New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-30


TE,rERANCE AT RLBAiF'
We reio 20 tlat RE friends oi fs"1i''or! Liquor
r.,rir our Ic.isl-'ure are Determined 20 keep the
.rti,ctb, slo lie respective Houses undl MAJ -;'.'A
> ,eoncsn BE- secured No;OriOus!y the outdoor ~
n.u,e, 81 Albany are adverse 70 IL night eN OF me
uor ouestion sad al the votes made 'or Temperance
,lf-e Will he gained by the force OF argument vale
die force Of .p-lty bears directly the other way
u-setb,r Courrc-s Han and Is rivals WI not make
T.c;sl,ti,e votes for Moral >lasin than tao
No.. cogeut r. ecaes cau gain for the Cause o. Total
Ab.,jnepce il question to be pondered aud. IS the
T;ou,,u men have all to gain and naush; TO lose By
l,l,v We trust the Temperance side OF each House
vrl insi,; On prompt action. 1t ample tine be &C.
corded for dcuson but let no other quest IN be IN
,er,osed ror evening sessions be pretermirsd until
re anestign OF Prohibition or No FrolIbtOi Is den
uiiivcly acted On
We cannot doubt that decided ma ority Of both
Senators and Asssailymen are expected BY ma oriy
NJ their constuess 10 sustain tue essential 20 iares OF
the Maine Law Whether they vii or sll uot 10 il,
+. opite apotier question. That some sort of Prohb
Tor, Lew Will ra.s the House can La-ly be dolb,ed;
but We are not so certain 10 the Sen,'e The Mem
bers OF that branch one from the reach
Of the reopl. than the ComnObers, AID that circum-
stance nay weigh heavily where lnclmtion and Appe-
t,e are together arrayed against the P15lc Will We
shall not be- surprised if bill should ass the Assem-
bly ONLY to lie defeated in the Senate Il the aj7o-
Gates of Prohibition VIII cooy pick Their ints and try
again Ye, it is perfectly well andersood that ma
iority Of our People merely anticpi the passage
Of Maine Law but expect it TO pass nor aud We
think hat expectation vii 10 FAR toward securing its
own hfllmcnt.
AS 10 itsuro,isous we must not ask much of frail
Human Nature We must bear il mind that i takes
al sorts Of folks to make world, and several sorts
of Temperance men TO make Maine Law majority
incudng-we will not sa! how many-who are for
spy Maine Law az all only because they could not 9th
erwiee have been elected. Let NJ be thankful for any
act tLat afrms ever so leebly and family the trGh
blupty affirmed in Sacred Writ. Cursed is be who
.rutteth tie bottle to lis neighbours mouth" Even
though tits affirmation be followed b the lame and inn
potent conclusion of fnIng gIGl laprant, convicted
yioator Of most important statute fifteen dollars and
letting him 90 clear on payment hercoi LET us take it
if we can co DO better and hope tina experience and
d healthy public sentiment willenabe US TO improve
uJon IT, Thus far, the bills submitted in the Senate
appear to possess decided superiori il their details
over auy that have been considered in be House. But
any law that outlaws the Liquor Trai, preferable 20
none.
as 10 the question Of Submission. cannot see how
eGrnest Temperance men can waste words upon il.
We prefer Submission to NOn-SILmissDn because we
know that the action Of the Legislature must in any
case he reviewed by the People. and We consider
saier and every way preferable 10 10 Ibis on direct
than an indirect issue What Prohi6tiost would not
"a her risk the fate Of ;he law direct vote of the
Iecple at Special Election than tn, chance-med-
ley sud iermentaons of General Election ext Fall
NetOne Of these we must certainly encoul;er-peraps
you may efy. both bur if our law were submitted TO
the People and ratified by Fifty Thousand Maority-as
think 1t would bet would he uphill. work to elect
House mex Fall TO repeal IT, aud harder still to per
suado the Senate TO concur in such repeal with
Election staring tie Senators full in the face
But if We have Submission il ought not 70 be put in
tie blll with the act 10 be submitted ii il u.s. the
Courts will nulfy the latter. Then why not le the
question of Submission stand back-pass the bill first
and con,ider the policy Of Submission independently
aiieIward
Should our just expectations be Slascd aud The
Of Prohibition defeated we trust all ts friends will
Tue HiOidl III putting
the best sort OF 4 Regulation las. Let M.ssrs CrOs-
by Dewey 4 Co concCct model BILL with all sorts of
acquisitions calculated TO secure highly rcspectsb,
corps Of moral aud religious runsellers, and put the
very choicest bur lsr-proof locks the stabc-door
whence the sfoer horse has already emerged By pun
shDs ore man for drinking three glasses while another
takes half dozen with impunity, simply because his
fr'me is ore indurated poisonprOof tLan the luck
less others; but lei it be distinctly understood that
prohhitonsts have sort of ath IN such acts and no
belief that unlicensed tipping houses be shut up
While any shall continue 10 be licensed Let help
the Moral suasionists do their pretiest, If break
down in our own eOrt-uOt rOm any belief that their
bostwll any value but simply That The whoegamut
of Regulation may be run through and the last honest
doubter convinced that the only place where the tail OF
tie dog Alcohol be efficiently a,nputa;ed is just
back of The Even if we are reduced to this and
accomplish II, the Session Will not have been in vain.
But in spite OF adverse viewers We are still confident
that ProbitOry Law be carried a. this Session.
THE NEW PARKS
The project of Joness Woods Park seems TO haze
been almost stranged by some legal chcanery. even
after the law TO purchase had been obtained by It's