The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-08-21

or Winters message yetoing the SundG,
ordinance, and al,o his communication
In answer to the committee appointed t
investigate "that circus business" The,
will be found good reading:
THE MESSAGE.
To the City Council Of the City Of Cairo;
GENTLEMEN-I herewith return t
your honorable body an ordinance {,
amend section 46 OF chapter 3 of the re
vlsed ordinances, without my signature
My reasons Tor not signing said ordin
ance in brief are as follows:
LIST. There is, in my Judgment, NJ
demand or necessity for any such ordl.
nance. know OF no acts OF Sabbath
beaking that demand this amendment.
In Christian or religious point of view
the man who observes the Sabbath only
because there Is a law that forbids his
breaking it, is Sabbath.breaker at
heart, and is no better than the man who
openly disregards the Lords day.
Every man who keeps the Sabbath with
religious regard performs what he
believes a religious duty, and will no
doubt receive his reward for it. He
should be protected in his observance
ofthe day, and no one should be permit
ted to modest him. have the highest
regard for that Christian belief, and lie
who, by his upright walk in lite, per-
suades and converts others 10 his faith,
while have but little respect tor a
seventh day Christian whose example
brings no followers to his faith, and who
is forced to appeal to law to make others
do as he does.
I'd. This ordinance is law for classes
and not for universal observance of the
Sabbath. Under it one man may be
fined tor violation of the Sabbath and
another, equally guilty, 60 free. The
provis0 is inconsistent with the ordi.
nance. fit is the duty OF one man to
observe the Sabbath, it is equally the
duty OF all. Why shall the coal man, the
whartboat man, the boat store man, the
steamboat butcher, or any OF that class,
be allowed to keep open their places of
business, while it Is made misdemeanor
TOR others TO keep open their places Of
business: The law should apply to
all alike. The steamboat should be tied
to the shore. The locomotive :houl(
stand cold in the yard. The men who
load and unload steamboats, have Chris.
tian faith and belief as well as any
others. The men who control the en-
glnes and trains upon the railroads are OF
the same religious belief with all the
rest Of US. Why allow the hard-heartcd.
unchristian employers of these men to
q violation OF the Sabbath, and only try
to save the poor clerks and bar;cnders {:
The law should be made for all and not
for the few.
In Cairo we have many poor men who
labor hard all the week 70. small wages
barely earning enough to keep their fam.
lilies. Our city is without cellars, and
they are unable to buy ice and Ice chests
to preserve TIER meats and fresh veget-
aoies oner Sunday. They come home
Saturday night tired and worn OFT with
their weeks labor. Why shGll they BE-
compelled 10 90, tired as they are, to the
market and buy their meas and yegtta-
tles ioE SUNDAY, AMI eat spoiled meat
and stale vegetables simply TO be IN
style with their wealthy employers, in
their observance Of the Sabbath day:
For some reason some Of orr people
have recently become imbued with
strong desire FOR strict observance Of the
sabbath dsy, and claim that gm lending
my official position 10 the Intolerance OF
sato2ih-brezkiDg. In response 70 this
have 10 say, that ! have known this
cry from its organization. and since |
nave known it no man who has been
mayor Of the city has ever attempted an
enforcement Of its Sunday laws. An
investigation Of the records will show
that comparatively lew arrests. If any,
were made for violation OF the Sunday
laws during INSTRUMENTATION o, Mayors
taylor, Baker, Wilson, Troyer, Oberly.
l-ansden or Wood, all good Een. and
some Of them good Christians. Durjpg
Inc administration OF none 0, my prede-
cessors were the saloons and other places
OF public resort closed on Sundays, and /
only assert truth known to every hon.
est and intelligent citizen when | saw
the Sabbath has been as wei! Observed
under my administration as under any O,
my predecessors, notwithstanding some
OF them had fully double The police fore,
Of the present administration. II men
so distinguished as some OF my nor,
immediate predecessors could not, OF
would not, enforce the Sunday ordl
nanccs against saloons and other public
places, why make this war upon me ana
my administration
cannot attribute this attack to any
evil motive. but to The tact that some
men are brave in council but coward!y
IN execution, ready at all times to exac,
the highest measure of duty Of Others
and equally ready 10 sblrk the RESPONSE.
bility themselves.
live are TO have a Sunday ordinapc,
let us have one that will bear alike unor
every class--one that protects and pun
i,hes oil alike. The ordinance above re-
ferred 10 ID unjust and unreasonable II
IT, determinations and. therefore,
hsvo dsriired TO fix Inv syecu,iya ,t,,,,.