New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-24

States or IN the adjoining British Provinces % that
there would seem TO be something OF property remain
ing in such liquors, Mr.. Wood 70 the contrary not
vithstandipg
}. Such liquors can be sold in original pack ages
der the law private persons 10 any extent by which
| mean for family or private use. Mr.. Wood or any
other gentleman can sy in his wines or ether liquors
as heretofore, and there will be none Ito modest or
make him afraid" II is true be cannot go 10 cor
ner grooery and buy single bottle OF champagne, but
he cen buy fall basket of any importer without in
curing any penalty Whatever, and here we have more
of property for the relief of the learned gentleman.
4. The liquors, whether imported or not can be
sold TO any persons who have qualified themselves for
the business by complying with the reqaistcns Of the
law, and those persons sell to anybody else for
mechanical chemical or medicinal purposes and vine
for sacramental usc Al exclaims the learned gen.
teuan this is rztzinH1i snd therefore you are de-
stroyiDe property Now what the statistics are aud
how he gathered them which he comes TO the con-
cusion that intoxicating qsors used as indicated are
r-istrur we are unfortunately le;t entirely in the
dark. That there is an imdense amount OF alcohol
Consumed fer mechanical medical and shenicsl pur-
poses in this country is certain. Probably several
millions of dollars would more than cover the ex-
pendilures under these heads during single year IN
this CIV alone. Bet Nj. WOOL n7r III Svut Way
found ost hat more of this liquid Gre is poured down
the tbroats Of men, women and children than passes
off into the channel. Of mechanism, medicine aud
chemistry. BE it so. Do you pretend, Mr.. W., that
the validity of law depend. on the mere balance Of
an account II psr ular element is used by set
of men for good ana by smother sc, for evil is the
Legislature TO be resirano inhOitag the latter
because lin point OF consumption they overtake the
aNgallfnt salDri that
evil occupies very large share in this world, but We
do not know that that is \ reason why honest men
should not take up arms against it.
Il is very obvious therefore, that intoxicating
Liquors will remain property notwithstanding this
lsw-,hey wi be the subject Of extensive and
highly important traffic, and Mr.. w. may dismiss all
his npprehensons a. 70 the destruction OF property
as bugbo
But saws Mr. Wood: " 4 manufacturer importer
don't expec. to consume himself or in bis own family
"bis merchandise Or in other words, he expects to
be teeota er or TO get his liquor rom some neigh
bort GROCERY but he wants the privilege Of spread
ing desolaton through society and of involving the
def.pcelees wife and helpless children in all the hor
rors Of The home of drunken husband aud father,
which is too often OF brutality and starvation, and
the moment the Lgis ate interoses its authority TO
shate the evil the cry Of destruction of property lie
raised. and an attempt is made to raise gseat fer
ment and 10 break down the law-naking power by
ella NOR and abuse
! But Mr Woods apprehension about the destruc-
ton Of property is not only general bat specific
He saws: Under these circumstances It question
able whether dealer in the article could afford to
pay the storage for keeping IT, Now we feeely
admit that If the law is carried into full effect las 1t
will be even in this City l. will diminish the traffic.
:. Ill. ,,.tal }, - \
Mr. Wood by Improbable storage merely inteods to
affirm that We cannot under such circumstances have
in full blast all the groggeres exant in this City,
we erce with him fully. God forbid that such
storage should 90 profitable hereafter either here
| or elsewhere, We hope Mr.. Wood will not weep over
this destruction of property anyhow. But perhaps
he means to assert that nobody keep and sell in
toyicatipe liquors in conformity with the law at a
profit but this we deny utterly The truth is, the law
WINS intended 10 diminish and will doubtless diminish
considerably the number of Dealers but those who do
pursue the traffic may 90 with reasonable profits,
though not perhaps with the large gains which have
hitherto attended dealing out Liquid fire. by the gill
! and halfeill. Mr. Wood therefore will take nothing
by the word storage" as introduced into his argu-
ment.
! Having thus disposed of storage we will next
olow Mr. Wood to "superfne broadcoth." " Sup
snose saws he they should pass ac. b. destroy
| all the superfne broadcloth" - But Honorable Sir,
the Legislature have done nothing iogous to ths.
TLeybaye not enacted that all intoxicating liquors"
| shall be destroyed, but only liquors under cirenm
stances particularly shaped, and kept in direct viola
ton Of the law. May not the Legislature enact that
| all "superfne btoadcoth' hereafter brought into
this City contaminated with any deadly infusion shall
be seized and burned aud is the principle Of the
Liquor bill any more than this Mr. Wood may rest
assured that the superiine broadcloth his back
is perfectly SAFE Notwithstanding the precedent estab-
lishec by the Act for the prevention of Drunken
"ness Pauperism and Crime"
| Having disposed IF the "superfne" Mr.. Wood
not napprepriately proceeds TO the graveyard Happy
thought! All the paid advocates OF the alcoholic
! curse should keep the graveyard in fall view.
But ,urpose the und pretenso Of nuisance,
nj, ,e oibeg eround should prohibit ntenn-n within any
miles Of city would JUDICIARY sustain iti Clearly not.
sy wg s. ss l. a: go s.S In ss a
alluded TO the ordnance. sustained because, ahoosh
the pb security supposed case there would
be such mischief existing TO be sl4'ded agaiSs lnsn
arbitrary legislation must yed 70 the pfo'eenon Of property
uucer the flndams nia aw
Mr.. Wood admits that the Legislature has power TO
iphbit intermen,s within the city, but then makes
superstition that is hardly decent He wants 10 know
what be should do with law forbiddng intermens
within fifty miles Of this City. II is sufficient so say
| no such law has been made nor ever will BIO; bat II
the Legislature we're absurd enough to enact ench a
reeu atop Mr. w. would End some difficulty in vet
ting il aside. VIII be say that the validity of such
an enactment depends on meesurement-that II the
distance prescribed s few rods lees the law is valid,
but If few RODS more il il invalid The truth, is all
If fhia aor il utterly worthless III