New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-07-28
..FyFoRcH THE LAWS YOU HAVE

Tie events of the Last few weeks have cast much
UcA, on the honesty and force Of the cay against
LIQUOR Prohibition that "we have good laws enough
On that .ulje already nd al that is needed is
=. their enforcement. Better attend to that than ag-
&. tate for more stringent legislation" We will Illus
trste:
OHIO Is one ef tic ctadels of the Traffic in Aico-
bolic p,ye,fee. Her large production Of Grain for
pline her Vine culture, the large infusion of the
Fore..n el,reDt into her population all powerfully
-erd 70 postpone the Day of her complete emancipa-
tion fom tie effects Of the de,Olating traffic. Two
successive Legislatures have rejected The Maine Is"
by decided votes, ard we presume Ohio viii be the
lat Free State that adopts 1t.
Yetrhc last Legislature very strongly Democratic
and Ant Maine Law was impressed with the cohVic-
tcn tLat semtikine must be done they ultimately
passed n very ,triogent regulating Liquor Law. II
anows tie free sale Of native Wines, Of Beers, &e
but restricts the sale of distilled Liquors by pretty
stringent provisions. This il rOoably about the best
set short Of Prohibition that has yet been passed. and
the Temperance men. though they opposed It's passage
have generally been foremost in supporting and giving
effect 10 it, Though it does not stop drinking II IL
very sharp on drunkenness and those who sell 10
known drunkards and this feature has proved salu-
tary in many cases.
Blu, just as this law was getting fairly to work aud
was winning almost universal popularity. IN steps
Judge Johl A. Corwin (no relation, at least political
w. 10 Tcm and nulliGes b. Judicial decision based
On verbal bubble, So regulation is done for, at
lea.t until the next Legislative Session.
in Philadelphia like game has inst been played
Judge Carroll on being elected Mayor Of that city.
publicly notified the liquor sellers within his jursdc-
ton to this effect: You hold licenses under the
o. law; that law says you shall not sell on the Chris
tian Sabbath, and makes ii my duty TO enforce
obedience. Inow warn YOU that it you violate the
Sabbath. keeping requirement OF that Law, will
fine you severely and, if necessary, imprison you
And unlike some Mayors, he was good as bis
word. They tried TO sell the first Sunday but he
brought them up short, making examples Of the most
wealthy aud !lIsh trSnsgressors Next Sunday, tho
Iunlsuolers went of to iset in the Delaware, aud
ltd grand spree: he followed thea there and broke
them Up. Finding him decidedly in earnest they
caved IN, and there has been hardly any liquor sold
in Pbilsdelpha on the Sabbath And now see
that another Anti Maine Law, ShsmOcratic Judge has
decided that the MAYOR has rigbtful authority to
shut up the grogshops on Sundays-for, though the
lLw is ?ercmptOry this point, they mag sell never
tLeltss and all that be done is to fine them four
doliors each and not take away their licenses 50
rext Sunday Philadelphia will blaze with grog- shops
again.
Don't these folks very fervently desire that the
iauS hty shall be enforced to demonstrate
the non-nccos,ity of any Act of Prohibition