New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-21
TRTBUNE SUPPLEMENT.
,Ew-YoRK, MARCH FL, 1916.
For The Tribune.
The License Questionable. VII.

WHO ARE THE PARTIES TO THIS GREAT QUESTION
Opposed to the License LaW will be found the
makers and vendors Of alcoholic poisons Ihetr
interest and theirs only, be promoted by a con-
tinuance of the traffic All classes OF our popula-
ton besides these whether they drink or abstain
are deeplv interested in i,s favor-and it IS q fact
that the petitioners for this law from all classes
and .narties aud that they base their application,
NOT on the ground Of Temperance, but pauperisu'
and crime-cvils in the removal OF when every
citizen, especially every tar .paye' nas an '"tMe
diate and personal interest. we inereiofe aPPeai
to all classes, 10 those in the hgher alu 'uo's ~
bnmbler walks of lite unite as one man on thia
cnas,;on we invite all sects in religion, and a.!
n,r,;as in nolitics 20 come forward, and by vote
IL, hall he overwhelming 10 settle this question
Eor ever In so far the State oil New-f ork Is con
cerned Let the whole traffic In intoxicating drinks
he nua down by the act Of the People in manner
"a deeided thai i, shall cease for This done.
spch tide of prosperity would flow in upon as as
has never before been witnessed in any community
Should such result take place, no class would
ultimately be greater gamers than the dealers mem
selves for they would in short time turn their al
tenton 10 other employments and to employnents
which bring with them not only prosperity, but
feeling Of self.approbation worth more than any
gains which ever resulted from the sale OF hum
No LICENSE
The License Question. No. VIII
L1sEsrY A BLESSING ONLY TO THOSE CAPABLE OF sELf-
DENIAL.
Republic of vast extent, in which the will OF
the People geve law, was thing unknown to an
tiouity The elementary principle which led to the
establishment Of such Republic on this side OF the
Atlantic, was first developed by the Reformers OF
Church and State when England awoke from her
sInnbey Of ages Toward this Republic, the eyes
NJ the nations have since been turned, IN whose be-
half as well as in our own, we are working out the
great probcm whether man be or be not capable
of self government.
The exercise of this high prerogative leads only
10 the infection Of wrong, when they who exercise
IL are either through ignorance or depravlty IN
capable of exercising il for their own advantage
And such alas has too often been the case In times
past and such will be the case IN times to come,
whenever and wherever either intelligence, OF
moral principle are wanting.
Liberty has q grievous wrong, as exercised by
the centious canaille Of Revolutionary France
and 80 it would be in the hands OF the depraved
Mussulmen of sunny Hindostan, or the uneducated
serf of snowy Russia. Freedom, that is neither
guided by intelligence or by principle like the
sirocco OF the desert, carries only desoaon IN lts
course
Temperance In all things, especially in the use OF
Intoxicating poisons is an essential prerequisite 10
freedom.
Ireland is indeed escaping from the incubus Of
drunkenness But what ia 10 be hoped for Russia,
or even England-fcr Russia, whose government
derives revenue Of twenty-five milllons OF aoiia5S
wear from Rum-for England whose thousands
of 'Iaborers consume their five hundred millions OF
gallons of beer annually Can such men be 1T to
govern others7 Men, unable even to restrain and
unfit to govern themselves? They only who are
capable Of selfgovernment. Ihey need call no
man master. The rights and duties OF the rich and
poor are reciprocal The poor depend not more
Immediately upon the rich than the rich upon them
When the masses shall, through exposure TO
temptation become degraded and. terocious, though
the rich may retain place and power for q season.
their security will be of short duration and followed
by fearful retribution-so that the rich have as
deep an interest in the moral elevation, Of the poor
as have the poor themselves-and how can the poor
be morally elevated, while addicted to the use as a
beverage OF those poisons which paralyze and
PROSTATE alike all that is pure and noble in both
natures And what security will there be for either
person or property when the power of the ballot
box shall be welded by the inmates of the Pot
house
When Freemen, Keeling from the bar.room and
the groggery, shall cast majority OF those Votes
which are to decide the character of those laws on
which hangs the destiny Of the nation. The amount
OF this reckless influence is already frightful. 1t
has already impoverished our laborers. corrupted
our YOUTH and filled our Poorhouses with poor and
our prison houses with criminais-ana ls 1t just or
prudent to continue TO license dlspensaries, and
give the sanction Of law TO agents for dispensing
these elements of pauperism. of crime, of disease
and death Shall we when called to decide the
momentous question whether these nusances shall
be abaied shrink from the discharging OF the trust
committed to us as Freemen or shall we meet the
occasion the guardians of liberty ought to meet
it-and proclaim TO the nations that in this great
Republic the claims Of virtue have been regarded
and the doom of drunkenness sealed sealed by the
ballot NO License.