12, 1860, ex-president Fillmore said that "while he deemed it needful to legislate cautiously in all matters connected with public morals, and to avoid coercive measures affecting religion, the right of every citizen to a day of rest and worship could not be questioned, and laws securing that right should be enforced." And the _Christian Statesman_ of Dec.

15, 1871, speaking of the general disregard of the Sabbath [Sunday] in the arrangements for welcoming the Grand Duke Alexis, says:-- "How long will it be before the Christian masses of this country can be roused to enact a law compelling their public servants to respect the Sabbath ?" A very marked and rapid change is taking place in public opinion relative to the proposed religious amendment of the Constitution.

We have learned of instances of men who were at first openly hostile to the movement, now giving their influence for its advancement, and clamoring loudly for a Sunday law.

And some who at first regarded it with indifference, are now becoming its warm partisans.

As a sample of this change of feeling, the following paragraph from the _Christian Press_ of Jan, 1872, may be presented.