The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-28

BNCRoACHMHHT GROUNDS ErC.
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE or SEw YORK HRALp
ALBANY, jan. 81, 1854
The House Of Assembly hold evening sessions on IN,
Asirs liquor H. Three hours were devoted to Il lss
evening Various amendments were proposed and dis
esssed, but none adopted. Mr. Sessions Is.ding wsIs
from Ch,uAuqus wished to add clause dsuarng tn .,
,ny person found drunk or intoxicated BY means Of
liquor shall be declared guilty OF mi.dsmssscr. and be
nned and Imprisoned, or penalty therefor. He CON
tended that the vsnder Of liquor committed an Offences
for selling II surely the drunkard who purchased
should also be liable to punishment. Asssrs. Bur
nett, Peters, AMI Sterling supported the proposition
and 1t seemed to meet with considerable favor but ~
was not inherited in An appropriate place In the bill Mr.
SessioCs after hours debats withdrew for the rur
pose OF placing 1t 10 Of the subsequent sections It
seemed iory were In favor Of the proposition
Mr. sassr, from Montgomery, offered provision prohi
brg the keeping OF liquors any house for private
The friends Of The BILL not being prepared to cot off their
social private epjoymenta promptly voted that idea
rejected Mr. Lttlsohn the Maine law leader declaring
that amendments whatever to the bill would bs tos-
to pass the bill just 1t Not single section has
yet been PASSED through, although some six eight
hours have been spent upon It, Il will be agAio taken
up at O'Clock this evening By special order Of the
House
This morning the Senate also into com mittss on
the Tsnpsrancs bill The pioneers are Mr. Monroe, Of
Cnondasa, Mr. Clark, If Ontario wings, and Mr. assey,
OF Sul Ia, national democrat Its leading opponents ara
Msssrs Brooks Barr and Whitney Of New York and Mr.
osby OF Albany. The whols session consumed in
Offering c cussng and eectipg amendments to the rst
section The debates were quite desultory aud unim.
portsnt Involving neither Argument princ 2le At
two O'Clock tbs Senate adjourned without entering upon
An, 9th business to assemble At eleven O'Clock to
ami Iquor b II Ths senate should sdoet the Assembly
Pan, and hold evening sessions upon the bill which
afford sn opportunity to keep bstter posted on the
legitimate business Of the Legisla ure.
ks matters stApd tbs probA ottty Ia that the bill
mainly as before bcts houses viii be adopted with the
exception Of the question OF submitting It to the
scsraton vote Of the eops As has been previously
sse the leacing -hig politicians, who control both
branches Of the kgsature and the State oiosrs are
determined that the responsibility Of enActing Maine
Liquor law for Now York shall upsn the vhig
party. They foresse that sh ud the law be
-s reaction will take pia,s next November which will
ovefturn and alters hes At this Artful and
ging capital Though the bill nader discussion is
stringent the Maine law itself, still 1t DOES no.
contain provisions strorg enough tn satisfy the stats
Ten Society In order that the views Of its OH
proper insert account ita proceedings on the
ubject, had At meeting in this city only tSo days
NEW YORK STATE TEMPERANCE SOCIETY.
The New Yosa ate Tenn Society conveasd for
toe uAtssotion ot bu inrss Jsnuasy .bth 1854, O.
Dslevan, Esq, President IL the chair, snd Aandsne
gecoveo rhss the Society rsosive the report o.
the committee pointed At the last meeting 70 prepArs
t~ pr hibi.irg the tse OF intoxicating liquors
TO 90 laid beors the Legislature OF the 5tsts
New York - IT. present session.
Bradford Wrod Esq Ch,irman Of the COMMITTEES,
repSrted, and hf report being read. ously
accepted sHa adopted, and Is - tollow'-
State Convention Of the friends Of temperance
presenting the different soCie lies and associations mold
Albany in aauary, 1852 COMMITTEES was Appootsd to
pepsre the draft Of law for TIE ppres
perAnce, and for the prohi bition OF the qdor dc
oept for .g,timste purposes majority " commit
tee ater In pursuance OF notes, ,opvso'd he
CITY Of Aiosnv and prepared the craft OF e iot-pdsd
committee TO whom II ,mtte and wh, concurred
10 ia provision either personally by lstter
Char ceor Walworth, sxChief Justice Savage, Msssrs
Camp Gibbs Day Smith Shay HAvsns. Noble Asd the
Chairman Mr. Wood. Several OF the committees Of toe
senate AID Assembly, to whom this matter had been
ferred well other oers Of the legislature actad
Ia concert with the committee, and assisted with their
cunsels ana deliberations In drawDg up the bill aud bill
thus prepared subse queny reported to both houses
passed the Senate and received largo vote 10 the other
House The bill not having become law, the committee
was again convened early In the ersssnt month for the
purI Of revising the same should revision be
thought necessary After careful they again
adopted without any material alteration the bill report
ed 70 the Lssissrus in 1858 above referred TO- On the
ycried ths bill With the exception OF that provision In
the second eco ion which excludes from selling intoxi
eating dr rs keepers of iDBs tav-rns bsr-rooms votus
and eating ufs places OF pubic entertA nment and
uhement, pedlArs. and WHOM provision your
clud's only tho'e who sell for no legitimate pur.
