The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1881-01-20

/ SUNDAY whenever a member wanted gla
: Of beer he got i. drank it OH the premise
r and delivered to the treasure five cent
1 which money was placed in the treasury I
: keep mp the funds to pay expenses and fc
the relief of sickness and other mishaps
the members, it was held by the Suprem
T Court Of the State, that the delivery of
, glass of beer under such circumstances t
! a member Of the club, and receiving fiv
T cents therefor, by the treasurer, constitute
a sale by the treasurer As agent of the club
under the act prohibiting the sale of intoxi
eating liquors on Sunday
: Marmout V. State, IS Ind, u.
Some of the adjudicatiOns to which
have just referred, arose in civil actions oil
contracts, but the judgments are equal,
binding in criminal cases.
? Bish. Cr L.. sec. 968.
Now to say anything new as to the neces
sity and propriety of observing the Sabbath
would be hopeless; but to repeat to some
extent what has been said by others, may
not be Improbable All admit there is /
Lords day, but there are differences o.
/ opinion as to which Is the right day to be
/ observed. The law, however, settles this
a. far as we are concerned, a the first day
! CT the week and it is no defence for a per
son charged with violating the Sabbath to
+ say and show that he conscientiously
/ believed that some other day was the
sabbath, and that he actually observed
/ some other day as the Sabbath.
| Com. V. Hass., 122. Mass. 40.
| And it has been held by the Supreme
Court of Louisiana, that a law forbidding
the sale Of goods on Sunday, but excepting
from its operation those who kept their
places of business closed on Saturday, was
unconstitutional and void.
Shreveport V. Levy, 26 La, Ann. 1876
Waits On Actions and Defences, Z, 123.
Mr.. Bishop says, that the institution of
the Sabbath as a day of rest from worldly
labor, dear to him who reveres it for its
Divine origin, has to the statesman and
Jurist, significance of different kind. 1t
is the corner stone of public morality and
happiness, viewed merely as q civil regula-
ton. Its 0bervance contributes to the pub
lie repOse, health, morals, and convenience,
as well as religion.
Bis. CIR. l.. sect. 1919, BIB. 951.
Judge Blackstone afiirms that besides the
notorious ndecency and scandal of permit
ting any secular business to be publicly
transacted on that day, in a country profess
ing christianity, aud the corruption of
morals that usually follows its PROCLAMATION,
the keeping of one day in the seven holy,
as time of relaxation and refreshment, as
well as for public worship is of admirable
SUI itS ~ inc tDtftlt- CDuSluCIGu uGICl1 as Il
civil institution. 1t humauizes by the help
of conversation and society, the manners Of
the lower classes; which would otherwise |
degenerate into sordid selfishness and fero-
city Of spirit; it enables the industrious |
workman to pursue his occupation in the !
ensuing week with health and cheerfulness; |
it imprints on the minds of the people, that |
sense of their duty to God, 50 necessary to
make them good citizens; but yet which |
Il la. Il. Nv
continuance of labor without any
stated times of recalling them to the wor-
ship Of their Maker.
Edward Everett, addressing the working
men of Boston, thought it a matter of su-
preme felicity, that there is one day the
seven, redeemed to us by law and our
blessed religion from the calls of life, and
affords Us all time enough for the improve
nent of our rational and immortal natures
The Earl of Beaconsfeld, recently opposed
n the House Of Lords, a motion for opening
museums on Sunday. He said, of all the
livine institutions, the most divine, is that
which secures a day of rest to man. | hold
t To be the most valuable blessing ever con-
ed to man. The opening museums on Sun
lay is great change, and those who sup
bose for moment that the change would be
United to that purpose, will find they are
mistaken.
Daniel Webster in his immortal argument
before the Supreme Court of the L. :. in the {
iirard VIII case where the orb of his i'm {
,erial genius rode In the highest heavens of {
aw, morality, theology and craftsmanship |
aid 1t Is by the reiterated instructions and
Impressions which the Sabbath imparts to
he population of nation, by the moral |
principle which it forms, by the conscience | {
which it maintains, by the habits of method, I
leanliness and industry it creates, by the
est and renovated vigor it beStows upon !
Exhausted human nature, by the lengthed )
lte and higher health it affords, by the holt | '
ess it inspires and cheering hopes of {
eaven and the protection and favor of {
rod, which its observance insures, that the !
abbath is rendered the moral conservator |
f nations.
You might as well put out the sun, and t
link tc enlighten the world with tapers, t
estroy the attraction of CAVITY and think to
-ield the universe by human powers, as to q
the moral illumination of the 5
abbath and break this glorious handspring t
f the moral government of God. Q
XTRACT FROM THE REPORT or IRE GRAND a
JURY OF LOWNDEs CoUNTY-CIRCUIT n
COURT, OCTOBER TERM 1880.
owe find that the Law of the Sabbath day
as been violated by BARRIERS, livery stable j
eepers and druggists. Your jury have y
OF deemed it proper TO find bills against r
ich offenders, believing that they !.
ave not wiIlfully and Intentionally vio> q
ted the law, but they have merely h
llowed a custom long existing in this q
,untry. We would respectfully recon-
end that after a certain time all future 4
oations of the Sabbath law be dealt with "
the laws Directs a