Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-02-11


every brow, every heart is fred with holy
zeal. They can not be swerved from their
| great object by any little side issues the
trumpet gives o uncertain sound,-resoved
they march on TO meet the very Goliath Of
Sabbath. bie ,kers.
TFRRsiIE,s Their. not 70, 70 to TSssson e yhly,, yshly,,
They pass such little matters as q few score
type-setteTs, editors and foremen, laboring
all day on Monday papers they pass by the
long rows Of carriages in front ofthe churches,
with shiveriDg drivers on top-of the car
riages, that is; onward, and ever onward
they press, till 10, the foe is in full view :
That foe waves his printed banner proudly
above his head; it is ready TO charge on
every pssser, even the holy army itself.
There stands the naughty foe; it is
the pews-boy. His proud strength must
be laid low. Then stands forth the
mighty Captain before the Lord, and
cries, VALIANT men, soldiers Of Mount Zion
you see before you the hesthen foew Even
now you hear their defiant voices crying
their watchword, "Only halfa-dirne ~
Smite them bip and thigh, with the sword
of the Lord and Of Gideonl The eyes of
universal Christendom and unborn genera
tions are upon you. Chargel
It seems that this was tried, suitably
enough, somewhere about the lst of April,
and they succeeded in modulating a little the
news. boys cry. 1t seems that the pious
hearts had been deeply exercised by the
sbrill and sharp tone of the news-boys' ap-
peal. Let me remind these gentlemen of the
physiological fact, which may have escaped
them, that hunger and cold have tendency
to render voices sharp and wiry. There arc
instances of soprano and tenor voices starv-
ing themselves up to @ dltissimo. Perhaps
however, If they succeed in their holy mis-
sion of substituting for two or three dollars
in the news-boy's home, two or three hours
in the Sabbath School, the Sunday cry now
so sharp may be subdued into feeble rattle
in the throat, and presently cease altogether.
What blessed peace shall we then have
going to the house of the Lord on our Sab
baths, with no intrusions from thin, hungry
little voices to be stayed by goddess half
dimes
Some of US happen to know something
about these newsboys and their circum-
stances. Some families are entirely sup
ported by the children selling newspapers.
Every one knows that they gain, on an av-
erage, at least half the weeks earnings on
Sunday morning-so many more papers
being bought and read on that day than on
any other. But there is much large num-
Der of cases where the children are
only able to go to school during the
week, because of paper selling on Sun
day. Take away their right to sell
on that morning and they abandon the
schools to cry. newspapers during the week,
or in some other way help to exc out the
pittance ON which their mothers and sisters
live. Then they grow up in ignorance to do
the work of ignorance. Under these circum-
stances the news crying on Sunday has be-
come peculiar institution; it is uncommon
enough to escape the clause concerning
common labor" As the clergy are sup.
ported chiefly by Sunday labor and sermon
ic hos 8 f.,
who rest upon the same blessed holy day.
The committee ask our contributions in
money for this object. They support Sec
retary with salary Of $1,000 year, and
other officers with various salaries. | trust
there are no dollars in your pockets wicked
enough to go taking bread out of peoples
mouths that way; if you have dollar Of
such depraved disposition, take a dime out
of 1t to buy the news-boy's papers and send
the rest of it to the soup-house, where it will
be happily converted to God. They say
they will need at once $1,000 to carry on
their project. Let me tell them that they
had better add TO their calculations enough
to carry their case against the news-boy
through every Court in this State. He is
poor, but his rights are the rights of the peo-
pie. When the Pharisees, in later times
wished to make their Sabbath Laws lenient
to the wealthy and powerful they decided
in the Talmud, as follows: "Princes alone
may anoint their wounds with rose oil on
that day, as they are in the habit of so an
ointing themselves ON week days." Then
Ribba Simeon brought his authority to have
written under it: Gall Israelites are to be
accounted princes in this respect" Now let
us see what has been permitted in this state
to the pious, the rich and the strong. In the
case of McGatrick Us. Wason, the effort be-
ing to prove the unlawfulness of loading a
ship at Cleveland on Sunday, the man hav-
ing done so under fear that navigation would
be closed before he could fulfill q contract,
the Supreme Court of Ohio decided that the
act was lawful, and held as follows: at is o
task of much difficulty, and one which q
court ought not unnecessarily to attempt,
to draw line that shall clearly distinguish
works of necessity from those that are not
1t is easy to say that to feed the hungry, to
attend to the sick and to rescue fellow-be-
ing from suffering or danger, are works of
both necessity and charity; but it would not
do to say that none others are, for the per-
sonal wants or safety of the human species
does not mark the limit. 1t is a work of ne
cessity and charity to take care of and pre-
serve dumb brute" But "the care or pre-
servation of property, though inanimate,
may be work of necessity" Nor will it
do to limit the word necessity" to those
cases of danger to life, health or property,
which are beyond human foresight or con.
troll. On the contrary, the necessity may
grow out Of, or, indeed, be incident to par
ticular trade or calling, and yet be case of
necessity within the meaning of the act.
For it is no part of the design or act to de-
stroy, or impose onerous restrictions
upon any lawful trade or business; and
hence, under q similar statute it has
been held in a sister State, that it
is lawful to keep a blast furnace at
work on Sunday, because it is a work of
necessity. So, too, it has been held, that
under special circumstances mill may grind
on that day; and l think it will hardly be
questioned that gas company may supply
gas; water company, water and dairy
man, milk, to their respective customers on
that. day. aft nothing but: absolute neces-
sity was intended, it would, in general, be
unlawful to prepare meal on the Sabbath,
because it might without difficulty be previ-
ously prepared, or because most people might
safely enough fast for twenty-four hours. 1t
would be equally unlawful to supply us with
| gas light, for we might use candles pre-
| viously laid in, or retire to our beds at tWi-
| light" 1t was decided that man might do
| that which, not done, would cause him to
] suffer material loss" This was the unani-
/ nous opinion of the Supreme Court of Ohio
| in 1856, delivered by its Chief Justice. 1t is
law for merchants gas companies, ship
! owners; il is the ''rose-oil for princes" and
| il can be shown that "iR this respect news
boys are princes" It can be shown what
material loss they and their homes would
suffer if this cheap sanctity binding burdens
on men that itself will not touch with its
! little finger, should have its way.
! Next Sunday | shall have something to
say concerning other plans of this society,
which is manifestly the successor of that