New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-09-21
,rqTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
.o,,pMAy sERRITTs MEDICATION.


,aa~sf 7z> y. Tribune ,e
Ino,ee in your paper OF this date let'ef ron
p Morton. charging me with arresllng nl, 10
JesF, e.. watson at Temperance Meeting m Mar
sn n an Sunday lass without any pretense or shado"
besssY Az am not in the habit OF writing or tne
~ ~. will attempt brief statement OF the iacI'
fI,,.ed with the case, which cheeriuiiy submit "
s I;s'Ssrneut Of law-abidng people ... r
be sos.ai year past il has been the practice Of
f@ AZ various kinds to hold Sunday meetings
E rsets and public places Of the City OF New"
= ri Whenever in the mind OF me censel' a,ols ~
Nh peace their tendencies opere'ed ior 'hs n'aa'
D. IA GOOD order Of the community we nave en-
a. ,ender them all the care and protection Whin
e. s~rer or late however these oocleles nave, d.
oI F,obia0es on Sundays, been the scene OIL great
MI -, .bere faction would meet faction, and loud ana
cosS; nss;ons would ensue and men would often come
Hg and All this through the force OF free discussion,
~ osy vebemently proclaimng they were nani' ana
.dmently entitled 10 the proteeuon OF tne roiSe "a
eoh' fsnsous became more bitter and every sunday
-. N us fresh evidence Of our inability 70 MAINTAIN
"a nr1er unless we Of first learned VINO was anu WY
al entitled TO our protection, end Whon We snouii
,",der conflicting with the lsw rde I'D nv
~. !, the first report Of any further ds0rder WIN ny
" ~ 49, and demand Of the persons cOnducung tne
~ ~ whether they had right 20 to DO III coyIny
"a CORPORATION ordinances, cbsPier ~ PaSseu ,'e,sd
@ lsl5 which subjects every person coDnecteu
- idng street meetings Sunday wltnOut perilso,oai
t,s a twenty-five dollars and on the other nanu
- ;,.,,sos fine Of twenty hye dollars upon nj w.
.l.4r~f orQuI
ln~ I, tb;s Dartcuar The same ordinance als9
s Sns Of FIVE dollars any Magistrate Mar-h
1s,sbIe or other officers who refuses or negroes w
n, DUTY IN the premises. The trst duty hcunpont
~ inch cir cumstances is 10 make ourselves az
tJ ;tb the important facts a. 10 who Is ana Nho 70
"a entitled 10 our protection, and IN DONG so "neIe S
al men or women staring the law IN 'he race wiz" ~
60 In their acts be they OF the temperance VI Vi w
~ .sllnp or any other interest viii, in the language
lion. Mr. Morton, most valianty do my duty
FpwiSp MERRITT "a Lieut. 7h Patrol District
REMARKS
A, I,;shman lust landed in this country on sharp
md, morning was at by fierce noisy miStin'
,Ao threatened to deyOur him whereupon Pat stopped
Aup and seized q stone with which ne expected 10
ave in bis assalants frontispece but found the stone
s,su fast-a phenomenon utterly new to his expert
me-. "a fine land of liberty sOliloquzed Pat suik
rhers they let their dogs loose and tie their stones Jaa
"a a, ground Lieut. Merritt seems to be exactly
is,d for DoQberry in just such land of liberty as
Psi found this to be.
! Some folks have sometimes ESQ he asserts) abused
e liberty Of Free Discussion, and got into fights; but
l. does not even assert that Temperance men have
ever been cupabe in the premises. lie well knows
IAg have not-knows theywer making no disturbance
md Offering violence to none. But some rowdles had
come 10 their meeting TO make disturbance and dis0r
Der the hope of breaking it up; 20, instead of arrest
ipr tie rowdies, or compelling them to desist from
tber Outrages, he trumps up an obsolete ordinance
which was never intended to be thus applied and breaks
ir the meeting He is worthy servitor OF the men
lyb now rule our City.
MMerritt talks of the holding Temperance Meet
lixhs puGlic place on Sunday as in violation of an
ordnance Yet for five or six years he has been 20
biz iunctionary in Ward wherein at least three hum
dsd Rumseers openly and ostentatiously violate the
x ever Sabbath to the injury of many and the utter
hh Of some. Has he ever arrested or complained of
sn Of these lifelong law breakers We are confident
Lot one II is not when committed in running others
IW paltry gain, but when unwittingly done in hui
bney endeavorng to save them from ruin by instruc-
BIZ and remOnstrance that Mr.. Merritt is shocked by
BIZ rolation of an ordinance. Let him run Ed.