New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-03-02
The Contestin Albany.

The Csnte ST In Albany.
The whole force of the runsellers in the
ouse WIS brought bear IN vain sgainst Col Snow The
event fun of good Omsh' for the cause Of TeTpsaacs
The Tribune speaks OF the contest for the seat
occupied BY Mr. Snow, and wishes TO stismatize as
"rumsellers, the me bers who voted against Mr. s.
An examination would show the contrary of this to
be true. The only member from thsi county engas-
ed in the sale of LIQUORS is Wing the only one IN
the a6 Joining county OF Rensselaer, is Whig Dstll-
Ter, respectable and worthy citizen. PROBABLY an
apsl.sis Of the vote would show about three to one
of those whom The Tribune holds up as rumselers"
to be on the side Of Mr.. Snow, in this question.
The aim of The Tribune is TO draw the affiliated So
cietles engaged In the cause OF Temperance, the
Wing side not for the present occasion, TO secure
the passage Of any law, but for the next fal tam,
paign when a Presidential election comes of, and
when any motor that shall upheave and loosen the
Democratic organization, Will be welcome 70 IL;
That done the Name Ldw will be eft to take care Oh
tsejt and fall among the other exploded and aoan-
doDed con,risanees of that tricky ana siy PRINT
rV We very rarely overcome our rePugnance
to mention the depraved, malignant sheet which
often assails US as in the above paragraph. This
once, however, we will DO it in behalf OF Tenn
perance and Truth
|. 1t is false that The Tribune has sought " to
stigmatize as Rumsellers those who voted against
Mr.. S." The reference made to Rumsellers'
in our paragraph above cited was to the strong
lobby who represent the Rumselling interest IN
the Capitol, and not to Members at all. Had
not the paragraph thus perverted by The Atlas
been hurriedly written at late hour of the
night, in the Editors absence, it would have
been more carefully expressed.
9. 1t is utterly false that The Tribune has
aimed to draw the Temperance Societies over to
the Wing side for the next Presidential cam.
paien. We have never suggested, calculated
nor imagined that Temperance would have any
thing to do with the election of a President.
We have heard repeated threats from the Rum
interest that any party which favored the Maine
Law should be broken down next fall, but no
answering threats from the other side. SO far
as our counsel and wishes go, every effort will
be made to confne the Temperance effort to the
Legislative elections alone but If Rum seeks
to prescribe Temperance candidates for other
posts because they are Temperance men, we
trust it will be met and counteracted.
3. The Maine Law is no contrivance" Of
The Tribune as The Atlas well knows. We
never heard Of the bill until it was passed by the
Opposition Legislature of Maine by very large
majority in each House. From the hour we first
saw it, however, we have been in favor of its
adoption in our own and every other State, and
have labored for it accordingly. We wish the
Presidential Election were further of, so that
the Maine Law could be made the sole impor-
tant issue next fall. As it is, apprehend
general concentration of the Liquor interest
against the Wing party from hostility to or dread
Of the Maine Law, and we greatly fear that,
solely because of the Presidential Election, the
Maine Law will be STAYED off next year. But
we shall work for it, regardless of incidental
consequences, until it is carried.
The Atlas foreshadows the dreaded coalition
Of sham Democracy and bad Rum in charging
that we seek to draw the Temperance Societies
"to the Wing side" How can this be unless
Loco-FOcolsm throws its protecting agis over
the Rum Traffic 1t unmasks its own dirty
game in charging 'contrivance' on The Tribune.
Our assailant says we "stigmatize' certain
persons as Rumsellers." When we simply
characterize men by the vocation they see fit to
follow, they show their own appreciation of it
by resenting the term as an insult. Why should
Rumseller take offense at the name if he is not
ashamed of the thing, We are not stigma.
tized when designated as an Editor, Printer or
Publisher. What is the reason that man re-
sents the imputation that he is Rumseller!
Who will inform us
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