New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-20
TEMPERANCE.

Tur TEMPERANCE CAUSE AT ALBANY
.rhe delegation sent by the City Alliance to Albany,
,.,urred TO this City yesterday. They report the
.,serce OF healthy state of feeling in the Assem-
~, of,be State, but less unanimity in the Senate.
From communication with Senator from the lower
Drc. Of the City, they panied TO discover that,
although the Temperance votes were the cause OF
M election, his avowed principles are not what
thew should be bill covering the principles OF the
Maine Law repeating all existing excise laws ana
~ ase effect on the 4th Of July, 1852, will be pre-
sr,,a 70 the Legislature. The Executive Com
so;,,ee Of the State Alliance assembled at the Della
90, House on the 18th inst, and took into consider
.,iop the shape In which they would recommend the
sSon,ion of The Maine Law. The result Of their
Ss,ibers,ious will be gwen TO the Temperance men,
lSys of The House Hon. Braeford X. WOOD, OF Al
bsnv who on account of Ill health had hesitated TO
accent bis election as President, upon being waited
unoR ty Meesrs Western and Corning COMMITTEE OF
he State Alliance, withdrew his resgDaIion ana was
con6Ymcd as President Provision was made Tor an
Aren't TO visit the remote parts OF the state organ
ize Alliances and produce general unity OF action.
TEMPERANCE Movements on Long Island.
Correspondence Of The n Y. Tribune.
SAG HARBoR, Friday, Feb. 10, 1852
| have lust returned from Riverhead,
where the Suffolk County Temperance Convention
was in session for two days and more anlmating
and interesting Temperance gathering never wit
uessed-nol excepting the National, at Saratoga;
not 80 large as that but the same spirit pervaded the
members and the same enthusiasm was exemp)lhed
in the speakers. The Maine Law " was the lead
Inc topic of debate. and the nearly unanimous ex-
pressiea was, " Give US the Maine Law, and nothing
but the Maine Law without note or comment"
This seemed TO be the fixed purpose OF nine-tenths
Of the speakers and Of the audience, and seemed
"fred as an JroSf" One Brother nom Green Point
Rev M Hopkins, reported that at that place they
had gone one point beyond the Maine Law, even
NTH the present statute. There were no licenses
santsd them Tor the sale OF intoxicating drinks and
he inhabitants almost en- masse determined there
should none be sold, and appointed Committee TO
soto every one engaged In 1t, aud kindly and man
fully make known toe verdict of the people, and re-
Quest The IN to deslst. One or two requested little
tine 10 think on the subject. The reply was, " We
eve you until tomorrow morning" They called in
he morning, and they, thinking prudence the better
paft Of yalOr, closed their business. Now for the
toint bey ond the Star in the East. There were two
physiciaus who sel0 II for medical purposes, and
hey, with the magBanimity OF an Abraham each
rave gallon TO be placed IN tue hands OF gentle
man appointed by the community, not 10 be Sold but
giyen quay, whenever prescribed BY physician, and
the only compensation for his services is the COR
cisusness OF doing good. And Judging from the pre-
scfpiiOus since this law has been III operation there
must be "a miserable healthy state OF society there
now" and miserable look for the doctors, Not
one dioP has been called for since placed in the
Mr.. Editor, there are two characteristics OF these
monthly County meetings, that 1 wish briefly TO
notice as forming the basis upon which recon-
mend their adoption by every County In the State,
and In the Union. view them as the harblhger of
the "good time coming The hrst Is, they are
breaking dow those walls of pattltion that have
long and SO successfully paTalZed the moral forces
Of the Church There, Sir, meet the Presbyterian,
the Congregaonalis, the Methodist the Baptist and
iknow not how many more but this know, they
were band of bTotners, ana how widely soeverthey
may have differed In theological cogmas, they were
Of one heart and OF mind, the subject before
them, aud theiI jIatefnal, cordial greetings sent
thrill Of joy through my soul Aud let me say TO any
and every minister OF Suffolk County-Bfother, III
you DO not wish TO outhve your years be land aside
ssuse sss lumber, and dle uDwept and unsung, at
tend without delay the Suffolk County Temperance
Conventions. Brother, the LORD Is ABOUT answering
that PRAYER that you have so often and So importu
natsly reiterated IN his ears" Holy Father, 1 De-
eech Thee, break down those walls OF partition let
Thy waschmen see eye To eye, and let shem De OF
one he tart and OF mind, let them have the mlnd
that was in Christ Jesusl' Or did you mean what
you Said OF Was II with you, as with CUBIC, who
N very severe cTouth, IN the habit of retiring
10 his closet, and praying for rain who increased
IN zeal and vehemence, as he heard the echo of his
voice Ioll away IN Its upward notwithstanding
Good Massa Lord to send down a freshing shower
Of rain Yes Massa send II down Ia buckets-fulli
Just at that moment, some wag who had overheard
Guido and had prepared to his prayer, let go
bucket OF water, that thoroughly drenched the
petitioner. who baled out, with Increased earnest
ness hold on Good Massa Lord cant a body say q
word IN fun asout you take 1t for arnest-ngger no
mean dat you send down rain In DAT sort buckets
Amen anu Amen. Br ethren l leave you to solve
the problem.
The next, u.s. 1t concentrates and connects the
haserna and social ties calls and fully develops the
talent and intellectual resources, aTranses and APP
Plies the moral, social and political powers Of the
whole country with such precision and certainty, as
eegins TO make the walking political demtohns and
oissiiienes heads swim. Rummies-yocr days are
numbered IN Suffolk Co The Ladies were out In
uh feeaia q mean smiling countenances and dia'
moro sparkling eyes, from all parts OF the County,
Sging on the good cause and did anything ever
Mi when womaa sand " II shant?" NAT.
temperance Demonstrations In Connecticut
Barnum and the Democracy
Jurisprudence Of The n. Y Tribune.
Nrw-HAvES, Wednesday, Feb. ii, 1852.
The Temperance cause is progressing
In a..