The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-08-15
SHINING ON SUNDAY.
A Correspondent Expresses
Himself on Base Ball on
the Sabbath.
He Disapproves oft, Giving a
Number of Reasons for
His Belief,
And Calls Upon "AI Good Citi-
Eens" to Stand by the Enforce
ment Of the Law.

ment Of the Law.
EDITOR BAzoo:-I am glad this subjec
has been opened up for discussion, even i
It had to.be done by force. The subject il
now before the community in such form
that our ministers cannot very we'll evads
the ISSUE To hold their tongue now is t.
back down and out but do hope that i
they must retreat at all, they will make n
successful running battle as did General
Sigel at Wilson's creek. If the foreign
element imported into America are to bring
With them their foreign ideas and customs
seeking only for larger amphitheater in
which to play, instead of learning and
SUBMITTING TO AMERICAN IDEAS AND Gus.
TOMS,
the sooner the fact is made known the
better.
When our foreign brothers come to
American soil, they take upon themselves
m oath to submit to American laws; and
If they cannot submit to them, after bind
ing themselves to so do, they would better
remain away.
1t cannot be pleaded that the Sunday
laws are not understood by them. The
plea comes too late If they do not un-
derstand our Sunday laws, they ought to
Our laws are not sealed up like Daniels
vision, neither are they kept under lock
and key, but all who wish to, have easy
access to them. The truth is.
AMERICAN LIBERTY
Is misconstrued by our foreign brothers, in
many cases to mean license; and when
they come to America they are highly in
suited and much abused when they cannot
turn America into the land from whence
they came, Notwithstanding they renounce
fatherland and have sworn eternal allegi-
ance to America.
1t is an old saying. "vox populi vox del"
The voice of the majority is and ought to
be respected But it was never the inten-
tion of the legislative branch of this govern
nent, national or state, to make the Law
AN ENGINE OF SEVERITY,
much less to become an instrument for
bringing men into perfect unanimity of
belief upon questions purely moral and
religious As understand the issue, it is
not to bring men into unanimity of belief
at all, but to bring about a unan;-
nifty in practice, if in anything.
We care very little what "a
man believes, religiously or morally;
but we do care what he practices-what he
does. The law relative to thieving does
not pretend to bring about any unanimity
of beliefs among thieves, but does propose
20 bring about unanimity of practice,
namely, that no man, no matter what he,
Is an individual, may think of thieving,
even though he be base enough to approve
of it, shall steal. If he does, he becomes
LIABLE TO THE PENALTY,
and it matters not though the claw has be-
come obsolete by its non-enforcement for
many years." for the law existed all the
while, and has clamored for its dignity, but
found no defender to champion its cause.
But what shall we sayY Because the
law has been passed by by others, and it
may be "for years" shall we, therefore,
disgrace ourselves by like neglect? Poor
logic, that. If l remember correctly, the
BAzoo, not many days ago, had much to
say about our city attorneys OF the past
for . similar course. If the BAZoo will be
consistent, it must apply the same logic
here.
THE SUNDAY LAW
does not pretend to define how the day
shall be observed; and he who believes
the last day of the week is the proper one
70 be kept rs the Sabbath is not asked
to join himself to any other than Israels
church or to tail to keep his Sabbath in
accordance with that law given by Moses.
But Moses has never authorized any man
to celebrate the Sabbath by base ball, even
on the seventh day of the week. Our laws
give to every man the right and privilege
of observing any day he may choose for
his Sabbath. And if there be any in Sc
dalia who prefer the seventh to the first
day of the week, We say iameu, to it Blu:
our laws do specify some things mot re-
ligious things) that
MUST NOT BE DONE
on the first day, and these things thus pro-
sect has ever yet set apart as sacred or
Why, then, all this ado over base ball on
Sunday, as by its suppression war was
wsged on things sacred and divine?
~The masses are not yet prepared to give
up what they believe innocent and harm
less recreation" No one asks such thing.
That base ball is recreating, We all admit ;
but are there not six other days in which
it can be INDUCED without turning Sunday
into day of sports? Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Satur-
day. These six days are at the service of
all men. Let them use them and
CEASE THIS HOwLING
about an attempt at forcing men into any
thing. But, perhaps, SEINE one will say
these ball players cannot use either of
these days because of work in the Office.
There are two answers to this 1. Because
they are oyerworked six days, do not,
therefore, throw an OK in the ditch in
order that he may work the seventh also.
Having been one of the boys in my time,
! speak truthfully when 1 say base ball is
4bout rs hard work as one can find for the