New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-31


dents are Theodore Frelngbuysen. Chancellor Of New
jersey; John Savage, Es-Chicf justice Of New-York;
! Thomas 5 Williams. Chief Justice Of Connecticut;
four rather emmett gal authorities TO be engaged in
reOieipg the adoption Of unconstitutional iaws;
the vere abe DR. Lyman Bce,her Of Boston; the Rev
DID. Z. Durbin OF Pennsylvania. are also among the
! Nioe-Presidenis; and the Executive Committee,
principally residents u this City notice Arson q.
| Phelps, Wihem f. Dodge. William Curtis Noyos,
John D. Hurlbut Henry A. Chteuien Theodore
McNsmee Thomas Denny, and Of our Clergy. Rishop
James. the Rev. N. William 4. Williams. the Rev.
Dr.. stephen II T,rg, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Dewitt,
snd the Rev Theodore L. Cuyler. Il Is not necessary
10 edd word Of comment.
PROGRESS N OTHER LASDs.
sill deeper and moc poisonous are the fountains OF
iniempcrai &c in Great Britain than IN our country;
wAle n, effects hereu brutalzing the masses,
rurtac nobility, weakening the bone snd sinew OF
the country. and sweeping of once powerful armies,
row IN dict with the hardy sons OF the North-are
mott appsllng. From recent Pa hamenteFy returns.
10 less than sevent, five mlisns sterling actually
expended upon intoxicating drinks-enrehing the
brewers ano dislers, but sucking ont the likelihood OF
the nation. Phanthiopists AID patriots weep over
H. hut Whist can the Government do = IL needs and
must have the excise TO sustain It's armies ane MAIN
tain It's vey existence Two millions steriffg are
paid by two breweries alone. Her wlsest statesmen
see the evil bat while gold is needed they see no
remedy. Tie United kim dom Alliance, the National
Temperance Society and the Scottish Lea are how
ever making powerful impression in favor Of an en-
tire abolition of the liquor traffic. The Alliance,
establishedn Mar chester in 1883 of which the Com
mt;ec gave iul report the last year. has
General Council of several hundred members staff
of able lecturers, weekly organ, and auxIiaries
planted in the principal towns ard cities The Ma
io al Society has continued lis fruitful work IN tracts
aid periodicals. and made noble and successful effort
in ioscun portion Of The Saboaih excepting irom
10 and from to p. NJ from the desecralion OF
n beer shops The Scottish League, established at
Glass CIV, has eXcrtcd n blessed influence over tho
whole kine dom. With 500 uuXlisrles and its 1900
members 200 public lectures, ard an issue during
the wear of ten millions and half pages, II is already
in prosrect If spcedy end full triumph. More of the
ministers of Scotland enrolled IN the cause than OF
England and It's rescue of the entire sabbath Il now
a trophy of Temperance on which the world may well
"a ,e with admiration. The commttals 10 prison have
decreased from CPS in 1881 to 300 in 1855. The india
felt not only the sabbath, but on saturday
and Monday. The consumption OF splnts has fallen
off during the nine months previous 10 February -,
1858, by $50 63j gallons Many dis ingushef gentle
men md nobemen have enlisted in the cause of Tenn
perance ana The North British Reriec, IdFs EdsR-
lurgk Magazine Chdm6crsS Journal, The Leeds
Mereury. ard several other periodicals, have inserted
able articles favorable To the introduction of Maine
Law throug bout her Maiesty's dominlons. Ana
although in Ireland the great effects of Father
Mathew labors have passed away, and there Is sad
resurrection of drinking habits yet there are men
there who stand firm for the cause ana nis name
can never be forgotten. In the North, movements tor
the suppression of dstilaton and the establishment OF
a Maine Law have met with good success. MIR. john
b. Cough is etll continuing wherever he goes, to at
tract great crowds from all classes 10 hear his eloquent
advocacy of the cause. In England, Scotland and
Ireland bis great labD have been highly appreciated
and rewarded As rapidly ascoud have been expected,
and perhaps as 10 to be desired Ii the prohotoy prn-
cipe advancing in Great Britain; and soon rs IL be
n ade clear to the minds of her statesmen that, under
it, America il rising TO be the strong nation OF the
world, and, without II, Great Britain Will sink ana
perish in oahsome corruption, the entire kingdom, ~
Mt pf
be rid of the acohohc curse
New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Canadas arc
sharing largely in the spirit and work of REFORM In
advance of any of States, the Province of New
Brunswick has passed law prohibiting the mporto-
ton of intoxicating liquors into her ports IL received
a ote of 81 to Il in her Assembly, and passed the
other House without debateto go into operation on
the ls of January next. But the opposition have In
yoked against the royal prerogave and the violence
of party politics. yet the traffic il doomed, sooner or
later To an utter determination. In Nova Scotia also.
n ProhibioIy bill passed the Assembly by 90 to 10;
but wos lost IN the Legislative Council In the Cana
dim Parliament the principle from year to year finds
increased support amid violent resistance The people
Of Canada are and more clamorous for the law:
While tie few connected with men high in Church aud
Staie in the parent country believe that their dignity
and authority would be compromised by any conces-
sion.
Distant parts of the world-Liberia, California, Aus
tralG-arc rejoicing in this development Of power
ae arst one of the greatest evils of humanity Liberia
has owed much of her strength to her entire ex
clusion Of the traffic in intoxicating liquor. Without
attracting special notice, che has been from the be-
ginning Maine Law State and none have ques-
toned berconstuiional right to abrdge natural rights
and cut off trade common to the world, though one
which might have there been lucrative beyond all
others AT the Cape Of Good Hope and among the
Zulus, and wherever the Missionary has planted his
feet upon African shores, temperance societies have
existed for good At the British presidences Of BoD-
bay and Madras, in India, slow but steady, progress
is reported The Repository at Bombay and The
South India JOHrHai, and The fouths Journal at
Madras monthly publications., bear testimony to the
ability fathiuness and zeal of devoted friends OF me
cause The license given by Government 10 the toddy
and arrack shops is met With the greatest Indignation
and fear by the native population, and gives nse 10
many combinations for its Geeat. Two able and be-
loved American missionaries IN lndla the Kew Drs.
Scudder and Poor after having struggled lofty years
against nemperance and the powers Of darkness rest
from their abors. New hope wa kindled IN their
breasts az they heard of the Maine Law in America
The entire prohibition of the expectation OF int0ncat-
ing drinks from America 10 heather lands, was long
viewed By them and other heralds of the as es
senfial TO the conversion of the world and as they
contemplated its day not far off, they were glad:
Australia, mad upon her IDOLS, greedy OF gold, and
more greedy and infatuated IN animalism and intem-
perance has received powerful checks in temperance
ORGANIZATIONS at Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide.
The Chief Justice Of the Province 10 one OF the most
deciced and able advocates OF the principle OF entre
urcbbiiion low in the world Temperance il still the
law of the Sandwich Islands; their immense churches
are gathered and established strict abstinence prn-
oipes; but there il drunkenness In the ports and tenn
perance forms less prominent place IN Reports IMAM
IN former periods. As the Islands increase IN oreiYn
population the barriers 10 abstinence and virtue VIII
be broken down. In California the Sons Of Temper
aDce have strongly planted themselves and the pen
that no restriction upon trade or pleasure IN new
country fh0ud be granted is met with hrn resistance
by those who know the importance OF good founda-
ton for the rising STATE Our American Des are ieei
inc more and more the benefit and the power of the
Las, of Gen ZACH sons Administration in 1894, inter