New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-01


sEc are be signay identified BY the enactment OF
| lie Name Law IS any ,,bsr portion the community
nis usual TO r. gard the Ram Tafc "a one In shic
Eo1es IS made faster in proportion than In any Other h
hes Which SCARED open, as legitimate pursuit. tax
ing the capital and labor invested into the account This
is 6subd.ss true bu: fully assured that wee
cospsYison made between hnusad eases Of disrs and
brewer, and wholesale and retail dealers ia ntrctn
fquors and thousand engaged 10 ether msrcsale
sid mechanical branches 81 Industry tse basscs Of soi,s
ofd rcHate acquisition reEid &c te sids " f< latter.
W. hear commonly arked that the runsseef tat
tens AID fills his eTs by the sale o. rua-ths' he
riches himself At the expense u those be ruins and lives In
H5uFy fl, m bis III gotten gsns Tbs true where IA
vors Bic position reputation in his business and large
circle Of contribute 10 give him considerable
patronage. But on the avtrage liquor dealers make
hrIxrp in the highest sense when the capital aud
industry in some other pursuit. wOalt have seeured then
IesgectAbiliiy and competency
tavern keeper aid drisker. lie failed and committed
suicide dsrltr Who though epce very wealthy has not
vttrecoyerea his postcs h. likely 10. Anothertay
trn keeper better circumstances Another ditto and
adnhe Another precisely similar Anot hotel keepe
yourg nan Who could have dene we'll n any one need
Ell opportunity and enjoyed it, failed nov confirmed
ornktr Another sbd another soa they come ny review
excessively TIE lis, ct qaor dealers with
whom have come IN contact and the facts OF some
being drinkers and the way 20 ruia, while many
have s,d long since, ard have orunken sad wreched
families, have themselves died drunkards or suicides.
up before the living fearful wiGr~ss of the truth.
c.sler in Holy Writ-"Wo rSTo HIN that gveth hin
neigAbor drink hS pueth his bottle him aud msketh
hm drunken also. - ila6bskuk chap. B.v,r
But Mat is the testimony OF the Witnessed la Peter
bore Madison County, ~ 20 persons n % years had
been licensed sell intoxicating drinks Five abandoned
the busintss without any gain 60 themselves while they
had oecason,d great loss 10 their rwenty we're
living when tbs account taken, al draskards, all
posr most 81 them rh hsr finifi.s charge sp0a ne
orR FObr had died drERkGrds, and poor.
la one tOwn in Albany County the population Of which
hss exceeded 5000 there IN 30 ~ liquor
dealers OF these orfyh,es ii'ed atVy ad dysnkird,
and some are sti living Incorporate men; nbfy Aro
sons and Nirfy a. lac became drunkarts.
Again, we iake the testimony Of another witness
In Blandorl Mass up to 1916. there had been since
tie incorporation of the town hUtyigh tavern keepers
Tao died OF Seln ian fehaeEs drsAkardss
died in the orhouse eighteen lost all their property
seventeen ont of the business better than when
they started while only hres acquired any properly
-Four had incorporate wives, and in the families tstafs
pee and Joar daughters were draasards.
But these not MI the evils which tall upon him who
puts The bottle 20 his neighbours lips The report u the
ONO Pcnts ioyy think for lst5 that one kas
6jed and rim Of the inmates had been engaged In the
blasting curse, mathematical by the signs and tears and
ruin millions Of widows aud orphans and by the despair
the wretched victims well as by the words OF the IN
sIired peIman.
How fully is that divine declaration justified, For with
what measure you mee it shah DC ssured you sgsn"
Who count how many orlmin'ls these companies IL
trafckofs in crime and death sent 10 prison. enrolled
ON the catalogue of nfmyi How many deunkards loaih
some and dshonord they had TO premature grave
How many widows pray cd that the ayengor might punish
the murderer How many bleeding hesrs open
and never heacdl How many homeless children became
wanderers and eNiles from hfesde they should have
lovod-robbcd Of the blessings of home and the rich
plaudiis of the fathers smiles The chronicle Of these
is unwrtten except upon tho yet unopened
record; but the broad seal OF eternal justice Is stamped
upon the untitled parchment and It has awarded like fate
IL the destroy or and his kindred!
We invite attention these facts. Let them be multi
piled now in connection with the great discussion. Let
desrs themselves awake 10 The truth h they engaged
in traffic which is specifically cursed by the Divine
Word and that the history Of the traffic demonstrates be-
yomd the shade Of doubt that the business not meely
curse lis victims but damaging and dimnaory those
who engaged in IT, and 10 their and daughters.
the third and fourth generation Of all them that
NIT these iniquites.
In 1882 when the captain and crew Of American YES
sci kuakin the Governor Of Oahu, Sandwich L.
lands and demanded the repeal OF the law which prohibit
ted the sale Of liquors bis stern and noble answer 10
horses hogs snd dogs you may sell rum BUT
you NY DOnIsIOss" This a Maine
Law with witness, and the civilized and enlightened IN
representative I'm CbristendOm obliged 10 and
sink oat of sight before the indignant glance OF the an
Welding Hawaiian Chief We have been twenty Years
later in learning to apply the law in country
but there il consolation in the bright hopes Of the future
Since the foregoing written tbs CdyHga Cksef pub
lshed the following pointed paragraphs which add sdd
tonalforce to the facts already given,
vou S aT c Of is o" d % Ss. s a.
eortturce Of The traffic 1hey need the Maine Law.
ty God they DO to sars them lrunkards' graves
@ ss s se' S9s SSSs o. eo '
has Of families aud sent Of
sos One Il The family lives GOT Father on snotisr sasSs
The proprietor whom 20 knew ain dunks sd bic
Iobbsd The msn thai isss shs iss aisd s@issrba
:.;s. Ss s ssa s sa n T
s "a ss Tax sigs'i ss r B:a. ~
hcms psSSs, sSS pp Another one iePH s
Bat he dsk record endless These familiar usin
eprhabecd The whopeeksed the substance Of lndrc
bfnseifdies ~ duDksId- And 20 they will die.