The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday: Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, MassachusettsBrooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
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The Olden Time Series, Vol. 3: New-England Sunday: Gleanings Chiefly From Old Newspapers Of Boston And Salem, Massachusetts
Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)
New England -- Social life and customs; Sunday
And among the Resolves passed by the Convention we find these,--
III. Resolved, that we earnestly recommend to Tythingmen, Civil
Officers and the friends of the Sabbath in every town, to
prosecute, or cause to be prosecuted, without distinction and
without delay, all, who are travelling without sufficient reason,
or in any way wilfully violating the laws respecting the Lord's
Day.
V. Resolved, that we recommend to all the friends of order, to
circulate as extensively as possible, such tracts and pamphlets
as are calculated to promote the due observance of the Lord's
Day.
Voted, that the Clerk be requested to send a copy of the doings
of the Convention, to the Editors of the public papers in Boston,
Salem, Newburyport and Haverhill, and that they be requested to
publish the same in their respective papers.
A full account of this convention can be found in the "Salem Gazette," Oct.
31, 1815. It does not appear that there was any disturbance of public
worship to complain of, only many people neglected to attend the meetings,
or walked or rode for pleasure on the Lord's Day.
* * * * *
In the same month and year the "Worcester AEgis" gave expression to opinions
on the question of "Sabbath-breaking" which we think accord more with
modern ideas than do those of the Essex convention. The views of the "AEgis"
probably represented the average liberal sentiment of that day.
_WORCESTER, OCT. 25._
_BREACH OF THE SABBATH._
At the late session of the S.J. Court at Northampton it was
decided that a justice of the peace could not issue a warrant for
a breach of the Sunday laws against an offender that is not an
inhabitant of the county where the offence is committed, but that
he must be prosecuted only before a grand jury; and that justices
of the peace could not issue warrants, nor sheriffs serve them,
on the Lord's day, for any breaches of those laws. Damages were
awarded against a justice, a tythingman, and a sheriff, upon the
latter principle.
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