New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-08
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ie asseT or thf mel had sht 70 DO - he yielsei
teng entirely uneusble and uarsqsnrsbla the spaat.r
ieered 70 the festrBit which q law placed oG ma.
tee preventing them from cHtcrag INTO certain con
ustts, even though both be entirely wii ~ For IN.
sanfc, contract u marriage while former contract
OF similar character wa IN existence WIS nail an5
Vod IL law Vas even a crime Toe legislation Of
tie STATE sso seemed - regulate the cyuvsTance
CfpssseDgerst seemed 20 colf-l our bs1iar sssrsa
TOO, and had 10 30 witt the selling of the farmers
metsly pork or sIiII bert Nor MIN man rlgru's
ture what Dc sees proper IN his opinion he might
not msnuiaciufe suDg sl-D; for instance rae law
ansil emaized the abuse end steps IA 20 preven: the
evI. il did not wat 70 cure Giir the evil vas COMMIT
ieO maD, TOO, was prohbit.d from turning his prop
eTiy INTO gambling uiensils Other utensils calculated
70 90 mischief in society. 50. too II a tried -
tbe BIZ own life or conduit q himself % u induce
doubt Of ms sanity the Law there also stepped 10
rettrain HIM There were plenty of Precedents IN
our CONSTITUTIONAL law for prOhlbitOry enact
meBt. We found them In the spirit AMI
OF cur statutes. In fact, such statute would be in
.trd conformity with many laws now in existence
Ia the land The principle which al govern
nelt vas based wos that all persons hai ught %
protection On that principle Congress had assumed %
re- ulde the trsthc with the indian tr0es-u entirely
suppressed the liquor traicsnd none was TO be Carl
90 or-with hOse tribes and penalties were attached
70 the violation oil the statute In the time OF JefersOns
Admir- straiiOn, Congress in the of the genera
good laid embargo rhe Atlantic ports they
al closed up. And every State ~ the Union had the
night lay It's hands upon ~ Jaws declared con
tshaLd. Would we allow powder manufacturer 70
carr Oh bis business here within the City No: we
would even allow the merchant % store the powder
ia hls cellars. Ought we then 70 allow the man who
wac connecting thai wlcn surely calculated take
away the lives and property OF thousands 10 expose hs
Manufactures here for sae The advocates OF Ale lho
forced 10 rase the siege behind the rsmpars Of mem
peTbuce found last excuse IN Constitutional provisions
But that would be protection. Mountains and rocks
would fa on the heads Of those who sought such futile
security. If any or the provisions or details Of the
Maine Law cODficted with the organic law then statute
OF constitutional Law. was the remedy. The speaker
then described, in foTcibe terms the sad havoc which
Alcohol made In forms that were once the models OF
manly beauty yewlng the question in it, physio
logical aspect-Gnd passing by alluded - the effects of
tetoalism as seen 10 Sampson. a coldwater man, the
very embodiment Of physical strength In relation TO
the use OF vine among the pa!rarchs tribes OF Old the
speaker observed that at t1a; time dsatiOn had not
been discovered and the whole tide Of evils which ever
accompanied ntempoTance had not lowed over the and
with their desola'iDg nfuences Had they been spread
in hs; DAY III hs undoubtedly there would have Deen
canon prohibiting the use Of wine the only valuable
property alcohol possessed stimulation but then
there must necessarily be reaction equal 20 the excite
ment produced. In fact, there safety from in
temperance, but teetoial- m-;es,e not, touch not
henole not-wss an Injunction plainly written in the
ConsutuiiOn Of Man. When the people realized the
force OF that law they would be able stay the infu
ence Oi intcmperance TO free themselves from the
galhug yoke Of that which was working the ruin and
wretch edness Of many Thousands 10 our mils. Our
Legi,lsors possibly might refer this matter 10 their
consuentli they did, II would throw the responsible.
iiy on the people themselves, and them alone May
q correct public opinion be- evoked may thst public
sentiment work Ike whiTlwind spreading the SEEDS
al our social regeneration 20 the four Of
Legislative Halls, and may il either the Maine
Law in, or our Legislators out Loud applause
pleasing quaIteite wac then given by The Alpine
SINCERE"
Mrs Fowler then came forward aud stated
that some ladies had met in that place on that morning
and had come to resolution Of establishing Ladies
Society in New York to aid the other Temperance
movements This society would form a neucus round
which the lsdies Of the City could gather The platform
laid down broad enough tor all sects and creeds
edni,ted-no opinion excluded any personfrom the or
ganizationthe only qualification pledge Of tenn
Ecrtnce and its advocacy She stated that the Commit
tee would meet in Rev. Mr. Chspn's Crureh, between
Prince and Spring, in Broadway, and great hopes were
entertained that many ladies would join
Mrs BLuoMER was then introduced. She
said tina, the evils Of intemperance admitted on
all sides, and In every place 1t known il worked
more evil than any other influence that could be
brought 10 bear No matter in the West
among the traders, snong the missionaries whose
every effort convert the Indian Ii counteracted.
And Yet this poison was made matter of traffic and
it, importation for the sake of profit was allowed by
the state But it wicked and unholy traffic, and
brought with it a wherever il was allowed. Mr..
Edward Everett reveals the true character of the
traffic for the last years Il costs the country in
direct expense in ten years sGO0OOOOOO, judicial ex.
pene more 300 coo lives lost sent 10000
children the Poor House the OF 800 murders,
made 1000 maniscs sent 100000 TO Jail caused 1000
suicides destroyed by fire. &C. &C.. &c, to the amount
of $1,000 600, made 100000 orphans and 1000
widows.
Who could look at these details and not be horrided,
and If one would visit the pauper in the cold abode
which charity had provided for him, the murderer
in his cell what tales would they listen to- Having
listened TO all they had 10 say let US 80 into other
walks Of life and what effect lntemperance had on
society 1t destroyed the noblest feelings deadened
tie mghtiest n,elect anniha;ed in the breast OF the
young all feelings Of respect for age and in age all re
gard for duty all principles of wisdom and destroyed
the most delicate beauty, and paralyzet the maaliest
forms The teachings OF the Bible were dsregsrded,
and all ial pety and maternal love were destroyed,
and Of all the blessings which might have been pes
sessed in this life by s voiaries Il left nothing but an
accursed future No description could possibly be
given OF It's horrying effects thsi would no, fall short
OF the truth Before the present movement was set
foot to endeavor to this traffic by legislative en-
sc;mens moral suason was tried by the administra.
ton OF the total abstnance pledge, but il was found
this would no, do for while persons allowed to
sell these persons who had taken the pledge fell back
ssain You have GOO rumshops in this Guy. which
aIe only recruiting houses for crime and 80 long as
az they are permitted 10 exist you must expect
welcomes But this /. the fault Of the im-
perfection of the law, which sanctions the sale
and consents to receive revenue from what demora
zcs the people. The law should be amended IN this
particular, ana IL sale entirely prohibited This would
be no new law or q prohibited by law % export
spruOus liquors the Indisns, and why not the same
rule be adopted ard the white a. the red man. she
hoped 20 when the laws this sub Get would TIE
they were now against gambling, lotteries AM
hose-raeing lfthis could once be accomplished what
bad men might think, good men would rejoice. IL
lupg question how this traffic could De regulaei
by law Massachusetts and other States but every law
was broken through In Wisconsin, damages were IN
ncied Sut this did not succeed Michigan and Ohio also
lecs!Aied On this subject, out all efforts failed And
every eAoT made 10 regulate this trsiic was frustrated