New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-01-16

Will he mace forthwith 20 place nun 1"
this State under the continued protection OF
what is called Democracy, aud thus shield
il from the fate it merits. That majority
of the legal voters of Connecticut would
uobesitatirply vote for the Maine Law, II
required to vote directly for or against H.
We cannot doubt but great reliance Is just
" placed by the Rum interest On party
tactics and party feeling to defeat the Popu-
lar will. Thousands who would mag
nantly refuse to vote for Legalized tipping
will nevertheless Support the Regular
Nominations of this or that party
Temperance or No Temperance. Such
i the influence. and the only influence
able TO defeat the Maine Law in the aP-
reaching Connecticut election. 1t Will De
beaten. if at all, by the votes of men who
Ike Temperance some, but their respective
rarties still more-in short, by the subjec-
ton. through party machinery, of the ma
iority 10 the minority. If the Samson OF
Temperance can only break the green
withes of party discipline, he need fear
nothing from all the Phiistines OF the grog-
shop. We hope, not without fear, that ne
will do this, and that the Temperance men
Of Connecticut will prove in this Election
that Principle is as potential with them as is
Appetite with their antagonists.
As to our own State, we hardly know
whether hope or fear should predominant.
That our new Legislature would pass the
Maine Law il brought to direct vote on 1t
thi. month. we believe. But the social In
huences prevailing at Albany are not favor
able to Abstinence from all that can intoN-
cate. and these become more and pow
erful over legislators as the Session adj
vances. Members who rarely or never
drank at home are tempted by the supera-
bundance of good liquor profTered them for
nothing, to taste, then sip, and ultimately
tipple. Now many things, but especially
those pertaining to Temperance, take
quite difIereat aspect when viewed
through brandy glasses, from that they
naturally wear; and those who, before
they drank, were strong for efficient legis-
lation, now begin to fear that it will hurt
the cause Of Temperance to repreSS the
traffic in Liquor, and to diate on the beau
ties Of Moral Suasion. We have fears,
therefore, for the result of the winters Ses-
sion, but We have hopes as well. The
friends IF the cause are awake that is Il
great point-and they unitedly demand
the Maine Law and nothing short of
il. Those who are against US will pur-
sue their own course; but woe unto
him who, having obtained an election by
fair professions, shall undertake to trim and
shuttle, and dodge decisive vote on this
vital question Open hostility the friends
of Temperance legislation do not dread
but double dealing is just what they do not
mean to submit to- lie who votes to give
the subject the go-by is worse enemy than
one who votes directly against us, and will
be treated accordingly. Let every member
boldly take his ground and stand or fall by
it, and they will not complain, however sore
may be their disappointment; but delib-
crate decision, one way or another, they
feel that they have right to, and denial
OF il will not be tamely endured