NEW-ENGLAND SUNDAY.
Seeing in an old paper that General Washington was stopped by a "tythingman" in Connecticut in 1789 for the "crime" of riding on Sunday, we were naturally led to think about the "Sabbath question," as it is sometimes called. We find the account referred to in the "Columbian Centinel" for December, 1789.
THE PRESIDENT AND THE TYTHINGMAN.
The Preſident, on his return to New-York from his late tour, through Connecticut, having miſſed his way on Saturday, was obliged to ride a few miles on Sunday morning, in order to gain the town, at which he had previouſly propoſed to have attended divine ſervice.—Before he arrived, however, he was met by a Tythingman, who commanding him to ſtop, demanded the occaſion of his riding; and it was not until the Preſident had informed him of every circumſtance, and promiſed to go no further than the town intended, that the Tythingman would permit him to proceed on his journey.
This Sunday question has been so often discussed of late years, and the opinions expressed on the same are so diverse, that it may be well to print a few selections on the subject from some of the old newspapers, that those who are interested may see, as a matter of curiosity, if for no other reason, what views have been entertained within the past century, more especially in New England, in reference to Sunday.