The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-23
nfe, Business ana General intelligence
Rev. J. I. WARD, AssistantEditor
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before you, made so by the legslized grog-
geries OF your city, big hotels as well rs
low rum shops, would produce such an
appalling sight, that God and angels would
look on amazed This traffic is full Of mur-
der and blood. II has murdered statesmen,
members of Congress, philosophers, and
priests. call upon you 10 come out like
men, who love the good Of mankind, in de-
fence of all that is good, Let the people
OF this vast, and mighty, and wonderful
city OF New York, determine by their pray
ers, and their acts, and their votes, 10 get
rid OF this abomination. 4 call on you BY
the tears and groans Of sorrowing wives,
by the cries Of suffering children, by the
degradation and misery of the inmates of
your alms-houses, prisons, and pententia-
rles, to say to your Legislature and to the
world, that the equal rights of freemen be-
long to you, and those rights you will ex-
ercise.
A letter was read from Azor Tabor, ESQ,
Of Albany, after which the following resolu-
tions were presented:
Whereas, on the 18th day Of May, l845,
an act was passed by the Legislature of the
state of New York, entitled an act relating
TO excise, and to licensing retailers Of in
toxicatlng drinks" giving to the electors
Of the several towns and cities of this s ate
the right to determine, by ballot, whether
the board or boards of excise, in their re-
spective towns and cities, shall or shall not,
grant licences for the sale Of intox icating
liquors and whereas, through rum infiu-
ence, the inhabitants of the city and county
OF New York were unjustly excluded from
the provisions Of that law-therefore, re-
solved, .a, aati HaD
l. That the exclusion of the city and
county of New York from the operation Of
the excise law of l845, was fragrant act
of injustice, and should be rebuked in a
prompt and becoming manner, by the free
men thus denied that equality upon which
all our civil and religious institutions are
founded, and solong and SO justly the pride
and boast Of every American citizen.
2. That we believe the traffic in intox.-
eating liquors unwise in policy, dreadful in
practice, and the source Of unmitgated evil
to society; and that we regard the legisIa-
tor by whom it is sanctioned and Iegalzed.
untrue to the dearest interests of his consti-
tuency, and unworthy to legislate for free
and Independent people.
3. That, in the opinion of this meeting,
no friend of equal laws, and impartial legis-
lation, can consistently give his suffrage, at
the approaching election, for any candidate
who is opposed to the including of the city
and county Of New York in the provisions
of the excise law OF l845. m..
A. That the thanks of this meeting are
due, and are hereby cordially rendered, to
those members of the legislature, who voted
for the excise law of lS45, and who advo-
Gated its extension to the city and county
Of New York.
5. That we fully appreciate, and most
heartily tender our grateful acknowledge
ments to the late State Temperance Con
vention, in pledging their united and untir-
ing efforts for the repeal of that section of
the excise law, which excludes this city and
county from the benefits OF its wise and
healthful provisions.
6. That this meeting demands, on behalf
of the friends Of good order and equal legis-
laton, and for the good Of the citizens of
New York, the same rights and privileges
as are granted to all other parts Of the state;
and that we will use all honorable means
to be included in the wise provisions Of the
excise law Of ls45 believing that "The
blessings Of Government, like the dews Of
heaven, should fall equally upon all"
ITO ha continually