New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-24

o. the contrary. we cannot see how the man who
drinks six glasses per day and (by virtue oil strong
besol keeps sober is morally superior to hin who
drinks but Eve glasses and is tumbed INTO the gutter
by the demon tbus evoked. To license run.euers
and then und erake TO punish druukards seems 70 US
GOOD deal worse than locking the stabledoor after
the horse 10 stoeD-iti is equal to lending the key OF
the stable door to horse thieves at sHpence per night
and agreeing TO protect them in any moderate they
may see fit to make of il.
We do not therefore admit the right of the moier
ste drinking party to call upon us advocates of Total
Abstinence 20 enforce their Jaws. They made them
they uphold them why don't they enforce them
When we get the laws fixed to mind We expect to
take the laborpg oar it is unreasonable 10 ask to
90 80 sooner.
No matter or measure is vetoed and temporarily
defeated we cannot this year have such Law as we
think proper and necessary so let US try the expert
ment of enforcing such laws now exist. II We ac
couplish no more by this than sensible diminuton Of
the lumber of sellers we shall thereby weaken the
active interested force arrayed sgsinst IA at the next
struggle for ten men st engaged IN the Liquor Traf
c will do more work and exert influence against
it than fifty who under adyer'aries' laws, have
than prove the radical vciousness OF the Liquor Traffic
and the utter mpossioility of keeping it harmless BY
any genter miBistrstion than decided knock the
head, we shall have achieved great good aud cleared
the way for conclusive triumph in the Fall
great point was gained at the late session by the
enactment of law (which published on Friday last
aphori1ing any citizen to prosecute for riOaiion Of The
Exo,se Lars in the Oyereers of the Poor shall
neglect for the space of ten days to commence action
on the case-as ninety huncredths Of them always
did and always will do In fact it is by no means un-
common for the Rumsees to intril for aud secure
The nomination and election Overseers either OF some
OF themselves of such tools they deem most con-
venient and reliable. They have not usually been
elected to perform their prescribed duty fearessy,
but often expressly not to do it. The act Of the 18th inst
extending the right of prosecution to every citizen of
the County, will prove potent weapon against IN
liotns,d Rumselling. And the Unlicensed despised
and condemned as it is is nevertheless mainstay
and support of the Licensed
Mr. THOMAS L. CARSON, with whose Carson
League and other efforts to diminish Liquor-selling
and other sociL evils our readers are already &C.
quaned has removed his weekly newspaper The Car
son Leagw) from Syracuse TO this City where il will
beDcefOrth pc Issued MT u DRUGS Win nun inc
earpestnes IS and confidence OF whole soued champion
of Total Abstinence together with familiar knowledge
of the laws relating to the Liquor Traffic and ripe
experience in applying them to the practical retrench-
men of the evils resulting from that traffic. Eocour
aged by few friends of the cause he has taken fine
Office in the old Society Library, now Appleton's
bo,kstore) Broadway, and proposes to make that the
headquarters of exterminang warfare on unlicensed
Liquor-selliDg the Sunday Traffic, seDg to minors &c
&c, in violation Of existing laws. He is confident
that unless our Mayor and Aldermen grossly abuse
their trust by granting licenses to men who are
not allowed by law to have them, he can, If
properly backed by our telOw-citizens, shut
up bali the GROCERIES in our City before November.
Our faith is not strong his but il is strong enough
to impel to take stock in his enterprise and
urge all friends of the Temperance to do like
wise. Nay, We insist that the champions Of the License
system ought TO place themselves in the van of this
movement. For years gentlemen you. have insisted
that the present laws are adequate j they only en-
forced and have urged us to leave our own work and
labor to enforce them. Well, srs are about to ua-
dertake what you have long urged upon and we
will ask you to lend hand. These your laws that
you ask TO enforce this is your system that you
pect TO render efficient Surely you cannot refuse
to help enforce your fayorte laws, which we have
whether your sort of Temperance men or ours will
do most to enforce your sort Of laws
An Address to the People prepared by Mr. Carson
will be found in another part of this paper.