The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-11-23
The Christian sabbath.
From he New YORK Trbupe. oe.obsr IA.

ITO nc e ioEA tEpon-. Ocspo I'M
We solicit the thoughtful attention OF Christians
TO the following significant paragraph, which we
clip from the Times:
A German paper published in San Francisco
saws of the recent election in California The
first result of this victory viii be the repeal of the
Sundy law. As soon a. the election was over.
the Legislative delegation declared that they will
introduce a repeal bill at the earliest moment :;
and Mr.. Haight voluntarily declared that he
would prove to his German friends by his actions
that he is against a Sunday law. The German
population voted the Democratic ticket because
they were firmly convinced that this was the only
way to destroy Sunday law"
COMMENTS BY THE TRIBrSE."
California, in the days which closely followed
the discovery of her mineral wealth, was signal
lied by her devotion of the Christian Sabbath TO
gambling and dissipation Her gaming-houses.
on the most thronged streets of her cities, were
ostentatiously opened throughout the day. and
Illuminated by night, with bands of music 10
allure the simple and pleasnre-seeking 10 walk in
and be skinned. Thousands of her miners were
thus feeced in a few hours of the hard earnings
of months of priyatiOn and toll. So ostentatious
and so shameless were those swindle-traps that an
observer reported that he had seen three Metho-
dist ministers (of course, apostates) dealing faro
on the same Sunday evening. Half the earnings
of the miners were thus swallowed up in the
vortex of Sunday dissipation and riot.
At length the better class combined in the
Org2QlZatlOn WHICH drove the more caring crlnl-
nails out of San Francisco and inaugurate1 the
sway of decencv and order. Laws were from
time to time passed which enforced at least exter-
nal respect for the Lords Day as a ciyilizing,
humanizing institution. And the effect of these
laws on the moral and social well-being of the
State has been signally beneicent.
But the recent feud among the Republicans
opened a gap which those who delight in or
profit by Sabbath desecration were quick TO i'm
prove. The non-Christian Germans, it seems,
effected a secret understanding with the Demo-
cratic wire-workers by which it was agreed that
all the votes of the former should be cast for the
Democratic candidates; in return for which the
latter. '.as soon as the election was over should
come out for the repeal of all Sunday laws. Mr..
Haight, too, the Democratic candidate for Gov
ernOr, gave an assurance mot published) that he
would do what the infdels desired. Hereupon,
=. the German population voted the Democratic
ticket, because they were firmly convinced that
this was the only way TO destroy the Sunday law"
We object To this arrangement that it was
tricky. underhand, overreaching. Doubtless,
thousands voted the Democratic ticket in igno-
rance of it's existence, who would have refused so
70 vote if they had known what their votes would
effect. The Sabbath was thus cruciied between
thieves, while it's friends were kept in igno-
rance of the conspiracy.
In this city TIE issue is made much more fairly.
German ;nhdels proclaim that they will ig-
more politics and vote for no candidate who does
not pledge himself 10 favor the abolition Of the
laws which have given n chance for rest and moral
to the ten or twenty thousand per-
sons who were formerly constrained TO devote
their Sabbaths TO dealing out liquor and lager.
These bar-tenders, walters, etc, formerly had hut
chOice-to work hard every Sunday, often
midnight, or lose their situations. Now they
have their Sundays TO themselves, thanks to the
Excise Law. The infdel Germans have resolved
% break down this law and reclaim the fugitives
rom Sunday labor. To effect this end they ig-
all politics, and thereby challenge the friends
# a sober, quiet Sabbath to do likewise. They
make the issue. Are the Christians of our city
prepared to meet it? If they are the champions
# Sunday riot and tipsy iollity can be beaten in
his their stronghold. What SAYS the religious
,ress? What say the Christians of New York?