The Columbian fountain., 1846-10-24
GREAT MEETING INod.
THE PARK.
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/ d Rev. John Dowling, on seconding the
resolutions, observed, that the question has
been frequently asked-sG Gentlemen of N.
York, will you not vote down this dreadful
evil Of the rum traffic p ''"s'a'
We have to answer Our Legislators will
not let US have the chance o1ai aaa'
Il is truly said, that, our city has been
excluded from the privileges Of the Excise
Law through the Influence Of rum. We
must demand that ..equal privileges be ac-'
corded to us in common with other parts
Of our State. Does the Legislature of this
State think the people of this city too i'm.
becile to- nudge of their own interests' Are
we not as capable Of acting for ourselves
in this matter, as the people of the little
town of Nyack, up the North River, are Of
acting for themselves Let US pledge our
selves never to cease our efforts-our ap-
peals and demands, until this act Of injus-
tice ceases to exclude u.s. learn, from a.
circular recently addressed to the clergy
men Of this city, that, in twenty-three days
previous to the 18th of August, there were
ll77 committals for drunkenness in this
city. / was once present at trial for
murder. The presiding Judge, in his charge
to the jury, said, the great majority Of cases
Of homicide which came before him were
attributable to intemperance. He stated,
that Of the eleven men who had been tried
before him for numbering their wives, ten
were influenced to the deed by intoxicating
drinks. That Judge was our present pre-
siding of6cer-Hon. Ogden Edwards. This
curse of run has u been inflicted on, our
shoulders, and our legislators say we shall
not shake it off Will you submit to this !?
(Cries Of no, no No' Then let this re-
sponse 60 up to your legislators in thunder
tones. rs
i ]. b. Manchester, esq, spoke Of the OBJ
Fleets of the meeting, and asked-ls any
man in favor Of partial legislation All are
agreed that we bring it abouta The late
vote.of No License throughout the State
was splendid triumph oftemperance prin-
ciples. If any one had doubts, before, Of the
state Of public opinion, he candoubt no lon
ger The rum sellers tell US the Excise
Law works badly. No doubtit does so for
them. But it works well for US. In Brook
Elyn, where they have the law, forty rum
shops have been closet since the law went
into effect, and no new ones have been
opened. This proves that rum selling is
on the decline there. In this city, since
January, five hundred new groggeries have
been opened. Is this proof that we are
better Off without the law1 In lS41, we
had 5000 licensed groggeres. Now, we
have 3l97, all Of which have received licen.
ses since the first of May last, and 1000 or
more were licensed last November; making
total Of over 1000. Added to all this,
there are as many unlicensed groggrries, so
that the whole number will exceed 8O0O.-
The expenses of our city government, last
year, were $2,520, ,759-59. Of this sum,
! 1882, ,250-one third of the whole-went
to support our paupers, and carry on, our
police operations-preventing and punish
| ing crime--nearly all growing out of in
toxicating drinks, As to the constitution
ality Of the License Law, the question has
been repeatedly settled in our courts. Our
statutes are full Of laws regulating the traf-
fic in all poisons. While we talk for the
principle Of temperance, let US be consis-
tent, and vote against the principle Of the
rum traffic. s.4 .ts s. araa s7
Rev. John Marsh, spoke of the late
Worlds Convention, from which he had
Just returned, where large body of noble
hearted teetotalers from nearly all parts Of
the world, speaking different languages, but
animated by one impulse, had met to shake
hands forthe great cause. The first thing
we told our brethren OH the other side Of the
Atlantic, after mutual congratulations be-
cause the Oregon question was settled
peacefully, was our great triumph in the
Empire state, on theh19th Of May. We
told them we were determined to sustain
that victory, and made exterminating laws
against King Alcohol, We promised also
to send them, after we got home, the news.
Of similar victory in New York city
We were ashamed TO tell how we had been
defrauded Of our tights in this city, and
am happy 10 see you are preparing to make
our promises good. went to see Father
Mathew invited him to come to Ameri-
ca. He wants to come and bring up every
Irshmen here to sign pledge. told him we
carried Brooklyn by 1000 majority because