New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-06
ION sbould he be meddled with by the law on such

then should be be meddled with by the law on sueh
SUBJECT Is Mt this prohibition dangerous 70 Tie
IIer,ies OF our citizeusi Bat If this is not mia
rop with our Governor il Il that our liberties are IN
dargtr becfuie Q summary process taken WIKI tue
suppose1 offender ia the liquor law to expose hs gu'
Great stress il laid upon the fact that the law does
not REQUIRE evidence of payment 'or liquors :" sac"
the sale OF It, IL this most heinous provision thi'
e1ayels our Governor SO mortsny and Is one OF ioe
bes hat leads Linn 20 declare tpst the bill Is dan
. cerous 10 the Liberties OF citizens" Nobody but
lsvyer would think Of msgniying sich provision as
tbi. INTO such a mountain Of objection as i Is made
Gov Seymour constantly FOR GETS that the object OF the
10 destroy the traffic 10 intoxicating liquors as
beverage IT, fac: al he objections may be summed up
in tbf-tLat tie pIolibitory law does destroy that
tr.c lie hardly say anything that is not an esbo
ration or an application of the objection that the
law /. too stringent. If it wasa Law that permitted
sell Dc and drinking t would suit Gov Seymour very
well But this is inst tie kind Of law that is no:
wanted We should think Gov Seymour might see 80
much as this BY liSlle extra mental effort suppose
re should make il and try.
Did 4 never occur 10 Gov Seymour that tue liberty
Of the citizen 10 these days is nor altogether secured
Iy bills of rights end rules Of evidence California
had opce On q time pretty good Government aad
plenty Of liberty for the citizen without either 1t may
be a very awful calamity that oaa should be called
upon the sepd to testify as TO guilt or innocence in
suy case. But we doubt iCeyen thar practice should
prevail whether iswOud be utterly dangerous 10 the
liberty Of our citizens But so does NOT Gov. Sey
mour think The Governor evidently CONSIDERS that
ay q the ancient law practices OF tae courts are dis
trbed the liberties of our citizens are gone forever lie
c.uto, even zee the amazing difference between our
crcun stances end those England centuries ago, woen
al the Liberties the people had were the trait OF
written ard recorded contract between toe few who
governed Id the many who were ruled 10 the days,
When he ew made laws for he many, it was mighty
mpor ant thing to tbat tie gifts and privileges OF
the m-ny should be defined and protected! But it is
quite anotl er tipgwhen The whole people make laws
for themselves Who il TO be oppressed aud outraged
then The very men rake The laws upon who u those
laws are 10 operate. And no law need stand year
vitlcut alteration lift be found not t. work well But
it is evident from Gov. seymOurs Veto that he has
never been Illuminated by any ideas like these. He
las studied lot men and Institutions Of modern tme'
but the law books and the commentaries Of old Ii
Gov Seymour could live about century logger per-
Laps LIE might get some CLEANS Of light through his
noddle. Talk of shutting up the grOg-Shops by the
people themselves measure dangerous to the
liberties Of our citizens - Bah Gov. Seymour.
But this is not By any al OF the and
folly Of the Governor Resaer what 30 YOU thilk is
another Of his objections 1t is that ia should
80 happen that Gerrir Smith or DR. wainwright Of the
Trote;apt Episcopal Church should step out and buy
pint al scobol OF any body licensed TO sell il,
that The wife or clild Of either of these gentlemen
might commence suit against the seller ia their Own
behalf and recover the price thereof 70 tnenselves
tId that such practices woud Inevitably tend 10 pro-
duce difficulties and distractions in families. Reader,
not jestiDg HOratiO Seymour. Governor OF the
State Of Ne@.YOrk, axes use Of this argument
against The Prohibi'ory Liquor Law sent 20 him to
sen.
There is another consideration lugged 10 by the
Governor hardly lees ridiculous 1t is that the passage
of the law will destroy the NewYork carrying trade.
lie gays that if the people Of other States cannot DO
allowed TO order their grog from this port along VITA
their oLer goods thai tley will order nothing bur go
elsewhere where they can do it, The Governor would
seem 70 iuadDe that the great interest 81 this por
was the liquor traffic, and That rumdrnking was che
chiee.t luxury of TIE nation. If the Governor can
say nothing better than this sgainstthe Maine Law he
lad letter say nothing We reckon our vessels would
still have something 10 30 il the trait, Of gln
and whisky were to be entirely suppressed. But The
Governor don't lie believes there eau he nothing
without Neither liberty nor trade nor commerce.
Come. Metternicb" said Napoleon, tell me how
much England pays you or taking sides against ''
But perhapsthe most touching part Of the Veto s
that wherein the Governor declares that the Maine Law
is repugnlnt TO the religious aud moral sentiment OF
"tbe community" These are bis very words We
feel curiosity TO know where the religious and moral
teachers arc to be found who preach and lecture against
the Maine Law. 1t is not long since that circular
was sent az ong the Massachusetts aud Maine clergy
to Know tteir opinion of that law. ii We re- em0er
rightly, there were along with the four or fye hun
ded answers approving the law fire or SIREN ildvid
usls who couldn't stomach it-prObl ,y because they
vented TO stomach somsthing else. Il this sligo tlat
il is repugnan To the religions and moral sent nent
OF the con ulunyl' But we have wasted words
enough On the Veto OF Mr. Seymour. We wonder if
we should he thou ut harsh if should say il refer
erce 70 this last quoted remark OF the Governor that
our Chief Magi,trate L0ew it wasn't true
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THE GADsDEy TREATY.
The Gadsden tresty hangs FIRE in the senate aud
there Is reason TO hope il will be defeated Certainly