Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1879-04-12

We nbsoive IN u measure, now, the
Times Of wrong doing, when we con-
slider the frank expressions Of its nc
complisheh representative, Mr.. Hnn4
cock. .tsaef1a ~
A SERMON FROM OALOAs1EU.
All over the State the police jnries arc
adopting ordinances known ~ the Sum
day Inv. Their practical operation, IN
saving thousands II dollars heretofore
spent for liquor o, Sundays, especially
by laborcrs who arc paif of every snt-
urday evening, md for expenses Of erin
inul prosecutions growing out Of drunken
fights and disturbances Of the pence ~,
Sundays, besides Tho general benefit of
having qdct and orderly towns on Hi,n-
dny, has been found 10 be ~ satisfactorily
and beneficial, that the country press ii
now generally uolidi''e'l In lnvor Of this
great reform measure. ~ course u
meets with some newspaper opposition,
and We regret TINT ninong its opponents
Ia the talented, popular and Handsome
editor Of the CdpiioHan. CONE, Leon,
YOU are too splendid u specimen Of man
hood TO advocate u bad cu,,se, and tltc
violation oi the fourth commandments
Lahe ,Chdyiiy Echo. . @
IN reply TO orr kind friend Of tho
Echo, who differs with us on tho sun
day Inv question, We, would state
that we are n Democrat IN the full
acceptatiou Of the term, a,ld our IN.
tcrpctationo Of the principles and
spirit of TINT political faitll Is. TINT
there ought to exist In our country
thorough, religious and individual lib
erty; in fact, the American constitn-
ton soys 10. We are In favor, for
this reason, Of protecting all those
who follow The belief Of their respect
i've crcetls from any mOlcstation ~
infringement from whatever quarter
they may come. We emit see my
more reason why the Christians should
compel the Jews to close their stores
on Sunday, than the Jews should
compel The Christians 10 do the same
on Saturday or my other dry. IN
orr opinion, no church or creed should
have preference over another The
customs Of Louisiana, since time i'm.
memorial have always accorded tlir
freedom of opinion, md We emit sec
that our people IRE any worse to-day
than they used to be; neither do w'
think that we nr not IA moral md
enlightened n people Us the New Eng.
| landcrs who nlc the champions al
this idea despite their boast to the
contrary. We think IT very rough
indeed, that because II N attempted
to check drunkenness, that pcaceabl,
and law abiding citizens cannot bu,
u Int, or u coat, or ~ pound Of sugar
or anything else, on Sunday, IL tn
storekeopcr has no objections to sci
It, nor that we cannot, while taking ,
Sunday evening walk, 20 to the con
fectioners with our families or friend
aud enjoy u plate Of ice-crcan, o
anything else we may choose to have
provided we interfere with no one
business, nor attempt to compel other
to follow our example. We do no
believe tllat it is just that Police Ju
ries accidentally having u majorit,
of members Yin favor Of closing OF
Sunday, should be invested with til
arbitrary power Of enforcing their vii
over M Incorporated city, town q
parish, and thus deprive the inhabit
ants Of the right Of deciding sue
matters for themselves through th
medium Of the ba|lot-b0x. Az "
have before stated, we still shy tla
we are perfectly willing to yield OIL
individual opinions to the wishes
the minority in the community |
which we live, md to do "when "
nrc In Rome M Rome does,' but "
don't believe in that class Legislation
that for example cxe,npts the city
New Orleans, but f,stens the parisl
cs. Local option il the rrincipl
that we are ever ready to sustain. ID
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