New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-11

ranks until he dies, need be, and when his pscs !.
vacant another yin step in, saying I ana hsrs.
the victory which We seek. And when New.ye,s
shall write the Maine Law upon her s,atuss s.snt
viii wheel into the line from the fare E,s, ~
the mighty West. Maiae Is the glorious ~.
neer NewHampshire and MsssacAuseas
stirring; Rhode Island has nsats a ms,s'.
tary false step. but she will be siyhs nsxt ysss
Connecticut Will soon unite within hersslf -
then, when New England is emancipased, the dr.
other people, those who will have rum a, asv css
will be thrown upon New-York and chiefly n,as
this City. They cannot then live in the pqre ..
phere Of New-cndland, but they will swarm 80
like frogs and locusts TO MI our aims house, 80
prisons, which We must enlarge and ipcrssss -
their accommodation. Our taxes win 20 no f,.s
ore to two and three per cent, until you VIII !.
self defense. If from no nobler pnncple. ayio Nss
England, "Take care OF your own crunksrds srs
panpers II they are too degraded to live on ve.,
soil, don't send them to us for support" Bur nor
we must and will stand shoulder to shoulder. hs.s
to hand, heart to heart, in,ths good warfare ever
man assisting with all his strength TO roll up he e.
trenchments, and lay deep the foundations ior We
tory which shall save our fellow men both here aad
hereafter. applause
During this speech several handsome coAribuns.-
were hansed in, among them the dollar which
bought the first Kossuth note issued in this Civ
Charles Parker sent in $50, and large number ssn,
in IS each.
Mr. LEroH-Sixty dollars were raised last week In
the Five Points. tCheersl
Mr.. WARREN then read the following private c,r.
cular which has been sent out with the Liquor Deal,
srs's Remembrance (which we Published few day,
sgol.
Ngw-YoRK, Feb. 1854
SrR,-I inclose you number OF printed lemons
frances against the passage OF the MAINE LIovos
LAW by the Legislature OF this State. The pro-
visions OF this law impose heavy fines and demsat
impr sonent for period OF not less than three nsy
more than six montns, for the sale or mtnufaclars
Of spiIituous or intoxicating oeve,ases and, also
the cesuuction OF all liquors which may be found
upou the premises Of the seller or manufacturer
In nv opinion, there is no eou0t but . bill like
that of the IN zine Liquor Law" or one equally
odions will pass our Legislature unless immediate
action and energetic opposition be resorei TO- 10
is earnestly suggested that the opponents Of 80
| odous law which infiinges upon the freedom Of
eyery citizen and is so detrimental to many i'm.
portant interests should at once proceed to procure
| AZ many signatures to the accompanying Remoa.
STRANGE as he can. Regarding you as an oppoaeai
Of the odious law referred to- Is expected ihat ron
will procure the signatures OF the people OF your
town to the Remonstrance sent yos and also tAn
YOU will see that several iphental men Of POUR town
shall proceed TO Albany, and exert every honara5ls
effort to resist the passage Of the proposed Law
You will observe that there is blank In the Re.
| monstrance in which to insert the name Of y0hr
| town. YOURS Respectfully
| MIR. WARREN then read the following resolutions,
which were, after Mr. Culvers Speech unanlm, ssiy
| adopted
RESOLUTIONS adopted at The Mass Meeting efts Nsy.
York city Temperance Alliance, IN hsrspshisS|
Hall, FEB. 10, 1852
Resolved, That tho startling facts revealed By the
| Police and Prison reports, the Aims House status
tics and other official documents tina. at least three
fourths of the paupers and criminals in the State
have been made such by Intempersnce, ought to be-
carefully considered by all good men, that theI
| source of these evils may DC ascenaneo, and, III
possible, remedy applied 1
Resolped, That the official reports Of the Cityl
Government, which show that in 1851 there wsrsJ
by reason of Intemperance more than 30 900 arrest
| and 10000 commitments to prison, SO arrests foFl
murder, two policemen murdered while in discharge
of duty and more than One Million Dollars added o
the City taxes while less than $50 900 has besR
received for the 5000 licenses to sell run, fully
demonstrate that the present system OF licensing
the LIQUOR traffic which causes all this intempeFancs
taxation, pauperism and crime, Is one OF most con3
summate Jolly and incslculable pecuniary as veil a
moral deriment to the body polite
Resolred, That as the sale Of intoxicating drink
is In its legitimate operations the primary and pro
ducing cause OF all the widespread intemperanc9
in our land and all the taxation paupersm an&
crime that flow from 1t, IL must be an immoral an
wicked business, that no man has rlgat 10 follow
and that ought not to be justified and screened fro
the public odum 1t deserves, by any ssssc nw, oQ
any license or other action Of the officers OF Cod
RESOLVED. That all those State laws and municipal
which authorize the sale Of intoxicating
drinks, by attempting TO make that trafic legau1
right which is in itself morally wrong, must tend
directly to Supply the public conscience and coup(
the public morals they ought therefore to DO disl
placed from among the laws and ordinances OF I
! Free vrtuous and intelligent people, by the enscu
ment of such laws as shall prohlbs and suppreN
the sale OF intoxicating liquors 10 be used as ocv
eIage.
Resol,ed, That expressions OF gratitude and homo
are due to all the Justices OF The U. b. suprem'
| Court, who so tremendously affirmed and so abll
ma ntained the right Of each State IN the Union y
prohibit entirely the sale Of intoxicating liquor
within its territory and to destroy the article ths
would iDJure the morals and happiness OF the PEI
pie, just as they would "seize the infected caru
and throw it overheard" If Its being landed wouI
endanger the health OF the community on OF Ind
viduals.
| Resoirtd, That the people OF this State, and 4
this City in particular, have right to demand, Al
we hereby do demand, from the present LegislatI
that protection from the evils Of Intemperance, n
from the ravages OF the Liquor Traffic, which 4
be given only BY the enactment OF a Law smila
its main provisions and fully equivalent In ito o,si
tons to the MAINE LAW.
RESOLVED, That those Members OF the present la
islature who shall give their influence and N
votes In favor of a law similar to the Maine Ia
will deserve and shall receive our gratitude and u
future support.
x, soired That should such law be propossi{
the Legislature for the State, excluding from
operations the City Of New-York we protest nrt
firmly against any such exclusion Of this CITY, antu
call upon, not only the Legislators from this City,
upon the Senators and Assemblymen from ON
Counties and upon all the friends of Temperss0
throughout the State, to make common cause ~
US in this City and to refuse to receive any laua
this subject that does not apply equally to all ~
cities, towns and villages Of the s tate.
| RssotUed, That gslDst so much Of the bill inrI
tuced in the Senate by Mr.. Monroe as slouSI
sale Of liquor in quantities Of thirty gallons VI
earnestly protest, for these, among other ressoii
| |. IL Is not an answer 10 the petitioners III
ffiencs OF Temperance have not asked for snioI
not cesfe such law.
2. II rs a virtual REIMBURSEMENT Of the cnfss
doctrine OF prohibition, and only another futile
tempt to regulate that which In its nature deha n
| regulation.
| 3 This provision would endar GER II not defst
the passage OF the main law, and If passed vs'a
embarrass and weaken all attempts to suppress
low retail trade.