The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1865-11-01
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER !, 1865
THE aHraHs CONSTABLE.

plated, appointed a brigade OF deputies,
and has told them what todo. Their chief
employment seems ODE the reinforcement
of the liquor and the Sunday laws, and
general meddling in other peoples
business. Of course Colonel King--or
.'High Constable King" as he is styled
being fresh from the field, issues a good
many orders, and some of them are as
foolish as the dog and pigeon orders is
sued here. In some of these orders,
Col. King blunders, and the papers are
pretty severe in their criticisms upon
i'his highness," The Boston Daily
Advertiser, which was among those who
advocated from the first the institution
of body of officers, appointed by the
chief executive magistrate of the Com
monwealth, and responsible to the State
authorities, whose proper duty should
be to aid in the enforcement of State |
laws, is tired of Col. King. That paper |
observes-and the Virginia Constables
should read what it says for they area
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But are not the laws of the State to be
enforced? Undoubtedly although the
time, manner and kind of enforcement
are not seldom quite Important. There
| is, for instance, a law against driving
more than six miles an hour but when
citizen is rushing for a doctor i'll great
emergency, or the steam fire engine is
! on the way to stop a confagration, there
seems to be no particular call to enforce
the law on those precise occasions. And
so, many years ago after a terrible con
fiagration, State law was passed (st..
lin Boston from carrying any fire
through the streets except in some
1 covered vessel, and also providing that
tiffany one "shalI smoke, or have in'his
"or her possession any lighted pipe or
edgar in any street, lane or passageway,
cor on any wharf, he shall pay for each
"and every offence d tineof two dollars"
This was good law enough, perhaps,
but really, the police can in general
. better employ themselves In looking
after nuisances, and catching thieves
and counterfeiters, than in dragging up
to the police court an old woman who
Happens to light her pipe at the end o.
, Long wharf, on some summer evening
There is an ordinance too against ba
thing; but the police officer who arrested
dozen little boys last summer for wash
t ing themselves in the South Bay was
not generally deemed worthy OF imme
! date translation for that act. -
+ 1t is often remarked by travellers In
: despotic countries that, while political
|, offences are punished severely and with
8 out the least mercy, the police in deal
: Ling with minor offences affecting social
! life conduct themselves with great mild
Q ness, moderation and good sense. An
9 American police officer will sometimes
make more ado and noise, and show
. more temper aud harshness, than you
8 will find in year in Paris or Vienna
j The laws there are even more Strlc'
I than ours, and the method of admins
9 tration vastly more certain and effec
= tive, and nowhere is there better ordel
! and safety but the police have faculty
of discriminating as to the importanct
! of things, which is noticeable, II no
d commendable. ea}fe n ft
4 No one one will regret that Colone
n King is after the drinking houses ant
! oyster saloons and places of business
'e that are open on Sunday. They ough
f to have been shut long ago, and ther
lis no question that there is urgent Nee
q of reform in this respect. But then til
= barberss shops! Well, no doubt, i
: people will wait till Sunday morning
= they had better themselves use tn
II lather and razor at home. Where di
7 the state Constable get his authority t
- allow the BARRIERS to work on Sunday
+ at does not appear" he says" 10 be
!. matter of necessity for BARRIERS shops
oS be open after ten o'clock A. NJ. on SUI
oo1 days.n Now, that depends on circun
90 stances, the state of the weather, I'll
~ ~ number of customers, and the facility
90 l1abor on the part ofthe BARRIERS. "A ma
90 who waits for his turn and cannot
90 90 shaved at 1875 will not be likely to mai
90 the proper distinction. According
Its all business done in them after tn
Jet hour will be held to bein contempt
,sats the ilaw.u But why not before tn
ncy hour? The law, quoted by the Sta
Ion Constable, makes no exception: VINE
ffGsy does he get authority to make one
III And then as to- periodicals. s'Periot
lit zeal stores for the sale of newspape
you 1sntlst be closed at ten O'Clock, A. M
.xI In other words, up to the hour, they a
ttly llicensed to be kept open; but licensed
~ whom, and by what authority 2 Pla
due people WILDE apt to say that, il tile SO
oss ST q newspaper Is illegal after :,
ION. O'Clock. il $50 before that hour as wei
HI and LAWYERS will remark that, wheth
,gess Sunday labor is 'swork of necessity
LIS. cbarity,D and SO lawful, is fora jury
)ase And. and not for any Stateotlicer to pl
'.ot' claim On the whole, let the State co
ran, stabulary pursue their labors with 81
Mrs cess. but the fewer Proclamations
~ Orders we have the better, even
Var though they may be countefsigned
lany aT. O'Connor, deputy Constable a
Adjutant.p ..,s..5, ~
,lur, Would it not be just as well to abol
r VIZ. the office of state constable altogeth
olla a and give Colonel King and his deput
Of IS an opportunity to enter into profita
,iHs emnJoyments We are short of far
and inc hands here in Virginia, and 'it
clio Of lust as likely as not'' Massachusetts
omp,l retaining 4. O'Connor, deputy G
sent stable and adjutant,V is robbing !
ALL plough of good man. Boston j
Two iarlose commercial city-she has all 1
:. cbaracteristics of big place; let hel
'ad free.g Let her people he shaved on 5
s "a day; let them have their whiskey
7T7 water openly; and let the high CON
in BILE 90 to Church. The Boston, Pos
s ' saturday says:l4 ia il-di szsW ii