New-York daily tribune., 1854-03-27
THE TEMPERANCE ACT.

THE TEMPERANCE ACT.
The bill for the Suppression OF 1ntemperance has
passed both Houses TO take effect on the lst Of De
cember next We infer from the language of the Ex-
ecutive organ that Gov Seymour will not veto this
measure though be may favor its friends with exh
btcD Of his teeth in the shape Of Message setting
forth the which almost persuaded him b re-
turn it without his signature. But even if he we're to
say Veto should not apprehend the loss of the bill
change of vote in the Senate and tco ia the House
would have secured vote of two thirds in the arma-
five its original passage and we believe these would
he forthcoming the question OF overriding Veto.
So we trust the establishment of the principle of Pro-
hibtiCn is at length secured.
Our readers need nOtlow be told that we have
deprecated ard earnestly opposed the policy of post
poning to December the operation of this measure.
We believed and still believe, that the very worst
ia the whole year to give effect to such law
that thousands who would voluntarily quit the Liquor
business if The act took effect in May, will hold on un.
driven our oft if required to quit in December with
five months rent of premises still to be met, and with
no chance of getting into other business before the next
srring. Then we think the time fixed by the Law
it finally passed gives Rum every possible advantage 10
the struggle Of next iallwth the dread OF its pros
pectye operation to stimuo.e the distlers, brewers
and dealers yet its actual operation to silence
some the batteries of Dissipation and encourage the
advocates Temperance. Should be able to sustain
the Law under such auspices, the devotion of the
People to the policy of Liquor Prohibition should no
longer be doubted.
But here is the Law, TO take effect next December
the only law can get at this Session and one that
we should all have been very glad to get, even one
year ago. Surely there be doubt tnat is much
better than nothing, that the Assembly did right
in taking it is when settled that they could
not have il as it should be- From this time therefore,
let us, forgetting the things that behind clasp
hands and go forward 10 explain, yndicate. uphold
and execute the Law of Prohibition.
Let none be ulled into the belief that the struggle
will not be arduOus There are many millions of
money invested in the Liquor Manufacture and Traf-
fc, and many thousands OF men resting their hopes of
subsistence and wealth on that same business and
niue enths of these will do their mightest for our
discontinue next fall. There will be more Liquor
given away at the next November Election than at
any which has preceded J and effort will be spared
TO induce those farmers who raise grain hops for
the diser or brewer to castin their lot with the rum
sellers. Every sordid and sinister influence will be
marshaled on the side of Free Drinking, and must be
opposed and oyerpowered by considerations OF Public
Good alone.
Let US begin, then our struggle at once let US or
eanize and assume the offensive before our adverse
res can secure that vantage ground lie. orr organ
izatons he simple and effective, with few or no
paid agents or other burdensome staff officers but
with the most complete arrangements for voluntary
effort and u.ual understanding. Let us appeal TO
pAlanthropsts of leisure and means to act as Cores
ponding Secretaries and Office keepers; let us urge
each County to form its own local organization with
branch in each TOWNSHIP select secure and pay its own
lecturers purchase and circulate documents cores
pending with Central Committee at Albany but lean
ing lightly possible on any form of external sup
port Let olergymen be everywhere entreated to
preach on the great question-for or against Prohib
ton, their religion shall prescrbe-and let the noble
women who have hitherto done much for the did
zion Of Temperance Light throughout our State be
urged to continue their faithful and effective labors
The state should be spoken through by School Dis
tric's before November and to much patient i'll re-
Quilted persistent, unhonored work for Temperance
there are rot men enough lsboripg in the Total Abst
renee vineyard al present. We mus; cll out our last
reserves for the srea. battle now before Us.
But public speaking cannot reach every household
we must provide early and amply for Tract Dstribu-
ton. Wherever there are even ten advocates of To-
tai Abstinence il a township, let them organize at
and send for two or three dollars worth of the
lest Temperance Tracts. Fowlers & Wells, Rev.
John Marsh, or TIE Organ Office in our City win
! gladly supply an assortment and bare hundred
tracts judiciousy distributed from the church door or
otherwise before the 10th Of May, viii raise up or
call forth host of auxaries for the arduous labors
of the fall Campaign. Two or three Temperance
tracts in each household will cost but tribe CON-
pa.ed with the iclmensity OF the stake yet with
these tracts disposed, il could not be possible 10
subSert Tic Law OF Prohibition next November
Aud here let Us repeat tha. the best Textbook On
The whole subject is " THE CHEMISTRY OF ALCOHOL,
"ty E. l. YouMANS. illustrated by a coiored diagram
showing the chemical structure ard relations of ali.
nen'aIy susstsnces-or rather, the clemens whereof
tiese are composed. The diagram of itself is more
eoselt tlan an est any Temperance speech, while the
ieiterpress Demonstrates by the most rgorou. nJuc.
doE that Aleokei poison which should be carefully
and resoutely rejected, save in cases where poison s
required and that il is peculiarly cerebral poison,
aaectifs the nbiber specifically and pecaar, through