The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-03-04
LITERARY NOTICE.
"A Digest Of Indiana sur day Laws,
with Commentary ON the samse.,.
Copy Right Secured, by The
Mayor Of Richmond.

Copy Right Secured. by The
Mayor Of Richmond.
Price, Five Cents Copyl
CHEAP ENOUGH!
For Sale at all the City
Bookstores.
80 there has been much :hro~ ing about
81 hesins."-Aaales.
The occasion that gave rise to this legal
with the exhaustive accompany
ing argumsnts, may be inferred from the
following extract from . celebrated lsh oil
Jaly Grafton, slightly varied from the original:
sAlbsit have been appointed BY the hon.
orabls, the City Council of Richmond, In
diana, 70 exAmins and report on the extent,
limit, meaning and application Of the Indiana
s unday Laws, and herein and hereby incl
d ntally and eollatsrslly, .s ge.m.ne to the
Of his eity-as, also, the rights and privil-
eyes Of half-etaEved editors, in relation to
aid Sunday Laws, itmeaueth not my adeqGa.
- 70 b satistaetory." Gs
Ths sentiment Of this excerpt seems how
ever 70 b TOO unprsesading, and hardly re-
Asets truthfally, the boldnsss with which the
learned and sstute esssyist launches upon
Re discussion Of his fertile theme. To be
more explicit: Some over-zealo.s persons Of
our city, not duly impressed with the legal
lore Of our Mayor, and being, besides, rather
ignorsat - 70 the object Of their request, Pc
titioaed the City Council, 10 enforce an or. |
dinsnss. enacted in pursuance Of the State
Laws, against certain specifically snumsra-
I'd peastiees, with view to their suppress
SION and they suggested that If the City Or
dinasess already in force were found inade- |
qsats 10 meet The emergency, then the en-
astmsnt Of more isingent ones, we're asked
for, in strict conformity OF course, with the
STATE Laws on The same subject.
Those same ill-advised petitioners, had tho
impudsuss and hardihood 70 intimate TO the
Council. that The deaecration Of the Sabbath.
BY Ne pursuit Of their secular avocations, in
selling cigars, whisky, &C., on the part Of,
certain violstors Of ths law, was distastsful
and Offensive 70 their,-ths pstilioners-ss.
hGious ssnsibilitiss. In . word the ignorant,
WITCHES had the eAsostery to urge, - ..
reason fss their prayer, the identical arRu.
nsnts hat induced the trainers Of the StatH
Laws TO enact the sane, and humbly asked
shs bonosabls Ceu ncilnen "to close up'' the
places Of business named ljust - il any
person in this Tree country, had mot an in
alienabls right, to esp open or close up any
or oil the doors Of his house At PLEASURE
Could ssctaEisn bigotry 20 furthsr!l
The force Of reasoning the sublimity Of
elegance, and the legal perspicuity with
which the learned Ne yor ensorces his views
cannot Be too much admired! He meets the
aggression on natural rights, manfully and
pluuges into the subject logically, thus:
"The subjects embraced in the petition di.
vide themselves and may be properly CHASED
- follows, viz I've quote from The Telsgram)
Pies involved 10 sSs enactment and enforce rs.
nent OF the so.ealled Sunday Laws, and
lereie Of the moral and religious aspect Of
the subject"
Passing over the other two obviously logi.
cal and scientific divisions Of his elaborate
diseourse, We viii give s~s more quotation
from this classical production, which, ~ we'll
~ the extracts already exhibited, evinee rars
grammatical and wonderful literary taste, -
we'll - profcund acquaintance with the Law
Therefore. Sunday Laws are not to Be 70.
garded - based upon the question, whether
tho things prohibited are or are not distaste-
fal to any class Of rsligionists, whose validity
10 neither strengthened nor weakened BY the
r. "A Ia A. L. "a . l.
christian or Jewish Sabbath !"
Shades Of Murray, Brown and Kirkham
But hold We had almost unwittipgly be.
trsysd our own ignorance In supposing fol
one moment that tfansesndsnt iute'lects and
profound srudtiou, cen be trammeled BY th,
Observance Of the rules Of grammar, or BY
close attention TO the nicetiss Of expression
intended only for inferior mindsl
Far-resehing genius, and ospacious brains
are law unto themselves; and they cannot
must mot b constrained within the marrow
limits, which eireunseribs ordinary grovsl
ling mental pewsrsi Soaring intelligence
must b. allowed free ssops-sprsad. sagl
rangei However - the benefits to be do
rived from this essay, are intended spsciall
for the snlightsnmsnt Of us mud-sills Of soci
ETY., and for persons Of ordinary understand
ing, perhaps the Mayor, in spirit of condo
scsnsiou. 20 Characteristic Of his noble natur.
might b. induced to refer The precious docu
mont 70 the Superintendent Of our Publ
Schools, for smendation and translation int
COMMON Engtsh, before he incurs the expens
ofs stereotype edition, otherwise much Of II
intended design v III be lost!
valuable treatise in question, in fact, We cor
fsss our inability to do il justice; and, fu,
thsr. W candidly acknowledge our want
capacity TO comprehend many Of its points,
and, TO own the truth, we reluctantly adm
that the moro We have read some portions
this unsquallsd and profound elucidation Of
very difaeult subject, the less We have 90,
cesdsd in forthcoming the abstrucs iutrica,
Of it, meaning - treated by his honor. B.
then, We don't presume to measure the int
ligsncs ofthe Council BY our own puny il
tsllsot. The body Of gentlemen to whom
was addressed, saw as glance its recondi
meaning especially in it, applications and q
iusions.
Before taking leave OF this work Of q,
however, We dsfsrsntially commend its per
sal 10 oil our heather fellow-citiscns, and ,
would also advise it, Introduction among 4
exercises Of the higher classes Of our pub
schools, - model Of high literary sxeellen
especially for analysis and psrsing; q
finally with revsrsntial ave. We beg to su
gssS to his holiness, that il he could, and
feel lively ASSURE nee that he can, infuse
70 the Richmond police . moisty Of the -
sntsrprizs and executive ability, evinced
himself, in his vigilance when he docto
Msssss. Pstehsll and Case, and abatsd th,
two n~;smees, thsy-ths policemen might
equally successful 10 staying the evil pras
COS complained ofby the dementsd petition
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