The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-06-13

WhS Makes the 0anoay La~sy-rh<
Tribune shssbs the Issue.
The central organ Of the black republican
party 10 in a terr BILE state of mind over an ar
tcie which lately appeared In one Of the
wesk'ies In relation to the Sunday Law which
~ss enacted By the last Legislstnre The arti
Gle which tas 20 exercised the Tribune philoso
piers takes the ground that the Sunday law Il
the invention OF the republican party, and that
the leaders of that party are PAM eripg to Pres
bJsiiau cant and bigory, at the expense OF
the working man, who finds in the Sabbath his
only bolidsy.
In opposition TO this very we'll founded ac-
cnsation. the Tribune sets up general denial.
The observance of the Sabbath, ssys our phloso-
pber, has probably nothing to do with our
current politics." Probably" 1t would not II
there were NO republican party to make It an
ifsue. The Tribune complains bitterly of the
efforts which are made to "draw all the loose
and reckless pleasure seekers Of our city into
IN attitude Of hostility to the republican
party" but neither the tears Bor the protesta-
tons of the republican organ will avail against
solid facts.
Let us examine the matter. The constitu-
ton Of the Upited States, 90 it stards, places
men Of ali creeds upon the same political foot
ing. Our sires had suffered too much from
the political power which was In the old time
placed in the hands Of the priesthood to con-
tipue it under the new regime. The absence Of
any thing like religious restriction in the fede-
raj constitution sw ept away, with one blow, all
the tyrannical enscsments Of the Purisaus, but
did Dotextinguish the spirit of bigotry which ex.
isted in the hearts Of certain pious people,
whose faith consists in the belief that Heaven ID
q small private park. to which they have exclu-
size keys, ana that every body who tries to get
in b. 9, me mesDs other than theirs will be ine-
vitsb,y and iDcontipently damned. This section
Of the community includes many persons of
wealth and influence. They have beeo able, at
times, to cause TO be passed unconstitutional
aad tyrss meal acts, such as the Sunday laws
which exist In many Of the Northern States,
aud TIE absurd enactment prohibiting the
sale of ssirnuous liquors, known as the Maine
Law These men worked with the republican
majority, and got the new Sunday Law through
our Legislature. A republican Legislature
passed 1t; republican Governor approved It,
~nd the republican organ par excellence de
tends it. UD6er these circumstances, We are
very forcib'y Impressed with the fact that when
the Tribune tries to worry the republican
party on, OF the responsibility of the law, it is
simply guilty Of making an Intentional false
sta'. roebt, and one which is quite grstaitous,
rs it will not deceive any sensible person for 3
ucmept.
leaders can deny that wherever they have been
in q N jsrity Poritsuicsl eg'siation-leeisla-
ton having direct tendency to sbridge the
freedom 81 the citize aud 70 restrain the toll.
ing piliions from harmless recreation on the
Ssbba,h-bas prevailed, in spite of its uncsn.
s,i,u';opsli'y, aud 10 defiance of the fact tia.
i, conflicts directly with the spirit Of our insti-
tntioDs. In the State OF New York the repub-
hcap party Is directly responsible for the Sun
day law, and al other snactmens Of the same
character. They are engineered BY the ultra
brimstoDe end blue fire section OF the party
who, having enriched themselves By the
labor of the working man so that they
may play any day in the week, seek
70 make the observance Of ire Sabbath le-
eslly obligatory. That il the plain truth about
the matter, and the Tribune shakes ia its shoes,
because It knows very well that IL the tru n
that such Legislation originates with the repab
iicaDs invariably Is put properly before the
fifteen hundred thousand Ge.msn and Irish vo-
ters in the conntry, honest Old Abe Lincola
would rot get the support Of Eve thousand OF
them, and might ss well have never split .
rail OF been judge Of horse race 10 his life, 60
far as those Accomplishments msy be consid.
cred as having aided In fitting him fer the Presi-
depcy. Parties, Ike men, must stand on their
own bottoms, aud the Tribune cannot be permit
ted 70 make one political BED for week days
AID another frr Sunday. The Puritapicai
laws are the children Of the republican party,
and ifihe unnatural mother Insists upon desert
ing her brst-, sicily AID deformed though they
be, ~ must raise our voice against such inku
mainly. We arc quite shocked a. such oonduo,
oathe past Of 90 pure Q pbilsnihropist a. the
Hon Mssta Greeley.
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