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 the secular press has taken alarm and is opposing its passage by Congress. Should this bill become law, all sec- ular work must cease on Sunday in every part of the United States. Con- sequently, the only kind of work that can be properly done on Sunday un- der the provisions of the bill are works that pertain to another world, spirit ual or holy"
 An Eastern journal pertinentIy asks, "what work, labor, or business is 1t that properly pertains 10 another world?" The journalist suggests the query, "how Is Congress to find cut whether there is any other world than this, and especially how is it to find this out and make 1t clearly discerned that the recognition of it can be en- forced by law upon all the people,"
 Blair's bill down brakes on all steam cars, stage coaches, buck kboards, pleasure carriages and freight wagons at noon of nignt on Saturday. and freezes to the tires until the hour when secular work is authorized to begin. Section 2d of the blll reads as follows: That no malls or mail matter shall hereafter be transported in time of peace over any land postal route, nor shall any mail matter be collected, as sorted, handled, or delivered during any part of the first day of the week: Provided, That whenever any letter shall relate to a work of necessity or mercy, or shall concern the health, life, or decease of any person, and the fact shall be plainly stated upon the face of the envelope containing the same, the Postmaster.G General shall provide for the transportation of such letter or letters in packages separate from other mall matter and shall make regulations for the delivery thereof, the same having been received at its place of destination before the said first day of the week, during such limited portion of the day as shall best suit the pubic convenience and least interfere with the due observance of the day as one of worship and rest: And provided further, That when there shall have been an interruption in the due and regular transmission of the mails it shall be lawful 10 50 far examine the same when delivered as 10 ascertain if there be such matter therein for lawful delivery on the first day of the week."
 The above IS but a chip of the intol- erant act. Section 9th is an extin- guisher to all other secular pursuits. Read, and Tn your minds eye imagine the solemn stiffness and dcadened ap- pparance of our mInes and smelterS when Sunday. by Blair's bill, becomes a day of rest, and guess how many of the operators will respond to the sound of the church going bell, whom the blll referred to is intended to at tract. Here is the clIncher: Section ,. That 1t shall be unlawful to pay or to receive payment or wages in any manner for service rendered or for la bor performed or for the tranSporta- tion of persons or of property in viola tlon of the provisions of this act, nor shall any action lie for the recovery thereof, and when so paid, whether in advance or otherwise, the same may be recovered back by whoever shall first sue for the same.'
 The Blair blll is not likely to receive more favorable cOnsiderati ton in Con- gress than tue Religious Test, Tn that body, which, by the joint effort of Pinkney Wolcott and others was strangled at its birth. The Rev. Mr. BackuS. of Massachusetts. then mem Der of Congress, Tn speaking upon the question, said: Many appear to be much concerned about il; tut nothing is more evident, both Tn reason and the Holy Scriptures than th tt religion is ever a matter between God and in- dividualS, and that, therefore, no man or set of men, can impose any religious obligation without invading the es- sential prerogatives of our Lord Jesus Christ" The Baltimore American, of recent date, says: The true doctrine IS that all men, no matter what their faith, are entitled to equal rights. both civil and social. The man who sits in judgment on another in the matter of his religion, and then attempts 10 pun ish hlm for what be Is pleased to term 'heresy, simply usurps a prerogative of God"
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