New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-26
hood A large number of psises-lite h.ssss, al,

hood. A large number Of pslaee-lite hsssss, s,,s
to be sumptuously furnished am paying the very
highest rents, are devoted to this businssa II,
nsspstes drive the fastest horses and sport tAs
sbowiest turpouts; they are but slightly af,c.sd
BY the azure aspect Of the Stock market and the,
psy good wages to a large retlnue OF servants AID
other smp'oyts. They rent houses Of the City. and
1t is said Of our wealthy church corporations; -
that both ,Justic' and Piety may be said to share
their golden gains They are all 1eyout believers
in the "Las se= fI,e" theory of letting every body
90 What he peases so long as he directly breaks
no ones head. and firstrate customers OF as well
as sympa,bizers with the Liquor Interest. And
well they may be; for thss know that their basA
ness could not live a month without Liquor.
Womsn--weak credulous and simple as she often
is-has an ipstDcs of chastity which sophistry and
perjury do rot suffice to overcome; il takes Liquor
10 cloud her reason, conquer her molesty, aad
drown / or sense of shame. Take sSsy Liquor. and
,here would not be one fallen woman where there
ale pow twenty; while few males, ev-n can DO
drawn for the rst time to the dens Of harlotry ex
cept under the influence of Intoxicating Drink.
The whole business of Prostitution lives moves
"spd has lis being" in Liquor abolish that, and
trade BY which fortunes are made and thousands
live in DdoleDt TO, must 60 by the board Here
j. another sacrifice Of Ten Millions worth Of
Property and Five Millions worth OF annual preft
to result from the triumph of the savage Prohibi-
tiOnists.
III The keepers Of rendezvous for thieves,
blsck eGs, troopers, burners, &c. with the 10
ceiyers of stolen goods all friends Of the Liquor
Traffic and believers in Gov. Seymour's idea u
free and easy Government, that let's every body
do pretty much as he has a mind to. They
don't like medding, inquistive people who arc
always pokiUg their noses into other folks con
Germs They do not sill drink but they al realize
that their business would suffer immensely from
the suppression Of the Liquor Traffic and act as
cOrdiDgly.
". The " Shysters" or 80 Tomb, lawyers" who
live BY squeezing money out persons arrested n
yiolators of Law; those who have large and profit
able contracts for prison labor; the grsvedgsers
in Potter's field and makers of pine collins would
all suffer considerably in their business and in
comes by the enforcement of Prohibition. OF
course they cannot be expected to regard the is
sue with indifference.
But on the other hand
There is no builder cabinet maker, tailor halter.
boot-maher or other citizen who gets his living
BY useful, productive industry, who has not deep
affirmative interest 10 the triumph Of Prohibition
There are at least Ten Thousand barefoot children
in New.York tots day who could have shoes if their
fathers did not spend their time aud money at the
grog.shop, porter house or agcr-beer cellar. Stop
the Liquor Traffic tomorrow, and families would
begin TO buy furniture that are now living on the
sacrifice OF their scanty household stuff, and every
commondable calling would receive healthfal aud
ornament Impulse. Danish Liquor from our City,
and Ten thousand families would take daily
newspaper which now do not, because they cant
afford it," while they spend ten times its cOsteach
week for Tobacco and Intoxicating Drinks. Our
heavy taxes would be sensibly diminished by re-
ductOn of the number of paupers and criminals.
Beggars would olonger swarm our streets; Trade
would revive ard extend in every direction while
Morality Industry and Thrift would everywhere
conduce to Prosperity, Comfort and Wealth. Such
are the legitimate results Of the complete triumph
of Prohibition.
JOHN VAN BCRES.