The National tribune., 1891-12-03

other large city where the Eneampment has
oeen held.
OPENING THE WORLDS FAIR on sun
DAY.
EDITOR NAuoEAL Tribune: have long been a
reader Of your most excellent paper. and there is
no paper in my list Of political agricultural or re-
ligiCus journals that take more pleasure in read
ing than the great soldier paper
Fighting them over" brings baol. TO my mind
30 many scenes Of the days when. but n hoy, was
clnd IN the blue, and after crossing tic Ohio River
our marching commenced, and under Buell., Rose
Grams. Grant snd Sherman, we never let up until
we passed in review in Washington at the close Of
the war. Many disputes have been settled tia ugh
these correspondents Some are still in dout such
ns who planted the first lag on Lookout Mountain,
and what battle turned the ..de OF the war. etc.
Yes, Mr.. Editor, I expect t. be reader Of your
paper IS long a. my eyes ght remains good, aud
should nay eyes ,Il and my body siii ON top Of the
ground, I'm have my children read 81 TO me. Your
bold and defiant manner Of standing up ior the in
tere,i q! the boys VINO saved The country, recon-
'nends your paper TO every ex-soidier.
or course there are some things we may differ
GA, and am going 20 speak riga. on. ia meeting,
aud say that ia your issue Of sept To- when you
say you lake issue with the " gody gen Lemeu
who oppose opening lie Worlds Fair GA Sunday,
I'D not get angry and say that I would stop your
paper for remembered that '' we drank from The
same canteen,' and that sou, as Editor, have
perfect right TO publish what you plelse. But In
deed was much gFieved that my best friend and
could not agree. Now, may be a little " sOt in
my ways - 1 am q psalm--nging Presbyterian,
and have been taught 10 have great respect for the
Christian sabbath aud It's close Observance, and II
my Scotch did get 4 little up when reference
will
pardon me. recall the names 81 Gen. o. o.
Howard Col Shepherd and many others who arc
foremost ia this movement who present on
tho battlefield aud aided In putting down the re-
bellion with sword and prayer
IpFEsumc that they DO not want other Nations to
Christian Nation, as We claim to be, without
Sabbath, even IL there i not church
enough "a ali Chicago" II has never been claimed
rrf2d that al o. that great throng. who would
De- F-rson. over the Sabbath in tie city, would be
expected to attend church. Tic claim i that the
gales Of the Exposition be closed. and thus obviate
the dissertation Of the Lords day. Has tLe One
WHO, on Mount Sinai, amidst Tie ihundeEs and
lghtriugs, said 10 Moses; Remember the Sab
bath day, 10 keep H. holy changed? Or IS il the
wise generation Of to-day? Which,
What say you. comrades on this question: with
the permission OF the Editor. can you nos give rs
your opinion2 We all want to attend the Worlds
Fair, and / think every Old soldier should DO sd.
mttcd free. r. VASFOssEy, Sergeant Co. J. gSth
Ohio Norrisiown. o.
Oar comraie writes in a frank, soldierly
way that warns our heart to him, even
though he disagrees with rs
We viii make the position Of TIE Ma
TIoSAL TRIBUNE on the Sunday question
clear to all interested. No one has deeper
respect for the Sabbath than we We be-
lieve that its observance ~ a day of rest
should be strenuonsly enforced by law.
That is. that saloons, places Of business and
ordinary labor should be rigidly closed; es-
pecially the saloons. Only obviousIy-neces-
sary ordinary labor should be permitted.
but the churches, Libraries, parks, museums,
art galleries etc, should be kept open. Let
| those who want "a 20 to church and worship
God 20 thither. Let those who want to
spend at least portion Of the day reading
good books or looking at fine pictures or the
/ curious and instructive things in a museum,
/ or enjoying the fresh air aud the flowers in
the parks, be allowed to 20 thither. We
think ministers who urge the closing of
Libraries, galleries, museums, etc, on Sunday,
in order to promote church going, make a
great mistake. A man who gets in the habit
Of going to libraries on Sunday il more
likely to became q church-goer than If those
places are closed to him, aud he is compelled
10 20 somewhere Csc TO spend his leisure
Nor can we see anything incompatible with
the holiness Of the day in an open library OF
museum.
We believe the closing of the World
Fair on Sunday will be very detrimental to
morality. There viii be tens of thousands
Of strangers in the city every Sunday who
by not being permitted to visit the Fair
will be tempted 10 other places of vastly les
benefit 10 them-possibly of decided harm
Then there are hundreds Of thousands o.
working people Of Chicago who desire L
visit he Exposition and profit by it, and
who cannot on any other day but Sunday
without too much Of diminution Of thei
earnings.
It is not necessary that the machinery b,
run on Sunday, or ihat all the attendant
be on duty There will lie enough to Sci
without that moved by machinery to occup,
all the visitors time.
What possible objection can there he t
keeping the Exposition open, at least in tn
5 afternoon, as many eminent churchme
favor? We can see none.
ALL the British newspapers appreciat
just what benefits the Mckinley Bill is coz
ferring upon this country, and some of ther
have the frankness to say so. The Sheffield
Daily Telegraph says:
The promoters OF the Mckinley tariff meant
to push forward the policy Of America Tor the Anne
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