The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-07-23

The Political ORGANIZATIONS or Nav foKK
AND THE SUNDAY LAws--Tne Corturs poi"icel
oERhDZu',Oce ~ ths city, elshes Too busy IA lay
M ppe tor Office ADD sports, Or afraid TO co,ac
fos arc sac give Expression 90 the sentlmsnt- Of
reeuet offer 40 sss'e'a0 'he ty raacy of tne
Sunday laws which tbe Metropolitan Iuquisisors
are stel,Dg to enforce. as tor the black rspub.
EcaIis, we ca0Dot expect tpfm to 0verthro~ ths
~oik Of their own hands or oesToy thei- own
progeny. The Protestant loo psstion erected in
thIs cry is their Datura ciisprug. II is siienk,
TOR they fear toe storm OF pnb,ic cpiuioa OF which
TIE first UUruurs are scundl0g in their ears.
The Oroer of the DARK Lantern is .xtinguishsl,
apo We Can expect no voice or sign from thu
dead. TsmUany He'll, which preteuds to reore-
cent the democracy of this city, ia IS silent "a
either Of the other ORGANIZATIONS though the
most sacred rights of the peo0le are Invaded oy
a puritanical despotism winch intsrfrres wish
tbeir epioyments Oo Sunday, the ouly day in the
week on which the working classes have apy op-
poriunitits Ut recreation, Mozart Halt is equally
mute, because its leaders think IL would not psy
70 take the trouble of vindicatsng the rigots
Of the people They baVs other feb to
fry; they are too busiIy engaged ia try
ing to get the upper hand of tue rivai shop
The chiefs Of both balls are sentinels who
sleep on their post, or VINO wilfr,ly betsay for
Ger .upt considerations, the Citadel Of freedom
into the banos OF the enemy. rtey are dumb
dogs which caDDo, bark, or at leQst do not bark,
while the civil and religious liberty of the people
is assailed Let the people, therefore, themselves
assume The attitude Of vigilance und action, and
Organize resistance for themselves. Let all
initiate the good example Of the Geguaos and,
throwing overheard the cOrrupt leaders OF shaa
democracy, tall into line ana give bs.t.e to the
common toe. This is the vital question Of the
cay. ln Pb'isce'pbia it is SURFING tue popular
sentiment from It's very d-ptbs. Toe ciergs the
fanatics, the pocries woo elsep sofa cushions
at church, the Mayor and the police, are Ca
one side the oppressed working classes aed all
who love liberty, are on the other side. The
driver OF the city railroad Car who WAS cou,a,t-
ted to prison on declioipg to gre bail has beeo
brought up by writ Of habeas corpus before
the Supreme Court, add the case has neen fully
heard by Jucge Thompson, Who has rot yet
given his decision. 1t is stated 10y one of the
local papers that
The Dumter Of persors present in r roo during
the progress th. eoos OF the general
interest felt in th- question The apartment filed
its utmost capacity, and .copg th- persoGs present
representatives Of all tbadss upon exonS
suhjsct-there we're QuNe nunbst OF ministers Shl
occupied aeats in the court room
In Chicago the agitation Of the question has
begun, aid committees are fcrmec to grapple
with the ecclesiastical tyranny. Here, too, COM
mites ought to be formed and great pubic
meeting ought to be called to denouuce the reli.
gious intolerance attempted TO be carried into
effect by the new Protestant IDquisition and its
pious Pillsbury. What matters it to this com.
| munity whether it il Catholic Pope or a nun.
Der Of Protestant Popes-one religious despot
or an olgarchy of despots-ihat seek to lord it
over the souls and bodies of people whose an-
cestors shed their blood to make their descendants
free from every yoke? 1t makes no difference vito
are the tyrauts, or BY what designation they are
known, If we are enslaved by them. It requires
but very small comoired effort TO shatter this
deepotism into thousand fragments. The PEG
pie have the power il their own hands; let them
use it wisely and we'll, and tie victory is " d.
Strike at the root, and the poison tree will full