Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1867-06-10

dsspising and reprca,hing the Loso, snALl
- PIT TO psArn." (p oo.)
"No one shall run on the Sabbath day, o.
walk in his garden Of elsevnsrs, except
rsvsrsnty 70 and from nseune' tsss-
me one shall tssvsl, cook vieeaals. oats
bsds, swssD houss, eut hair ,es shaw, % ths
Sabbath Day" BARBER ,,,
me woman shall kiss hef cnue - NE
Sabbath - .astins DAY .sfo:)
III my man shall kiss h'e 49,, = Wits
her hssGend on The Lord's az. sne pessy
In fault shall b. punished q sns d'1efssicn
sf the Court u Magistrates. luev' sssoo
Code. D SOL
Perhaps n. Fulton. Of the person using
his name in The Gosetr. will explain how
there hsppsas 10 be The very laws 10 the
Code which be is certain he concoc.:o:
There vss also regulation by wnlsn the
propristors Of bees were requl,eo 70 csese
the hslss Of the hives on saturday evening
before sunsst. lest the Industrious "ss,s ~ :
secss shosid be guilty Of sabbath oEe.amg.
Oftheir tolerant spirit ,osstus 'os SuS.c cn
from which they were reae :sdes' sno from
which they had pilfered both TEN PosN ana
religious effects, witness the following
mo priest shall abide in thls domln'on !;
be shall b. banished, and suffxs DEATH on
bic return" (p l2l)
Look at the following specimens Of legal
cant. Puritaoucal sancity, anu 'nus'ca'
taste:
mo one shall read common prayer, Keep
CHRISTMAS Or Saint's days, n'0Ne ms"ceo
pies. dance. play cord, orpisy 2" e.y ~
strument Of mGsic, erAp. he drum' 'r"sePe'
aud Jess h0rp"(p l3S)
There, you usgodly iddlefs, wnas q you
ehink Of thass Fanct Sussssr Leading ns
unstsung band with Views harp.
The next extract il worthy o. Psft'cuiel
notice, - showing hos delightfully."- careful
the priestly compiler Of these laws were Tor
their o. n benefit:
1.-THE towns where Code providsnee sns!'
east any whales shall agrse to sas aeals
some part Of every such fish or OIL Jor fM
enceuregsnsst Of an sbls ssd gedly minister
amongst ttsm.' % 4s)
Would not this b good regusatsoa here
such q when Gods pfovdenes ana the
Rock Island railway bridge cass anv broken
rata Or portions Of steamers, to ~ apart
portion for the parsens pet Young Asn's
Christian Associahsn
Tho Criminal Code vss - rigid and un>
merciful - the one taking account o. the>
illogical matters. In .bss Of Connsctieut
sins against purity end s1altesy were puna
ished with death. Heres sse : few samples
'If any person sleysib snothef saddsaty
IL anger. be shall b putW DEATH. o.. =.
Of Mass. p52
"If any nan have . Stubborn. rebeIIieus
ssn Of sixteen years old Who will not obev
the vol . Of bis father mother, suca 4
seN SHALL ~ rur 10 pEA,H.' b. l.. Of New
Haven Colony, enacted 1860 P l2S.
"Whoever sets Gre 10 the woods, and II
burns house, snArL srFfsR DsAfn." B.L.
Of Conn., p l22
"when Il appears that an accused has
confedsrltes and hs refuses 10 discover
them, he may be rosked' Conn. p l23).
How would the 0ezett fare If the follow
ing law were in effect now
Whoever publishes 4 lie to the prejudice
Of bis neighbor, shall 81, in the stocks o. be
whipped fifteen stripes Ibid
We wonder if all men we're equal. all from
one origin. when The following delicious
m0rcesu Was enacted, by the righteous law
makers Of Mas sachusets
"Whoever shall shoe. of any gun on any
unnecessary cccasieo OF at any GENE what
sOever. FxcEPr AZ AS INDIAN on A WOLF,
shall forfeit five shillings (p 60).
This Vas making game of their brother
mao with vengeance, and We shall shortly
see that these wonderful philsnshropists
who wish to see the negro element above
the white man, who is less than hve years
in the country, though. nothing Of selling
into slavery their own people Who did not
live up to their ideas Of citizenship
Every male shall have his hair cut round
according 70 cap" (p l25).
A pumpkin cut Through the middle and
placed on the head sould be used instead Of
. cap (p 124).
Numbers S. 10, 1fand y ere also here
rerbdtim ct llisratim, and No 2, which Mr..
Fulton is % certa about which alludes to
the Connecticut Code:
"A debtor in prison s.slring he has no
estate, shall be LEI out AID SOLD 70 MAKE
SATISFACTION (p 1867
"A wife shall be deemed good evis
dsnec sgaisst her husb.nd. Married per
sons must live imprisoned together"
NO man shall court. maid without the
consent Of her parena under imprison>
ment during the pleasure CT the court" B.
l.. Conn. p l33.5)
''lf any woman shall rot have her hair
tied up, but shall allow |, to hang loose and
to be cut - mems hair, she shall pay five
shiIlings. If any mar wear long hair he
shall pay Ave shillnes' (Ibid).
The following item, quoted By Rev. WIN.
Brown, in his History Il Missions. Phila-
delphia, 1916 and also found in the same
Code is . grand clina1 70 this issue Of
csulety, bigotry and absurity:
"Whoerer shall kill fl.ir lie. befveen fhei,
teeth shall pa. foe shillisgs.
Now comes the important question Did
tho Puritans originate those laws them
selves Or did they merely adopt the boy
ish plsasantres Of A. c. Fulton, % called
We have the word Of those godly men thas
they fell baek upon The Mosaic porsiee Of
the Bible for the spiri. Of tteis code. but
hsw are We to believe them whse citizen
of eur swn plsce who is alive in the hssh
ssssds prepared y tsstify-ye hes already
tessifsd. that be, while ye.s spertiss yoush,
:sstieAting suong the the quadrsoss and
Crselss ef the Crescent Cisy-as ias hask q
1894. wrote .hs0 cut himspae Thua
stands ~ case, IT eaci for hisneelf Dc.
eide.