Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-08-09


at the reason; how sensible IL may be when
expressed on paper, he can judge. he does not
claim any authority TO suppress the sale Of
papers on Sunday, which certainly constitutes
the Sabbath-brcaklng, Il there Is any but
be makes the crying ofpapers, conStructively,
disturbance Of worship; but he has mis-
taken the symptoms, both in himself and in
Others It is not any disturbance OF religious
reflections thst calls for this suppression Of
the newsboys, but il is that desire TO execute
Judgment and wrath which many mistake for
zeal for the Lord, but which is nothing but
their own natural sourness. They feel as
sured of their righteousness because they
feel desire to execute vengeance on the
wicked Just as the sanctimonious Snawley
knew by parental instinct, at first sight, that
Smike was his long lost son, because he in-
stinctively felt such a parental desire to chas-
tise him. And this righteousness, out Of the
thousands that throug our streets on Sum
day, on pleasure or business, selects q dozen
or two of newsboys on which to exercise
itself Truly, we have reached the day of
small things in our city government.
Is it not pleasing TO see the Mayors police
silence the newsboyS, when hundred church
bells are banging their brazen clamorp
What makes the difference2 The clamor
calls to church, and the peep of the newsboy
calls to the PRESS. Has the church any more
right to be cried than the PREss2 Not bit.
Is it any better for the people2 There are
different opinions about that, and every one
has right to his own opinion. The bell is
no part of worship; as a call to religious
meetings il is entirely a modern invention,
and in the days when a man was stoned TO
death for picking up sticks on the Sabbath,
q bell-ringing on the Sabbath would have
brought upon the congregation fiery serpents,
or pestilence, or the Destroying Angel, as
Dayid's sin in numbering Israel did, though
the people, not David, were punished. Bells
arerung tocall peopleto some churches where
doctrines are preached which our Mayor be-
lieves lead to that pit which is written with a
capital initial But he permits his people to
be tolled to perdition, while bis police devote
their energies to the soft note of the news
boys who sell the Press. Is not this queerer
the more you look at it2 .' n.
The Mayor shuts his eyes to the fact that
not one-tenth part of the people of this city
attend church, and that the balance have
Intellectual wants, as well as the small frac-
ton; he sees nothing but few church-goers,
whose thoughts are supposed to be oblivfous
TO all external objects and noises, except the
chirp of the newsboys, and that throws them
entirely off their religious balance. The
great congregation Is outside the churches.
The Mayor knows that 1t is the great multi
tude outside that need saving agencies, and
not the few inside, who are already safe; yet
be forgets the multitude, and devotes his
Office to stopping out unholy noises from the
few Of the olect The Sunday Press reaches
larger congregation than those of all the
churches In this city put together. The
Mayor knows that its influence is for the
promotion of true religion; ya as far as he
thinks his power goes, he would shut out the
means of grace from the great congregation
of the people, for fear that few of the elect
may have their thoughts distracted bya news
BOY, and thus let slip their election.
We may in another article discuss the
question of legal power in the Mayor to in
terfere with the sale of papers on Sunday q
power which we do not admit by any means.