The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-09-08

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Nj M()NDAlI Y D.jRlE.N II. ING. !,
! be thought had no business IHs sthis canvass
:. and that II in regard 30 the Sunday liquo
law. Mr., :Levensteia, said that be was
member of tue House1ofs Delegates wher
the bill was passed. he had been j
two canyasses since ifs passage, and 1t hdt
never 6een spoken iofi and i. IS now broueb
DIP to test d mans fitness TO represent thi.
people bn other. great and imp portsnt issues
! The enactment Of ttis law was denim ded
by people Ia severai counties In fhfs State
where there. had been. dMs dMstlrbarices on Sun:
/ day, and where there were mo proper
Epoffee irtesguiati tions.,,5 as eonnpromi.e
measure The present law was passed
with the clear and distinct understanding
that cities having poltcg regulations IN re-
gard to this subject shoufd control It, and
thus the law has beet carried, out for. seve-
raj years. and .ro complaint has been beard
II, regard to the quiet and orderly man
ner with which our city affairs have been
conducted. It is now claimed, however,
that the law does not meet. the original in
tention'; III not. then he was for modifying
it so as to, carry ont the original iden, which
was to leave it to our municipal authorities,
and which will leave 1t In the power OF our
citizens to regulate Us tue majority shall
think proper.
: In conclusion, be said that II the people OF
this CITY should again honor him with seat
in the House OF Delegates he will endea-
vor, as in the past, to guard her Interests
with unceasing vigilance. and at the same
time work for the Interests OF that great
State which had been the haven Of liberty
and freedom to his parents, and upon whose
soil he had drawn the first breath OF lille.
= - JunS nUNIEh, in. .s.-,--~ - -
Mr.. Hunter said that he was in favor Of
the present Sunday law, believing. that tho
highest interests of the community re-
ouired it; that while it was folly to attempt
to make men virtuous or religious by legis-
.Iation contrary to their wishes, yet that
that government had utterly failed OF
its high mission whose laws do not pro-
mote and encourage those virtues Which
the Christian religion enjoins. With re-
gard to the Aoffett puDch,, he1rsaid that
he was not welded to any particular
system of raising revenue from the liquor
business; that be was In iuvor, Of any
wise system which would raise the largest
amount Of revenue; that perhaps it
would be better. to give the present
law 4 further trial; and il SO, he' was In
favor OF such additional legislation as'woIlld
make itsmore efficient and would cause the
tax to be paid not by the honest dealer
falone, but by all alike-that" the nainte-
nance of the public schools was duty I'M
der the constitution. and he was in favor Of
increasing their 'effciencylthat he was
heartily 'in favor offaitbfuIly carrying out
the terms of the McCulloch bill--thati II elect
ed to- the House of Delegates lie could not
vote for General Malone for senator, not for
any personal reasons, for he had no personal
feeling in the matter; but because OF the OPP
position OF General Malone to settlement
OF the debt question, which he the speaker)
regarded as imperatively demanded by
every consideration OF good policy and
sound morality. .'s
'". T. WILEY DAVIS. -
/, In reference to the State debt, he re-
CARDS the McCulIoch bill as satisfactory
settlement OF that yexed question, aud de-
plores its further agitation as retarding the
development of the, best interests OF the
State. ... 81 ..,y.,..,.,.. ....-.3.. ..-.t....
3. AS regards the public free schools, be
has been their friend and patron from the
Inauguration OF the system, and will do
whatever is consistent and proper TO pro-
mote their, prosperity and perpetuity, be-
lieYing that the history OF any country will
show that ignorance and crime are CO.
existent. ID, H.. ..s .}..l: -. -,
8. lie will not vote to repeal the Sunday
liquor law, but faYors the enforcement Of
its provisions in every section Of this State
alike. He further fayors the, enforcement
OF the penalty against all secular employ
ment upon the Sabbath day, believing that
no nation or people can reasonably expect
to, be prosperous; or. happy who disregard
tie divine .iniunctiops, ,",Six days thou
shalt labor" { Remember the Sabbath day. w.
&c. -. .,,,. .,,.,.l!. -. ;slsi.., Z ;.
rations OF General Malone, II such he has,
be win do nothing to forward them, be-
lieying him to be inimical to this city, if not
to the entire State, though willing to do
Justice TO bis bravery as soldier and his
skill as military general. -.-... ~. .
i...r. WILLIAM L. RoYALL. e. "s-
Mr.. RoyulI said Fellow-citizens Of the
city of Richmond, 1t gratilies me to have
this opportunity OF removing what, l am
Informed, is very general misapprehen-
sion of nay position in regard to the Sun
day lauor laws. am told that it Is very
generally thought that I am for abolishing
alllaws which make distinction between
Sunday and other days. This is an entire
mistake Sunday being. and rightly being,
n day OF rest, regulations for the enforce
Ement Of order are necessary upon that day
8 hich are not necessary upon other days.
There is no bone in my body, there is no
sentiment in nv bosom. which will tolerate
the suggestion Of disorder or want OF de-
Icorum. I am law and order man. am,
therefore, in favor Of all such laws as are
necessary for the preservation Of the most
exact order on Sunday. But when order Is
EpreserYed, insist that the functions OF the
civil power should cease. The manner IN
which each individual should observe the
Lords daytas an institution OF religion is,
/ claim, o matter belonging to the domain
| OF conscience, and not? within the cogni'
zance. Of the civil magistrate. This our
| Bill Of Rights explicitly declares.
| I think the matter one Of local self-gov-
ernment-a matter Of calpolice. think,
therefore, that it should be committed to
1.-THE custody Of our municipal authorities
| The law pretends to be one OF general ope'
| ration, while in fact it is only aimed at OPP
pressing the cities. There are no becr-gar'
I dens or saloons throughout the country, and
the bar.keepers in the country openly dis
regard it. All that ask in respect to tht
matter is that the subject be put under the
control Of our municipal authorities, and
will then 20 hand-in-hand with the extre
NEST advocate OF order and decorum. a5
But there is another subject, which, j
importance, towers far above Sunday Rqu
laws and all such minor matters, and tina
the preservation OF our public ere .di