New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-02-28

that the majority OF Tie Legislature has the r,,A,
citizen, and direct t the habits Of each issl,,,,
In the domestic circle. There Is notnins tn,
man can DO. but what the Legislature mn
direct and con,ol-proPrety, looks, dress, manner,
acts Of servants, and even the human ma.
uons-tlaushierl-each and all in turn NAV ~
subject TO legislative action. Such power sosN
be destructive 10 that native freedom and !,
dependence which Is the foundation, structnrs a,
principle Of our nsiions grea. Independence ana a.
penoity. IL Is the last feather that breaks he ca.
els back, but Is the FIRST subm sson 20 o~., a..
destroys freedom. lCheersl The speaker Do
ceeceo here TO show the danger of forming the pre.s
cent, which the passage of this bill, he ccn,endss
would afford for future Legislatures. He cop,i5srI
that similar regulation To put down thieves m,,S,
be set In operation, BY preventing individuals frss
having any property that nigh. lead the unto.uns,so
coset his neghbors goods. He continued his r.
marks by advising his hearers to take such meamr.,
as would instruct the members of the Lexisla,n,.
that they were not sent there 10 pass laws to govern
our household ne opcluded BY calling on the peo
pie, irrespective Of party, TO prevent those in ss
islatlve capacity nom debating 10 them what he,
should drink, and how they were to behave then.
selves.
Mr.. RIsG, in presenting tho resolutions 10 n.
meeting Gid not propose to preface them with an,
remarks, as he promised they would find sufsc;s,,
food in them to dges, withou. any OF tho,. co..
drinks to which alluson had been made. us n.s
read series OF resolutions, which we are com,su.s
to crowd over. They will appear in our Erspp,
Edition.
When the resolution laying the vice ana erims =,
the City upon the heads Of the poor emixtap,, -.
read, there was a storm OF indignant hisses xb,.,
with various noises for time stopped the vcic, 4
the reader The resolution concerning tempers,..
statistics was also dissened to in grsa, msssu.
When the vote was taken upon the whole hody A
the resolutions, there was a strong negative p.,,
so prominent that many persons were confident tn
they were VI the majority.
Mr.. THOMPSON next addressed the audience. IA
marking that for some time past the public mind
the State of New-York had been asilated BY proaA
sition springing from Albany to incorporate IA a.
text books OF political economy that monstrous ora
ciple which had been Iepudla,ed by every ur
Ihrou shout the State. They lived In time and q.
OF crises-crises in the religious and political vsf.
as also in the moral atmosphere-indeed, even
where and it Was high time that men should con,
out and take their stand either for or sgainst "a,
proposition, that they might know where men VEN
TO be found. The question for their consldsrstr
Was whether they would suffer the Legislaiura
this State 10 coerce them into an adoption Of haba
Qepulsiye in the extremely or not, and sustain thos
men which they had sent who were advoca.esa
such ,yrannical law. The spirit Of fanstc:sm Ar
made its appearances in their midst, but let hss
take the monster by the throat and show un
they loved liberty, and hated and deploret
despotism. In order TO satisfy the savam q
the petitions presented were genuine, WHEREAS
pinetsn,hs Of them were forseries-Peter Funkp~
ti,ions. The petitions which they uhs Rsnos
saLts) bad given IN against II rere genuine nsrey
point and be believed they would not tolerate cor
GIVE legislation on any subject, whether IN reau0,
to eating, drinking or wearing. The question d
Temperance was not before the peops at the LAD
election, rot even alluded to- He had been nforms
that when the Hon. Mr.. SNOW received HE nomlnt
ton it was with the distinct understanding that 10
should not interfere With that subject "A voice,
III had ovtd hath
of the people OF New-York were in favor OF ths
Name Liquor Law. Another observation he wout
make, that they had on their statute books this dy
all Il at was necessary to suppress the vice OF insu
peTance-a Law that made II q crime for any mann
sell liquor to an habitual dIunkard, and for whchh
could be punished. Where then had their temps,
ance friends been that they did not enforce that
lawf "a cry of Let the Officers do that" created
great confuson-amldst the vocifcrous hints Of
turn him oct" the speaker was silent
His proposition was, did they want to legslals hi
the sake of legislation, or for the bss interested
mankind He was not a partisan-not Dsmocrs
or Mig but he was there as free American clIt
He held in his hand the chief organ, not OF the
Temperance party, but Of the Maine Liquor Law
The Nsw York Tribune loud hissesI-andh how were
they designated They were called RHm-Sa!uI
every lima gnable epithet that could be conceived
or that the vocabulary OF the parties writing In tn
Tribune could invent, was freely used against them
Misses renewed The Nev- York Tribune thus de-
sisDated them II came with an Ill grace from tia.
white. livered hypocrite who wrote IT, loud cheer.
ing lie did not hesitate TO chaacterize msabJ
their proper names; Look at the doctrine, advo
Gated BY that journal. Socialism, spiritual rspplnr,
and every thing tending to fiji the State Asylum win
lunstics by it's peculiar notions All the respectable
journals of the City-to their credit be II said-hG
come out and taken bold stand Ia opposiaonn
that law but they had The Nsw- York Tribune 70
contend against; paper celebrated for me ad'e
cscy Of all the absurdlties conceived Dy the nunn
mind Some person IN the meeting mere cfiedM
three cheers for The Herald, which was Immediately
YPspOpteO
next INDUCED in ard the speaker resumed oy char
acterziDs the leading persons IN favor oil the c~f
claim themselves reformed drunkards-conyensg
the force OF moral suason-men who never loose
at things as they were but they ought to DO aar
reling with the laws Of nature and God, andssf
posing they could make world superior 10 the on
they then existed in. In conclusion no called o.
them not to submit TO despo,ic laws, whether en-
mating from the hands OF portion Of the peoplta
from the Legislature. tCheers
Mr.. SPENCER was next introduced, and inveghN
loudly against the invasion Of the inalsnabe hgia
Of the citizens OF the State Of New.YOrk, byn'
passage Of an act engendered by intolerant faa,u
cism and dangerous to the commercial prosperity d
their glorious City The use of beverages In model
alton had been sanctioned In all ages, and BY ~
teaching OF the Apostles in the words Of Gins
But who were the champions OF this Tempefzsn
cause men broken in their political fortunes-oanb
rupts IN the political board, seeking to dlssnlon
buried by the people He would rather submit
the tyranny OF king than these fanatics weddedt
white cravats and confirmed hypocrltes. tCnsdn
From all AmiDacab Sleeks, except that OF Jolly o.
Burton, good Lord deliver him, In aluson 70 "
clergy, he would remind that reverend body ton
collect that they would never suffer the Cnufcas
control the State. Loud cheers.l They seemsas
forp ct the lessons OF their Divine Master who soa
To win discipes 10 himself only by the force OF on
by the attraction Of truth ana the power OF psfM'
sive reason. The question before theG, when Jay,
cuced into politics, became two edged swofos
the Anti-Maine Law nigh. become the sharpe" ~
cut the deepest tCheeTs.l IL would, no sevef y.
cisappear for the caldTOn these fanatics ana N.Y.
crtes was already filled. That such an actnn
introduced 10 the Legislature could DO passea
would not believe. No! American heenen ~
not like spaniels 10 be kicked by their master ~.
it wee, it could Lot be enforced In the Cry d ~
York. fcr men would bid defiance TO IT, Inc VIZ
of that multItuds would be heard at AloanyP.
Gaining to the members OF the Legisatnrsnsi
the real &c ntIments Ct the electors Of Newly
let them disregard It II they care lLoaa apps
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