New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-04-07
pert tt.t ses>r people generally spProve Cor sey
posr Veto or try to chow tia. ae act vetoed differed

pert th.t ,eS>r people generally spProve Coz Sey
osr Veto or nv to chow tia. tae act vetoed differed
e,.e.tisy from those approved aud sustained az the
ballot box BY the People of four Mes EnglAni States
Ito which CONNECTICUT la. jus. added herself) Nth
,bo.e of Michirsn and Minnesot, Nay: the pnpasr
House in New Hsmp.bire passed similar act, wn'sa
the Senste stopped aud House bss Just been chessa
which will pass smother such AID is i, nos fair 10
rrs.uue that tie recently chosen legislators OF or
OWE State know what their constituents require snd
viii sustain as wei sc our sober" co,enporsry'
The raj ed truth is that our vetoed lot Only
70 more stringent than the kindred scts OF other
s,Ates-tll fully sustained BY tte PeoPle-but rss
20 NOR s'rzg,nt than /. MUST b i 10 10 accomplish
10 oLj.d There is not s clause in il calculated TO
snuoy or affect sUy unless tia, man attempts %
sell Alcoholic Liquors scd man is afraid OF having
bis house searched being put to auy Inconvenience
by il unless be TO ss IntOIieating Drinks Tne
real question ST is- shsil the sale of lntO1ci
4. ing Beverages be prohibited D! Law and, after
doleing behind vario1. nske-shifrs TIE TtMes admits
this at last Let Us consider ia apology for rsspsGRs
RumseliiDg. Here it ia
aAsw forbi5dng the sale # ale beer wine, cider aai
oter licuorz declaring il criminal, and p1n-shing by
lesyy penalties a; the very best severe enactment
md there ado Away Nl4t LlIrGeIc-
Iutlc opinion TO it, justice and propIe;y The friends
81 such asv sppea to the gigantic evils Of incompetence
IN proof Of ts necessiys very large and respectable
eass in tie community urge, ID reply, that the remedy
roJod goes far beyond tie evil tina; tie law proposes
to convert ar in itself innocent into cr because IL
nv psLv lead 10 evil resuis-sDd iha AZ such law
II Is raUre unjust and at with sober sense
Tie evil 20 be cured i iIemperance the men ~ be Pul
ished are tlose who make Diners GrEns and involve them
ard tLeiT families and society at large IN suffering and in
crime srd the Law ought not to ccufound these men with
oilers guilty Of act Involving such results TRe MAJ
sho deal. oui confirmed drunkard poisoned brandy
which Loes him 10 murder bis wife sayagely best MS
children IL morally guilty Of crime the who sells
case OF beer 10 thirsty labOrer bOitl. Of wine for
geIils mans dinner is not guilty OF crime aad any
law which puts the acts the same footing and pre-
scbes for both the penalty. viii not commend itself
10 the good Of the nGny, ind IL stfensth
snd support in the public conviction Of rs justice ana pro
preiy j j. not enough to say that beer and vine DO no
one sDy rood and thar wrong is therefore done By for
bidding heir sale. The fact may be so but it does not
make their sale cTt H. IL any Just view o: the
case, tut it on level with the other Ofen;e.
TO al which we briefly reply:
Aa act is NOT innocent ,ciiL naturally tends 10 pro
duee erH resrs Itwould he wrong for the Editor of
Tie Times to fire pistol bullet at radon out Of bis
window into the street even though nobody should
happen to be bit by it II is the special effect but
the general scope aud tendency Of act that deter
mines its innocence or cgipsblity our lava against
storing gunpowder in cities aud many like them a.
test. Now tie natural tendency Of selling Alcohol
ss beverage is TO make druAksrds Lot OF al who
drink but Of considerable share Of them No iutel
ligtnt nan can cell Liquor without Knowing that
someloiy will probably become drunkard ia conse
Guence OF bis business either directly or through the
coun-ensrce lent by his crcunspectiOn and respects
bility to more reckless lrog dispensers. IT, then it
true Gas il is net that all the evil OF druk1g
cotsists in IL danger Of becoming dru1kird, we
msiDtsin that rWOuld stil be wrong 10 sell Liquor as
tie natural tendency Of selling TO moderate drinkers
10 make some Of them drunkards II il be wrong TO
sell POISONED brandy 10 4" confirmed drunkard we
hold il equally oulpable to sell sober man what Will
make bin a confirmed drunkard and madlened
lover Of poisoned braDdJ-nsy, this is the greater
evil OF the two, therefore the greater wrong. The
eats of beer and the bottle Of wine are the frs
steps which have led many &" Aoorer' ami "gentle-
"nau" down to tie confirmed drunkards'
"poifoued brandy aGd made him crazy devo:ee of
that which IN his lucid moments he knows is destroy
ing BIN. but which be has no longer moral power to
avoid. II " Lead US rot INFO temptation be ct re-
quest Why s be who holds out the first tempting
glass as cuPable as he who supplies the sixth or
terrhi
Our gTound-7hs inns well koows-iI not merely
that Beer and Wine do no one any good" but that,
Gin so far they Alcohcic,) they essentially
tud necessarily FeisOns, which no human being in
health nnOceptl safely imbibe in any quantity.
lie who swallows any Alcoholic Liquor swallows
poison and he who sells such Liquor sells poson-an
article rot bUrtful merely when taken in excess. but
bur'7 il taken at all If The Times denies this, then
the difference between is OF fact if il admits
it, then it mus know that all its tslk about the labor
ers beer and the genfemans wine is wide of the
in hand. 1t is morally wrong 10 sell men nOxiol.
stimularts to be used BY them ordinary beverages
ard certainly the less wrong ii the buyers do not
know they poi.OIs. Aud if have hitherto sold
these Alcoholic pOsons gnOranrly therefore innocenty
it is high tine they were spprsed of the truth ani
brought to act upon their knowledge. And if it
possible for them TO shut their eyes and and
selling in willfnl ignorance, it is nevertheless not
possible for u.s. who know the truth to go licensing
end couniensneing their vlairous traffic. We must
act according TO the light vouchsaed US though ever
70 many prefer to walk in darkness. " To the law and
The testimony
RIDING IN STATE.