poee The committee OF tle House, bo yer. ths
l4,n n.t; sno oostrsry to the expectations and and
tina surety clause in the second section stoAen out;
ani winch clause as they believe Is the very thing that
gives the moSt vitality to the bill, and makes II
Irohibitory This nmiee, in substituting bonds
and sureies iov town agenciea, had made II s they
toseo more Efficient than the Maine law so calsd The
house mmtts~ have stripped Of this feature throx
open TIE me to Slmost ooe, without any Ads
quAts ~, aud with bat little restraint 1; Is doubt
ul Whether uch lxw would be any better good
the present which does impose hif drAoces
the traffic 1t Ia not the butiness OF this committee to
.nn.o,ert on the course parsu,d BY the House commit
ents, not ew of whom have peced At their hands
stringent prohibory Law bat IL duty this COMMITTEES
Themselves o. those sho appointed them. TO say
that they are in n, manner responsible for suoh 4
bill as that reported to the House and ~hicn,
should 1t Iass in that form, would In ther Judgment,
be inefficient, IL not ufelesB as . prohibtsry law.
Ysur committee Of opinion that unless Law,
Frobibitory In its nature be euActs Is prsfsra
BILE To have lsgIAiion At all on the subjsc. PIE
cent but wait for more aaspicious times oie o. ,ss
will rot by delay The matter Ia Ia ha eds Of ths
people and oisappoinsd ID In heir just sxpsctsons BY
the present La kgisature they viii t. 1t mat snch
Il gslAure viii hereafter be returnsd will givs the
| law they sss for Your committee not sntireiy
without hop Of the present LesisAturs Notwithsnd
ing there those the oesssd friends Of
who woul, by compromise (>nd comptomiss too oftr
means cheatsry and BY sesmngly divided counsels de-
fest this great MEASURE, yet thsre ab)
number Of decided snd adspsudent meu Augurius w.v
for ihs State ard rendering posib. the passage OF "a
ss 'n .. n. ana M
societies, relax sxertona Of theirs until prohsltory
law Is secured to the people Of this State and thorough
| ly tried.
ArRASr, Jan. %, 1854
Resolved a. the Of this society That tho changes
made 10 the ls~ referred in the reor Bradford
Wood Esq By the committee OF the Senate and ef the
Assembly, should be deprecated ~ suoversive OF the
cene o the law sni they csnDet receive the sanction
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Reo'yd rtat this society regard the proposition u
submit the hv % the pecpest special election, io
their approval as alike unconstitutional expensive, I'm
| necessary, uujlst and ussiess.
Re,olvrd That H. potvisbs AIMING the nsuperass OBJ
jsctons submi,tps the law TO tho people at specA
tscttn for their approval directly Indirectly, tina
mtsure s, cuh he soopee by the Legislature. the Execu
tive mmite be- and hereby instructed to inqnir
ino the prop-isty Of 'uipg ccnlar 10 the pesple
tots State cQu mencg 10 all he friends OF prohibi
iorf Lar 70 refrain from scrg 20 the polls aad to reserve
tnfir vots fer the ,eroi sady appointed oy Law for h
sr.rcise Of the rfs ht of suHfage
RESOLVED That The Executive Conmittes be, ard hereby
ee inttrucfed . devise plan for o,uny sot town or
Ranaauon and 70 recommend fuch nsasurea as the,
nff ftm nscesgsry TO the erforcsmsnt OF tn,
rroniotcry a~ shen passed BY the Legislature of thu
@rss8
Veh, Ths' there Ieso'nt ~ IN. society toSsthe
viih The report OF Bradford Wool a be pu bhs ,e
in ne daus p-rs OF tnis cty, and that A.ndsvil
&C. hrsofcro Nooo ht, saa are hereby, sppoiut
| - comm ~. = 80 proorre their publication