New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-29
reed the following remarkable letter from or
rev Mayor:
MAYOR OIrIcE. Nrw YORK. jan. a. iS'''

rev Mayor:
MAYOR OITIct. NEw YORK. Jan a. lS'''
Hon u. y CorTNas. Aston House: .-. r.sva
DEAR sR: 10 reply 70 you're OF tue "a ns have
no to1or ~ e.. hat ms ofbcid ebgagsh5u.s .ba
- - -, Tia, have rot had time to re- suS
prolibi,1y, fiT ro1 before The Lsgs ore, :" Ia
sou ak u o. .aioD. oDo, t-siei'e.
jD4e rs1, q - lPo,ber jsqary e. to my option 0,
~ .eic,.. Z The ure.eDI law, Il pfeP7Iy - go
nv ;tsf II properly and IN 'ieh.iy et..,,,oe
~ ia, laws WI do much 70 suppr-S iI.o-.to -
Ibis. vi in IN midst sppea. - me 20 Ter ~ a.
!, ufo, o. E-eslnt laws, than r. n the ch ~
sCfer a. the Laws themselves. J. Is pOfuiN +riI ~
.rte feh,e administrative eb0rcemens Tor 1@'7'',
- 49,. .tetuf.a Ihls mistake hes been PROTECTIVE Oh
eor.aUa' and rover ending legi-atlcn upon 81 s1o
;e,- unit the books fall ofiaEs tnai nons oai
Inc most s.uie and ttudOG5 lawyers N tsI WAX -
and &Aai II lat toe law. 80. ..
% Il ngih The subjs Of the suppression u Ia
teH,fiGpce bid tie proper mode % effect H. 3 your
Letter calls FOR. Gao say however, "Iih rum .-+
tie reform ~ cied ~ rne IN the oD4'n or an u'i-N
ing hiss Dot been by coerciop. L ltu yesisr0sy, no
lie pses Lae been revok cd through my Orde,s-ne az
rests have been nsde-nO penalty or Puni' hmsh. ~
fosd- aud yet out VI nearly 900 iiCeisel tne hu Ne
Der Of places open upon TIE oSo I'll Sl 80 10 ~
Touor. has been reduced fTOr 30 before tie com
me- cement Of my adIniL isiFsiion to .~en'ysA las!
Sunday. very uu9 !OuITvs,v.yno yoOD
lie Mayer here makes two pcicss-l " Inc
" existing lsws, if properly executed Will 90
muuch 10 luppress Intemperance. Hor HE't
We have already about Six Thousand regularly
licen, ed run hoes OF one sort or another IN our
City, and Mayor Wood is daily adding to the num-
her by granting new licenses. These are located
IN almost every stIeet.corner; some Wsrds have
not thrice as many DWELLINGS IS grcg'hoPs' and
Jjuor Of ali kinds aud qualities, from the foam
inc Heidsi,k or choice pale bflndy to The vllest
Jersey lightning or 'all-sOrts Ia dealt on! at
eyery price from s. per bottle 20 Vn to three cents
.er class. In view Of these licensed, legallzed
! dupkard manufactures, in what sense can Mr..
Wood mean that the existing laws will 90 m9cs
to supprefs Intemperance = Might be not as
rea. or.bly pretend shat the txsbng laws Of South
Car Ina or Texas, if properly enforced will do
much to suppress Slavery
g Mr.. Wood asserts ttat "Sbe reform efectel
"by me in TIE Sabbath dram-drnkng hiss not
nbcen by coercion" Whist can the nan mean ?
Does be not know that fear has been the ol'y
impul,e to compliance with bic maniates Why
has he threascued the rum.eeIs with the lOfs Of
soir licenses if they did not shut up on Sundays,
| ifhe has no filth in coercion ?" the man per
fectIy well knows that, had he relied on MDrL
"Suason," be would rever have shut up oAe-
fourth of these six thousand GROCERIES. He has
right to be for or sgaiDst coercion hat rot
10 employ i! TO the utmost, yet disparlge It's use
by others.
With the Liquor on hand the rents to be pad,
the thirty customers ready, and Sunday the best
day in the week for retailing it will prove far
harder task 10 enforce abstiDence from selling on
Sunday than eltirc Prohibition With stringent
Maine Law, there would be few found with
large stocks Of Liquors on hsld, compelled to
sec their customers 90 thirsty while their money
draw er ached fof the charge which those custom
ers would gladly pay Let the Legislature
sdiouru without enactiDg Prohibition, and we
shall have the poIter-heUses vide open on sun
day again. Mayor Wood withstanding: Bat
give US stringent Maine Law, and the liquor
will not be on hand ard there will be no grog-
shops (saye a fe steaitby ones) from which to
dispense it. You VIII find Mr. Mayor that it
is ea,er to 90 the work up entirely than to half
90 it, Without erog-shops, there will be 10
SUNDAY traffic; nth grog-shops, those who want
liquor Oh Snrdby will get il somehow. Better
90 the whole, and have done with it.