New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-04-14
THE TRIBUNE.
MONDAY MORNING. APRIL ID i7''



,,.d ~ at the Capitol On Saturday IN anx-
eai;o;,nde for the fate OF the three great lnea-
io. 80, oendipg before the Legislature what
%" ..., a,d heard did not tend to remove our aP-
pfehensions. .,r.,,.. >. d.b,,.d IN
.ts Ssrate for some days yet. We greatly fear II
"a destined to be lost by one or TWO woes we uo
NOT know that Wing efforts can DO any gooa' Oul
. deeo responsibility will rest on the lrlenos OF
TEMPERANCE who are in fellowship with the mao
,i,v IN the Legislature if this most righteous ana
h.ne6c.nt measure is defeated. Every Temper
.nce man who is acquainted with any Senator
should see or write to him. The passage OF thai
hill will be worth more to this State than any mea-
sure Of the last half century
The bill prescribing penalties for Aduttery, Sc
,etion. and tie keeping Of Brothels which, ike the
Excise bill, has passed the Assembly by d unanl-
,,ous vote. still fingers with the Senate's Commit
tee Of the Judiciary, and we dc greatly fear that 1t
is TO be reported against (Mr. Lott oil Brooklyn
is Chairman of the Connmittee) Whether any
substi,ute-if so, what-will be proposed, we have
no means Of Judging for, in truth, we cannot re-
gard radical opposition to the Assembly bill as die
lated bv any thing else than deadly hostility TO
Senate will stand by and pass the Assembly bill,
whatever may be the course OF Its Judiciary COM
mittee. II is high time that some decisive action
were had, intended to root out from asHons US
those crimes which are booming thousands annually
to lives of guilty agony and deaths oil surprising
horror, while tainting far and wide the blood OF the
innocent, and filling with terrible and loahsome
disease the frames of hundreds of thousands. The
penalties prescribed ia the Assembly bill are very
lenient, as they should be where crime long smiled
upon is at length 10 be punished, and we hope this
bill, amended if need be, will pass the Senate IN
defiance Of all opposition II we are TO wait tor
such law until all the cavils of icentious nsenu-
iiy are exhausted or obviaed, we shall never have
it at all
A Constitutional Contention will pretty certain
ly be authorized by the Legislamre-that Is, the
People will be authorized to vote for or against a
Convention, which amounts to the same thing -
There appears to be a decided majority OF each
House in favor OF Convention, while great many
who would like TO defeat it will not venture TO vote
against it when the Yeas and Nays are reached
But every ART Of Legislative strategy will be ex-
hausted in efforts to defeat a Convention, IL mol
directly and wholly then circultously and partially.
The game appears to be thls-Agree TO the call OF
Convention, but limit the action OF that Convention
10 two or three subjects, which are well known Lo
co.Foco hobbies. This done, it is calculated that
nl the Wings will be disguised with the whole pro-
ject and vote next Fall with the Old Hunkers
against Convention, and so give the whole subject
It's quietus for several years. There are many who
profess TO be favorable to Convention who will
concurn this scheme, but the real friends OF Reform
will not, and we think it will be defeated
No look for adjournment yet we trust The
House will not consent TO adjourn I'LL the Senate
shall have acted defnitively on the three important
euhiects above indicated.