A Sunday Law for the District of Columbia
By J. S. Washburn
A law “requiring certain places in the District of Columbia to be closed on Sunday” was introduced in the House of Representatives, February 4. This bill very carefully leaves out the religious expressions that usually betray the origin of this class of legislation, and is well calculated to deceive those unacquainted with the long-continued effort to destroy liberty, and turn the wheels of progress in this country back to the Dark Ages. This bill has been favorably recommended by the commissioners to be passed. This is a long step toward a District Sunday law, the sure precedent for a national Sunday law. Some time when least expected, the evil so long foretold will spring upon us. The proposed Sunday law and further particulars will be found on page 6.