The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-18

looked into in getting laws. We have the
RICH, TO pass law taking away man
liberty when he commits acts against
the well being of the community Inc
laws OF God are surely good Tor man.
but | sm here to-day go say tina iue
State Legislature has no right 20 pass
law because that law j. the will oi Coo.
TO illustrate You cannot put IN me
statute books the First aud Second Com
mandments Non cannot legis!sie peo-
ple into Christianity. To do SO. or TO
attempt it. would be for the state to
establish a religion don't mean "a Sect
but a religion and il wOull J fringe on
that right of self liberty which is the AT
mosphcrc OF our constitution and Law
So no LAWYER could or would agree mat
YOU could pass law because IL Is "a Laws
OF God
Again. 1t will not do TO pass law for
the benefit Of an individual To pass
laws to make man more moral VIII not
DO. IL will not DO 10 pass law ieguli-
ing every man TO attend divine "hoishlp
on sunday Good results would ensue
probably. hut the Legislature has no
right 10 drag man from his home to q
church 70 do 80 would violate liberty,
the spirit Of our constitution.
Where did the night come from by
which a State can pass law for the on
strvance of the Sabbath. The right cN
lists because society demanded 10, and in
apuea ing 20 the Legislature You must
moi bring in Christianity or Gods laws.
Public sentiment urged as0unday lass
AS being something OF benefit 10 the peo'
pie at irEc. and not because it was a
law of God. The first thing 10 do is 10
educate the publ, sentiment, use the
press The people educated 90 the point.
iho political parties would hasten 90 put
a SUNDAY law in their platform. some
years ago the people .of the state got
warm on the liquor question. and the
two pOl teal parties could not write last
enough To get local-cptlOn plank in
their platforms. and the Legislature
elected passed a local option law be-
fore then on SUNDAY not bar-TOow
within certain squares failed 10 he open
ON SUNDAY. Now You cannot get % gii
Of whisky over their bars on sunday
lSubducd applause The sunday law
was enforced and swift punishment iol-
lowed it- violation. as the records Of the
Police Court every Monday morning viii
show
/ III lam allowed TO advise, pass laws OF
a special nature. and not of general
character, with the many exceptions a-
no two people OF jurors viii agree as "a
exactly what is necessary work
ABOUT THE NEWSPAPER.
No country in the world enjoys thC
liberty of the press 10 the extent oil
America. but remember that liberty can
nun into license The newspapers OF
This city violate the law every time Chat
- type is set up in their composing rooms
on SUNDAY. It is claimed that the new
paper is a necessity, and the WORK oil
publishing a Sunday paper, therefore
necessity The paper claims that lheN
educate and instruct the people. am not
here 20 condemn the press, but the Wor"
on SUNDAY While the press does more
10 mould public opinion IN any other
0nething. the time may come ~ en- pubic
opinion will rise and take away The ll
censc, and with 10 the liberty There is
no desire ON our part 10 euro ana ihIoi
tie the press, but at the same time We
have no intention that the press shall
throttle us. and the time will come, d
their persistence i'm Sunday work and
SUNDAY publication is presumed in. the
SUNDAY license and liberty Will bee taken
away. and it will be "a long time before
thew can get their liberty back.
SUNDAY street.cars in cities. There is
no necessity for slreet-cars ON Sunday
They say that they run thcm for the ac
commodation of the people. The news
papers say the same thing The double
size Sunday paper is published 10
make money. and the Sunday sreei-cars
with extra cars ON. are run TO increase
the dividends on stock ON one sunday
the .treet-car lines carried 1000 people
-onc-fourth of the population. sunday
work ON both papers and cars accom-
plish good 90 no one but the stOckhOld-
ers Why should newspapers and cars
run when the machine shops GO not, and
the merchant Doe required 90 close bis
storey Let us wipe out the statute
altogether. and let everybody work or
have statute that applies TO eyerybo iy.
The city ordinances of Richmond re-
quires the railway lines to run on Sun
day.
RAILROADS.