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

all the morality Of this bailiwick. Last fall
did the Gazettee curse the 0seman from ies
inmost heart for taking actisn 10 republi-
ean convention 10 favor Of liesoes. Now
sitsr that slsoeos be- sstissd from ssch
eenpany he sans ssoslosisas - eoes more
successfully pssssa. csa't blans ths
Dstch SOW Nr. 0ssstts; ean't rant abost
whisky party Rseplss Bsrty" now. ny
dear. The gans y up. By dsnying last
fall just what yeu - tsmely, % eagerly
grant new, you divided your party in twain.
Your puritanieal bigotsy then cut you ints
halves your self qualification on Saturday
last has cut you in quarters. When you
ssunt upon German fools. mind your eye
that you don't catch German Tartafs. Inju.
ry 10 never healed BY the applications o'
open insult, and that you win find to you'
sorrow when next the day Of reckoning
comes.
Purltanlcal Dlae Laws; a. G.
Fulton and she 0axctte.
Some two weeks since the following string
Of puritanical "reminiscences appeared in the
DEnocRAr. affording the public glimpse oi
the unparalleled bigstry sod intolerance Of
those early puritans whose pseuliarities Z
certain portion Of the Aoeriosn people
show strong disposition to adopt:
SnB DLun LAWS.
Perhaps there 10 no part If the history si
our country contrasting more ebectuslly
with our present ways, habits and nanners
than that in relation to the old Blue LeWs
which were brought into life and actually
carried out By the iniolereot spirits Of Pu.
ritanism. II may bs Of sooe interest "a
our readers to pessue them. We publish
them q they were enacted. What think
the pseple Of the present day Of sseh iawi
- these
l. No speak or disssnter from the sstab
lished worships Of the dsminien, sAau b
sllo,sed 10 gice cote fer the election ol
magistrate or any other officer.
2. No focd or lodging shall be offered "a
. Quaker, Adamite, or other hcrstic.
| 3. lfany person turns Quaker, be shall
bs banished, and not Suffered 70 rsturn, bal
npon pain Of death.
4. No priest shall abide il the dominjon
he shau be punisAcd, and suffer death On HI.
retssn. Pfissts may be seised By any one
scifhoMt . scssr0at.
8. NJ person to cross . river but with
an authorized fsssyman.
6. No man shall run on the Sabbath DAY,
or walk in his garden. OF elsewhere, except
severentially to end rom meeting.
| z. No one shall travel, cook victuals,
make bsds, sweep houses, cut hair, OF shave
on the Sabbath.
8. No woman sball kiss her child on the
Sabbath or fasting day.
9. The Sabbath shall begin at sunset or
Saturday.
10. To pick an ear of corn growing IN
reighbor's garden shall be deemed theft.
II. A person accused Of tresspsss in the
night shall be judged g1ilty, unless hs
clears himself BY oath.
l2. When Il sppears that On accused has
confedsrates, and he refuses to discover
them he may be racked.
13. No one shall buy or sell lands with
out permission Of the select men.
Immediately thereafter the following com
municstion appeared in tho Davenport Ga.
sette. written BY some person who probably
took the liberty Of using the non de plum,
of "A. G. Fulton "a name we'll knows
here, and it 10 difficult to conceive that il.
ownsr would use ii in such questionabl,
way. A. G. Fulton says:
EpIroR OF GAZETTE I'm Saturday.
DExocRAT. appears On article headed Tn.
Blue Laws" which is commented on q
contrasting With our present ways, habit
and manners.
1.-THE subject is worthy Of investigation
il will be found on examination that severa
Of the clauses or portions OF this Blue Law
As published in the DExoCaAr, do not exis
in the original oct.
In taking up the DBxocRAr this morning
I Immediately recognized . portion of those
laws as my own work, word for word no
the work Of the Puritans yet find il
hard to separate the original from the lasel
amendments. In 1884, in New Orleans
when quite 4 boy, wrote out. - bur,
lesque, q portion Of the genuine Blue Laws
with some changes to make them ridiculous
and adding several new clauses, one oi
which prohibited women from kissing theiI
children on he Sabbath or fasting days.
second prohibited giving food to Quskers OF
Adamites vas there ever any Adamites |?
and other heretics, with several other like
clauses and amendments. think should
also bs credited with the Bed>rnskiug end
Ferry clause.
Those laws, amended and improved as
thought, handed, without comment, to q
curiosity bunting friend, who appreciated
anything ancient or odd. The following
day tho amended Blue Laws appeared in
one Of the New Orleans dailics, and soou
went the rounds Of the journals Of the
Union, and keeps moving. Yours.
A. G. FuLroN.
Davsnport, Iowa, Nay 30. 1867.
Then follows the Gasetts, (having swal'
lowed The dose without the lsalt suspicisn)
in the following doleful strain:
I'm order that our readers may fully IN.
dsrstaud the subject Of NJ. Fultoa's csa-
municatisn, We copy below the article allud.
ed to. frsm the DsNocRAr Of 10 ( Saturday,
IL will bs seen that boyish jokes Of M. Full
ten are seized upon By the DsnocAr. fos
base postisan purposes, % choice movcssus
to illustrate ''intolsrant Puritaniem." II
these maligness Of the oebls men who laid
the foundations On which has besn reared
tho fsir fabric Of Amesiean Liberty. would
only lsasn 70 tell the truth, Ignorance and
prejudics would be much les succeesfu)lv
appealed. The preface given - The prsesud,
ed ''blue laws" By the DEnocnAf ahould
cause the fscs Of ito writer to tiugls with
shame"
Here then. vs have The Blse Law synep
dc A. C. Falton's declaration that hs n.
their author in the year 1884, and the Ga.
zstts's ssdossemsnt Of A. @. Fulten. Let u,
SEE. In the 7rss Radicsl o. Saturday lssl
We And abundant and unimpeachabls evi,
denee that the syaopsis We gave vas not On
y true, but told only meiesy Of ths truth
that might have been tsld.
l. That what We may bring forward maj
stsud NO chance Of coaerAdiosisu we her,
give our authority for evs.y extract ve shall
make, and We eee fsasiessiy state that II,
veracitv Of these printed copies of the po :
culiar legislation Of the foreiathsrs Of tbe
present puritanieal section Of the ceumuni.
~ has never been called into question.
.. The Blue Lars Of Ner H0vea Coless
slsuslly called the B,se Lsrs Of Cessectir1
DO, Hartford; printed BY Case, Tiffany 1
Co., 1888.
a T1e 0s,3s ~ asn L. ..o.,