Pomeroy weekly telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy, Meigs County, Ohio) 1860-1866, 1862-06-20

book of some States? Why? Because
evidently, the law, in this case, is aboy
the sympathy of the people. WBer
have we a Justice, Constab BILE, or
Grand Juryman, who cares for the 'hs
bitual violation of the statute onthe sot
servance Of the Sabbath? Does ever
Grand Jury of Meigs County sit Pal
beneath the solemnity of their osti
without knowing that the Sabbath LAY
of Ohio is habitually violated in ou
midst, and that for the mere sake 0
making money? If they are ignoran
of this, Mr. Editor, let theueco omesto "a
before the next Court, and the fg-l lea
shall fall from their Q yes. And yet; fh
writer may be mobbed for giving the in
formation.
IF small man, for small gains, vic
late the law by the sale of ardent spir
its, he must be overshadowed by th'
majesty of the law; but let a large man
who for large gains, violates the law By
doing business ON the Sabbath, must no
be molested. No; for then, tour craft
would be in danger. have often won
dered why this unmanly cowardice, il
the execution of law on the weak alone
does not bring forth terrible harves
of maddened insurrection.
The connection of the Sabbath with
the State, needs not the aid Of an elab
crate philosophy. Facts, in thousands
are open to the inspection of all. Lee
us go into an examination of any com.
munity, in which the Sabbath is de.
Gently observed as day of rest and
quiet. Trace the effects of this con,
formity to Nature, in its relation to the
preservation of law in general; and tc
all these customs which aid in securing
the ends Of government. Who, in such
community, is found in acts of felony
riot, or murder? Who, there, is dealing
out fiery death to their sotted victims:
No one! At least, 10 one of good sab
batic, habits.
Turn, then, to those communities in
which the Sabbath day is ig ored, ex-
cept as day Of carousal and ruafii Il
sport; and you will find the semiaarium,
whence eminate the graduates who fg
ure SO conspicuously in barrooms, bur.
glarles, riots, assassinations, insurrec
tions, &c. The State, then, is largely
and even asaterial!y, Interested in the
due observance of the Sabbath. 1t may
be said tkat ether causes, an not the vi.
saasislss asS s33asss5as3ath, may fead to these
evils Just psintcd eat. Well, be it SO;
and / pray NEST earnestly, aever to be
so near the confines OF insanity, as to
see evil in but ore sin. But, look here
Is the Sabbath, as a day Of rest and
quie AN ordinance of Nature? Such,
the legislation, at least, Of your own
State assu es it to be- If so, then, the
abuse of this day is a vice; and if vice
1t gust tend, like all other vices, to un-
3ea,mine aud annihilate the foundation
Of adj moral virtue. Why, then, may
got the abuse Of the Sabbath be the
fraitfal cause Of much Of cur public
vice. .---...
Any sin, I contend, necessarily under
mines the substratum of virtue, and will
for this reason, lead to other sins
Hence, it may be true, in many cases,
that Sabbath breaking is the effect of
some other vice or vices. But, by a
parity of reasoning, may not other
vices be the effects of Sabbath brea king?
And this is all | contend for. I wish to
be no insane. hobby-rider. I wish to
advocate truth, and not simply to spill
out the malice Of blind and intolerant
nonomania. Ultrasm itself is vice of
abhorrent deformity.
And now, my readers, wish to make
bargain with you. l will help you, in
every lawful and honorable way, to put
down slavery and the sale Of Intoxicating g
drinks, provided you will correct your
own Sabbath habits, and care for the vi
olation of this day by others. But as
long as [ find you clustering around the
corners on the Sabbath, spouting aboat
your dear country, while your boys are
away fishing Or hunting, or crowding
about the steamboat landing, or fussing
about the doors of-whisky shops: 1 will
call you an empty hypocrite, who, from
your very morals, are loyal to your
country in aoord, only because you hap
pened to be let down on this side of Ma
sou and Dixon's Line. So, if YOU do
not see ft-to change your course, as a
practical enemy to the good of the State,
know, at least, that you are understood
a.. C.
For the Pomeroy Weekly Telegraph.
aas PoMERoY, June 9th, 1862.
iM.. Edtor:-Thinking that I might
interest your readers, to a slight de
gree, and, probably, stir up the minds
of the people, I have prepared this short
ortioIo AZ, tbo euhtoof oe