Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-02-23

understand the whole procedure.
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! The attention Of the Common Council Of ".
York, has lately been occupied by proposi-
lion for the regulation Of tavern licenses, by
| which it was intended to vest the whole au-
| thority in three commissioners, TO be appointed
for three years. The plan was rejected on
| Monday evening, after a debate Of considerable
length, Of which some Of our readers will not
| be unwilling to sre specimen
MIR ROOSEVELT took view Of the great in
| crease Of licences, and he consequent increase
Of pauperism in the cry He said:
BY turning to the report Of The Comptroller,
il would be seen tna' S33 900 had been rrceiv-
| ed during the las, year for tavern licenses
which must, of course, have been $500 In mum.
Der. The expense OF paupers is from 90 to
| 8 100 600 per snnum-a about onr-ihird Of which
is furnished BY these licenses Ough, not, he
would ask, the prices Of these licenses 10 be
inc reased to NEE, the expense they in great
measure occasions? Or ought not some other
mode he devised? II We are to permit this
fruitful sourse Of pauperism, We must increase
tie price Of licenses, or contrive some Other
ways and means. But, he said, there was still
| another nsideiation-one in comparison Of
which these calculations of dollars and cents
sink into utter insgni6t ance; he me ant the vast
importance OF the subject in moral point OF
view, which, in his opinion, was paramount, TO
all e,hers. ! am not, SAID Mr. Roosevelt, in
favor Of many Of the visionary, quixoic plans
OF improvement thai are abroad / would not
be found pr, aching morality at the corners Of
the strrr,s, nor go abroad to reform the vicious
IN the highways. Snt | would Withdraw from
our cons,i,asn,s~ ,hs, tsre,a,ion TO those strong
as do not seek alter them, but into whose pa rs
they are thrust through Thousand channels /
would not apply the strong arm Of the law 20
those who search Tor these waters; they must
be left to themselves x their friends. If they
ale led away ny misfortune, or by any other
cause 10 commit this folly or crime. as il may
br, would not condemn them il language Of
asperi'y, bur leave them 10 The kindness OF
friendship and the revising energies of their
own minds. But will you not preven, the
throwing these poisons into the very faces of
those who do not, and otherwise would not
search for them? You now license for ten dol |
lars q vas, nu Der Of cellars and small estab. |
lishmeur-, ard say to all persons, walk in with |
out knocking, and drink almost without price |
these waters of destruction. You permit. and !
by the con r'yance Of this system. you will con.
tinue 20 permi the occupants, not Of one cor.
ner of a street or two, bu, four corners Of the
same stree adjacent and contiguous, to pro.
claim, here, foI six-pence, you may drink E.
n"ugh 10 destroy you.
There are many ofour inhabitants so exposed
that they cannot resist the temptation, and al.
though The sales are in smaller quantities. and
Tor smaller sums, the temptation 10 the parties
engaged in IT, aud even 10 the very oroprie,ors
'f he soil on which the buildings stand, is ir
-esisrable. j is d lam-ntable fact, fact within
nup laIf III. |
,f ves,rriesj & 0onsistores are so Ear infiuenc ed
~ the augmented value of corner lots, an,
10 the purpose Of groceries, as 10
DIN in petitions in favor Of licenses, 10 no mai
er whom, il they will pay the rent Petitions
bus endorsed and oked, and certified by the [
mt mbers Of Bible Societies, Churches. and
Houses Of Reiuge-for such is the fact-I sneak |
rom my own knowedge-and by how mapv i
more nobody knows, cannot te resisted by the a
ppointing power. Under the presen, system .
ou cannot reduce The number Of licenses If
mail this system then continue; or shall we I
asst about for plan promising amendment r
, has been objected TO the proposed committee c
{ excise, thai they will exert an undue inf1u- h
nee over you But how Can this bp! This L
Common Council can remove them ip one in il
'ant. There can be no injury from the new
Ian, and little relief may be obtained from d
he grievances under the old. There is ano. o
,er subject hardly second to this-I mean the d
ahJec, Of Lolteries-whicb, at a proper time, I
had intended to bring up; but, as i, is now be- d
ire the legislature, it will, probably, be there al
uly Opposed OF. have ne particular par,ia, i,
" 10 the present plan Of an Excise Commit, n
eve are not its fathers, and therefore can W
ave no paternal affection for it. l submit, &c
'ese observation, for your appreciation, and if il
e new plan does not meet it, let US dev wise ~
,ther. 7,
Mr.. Strong was utterly opposed 10 the whole al
oject. Blu. when there were so many men 81
ore able than himself, he should not have
oxen, did he not believe the projec, va. ii
u.shi with danger. How should lie dare to a
&c MS constituents, If he voted for this la. T
y commitments, said Mr.. Strong, have sen, IN
e here, among other duties TO decide who a. r.
ong them shall. and who shall nat b.y. n | -.