The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-23
Our Quebec Correspondence.

QUEBEC, June ,. 1872.
Tie -1ancocs ~ Qmjcc-E6,d or Nc'r lIt7s,afs
--L9nch Law EstqLlish~ 6g lie P,icas-C ailc-
r'ac Hgry- B03nrm-J io1icultioufElhi5a
SGfieg Of he SuRo2m--.lafH Snacide.
1t is iut three weeks, If nv memory serves INC
correctly since informed you of .hc proceedings Of
the Nancacs Of this city and &c their disgracefal
victory over the City Council, il The matter Of
the granting, Or rather of the refusing &c tavern
licenses. Nj. Patrick Lawlor d tavern Keeper
who has exercised his calling for many years With
out 1T u hindiance. has applied 10 he Superior
Court COR mandnnus to obgc tic Council to de-
lberaic On his application, and. unless good cause
be shown 60 the contrary, to renew the license he
satc he has abused and the " great guns
u tie legal profession have expended much lcayn-
ng and accumen the subject. This is not IN
"clinion," and, therefore, viii not ten you what
think or the merits Of the case but my friends,
WHO, being laynen, can say thcir minds without
charging s,E and eight pence fer the oatiey x
breath aid wisdom, confidently prophecy that the
superior Cont VIII decline to mca,te lct icon the
Il 'se,ts ain 10 aware, TT ytdc. # any dictnm
authority u thc looks Oh common law, which gives
d u.u /" icgal right to sci qog. however clear
hs moral fight may lc 10 earn an honest living Wv
tg.5c iii commodity. which, i8om the dry %
Aeah dowIwnlds, has g'GR2eatG 'hc hcap while
,Deas. 1liy 1t UNdAigd y & VT " many.
Spgc.iuS tlat tiis >i,a 81 thc rcsu p"oye cor
5oci. lie net consequences of The royc atc rp.ily
rcgh,d Whether NJ. p9tiTc,, Lanlor and Iii.
c.iows succeed II tn,ir application ~ licenses or
uur, thcy VIII rot cease IL scil liquor. 4 tavern III
d good way If business en- afford 10 NY tex ines
Sohe innkcertr., ~ NY knowledge, prc4uI doing
without hocnsc, and rather enjoy ~ occasional
Nis.t 4 he rMlce court. The only r0.0Im a.to-
duccd rs tie Maneacs win bc 10 foster clandcstino
dealings G. ncreJrc frauds. and 10 multiply false
U3tls. The regcncfatnrs d the human race. who.
undeT tho humble gGrb 81 parish plpsts, assume il
sway uubuundcd both Ia temporal ana spiritual
matters VIII have the satisfaction If familiar sing
the lover glasses with unfuHshCd infractons Of the
law and teaching them habits of assimilation and
disbonesty. few bottles less brandy viii be
dunk the traveller VIII be unable 10 cool his
thirst with ioaming poi Of honest beer: liquor
viii rise IN price in proportion 10 the rs legal and
moral, With which it j. procured but IL return.
the blunt upIightncss VI the fair dealer. who has
. been accustomed to pay lis way, fearing no man
TIE open-hcarcd cordially with which laborcrs and
mechanics were wont to relax the kinder features
Of their character round the temperate glass--wiI
give place to deceit, salsehood, and Violence on the
Iart Of tile host, and eowardly stealth and mean
subterfuge on thai CT his guests
But tins Is not all. The rum bottle bYoke,, = co.,
tain class Of houses, which not 70 be found II d.
rcctoIies, were the next object Of clerical ho3tiy
Here, reIh2ps, the aseailants win meet with more
sympathy Enough the weapons thcv use and tho
system LEY have organized, still demand stern re-
probation. Last Wednesday,, at one or two o'clock
/ IN ing mofning, band OF men, well disguised,
4 attacked house Of i'll fame in the suburbs. The
ufetcned inmates, reused from their beds by shoas,
aud INC tnunuoring Of hammers and axes at the
uoots ana windows, scarcely gained on iguomlpous
saieiy ~ Hight, pursued by ho eors and insults OF
The n3ob In ten minutes the building was guttod--
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