Arizona silver belt., 1890-01-25
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 is opposing it's 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 pertinently asks, "what work, labor, or business is it that properly pertains 10 another worh?" The journalist suggests the query, "how IS Congress 10 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 ears, stage coaches, buckboards, pleasure carriages and freight wagons at noon of night on Saturday, and freezes to the tires until the hour when secular work is authorized to begin. Section 2d of the b,ll reads as follows: That no malls or mail matter shall hereafter he transported Tn time Of peace over any land postal route, nor shall any mail matter be collected, as sorted, handled, or delivered dnrng any part of the first day of the week: Provided, That whenever any letter shall relate to work of necessity or mercy, or shall concern the health, life, or decease Of any person, and the tact shall be plainly stated upon the face of the envelope containing the same, the Postmaster.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 pubhc convenience and least interfere with the due observance of the day as one of worship and rest; And provided furthar, That when there shall hayo been an interruption in the due and regular transmission of the mails it shall be lawful to so far examine the same when delivered as to 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 5th is an eXtin- guisher to all other secular pursuits. Read, and Tn your mind eye imagine the solemn stiffness and deadened ap- prarance 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 10 Is intended to at tract. Here is the ellncher: Section ,, That it shall be unlawful to pay or to receive payment or wages in any manner for service rendered Of for labor performed or for the transporta. tion of persons or of property in viola ton 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 hill is not likely to receive more favorable consideration in Con- gress than the Religious Test, Tn that body, which, by the joint effort of Pinkney Wolcott and others was strangled at it's birth. The Rev. MT. Backus, of Massachusetts, then mem- Der of Congress, Tn speaking upon the question, said: Many appear to be much concerned about it; but nothing is more evident, both Tn reason and the Holy Scriptures than that 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, TO matter what their faith, are entitled to eqnal 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 he IS pleased to term 'heresy, simply usurps prerogative of God"
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 Some of the Arlzona papers are un- fairly criticisng Gen. George Crook for his recent outburst of sympathy