New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-09-15
A Ward on Temperance.

We do not often address our readers on tnis SUD
.ys,e that the mass Of them may
fairly be divided into two ciasses-tnose VIM 'n'nN
thew do not need anything we might say on tne
sob;sct since they do not drink and those who 90
No, vsnt 10 hear. and pretty surely viii not read
vh., thew expect us 10 say. Yet this brief article
!. Addressed TO those who opposed to us-to
temperate drinkers las they consider themselvesl
of intoxicating fluids and we wish barely 70 ask
them to put themselves in the position o. me
friends Of Total Abstinence, and Judge in our case
rhat IRE Oygh 10 do.
Internationally there has been more liquor sod
and drank in our State since than for SIX months
before the repeal Of the late Excise Law unqoes-
tonaby the Whisky traffic - more openly a"'
fesrles.ly prosecuted everywhere than II we,
while condemned by law nnqaestionaDiy Intern
nersnce is rife among us. and every day making
new victims What ought we 10 do
These daily victims Of Intoxicating beverages
are the relatives the parents, brothers and chill
dren of many Of US Temperance Men they are al
,omeLodys relatives and their reputation, conduct,
prosperity aud life Of each is dear 10 many At
the worst each is member Of the Human FAM
w. and his welfare ought 10 be cherished by all bis
brethren Of that family
Bot throw aside all benevolence and humane M
teres, as cant and sckly sentimentalliy, and look
at the meter in another light All OF as are m some
sort tax pa, ors and all know that half the cost ~
our Courts Aims Houses Prisons, u rendered ne
cessary by intoxicating drinks and the cost oi
these. nov fesrfuliy large is becoming more ana
more intolersble. We know well that the stream
csnoo. be diminished so long as the fountain con
tinues to supply it many If not most OF as are
called 10 contribute Of means to the support Of
relatives or friends rendered destitute by Intern
nerspce all know that great part Of the beega-
ry which is so rapidly increasing among us has the
same source What ought We TO DOT
Moral suasion did we hear some Of you mum
hls7 Go 10 the Five Points or the Hook, where
yroeeeries most abound, and try you the expert
ment of Moral Suasion. Tell the first hundred
keepers of bsotbels you meet that selling liquor is
a bad business and leads to all manner OF immo-
ralty and evil and see how their ears VIII be
opened their consciences pricked, and their jugs
emptied into the streets Go to that keeper OF
receivingden for stolen goods this graduate OF the
State Prison and that teacher OF the manly nrt oil
seIfdefence and try to o0armoe them OF the naugh-
tiness of lquorselling How prompt will be their
answer, tf they deign to give you any, that TINS
church member distils the hquo- they buy that ma
ris,rate or other dignitary whoesaesit while Col
sells il at a first class hotel, and any quantity OF
Legislators and jurists drink it daily and love II
like mothers milk. Beside there is the License
the License What did they pay the City ten dol
lars for If the business was lauaabe one why
was man fined in advance for pursningi - As
the City has granted the indulgence on full payment
therefor in cash, why should they be rallied at Tor
using the privilege they have thus bought II
there is any question OF conscience about it, ought
not the City TO look to that What was the money
exscted for ?
Candid sdyersaries what ought we Temperance
men to do What does fidelity to our convictions
demand OF us All around us men and brethren
Keeling cursing falling, dying, from the effects
OF Liquor all around US are beggary, famishing'
idleness, vice lewdness theft, brawlng and muir
der, the papable fruits of Intemperance all around
us children are growing up foredoomed to the
wretcbedness. the crimes and the fate of their
drunken progenitors Men and brethren Judge
for us, What ought We to do