Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-07

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le1fons, tbs aIl-eompolIinR proejanv.
ton u The ropablioeninm oe JeGsr@sr
III q 80 ds0ecz.ey a. Jaekson, VIII
eosefn9enf a91arsd, and Z
nkaxnssr p<0miee foT ths glory of ths
.spunlle -not hAtion- Guarauiesd.--s
sssoAx LAWS AND ERo~pnasrr.
xDros Posz-Ixrrzxsounoxs:
A certain shess IL Pors Touuosad
peophseies tie fmme<3fate failure of CT
town On account of Sundxy reasrjetion.
end denOasoos The church pcopls a. the
mowers 0f this restrietion. ft 4 veIl
for 0nr people 70 consider: First That
this - law pannod by the Territorial
LsRislatuFe II 1B50 q he representa-
tives of the pecp5s. Seoond - That -
pes1sd ekofta % Eepsal thia Lao ueee
made by tbs Legislature Of 1851. All az
which faiied. Third That thus 4 ma
iorsty OF the cisizeos Of WsshinQton
Territory hsve twice deolarsd il % be
their will that Sunday should s. oh
served. Fourth--It il fair to suuuonn
thst the religious citizens Of Wxahiua-
ton do u0f bear greateY proportion "a
the population than Ii the Union q
large, which ID about one fourth. Fifth
That those onurch people beiuQ about
one fourth 0f ieag Of the population.
Snow remarkable vieoE IL they rule The
other three -fonrths Of the psorIe.
Sixth--It will therefore be seen that
this b not shuFch movement a. sush,
but represents the common or unoem-
mon sense Of . majority Of the oitixuns
Of Washington Territory, and n such
should be respected. Heventh--Nov =
10 prosperity. We will take the ooun-
tries that observe the Sabbath In the
world aud compare them with others
that have no 6sbbath. OF course tnero
are individual violations everywhere:
but Amsrica has always bsen known as
sunday keeping land, and has done
toierably we'll. England has NOS fallen
badly behind By using . day OF rest.
France has not oatstxipped the world by
ignoring if, nor has China, or Japan. or
the frontier Territories, except as they
have led undertakers 70 victory. The
number Of men who oannot trade &.
oept on Sunday Ii not very large. Be-
sides. II We do away with sunday thee
men will gradually b robbed OF their
ownSnnday. Ihave lived where there was
no Sunday, and ths school board m.
dsrtook to make & teacher give thirty
days for q month, the same as a sheep
herder where the hsrilsr GOT NO extra
wages for his eeaseless toll. Labor Ii
do away with the seventh dag TO lessen
the number Of days work for cash
Iab0rer by ope-seventh. The natural
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at least ons-seventh. Employers have
arRned 70 ne that their clerks, rent,
etc., cest no moro for seven days than
six, therefore they desired the abolition
OF tue Sunday law. Do our working peo
pie desire such state Of adairs2 Eighth
Bat the business man is o slave TO his
business His customers could all be
waited on Ia q shorter time, bat he
must have his doors open from q. N.
~ 3 p. N. six days IN week ut least.
Is 10 an advantage TO him for them -
GONE the seventh? The iaborer can
usually get groceries. ciothes. etc., with
out ssrioualy hinderine his tune. Shall
the business manf The most success
full grooer in Cheyenne went thsre IL
1861. when sunday was unknown, closed
his books every Saturday night ~ book
keeper for two years, accepted posi-.
ton a. partner only upon condition
that the house should close on Sunday,
and has maintained his rule ever sinos
and grown rich. Cheyenne has rough
GLASSES 10 deal with. ! can quote from
bali SCORE Of pioneer cities who have
done the same. Ninth-But about tho
" cav oawAn and that we are not al
lowed to preach on the street Sundays,
10 / hardly think We can hardly be
compared 70 crows. We cannot 0versit
our own limb and cav on the street.
This reminds me Of the man who sval-
loved three black crows. l had loss
sight Of him. bat think he has turned
up With too much crow on his stomach.
Lastly--I wonder what kind Of men
these are who are always exhorting us
to break the laws Of oar land Have
they taken the freeman's oath Then
they ara perjurers, swearing 20 uphold
the laws of the State, and deliberately.
publicly violating their oath, urging
others 10 do she same, while they de-
nouuce law-abidine citizens a. cranks !!
The highwayman sometimes thinks the
sheriff crank; the gamblers talk about
cranks, who interfere With their bust
ssss Of robbery. But perhaps they are
foreigners, Who. fnding this sunlit aud
Sunday keeping land better than their
own (sic), desire 20 far 20 reform - TO
INTRODUCES the abuses Of their father
land.
l am not In favor Of iaw to compel .
man TO be religious on Sunday. For 20
years President Wsyiand's Moral Sci-
ence has protested against law enforc-
ing Sunday as religious Observance.
But for the sake of the laboring man.
who nesds time of relaxation; for the
sake Of the bnsinsss man. Who needs
variety; TOR the sake Of the religions
employed, who deserve 20 BE- fros for
the sake of q common humanity, that
requires rest from toll and tipe for
mental or moral cultivntion, ! call up
on Law abiding citizens % stand By the