New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-04-13
SUNDAY BLOOD.

Sunday last was terrible in exhibitions of
blood letting; more so than usual 1t
shows a murder, three stabbing ARRAYS,
and deadly assault with anax. Human
life at all times is held too cheaply here,
where killing weapons are constantly
carried by yong and old The narration
Of these events go abroad, and however
much our best people may regret it, New
Orleans is held up to the world as a
human butcher shop. The pistol and
the deadly gimlet knife do their work and
write orr shame in blood That these
crimes occur more frequently on the
Sabbath day is also noticeable and sad
fact. We are set down as doing all our
labor in six days and killing on the
seventh. Preaching against sin is q
failure so far as it's immediate effects are
observable, for the worst of sinners
avoid The preacher. Law and gospel are
both good. The gospel is something to
iasten to and grow up on; those who ad-
| here to it from youth make the best of
| men. But there is class of persons
| largely represented in this city, whom it
| never reaches. These the law should
govern.
We can allow the largest liberty and
rights to eli men; but the rights of an in
dividual stop where the wrongs of another
begin. We are being judged by the acts
of our people, and something should be
done Immediately to bring about a better
observance Of the Sabbath day. Sunday
in New Orleans is burlesGue Lords day;
in crime it is a devils day and the rights
Of Christian people are iniringed. To
cure an evil permanently the cause of evil
must be removed. None will deny that
the terrible homicides which occur with
such fearful regularity on Sundays come
directly from whisky selling and drink
ing. Men have more time and money to
indulge in drunkenness on Sundays than
on other days, and the disgraceful re-
suit is seen.
In New Orleans, where opera bouhe,
variety shows, sensational dramas, chicken
fights, dog matches, rat pits, horse racing
and other amusements flourish on Sun
days, as in bnll-fghting Spain and Mex
leo, Il has been the custom to sheer at the
Puritanical observance Of the Sabbath in
Northern cities, where grog shops are
closed. We are q free people, and not |
under obligations to breakfas. on brown |
bread and baked beans and go to church |
like Christian men and women. Among |
the great privileges left US. which even
are not under the ban Of military rule, are
those Of buying and selling rum and
getting drunk on Sundays. If such priyi-
leges were not abused they might be de-
Tended. The social glass of wine may be
dangerous for the weak, but as INDUCED in
by the majority of men it is not a CRYING
evil. IL serving men who will not become
Trunk, the better class of barkeepers
attach to themselves but little more than
he crime OF doing unnecessary labor Oh
he Sabbath day. But in the train of
yenteel drinking comes the low-down
,roggery, where the drinker surely drinks
n death-either benzine poison to kill
himself. or murderous incentive to kill
ome one else. We should at least have |
me white day in the calendar Of the week.
sunday ought to be that day, and to
make it sure every drinking place in the
ity should be closed. We should be
,etter of under the blue laws of Connec-
icut than in the midst of drunken ma
liacs who make the Sabbath hideous with
evelling brawls and CORY with the blood
# murdered men. Sobriety is economy.
We ask for the city government, and those
tho control the policing Of the city, to {
ool1 after the drunkards and drunkard
lakers, and for the sake of heaven to i
lake Sunday respectable and respected ,,
4 New Orleans. i
It is reported OF Deacon Dick Smith, '
be genial editor Of the Cincinnati Gazette,
aat on gusty day in March he saw his =
pan new white beaver whirled off his
cad into dirty gutter before he could .