New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-07-21
r.,,nsr,nee and Politics.


p.rance or Excise viii our ordinary Poii'ics hss
been serious and growing evil IN our state Nc
nicipel oEcers have il many cases been cnosen ~
uisrepresanted and gave false coio'ln5 10 'ne .
l.ticsl sentiment OF the People, and Oh me o'ne'
hand Officers have been chosen on account OF men
Politics who did Tot truly reaect and give force 10
the sentiment OF The People on The License question
Many man who wanted 10 vote to' candidate Oh
his Own politics and of views akin 20 lis on The Ii
cen=e question found himself sorely perPie1ed for
if he voted as be thought rgh: on one question he
was obliged 70 forego his cherished convictions on
the other. Thss License or Aa;iLicense Board
OF Excise was very often chosen OF account OF poi
tics when the People heartily desired one OF difieE-
eni stamp.
To remedy this state Of things the New Excise
Act Of l545 was devised and passed. II has Just
Two essential provisions st, l. separates The ques-
ton OF License or No License from ali party politics.
or personal considerations. Under IL no man Is
obliged against his party TO vote as De gees
I'll on the License question. IDLY, /, enables The
People TO say directly whether they will license the
Ram traffic or not. without The Intervention Of
Boards or ofsce,s of any kind These are its essen
tial points OF difference from the old law, unde.
which the People could stop The Liquor traffic oo.
only in circai.ous manner Il seems 10 usihat the
new Law is very g-ea: improvement on the old one
and ought 10 be sustained
Yet its overthrow is seriously threatened. large
portion OF those interested in the sale OF IntoxcaI-
ing Liquors insist on making dash for lis repeal
in the ens7ing Safe Election. But why Go they
so The. assumption is that the refusal OF Licen-
ces is unpopular. Then -rhat need Of re7ealt"s
the Excise Lar ? Does 70, this give the anpiesi
facility for issuing Licences whenever and wherever
the People shall be in favor OF granting them And
suppose the old law were restored, could not the
People still prevent Licenses by eeciiDg Boards OF
Excise opposed TO them lis only more round
about more complicated, and therefore more dlttcult
process under The OLD law and has the great faux OF
mixing up questions of Excise with questions OF
Politics. while the New Excise separates them and
keeps them distinct Why lot let the People grant
or refuse Licenses as they fl, and not reclaim
for the Legislature power which has been wisely
RENTED TO the local municipalities
Yet we see the cloud gathering and know that II
is 10 burst Fifty men fond OF liquor, or of the mo-
ney to be made by selling il, in township OF two
or three hundred voters who are ,wothirds Tor NO
License. can make clsraor which shall seem TO be
the voice of ma jori,y. Those who are content
keep ouie, the dissatisfied are active and voclieF'
Gus But the simple art that they mean TO 60 10
the Legislature FOR repeal OF he law convinces US
that they know the People are not with them II
they were the law as it siakds fully answers their
purpose.
But the appeal is TO be made. How shall 1t be
met Fifty, 10 One Hundred Thousand Voters take
the field under separate and thorough organiza-
ton. saving in substance" Hang ell your Politics!
we 20 for Rum! We shall vote for all the anti
Excise Law candidates who may be nominated
by either party, and If none are nominated we VIII
nominate .uch for ourselves. Here is great
bribe offered to the Political Parties-nothing less
than the sale Of tie State for the next TWO years 10
whichever will go The farthest for Rum. viii either
have virtue enough to reject II !
We hope both will. Where the People have
given majority of votes for No License we think
it but fair tina, the regular candidates shall be trends
of the existing Law. Where they chose 10 vote
License lei the friends OF License say what sort
of candidates they will have But where the Peo-
pie say No License and either party is induced 10
put up candidates in favor OF repeating the law to
catch the Rum vote, we think there will De and
ough, TO be rebellion. Let The friends OF The law
frankly say so every where, and disagreeable en-
tanelemen,s and cross irings will be prevented.
We zee no reason why the lovers Of Rum should
be allowed to drive either party hisher and tbither
while the friends of Temperance stand by and say
nothing Our principles should be as dear TO us as
other mems appelites or profits are TO them. We
ask bu, fair play and should insist on having IT,