The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-06-13
MORNING TUESDAY E, 1854

York City Temperance Alliance have takon measures "a
secure the indictment Of those EXCISE
who have Issued censes contrary to law and to test
validity Of the licenses thus illegally given and VIC
pledge TO the CITY Alliance, our sympathy, ooopera
von, and our pecuniary offerings to whatevcr extent
Resolved That though rejoice In the unexpected
confidence Of good results from these elsrts enforce
tho present iavs do not think these la suH-
cient to ths evils in,sm psrsnoe and We sar
this state shall Be protected bv law ssiy equivalent TO
the Maine law t by the aid of srch law and this
Of intempranoe shah be utterly banshed from she city
the State, the nation, and the world.
Hon. CAAn18 9. LEIGH said It was the sghtess notice
he ever had to address congregation He had idsa
when be came Up tAis evening TO such gathering
was there y gave .se.rity that The resolutions passed
for years and their remosstsanses wers heard by the
liquor dealers end they had the benefit Of chasing sway
the good the wise and The American people almost TO
their places Read their names and pronounce
them, for he (tAe spesker) could not II seemed
allowed Were from other countries-men without
cha acter to be allowed 70 here and spread dos
friends Of teperance on the platform He rejoiced il,
the glorious numbers that coming in favor of
tcmpersnce In conclusion, he said It thing to
come hare AID pass ros0u and another thing to
~ them into execution It necessary in every ward
that fund shoud be raised at under the charge
Hon HonAcx Gnzx n said we were abe 70 20. along
s sssr & With sooo srSg shSps and nov we are trying
were considering whether we wanted all thess--ths
Fturh the Fourteenth, and others, think they want
shops wo can support now why should we net try the
revcrseS What Is 1t men do when they license grog
sbops' You are mechanical iaboring peop'ea young
community and what effect has this licensing upon your
What effect has 1t upon the Sabbath The Sabbath is
the hborins mans day Of rest, and though the Ii
he Kept oren that day. yet the seller to break
this condition the moment he takes II out This is enough
FOR is conformation. The people then do not 90 to
the rum shop Keeps them away. Now to the food
question we know that it Is dear and the is that
toxcsting drinks This is question which
all for the who does not drink has pay dear for
ns ooo ano suers Tor the extrngant use Of intoscst
pauper establishments criminal courts ana hospitals the
filling Of which, he said, arose from tho quantity of
Councilmen OF the Twentieth ward because they were
elected rcormers, free from political partizanship
This ward not a place for hotels, and therefore
there was no ground for tavern license in It. The
least them that the aldermen could do TO refuse
grant tavern license when there tavern within
as law abiding men they ought 10 do this.
As to the license granted to grocers, he
10 sell more their rum licenses were taken away from
'hem because the PEOPLE woald have money buy
With There was only one class interested In tho
traffic and that part Of the sellers Bat the
great part Of them 60 down TO the grave poor He felt
deeply the question: and beseeehed the audience not
sS suasS s ,hs the
would carry the State this fall (Cheers Let tho traf-
&c be stopped in the Twentieth ward, and it would be
argument in favor Of temperance which all could
coenye. The speaker sat down amid great applause.
THE Rev. c. J. WARREN was the next speaker. 1t was
cheering he sad and encouraging to be present in this
meeting. The Governor put his veto the temperance
bill passed by two thirds of the Legislature but by this
he has walked up the wrong passenger. Licenses
lately granted in the Fourth ward and propose to
test their validity and il one Is broken all broken
(Aprlause) 1he meeting this evening was to cheer up
one another. There Is spirit abroad which will net
sleepwhi'e the rum monster is prowlng about. The
speaker here upon the four different classes
for which liquor licenses wanted and which viii
be found emtodied in the resolutions concluded hi
speech with adducing arguments in favor OF aboishoe
the vending Of liquor altogether.
After some appropriate remarks from CoIoHRL Snow
the meeting separated.