbed in his home OF in Ills Church. For
the rest, the Christian community must Look
out It is for them to ply the weapons Of rea-
son and persuasion, Of truth and duty. In
doing 50, let them remember that it is not Il
better observance Of the Sunday wl,icl, these
Democratic reformcrs desire. That is tie con-
summation for Which they arc not working.
In tic guiso Of saints they arc grasp;ug for
that power and that opportunity which the
people would dcny them If they came. in their
proper Shape. The Dyer Administration is
the touch-stonc Of their hypocritical probes
sions. Let it I've remembered!
We say thus much. not for the purpose Of
endorsing the report Of Alderman Abbott,
which We publish in the Council Proceedings
Of to-day. It is an eminensly stupid aud un-
fortunate document, which reflects ns littlc
credit On its author, whoever lie may le, M
upon the city government which it defends.
1nstead Of being sent to the press, it ought 10
havo used for. stopping Alderman Longs
mouth.