New-York daily tribune., 1854-05-01

| ,esIIy in.bibed (tAroUgh a straw pe'Aap'') '"o
,rt Of their ruefl education at shining per g1''
g., licensing men to debaueh and poison the eonilnu
-. .rS ve csn then 20 to work ehectvey asain''
~ ;cs-ssd traffic: but so long one man ls au'hof
"a and e,powered by law TO sell lntoxicatn, beve'
-. 20 long " III the laws sgaiLst unlicensed selling
torn of lI moral power. and he who would enforce
them be crippled by tie compound dlihcui'y OIL u.'
,rgri,hipe the legal eulprits and showing cause why
tbev should be punished il others are shielded VIII
| legal impunty. -,,,, a,
/ s,ir We hare laws AMI those who are chosen oi
,rrorted 70 that high responsibility must see 'nA'
! they are fiithfully enforced. These laws aho" -.
s,Ie Of lorors 10 be drank were purchased OH! -
teams and these must lie rtGi taverns pro'ded ''
,,.bis sccomuodatons for entertaining travellers o'
| ,haI.w i ser II uought If the laws as they arc
,o,e bt faithfully administered there would not DC
So tnJred bsr-rooms in our City, though there arc
= ,-o- =, tbousapd-three-tOurth OF them seHips
Li,ta. ,rd.r the shelter of licenses Today com,
- ,te work of re-lieensng and by Ne" set VI
.r;..,,os Iet us see how fer they Will respect 'ne
-..sr+os ,bev are chosen to uphold. Some oil 'neni
90 rret.r5 were elected under influences ia'ai "
= Loos of raform The IVth, Nlth' Ai''h anu
wiv,h Wis bsve Aldermen and Counclmen "Ho
III d.on,ort ma if they do not grant some TWO hun
Ill I;osos in each TO men who are perfectly "eii-
,.,.. .,Iavo No tavern accommodations and VINO
Ill loon smplt tppliDg- houses, mainly OF the worst
hoo+er often the nightly hauuts of pimps, harlots'
.lk,rds and felons We fear that the lst Nth and
yyIId Wards. if no more have Aldermen who feel
,fot they cannot afford TO brave the hostility OF the
,rorst class of Observation-Disclosures. But with
,oost of the Wards the case is widely different Their
Aldermen were elected by Reform influences and owe
no gratitude nor featy to the Rum power. Let US
see how they deport themselves under the ordeal to
which they are now subjected.
We trust this is the last chance which will be at
forded 10 the champions OF regulated AMI awguard-
Cd Rum Trnic to demonstrate the possibility of cens
ing moderately and judciously. Ii they fail now,
when public attention is emphaticaly fixed on their
doings and public sentiment strongly excited against
the acknowledged abuses of LiquOrseing II will be
absurd TO contend hereafter that any udcious and et
fectiye administration of the License system is prac-
ticable. But should they, body, take decided
stand on the laws as they are and license none but
such and so many as in the contemplation of those
laws should be licensed then the advocates of License
will have one fact to weigh against thousand in sup
port of their theory that the Liquor Traffic may be so
regulated as not to work immense evil to the com
munity
We suggest that every person applying for Ii
cense shall be put on his oath by the Board and made
TO answer these questions:
!. Is your establishment tavern within the mean-
irg of the law'
3 If not. and you only apply for grocers license
have you not heretofore sold to be drank on the prem
ises in violation of the terms your license
3. Have you not hitherto sold on the Sabbath
He who cannot truthiully say Yes to the first of
these questions and No both the others is clearly
unentitled TO license since he is morally certain to
do 10 better in the future than he has done in the past
To take tie bare word OF a systematic lawbreaker
for gain in the past that he will obey the laws in the
future is to tribe with the machinery of justice and
offer premium for falsehoOd.