Enforcing Sunday-Keeping.
“The Legislature of Texas, has passed a bill to establish ‘the Christian Sabbath,’ which provides for the punishment, by fine, or imprisonment of such persons as may perform any labor or procure any to be done on Sunday.—Watchman and Reflector.” The Am. Baptist copies the above, with the following note:— “An oppressive enactment corresponding in character with the legislation, or the edicts which in some Catholic countries demand conformity to the dominant Religion. Laws to enforce the observance of ‘the Christian Sabbath’ are no less repugnant to the principles of religious liberty, and violative of the rights of the people, upon whom they are imposed, than would be laws to enforce the observance of Easter or good-friday, or the practice of infant baptism.”