Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-07-28
Shall Sunday be Obscrvcdf

4 dccision was rendered 'hy Judge Nal.
lory III the Mu iIcipa. Court ci Ml~lukcs,
last week, SO radical in is character aud
20 unm slakabe In its tendency, as 10 ex-
:;ta general interest Throughout, the Wert.
rhe case was The C.ty Of Milwaukee ~
1 the Milwaukee German Turn-vereio. The
| .muaic,pal ordinance prohibits dancing
ou Sunday in German beer gardens. The
| luru-y.rein publicly and deliberately VIC.
| lated Tie ordinance. aid the Cour, decides
that it was jusriabie, and the ordinance is
unconstitutional and void.
Judge Mallory calls attention to the fact
that England aud America are tie two
principal counties where lava have been
passed for I'll. purpose Of enforcing q s,rict
observance Of s.ruay rs the Christian
| Sabbasa, and thaL,in TIE early xc,tie.ne al
Of Wisconsin, large nuelaers Of ,ae iI.n.i-
grants we.c fron German, Frame. Norway,
and other countries, where the mode o. oh.
serving Sunday differs widely from .aih-
o;inicus Of Ike Puriians cf Iii gland and
America lie ,es:iSes that these adopted
citacis, whose .liheral virw6 of Sunday"
are orderly, Law. abiding AMI sober persons,
who have done much .c develop the re-
sources cf the State.
yae constitution OF Wisconsin pro1.ae3
that:
.sThc right Of every man to worship As
! mich,. Gou according 10 the dictates of his
own conscience, enaiI never be iutringed
I nor stall any n.aA be compelled 10 attend.
erect, Y: supper; any r.aee OF WORSHIP o.
10 maintain any nsius;ery against his con-
| seut. Nor SHAH i y coatrvl, ur iute.ier-
ence with the .igh of con cicnce be pre:ni,.
ted, or am preference b. given by " TO
| any religious establishments. or moie o.
| Worship
TIE Judge in.erprcts this as follows:
| "rhs sec;o. seems 10 my mind, to be MS
! liberal aud comprehensive as language
co,..d we'll make 1t, and in my Judgment
was iut.ulrd 20 prohibit and prcvsu, suy
rnattneht ,enling 10 eniolc. OF reflect the
opln:ons or pre- juices o. any sect OF a,>
romina;ion vi Ieiigionist-, or any other
persons Or class OF peisp.s, in any matte.
pertaining To on tendiug toiuieIieie g WIKI ,is
| rign' c! con- e.eEee
lie PROCEEDED to call attention TO The fac,
that, from The time the ordinance was pres
! posed il was treated as a religious meas
urc; The elargvmeu united and urged its
rasssgs: and the people cf the community
look SIDES upon il a. upon question III
-o!ying theology If me Jews aud Seventh
day Eaptis.s, being in a majority in any
community shoa.a there in enact that al,
the people should abstain from work aad
amusement on Saturday, nobody woa hes
| ita,c TO s!enounce it a. law affecting re
! ligous be'i-t, ard ,herefor, uacon. i,u,iou-
NJ. We ,uote farih T csuclLsiens:
Il, cannot he claimed that dancing CT
| i'selt is wrong; il is regarded as belng no,
ealy An innocent aT:us-m nj. but one o:
the polite accomp.i p.ishmen:s, ard its wrong
would be JUS as wrong III any oher psrs
| Of The State, or c. any other day
"rhe Legislature CT .hs State have hal
/ this Sunday question under consideration,
and passed laws on The subject on at least
three or fur diiferen, OCCASIONS. and by IL
recent act abolished all laws relating 10
dancing on Sunday. aud hy the passage Of
another recent act greatly relaxed the laws
| relating ts the observance OF Sunday gca.
sral.y. Ia fact, all The so-caliei sunday
| laws have for year. rein.ened \ dead letter
| upon oar statute books, by common conccnt,
| My edtioaton causes me 10 tisapproye
Of the practice Of dancing on Sunday us a
matter OF taste, il nothing more; bu, ught
not 10 be aliowe! TO compel persons dider.
entity educated 20 adopt my views or tastes. =
Jus,iss is NOR: imperative than taste,
and he therefore holds that .neithcr the
Legislature nor Tie Common Council can
authorize or pass such an ordinance, with
on. violating ihe Constitution Of this State,
aud dis,egarding the pr;nciplc Q. complete
freedom Of religious opinion and worship
embodied in our American system Of GOV.
.ernmcnt.'
This ie certainly novel view cf INV and
private rights to be held in an American
cour, Of Justice. The Ultimate decision to
be sought is, no doubt, that which will give
TO every man the greatest individual free.
dom consistent with the personal rights oi
have no' right in this country to compel
any body to hold any particular form 70 be-
\ lief. TO attend cl.ar, h. or 10 keep Sunday
in religious seasc. The time has gone By
forever on this earth. when one class o.
men could impose upon their preferred
"doxy." Yet those who prefer to worship
on Sunday, being very large propor,iou
Of the people, have nlso right to rensonabl,
qnic;; to be protected from unnecessary tu
nult and uLseemly lcyi,y.
We arc congonIrate people, made W
OF Contributions fror, every hand. Her.
the Occiient aud Orient have met; ths
Saxon, Latin, Norman and Celt. the Erg-
hav, joined hands and are Bringing all
their strong gifts to the fusion, and thou>
sand years heace the mosaic will have BE-
come unif,rm texture, resulting in The
grandest race in the world. We mast l.,
tolerant with each others ways. The Tu,
ritan's austri.y must be modified some ha,
and his old>time bigo,ry must give away tt
charity, aud his harsh methods, which wer'
an admirable defense du,ing our childhood
must be toned 10 the needs Of otLer races
Tho German IS musical, cheerful, playful
and he comes from the most scholarly ma
tios in the world. We need his culture u nd
i buoylnt spirit as clemens in III. new
life We are preparing. In the meantime
he should take very good care ;hat his lib.
erty does no, grow into liccnscor his light,
heartedncss become hicrs fiivo.i.y Rcsrrc,
for the opinions and deferense for the tecl
dcnce Of manlcss ,ha. sho loudes. nsserii.n
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