New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-11

,....ula ,.w recruits, with inefficient ON
GERS and swept down with the gres'esI csse ss,he;
yol;,ieaps who in q measure direct ana yc. w 49,;
movements The manner IN when .o, ~ wh;ch the
developed. is indicated BY the dnemm,a = A.. A.
sns ~ a vrobibifory law find themselves toosy, NJ
IN. eoripr election the friends OF the To- o'o 49,.
mined that they should be sustained, Ane VII Jus"
~ - ~;,h will that gave earnest OF success
1..; Mid and the whole Clergy Of rhe State
a. ~; ansnce 70 the law by mpressing upon their
the importance Of giving their votes against
,nnss.icIerturers In great numbers we're laoonng
throughout the State, day and night 5easonng WIN =
re and no stone left unturnsd to secure the tn
pb of the Temperance Principle The result OF these
ytr labors was success far repeal the Law was
concerned; the rumseers were rebuked by handsome
majority; the friends Of Temperance began IN rejoice
that their efforts had not been made in vain, and doubt
e,s their icy at the result little heightened when
they thought they had voted the temperance principles
and with their party,many democrats looked up0nlt as
double triumph But in these days that portion OF the
party are seeing the folly Of the counsel Of the denoc
tic temperance leaders, who urged their friends TO vote
against repeal but also impressed upon them the mpor
lance Of voting for the OF their party
The result inconsistent with the means used TO a
compish H. and the friends Of temperance who are no"
mourning at the enforcement of the law when tney
voted 10 sustain NAV blame themselves for following the
blind political guides who have led them into the o'ous"
Of Despond
But the Temperance men of Rhode Island should no.
be cast down. under the difficulties which tne are caou
terest even when sustained by the very Legislature tney
have belp 10 create There is future for them winch
the present gloom will serve to render glorious
when they have performed the whole work before the
Work there is to be done-hard work, uphill workout
II must be done if they would their State redeemed
from the bondage Of rumpoticans IL Is not 10 their
power il s true to undo the mischief which the Legs
aure has done, this year; but they have the power,
they have the WILL to make themselves heard and felt 10
the approaching constitutional Convention This Con-
yentOn s the darling pet Of the Democracy which has so
basey dsregarded the will of the people in regard TO the
prohbitory law, and the opportunity is favorable one
TO teach political messrvers that they cannot deceive
the people with impunity The temperance voters
ought to see to it, that the right sort of delegates are
sent TO the Convention They owe it TO themselves and
70 the future welfare of the State to act as check upon
the party which has called this Convention to further its
own Interior party views But whether they will do so
remains to be seen.
The day of voting upon the Constitutional Convention
is near at hand but yet there does not appear to be
much interest in regard to the matter. The leading
papers have been getting rather tart on the subject but
the people at large do not to have formed any plan
for action and il 10 impossible to predict what will be
done or anything at all will be DONE in relation TO the
election Ofdelegates whether the vote will be suiii-
cient to warrant the calling the Convention Nobody
seems TO understand the matter thoroughly; even the
Democratic organ approaches the subject as gngery as
if feared torpedo the point exploding and
of course il is impossible to give any light, in the way
Of prOgnOstics All say is the friends OF temper
apce will throw away fine advantage If they fail TO
check. mate the designing politicians in season.
Yours &C. ANTHONY PYME.