New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1875-07-07
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
WHISPERS USE OF SUNDAY" AND SAB
BATH
AN ALLEGED LETTER Il Ills TxAMiNED--DorbIs or
Ills HAVISG wIi1JEN IT.
rome Editor Of me Trt6Hne.

Ills UAVISG wIifIEN IT.
TO me EditOr Of The TrtbHnf.
SIR In one OF my papers, just received, l.
al article headed Memorable Letter from Daniel Web
sieT." 1t to have been communicated TO re
Ch1fsiian Jnon by Mr. John :. G. Abbott, who Vou"hes
for it, authenticity, though ne says Wher II has been
buried for long time cannot imagine, neither do
know where Nj. Benson Obtained it," Now. upon road
ing the letter. did not to to have at all The
Wohscran rIng" and felt quite that there
mistake about it. The letter II dated hsishneld
June II, Io.,2 aud ia addressed to Prof Pea>e. Ia
Response to his yer. all, and ntoitrtn annual report
of condition OF the New oFk sab.aih-stjoo Asso
cia;iOn.'" The letter has tho expression sabbath
school good many tines, and conius an ace"iHi 81
Nh WcbsicIs interview with Ihonas Jescison, IN The
following words
MANY year ago spent Sabbath with Thomas Jeficr
son a. his residence IN Virginia II was "a tue wh4 Oh
,scu- sing the beauties of the Bible the sonnd 81 bell
lOkc hpon cars Turning tn the sag of Aoniioco
sounds hat sgbbSfh belt" The distinguished
statesman Ior q moment seemed ies' IN lh'H-ht.
it nclts he Resri 1t cao, cir pi.soa, and ae.
boys again" Here ob-or,"' tla' waf Yves 80 an-
mai formed Tor religious Worship; and tHi n"tsith,
standing al The sopnstrJ OF icihs, -, mo- and
movable as Truth Itself; TINT man. Ia his nurr'o'tler
hroathings turned TIE mental eyes toward immortality
aud that be poe; only echoed tc general sentiment o.
~ the drawn dagger, ana u"urr l1r point
Mr.. JCi'rs rn iif cunClIrcd IN ms ophinA, ana Oh
served that tie tendency NJ the American mud VAS m
different direction aud that tn 'undaysc'iori "a" dl
l..t correct word Sabathi presented iit
only legitimate Hndcr the Constitution az nidih4
n rocg q which the French Republic va, wrefH"i
Feen@ quitc TINT expressions Va this l'ter ana
esp cialg tie words "-ibhath" and "sahhth*cnool''
not We'-terian refreshed ny memory by an *
animation 81 M. Ncstcrs Life, by Geurg iickDof CuI-
Is. From ms work find The following facts:
FIRST M Webster visit ia Sr. jefferson was not in
JIM stated IN the ettc, but n December 1874 -ec-
Ondly in Nay. l-2 Mr.. webster met with IN acci6"ht
MashHcid. which prevented his writing any letters
fr several week. except by IN amarnen,i-, and ~nt
va, with difficulty that be could ci.u sign u. na'n".
Thirdly. "on the Isl ~, of june, i~J=. Hr. Wc's'ec
wa. gain in M.shim- and the lGth dan &. "t
month OF tie year he wrote or dc,Gicl rI'rf
dated ~ Washington, 10 the Rev. d. Putnam OF EoN-
nIfA Mass. and conclude therefore that ne could NOT
ave been nj d..hfcld jun -. ls52, winch IS the
date and llt, of tnc uewly-dstoVrrcd letter 10 Nf.
Ira-p IOWllly. find in his Life Gond many iei;V'
di ted -siYsd'y and good many references I" >"0"y
rt n@-ni ne use OF IT,. S0bDdH nor do heJ,Nc
that 'is word De- found in all OF his Writings either
expressing intinatiDg pref renee tor IT, ~ M
pic ~ Tie fcp"rted rsn, ersation WITH Mir Jefferson
ticreia,d CkiO July 3. 1870. J. A. b'