New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-26


b. shed. But they are the tears of crocolies
ieh;erl. Why are the jewellers and merchandise
der The consumma,c scamps knew well
cough that every cent of money spent in iewelry
and costly dress was bought by the nouey
a the ,baId-fsted, honest mechanic and laborer
fCb.ersl. Enforce the Prohibitory Law end
DE ecbanic and Iaborer and their wives viii then
the gold and fiue dresses Our object is that
American, every citizen of this country and every
B~ho chooses to coUe here shall be able 20 dress
nstlf in broa0cloth aud his wife in silks and have
comfortable home with every thing about him he could
reasonably desire Our people have been dOwn-trof.
den long enough. We talk about 1776 and British OPP
preston in the time when the fathers of this CREST ne
ton that they ready 10 lose every drop oi
blood from their hearts rather than Great Britain g oad
continue to Cypress us Loud cheeTsJ' nsK You
yyfat we're the expressions inflicted by George III
compared with the evils inflicted upon us by the hguor
hafiel Let any man draw up the statistics. Why
"a, lot The oTposers of the PrOnibOry Law prepare
sore statstis showing the good results of the liquor
frs1ic and the eevaing effects OF drinking upon
the merchant, lawyer mechanic aud lebOrer 7 You
Won have 10 get your stGiistics from BlIckwePs
said. the 1ombs and the galows aye, aud you
would have to search hell; let be uncovered aud YOU
rs effects in tie waing Of its inhabitants. The
object of the Prohbiiory Law ~ the good of the peO-
pile. Poverty is Ingredient Of the American people.
There something IN the very idea of beggary and want
TINT ia repugnant the heart Of noble-ninded free
man. And that is what want TO do away with.
That Is the object Of the Legislature Ihat II INC o.
ect Of tie Cbief Magistrate OF ns Ciiy chccrsi VINO
Iet me say TO YOU has been looked upon state
as a man worthy 10 be called a man. Although me
name is Wood yet he is not q wo0aen man Cheers ana
lnughterl but just such man as VIII carry OUT TINS
law In carrying out this purpose, yOu only want TO be
inspired by power that knows nothing about cross
g weapons and TO have the hrmncss OF purpose Of an
American heart and defy all the devils IN nell and
tie rumsellers Of Ncw-York to stand up before you
loud cheeIsl Oppression is the alpha and omega OF
lie Internal alphabet of the rum uatic. Then snah
We moi protect Ourselves Let us save the rising
generation if we cannot redeem ell Tue rest nave
tvoltff fhp
powder in certain localities of more than certain
amount laws TO muzzle dogs IN certain seasons, aud
all OF them oniOrcedl and snail we mol nave i5 Ia"
enforced and save The tens Of thousands OF pc0 VINO
ere in danger of being ruined by this terrible calamity!
i know opinions have been given not grautousiy by
some distinguished members OF the bar. And what IS
the amount of theml Why, you wa not DC ahV"eu
TO se domestic liquors. would Ike 70 AK tue Whole
American people whether they would set aside d0mes-
tic LIQUORS and allow tie French the Gernans the En-
ish the Italians, and every other nation 10 SEND their
damnGbe stuff to poison the American Peop's !on
YOU great magnificent No from this whole nation
woud burst The veriest granite IN the Allegheny range
/ will not occupy your time longer OeneVe 'nHl
our cause is the OF GOd-the cause Oi humanity
ISAAC j. OLIVER, the President, then arose, and IN
n manner quite as ungentlemany as 1t was unusual,
desired the Reporters TO rise up and see what kind oil
an audience was present He said the Reporters had
80 often and generally msrepresented the eharGc-
ter OF these meetings that he did not wish them 10
have any excuse for Misrepresentation now. One OF
the Reporters suggested that Mr.. Oliver had better
come to the table aud report the proceedings hnsei
MIR Oliver said that he wanted the truth repored that
he did not want the statement made aat their meetings
were composed entirely of women and children. Mr..
divers sugg eson that the Reporters should rise was
acted upon by four, who Immediately LETT the IaOer-
nnce.
WIN. II. BURLErem was then introduced He said:
Ladies' and gentlemen we are on the verge of new
era and we look forward to the future with hope as we
meet the responsibilities which devolve upon us. 1t
will be to us fraught with unspeakabe blessings or
with mischies great beyond the power of conception
Hitherto we have had the educational influence OF law
gains the cause OF righteousness, IN favor OF initu
ences which degrade and ruin aud blight ana curse our
humanity. The consequence has been that what we
have attempted to do by ethical reasonngs by what
il termed moral suasiou, we have practically undone
through the educational influence OF our statutory en-
aciInents, and thus tie whole series OF temperance ell
forts from its inception down to this hour has been III
lie more than the repetition Of the fable OF Sisyphus;
With many weary step and many s,oen
Up the hish hill he hesves huge round sons
1bundeTs imretuous and smok along the ground
xye have become tired Of this frutess, and more
tfan fruitless toll. We have found after almost III
ii tie paiEs-aking after the use oil oil the influences
which we can bring legitimately to bear upon the
a unkard and the drunkard-maker, after all our ap-
reals to the consicncos TO the affections TO the sym
atbies to the humanites of our teow-men, that the
twenty thousand grogshols OF TINS otae na1o Toen
~
ft,m We have tried this mode these many years,
and when We have inquired with anxiety into
The cause Of failure, when our cause mas
be,n illustrated and defended by the chleeSt
iutcllects of the land, yet find our efforts
comnaratiyev fruitless, aud the answer comes from
every thoughtful and reflective mind-he cause OF your
fs;pTc il in the educational influence OF the law NO
educational influence is more potent IN TINS country
than that of law; it goes where The Influences oi Ihe
pulpit do not reach Men have what may be termed
legal sonsciences, and do not forget ihat the mn
who are engaged in this traffic are engaged IN ous-
ness which we, the people, have pronounced lawful
and over which have thrown the sancuty OF legis,
laton. II s right that liquor cling should
as respectable until we change the laws when nave
haptacd the traffic into respeStabily trust tha'
we shall hereafter have an easier task IMAM mas oeeh
innosed upon us. We have been seeking 10 convince
men that the business in which they were engaged
was wrong when il was declared TO lie righ' py I'ie
constituted authorities OF the land but now the law IS
nrraved ON the side of morality and we have succeed
ed IN bringing il into alliance with absract right
IL is sometimes asked whether we nave Hght 10 pass
81 Probibtory Law. We think we have else We Shond
NO, have peioned our legislative body for PrOmOi-
torv law, and In the second place reply that | can
moi conceive of human government diYesteu oil tniS
right the right 10 protect lis CITIZENS Inc people
have the right of selfprotection lCheersl. would
remind our opponents and do II IN ali kindness, lot
wish this battle 90 be as far as pOSSDle oatIe O'
oninion and not of hard words Cheers, would re-
mind them that the people Of this State and 10y ths
State mean something beyond the limits OF TINS Island
bcyond the precincts OF Manhattan we nave
Wssiern New-York as well as Now-N ORR Cityj
Tho Atlantic hings its thundcr-psam chcerlngy upon
xonr sLoros away out wonder you can hear the per
1etual anthem of Niagara speaking like the voice OF
God lCheers.l The people who hive within the sonhu
81 its solemn thunder will have voice IN that matter
as well as those who reside Wltnm the ilNnts oi you
eo Then that the rcope in earnest IN that matter
Nv svpposc thatthe Courts should adi9deate the