New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-11-19

bufGlhft or hrfOg NO DflfvC u ID u.n.k
hss ENACTED, provided they aim REASONABLY A ln
ing the evil, NJ their being rigidly enforr.S ~
tie desired result depends II must be conf ssod 49,
Ices extreme The laws tho CasieF and more certsnI s
they be- ndmnlrtcrcd. The blaine Law "a ths exrs,y.'A
nT ard les likely TO be enforced than aay o.her ~.
II enforced 10 the desired extent would oevitsb ea
great cost All the bad passions Of men would be .,
up and society would be thrown into sea of con-
md oil things touching the Contemplated reform -,s
DccOmpI sbod-if accomplished et abby the cold - %
logal onacment to lhe otd extinction Of the lay os@
aud public ncquiesccnce. without which no reform
enduring or even desirable. All these cosoqueDss,v
Law advocates should be prepared 20 incur and 4,
set they should settle the question whether tho.b N
secure the law and its rigid administration, be moi a. -,
great sacrifice" y"
ReuGrks.-As the expression OF any journalist. -.
timents, the above might well pass unnOtced h,, :.
it ia pretty nearly the substance Of the current ~.
yersaion Of all who have hitherto opposed. or a, lea,
stood aloof FROM the Temperance Reformation ts,n,s
the several stages Of its progress we may a. weov.
haul IL
/. Tie Wig admits the magnitude of the svl n.
"temperance.l and the necessity of doing s,r..s,.
not only to prevent its further extension but 49,.
1T out" Very well: But what has Tie Rtis Ma
erto done in the premises We cannot remenAs,.
single Editorial in that paper calculated to alarm a.
thousands constantly gliding down the inclined Ma.
WHICH tlNc III AlulAANAACoo anu rull-u0t IA.
seemed impelled by an earnest resolve not only !,
prevent its further extension but to roo, an,
We DO not believe The W1ig has ever srenatea an,
patron by its advocacy of the Temperance ReSrm
That Reform has hitherto been carried forward o.
only without its aid but in spite Of its negative All
eqsiyocal but not less effective opposition lis presa
affirmation is therefore confession OF past denoua,
A,l II - mr. tho ALARMING mr. e -
perance but the alarming strength of the Mime Law
,ote which has impelled its present demonstration
3. But The Hkig afirms an honest disagreemsu,u
to the remedy" for Intemperance. Certainly bu,
more serious disagreement as to what is Insempee
anee underlies and creates this Only settle this ian
iamentai question and all that follow are easly dis
posed Of Alcohol is or is not deadly poison; Mes
holc Liquors are or are not perncous and destctvs
whether imbbed in large or small quanttes-whethsr
the particular vanity INDUCED in be Hook orwhisky.
Brandy or Lager Bier. We who stand for the Maae
Law maintain that all Alcoholic or Alcoholized Liquids
poisonous-that they tend to impair digestion DE-
range circulation, enfeeble the constitution disorder
the brain and premature decrepitude and death
From this position the wisdom and fitness Of an aAsp
luttI Law ~ On ihcAotdOt ucuutHVu
But those who conGne Iptemperance to the use ofhi
liquor or too much or too strong liquor will Of cOure
hold to different theory Of prevention or cure 0ace
settle Alright the previous question as to what In
temperance, and no room is left for an honest dis
agreement with respect to Prohibition Of the
Liquor Traffic.
g. But if we admit an honest disagreement witt
respect to the propriety and efficacy of Legal Proh
ton than il is plain that honest nquirers will seek il
formation of those who have enjoyed the best oppOr
tunities for learning and some most likely to know
what is the fact. If the question be, Can the Name
Law be enforced as to sensbly restrict the prev
alence and diminish the evils of Intemperancer
honest airminded men will take on this point the .es
timopy ofMaine which has had ample experiences the
premises, rather than OF Ohio or NewJersey which
has had no such experience. And those who rest %
their own or others unsupported theoriziog TO hos
the Maine Law rOadoperate in preerencet to the pod
tive testimony Of witnesses to how it actually iei
operate only lay claim to honesty in the premises
at the cost OF their common We oaer then thc
positive testimony Of nineeentwentieths If not ninety
nine hundredths of the practical Temperance men Of
Law dOrs restrict and repress Intemperance and de-
mand that it be adjudged far to outweigh the heOrz
ing of ever so many moderate drinkers to what It's
effect ought to be.
4. The Uhig speculates Ike one just awakened from
Rip Van Wrinkle sleep to what course the friends
of Temperance ought to take and how they shall most
surely attain their end But We beg leave to remind
our contemporary that the Temperance folks long ago
surveyed and sounded every foot Of the bog wherenhs
is now laundering He may be in doubt as to thisw
that point but passed Point COmmittal longsgo
and have not only dissipated all own doubts inhs
premises, but have chosen Legislature as little BE-
logged as ourselves
5. The Wig is a little too rhetorical in pronounsing
Alcoholic stimulation the most universal Of social
habits 1t is too prevalent but still very far IRON
lnirers&lis not nearly so common as il was twenty
years ago. BY the help of the Maine Law, Il win 900
,e made stin less So And as TO the sweeping sai
-adica character of our specific. we do not see host
an be deemed more sweeping than our laws agatns
,ther wrongs 10 society All laws aim at repressins
utterly the evils they combat but they do not neces.
ary fail because those evils still exist The laws
szirs; Murder, Burglary. Theft do not fail, though
Asse crimes committed nearly quite every day
4 New our msin objection to the course Of mlf
a.wAter ,0r rather. runsnd.water) hostility to 10
earegaaee commended by The EAig is simply this
. xvgr s,crsis |, lacks moral basis and 50 csnss
,ard \ law enieTdieting al sales of Alcoholic Be'
Essvs b cnorced just so far as our present laws
ss.rss sAest but license few genteel rumAoes
j. SiN eseh. sad nobody can prevent thousands selling
's,sas hctase. Under broadly PrOhisitor Ls"'
~ wan esG see and swear that an open run'eHsf
'e,Aiirs the statute but license ahunired more g'os
scps IN This City and We cannot tell which sre ana
'elcA are 70, licensed and so the lster goes uncou
'alacd Of lass an impArsially Prohbi'ory Law an'