New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-03-01

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ei,li, b. r -ti-. " pr're- Observance Of re sac
nam 8 ,-i ei.e e.triBg 70 now Why hr M oeon
iB -eal vosls bes ,sa,, sesPeolfary . st.:e :ssi
v1ur directions and The objects which yoa havo - we
meet nv Nprohaiiou most pcre' w Sad 20 llP'o 80
know me need hardly say that hail eIor: n yse 20 tao
uot IN nts,n the Law and carry ont The reform ds
II ed And vA1 VIII deem no 1s'cEy '.r mo - ~ :. y
With your 81 ciAl support snd counsel mop. ad4 ~
ihs; much nav he accomplished NeserInesSs, 90 =.
permit me hr IN set forth Of the dns ies u ).
stand m the vny this good work sud IN doug 50,
ss The IN, liry contained IN the c'So pt1. ~
your letter viz "y the laws and o~nAnees nave n"'
been enforced hereto fore T.
FRI have bee sustained heretofore % caty 9a1
the law More than this lhave been actually t9S u
such en1esVors by those power sDoye NE Inc rvise
Magistrates from the time FIRST entered the Depsrtms't
have not shown that ready cooperation ami dese 70 sa
tain ne which had right 20 expect and ~.aoas wniea
could DO but lille AS5me tho most notorious otsna
and diszrbss peace Of society being lienty
arrested and taken before III. and as freqlen " d.
charged without Punishment thru, more end more wsssea
ing all reverence for the law the just rights OF others
their duties
Secoad The rerv liberal construction put upon tie law
by the civil Justice and the unseeouAabe oDsducs Of tho
Corporation Attorney In years past has besa paTIsct
barrier to any reress in that quarter In Tia matter Of
selling liquor without lcanse, for instance. ahe sna
fact Of keeping bar open bottles snd glasses Passing 20
and fro, and persons present drinking what gPpcl % be
liquor has not been deemed sufficient. In complaints Of
this kind have been required TO positively that
the article was sctus y brandy rum gin = case
may be that money aetSoly pad and received hsrs
for, and that the parties drinking AMI payng or i!
not dodgers trGrfrs within the meaning OF the
law Thus you that three moral impossbilites al
most required before conviction can be procured
IkTd The endless procrastination and delay practced
by the Courts generally is smother serious drawback.
thing for 10 be set down Cor trial.
and the Witnesses notified and after waiting and Oangiug
about the court al day il viii be put of at the ia
Of some Tonbs petfogger and thus the pro-
cess viii be repeated for perhaps dozen times till the
tired of being hunbugged and rofa,e to at
tend and the dies Of old goes by default.
Nv opinion is that half justice promptly administered. is
better than the FIJI penalty, after the ofenss has become
musty.
Fourth OF the want Of support in our own Ward,
perhaps would not become to speak particularly.
Suffice It say that have had no support Whatever.
For years until recently politics has continually thrust its
oficous into everything awakening usfOunied preu
dices and misrepre.enDg and psrayzng all my efforts
carry the law But am happy in tho belief that
better condition Of things dawnng and that the people
The .tad sober rejecting law abiding portion OF society
without distinction Of class profession occupation are
bee ,mng more awake to these evils and more united in
their desire To suppress them.
Again assuring you that shall earnestly cooperate with
you in your efforts enforce se law, and hoping you will
pardon the above crude aud suggessions re-
main Yours very respectfully,
PETER SQUIREs Can't.