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TnE PRoHTBrroRY Law IL NEw YoRk.-The
impression seems to prevail IL some extent
that judicial decisions IN New York have nrac-
'ically annulled the Prohibitory Law, and
that the character Of the objections til 1T. d.
they pertain to its elementary principles. is
likely to influence the progress Of the Prohibit
DRY sentiment, and impair or substantially des-
troy the force and authority Of similar laws
in other States. Among the decisions quot
ed. one Of the latest and most important, is
that Of Judge Brown.
In relation to the general matter, we learn
these facts from the New York Tribune. VIZ:
Though Judge Brown has decided that the
law in its primary principles conflicts with
the Constitution Of that state, Judge Rock
we'll Of the same judicial district. decidedly
dfssents from his decision. AZ do apparently
majority Of the justices Of the district that
three Judges and one cx-Iudge of the Su-
preme Court have pronounced ii constitutions
ii; that 1t i morally certain that majority
both Of the Supreme Court and the Court of
Appeals. regard the net as constitutional ;
that while the law was before the Legislature.
before It's enactment. chancellor Walworth,
one Of the closest lawyers of New York. and
other eminent iurists, scrutnized every line
and pronounced it good: ana that there !, a
decided determination among the PEOPLE that
the law shall be honestly and faithfully en-
forced.
50 that, instead Of the example aud inau-
ence Of \. lork's experience and conclusions
operating against the influence and useful
ness of the law and the progress Of the Pro-
hibitory sentiment, it is very likely to prove
an auxiliary to both.
to The st. Louis papers contain an ad-
dress to the people Of the nited States ~
sued under the direction Of the Lexington
Convention and signed ~ Judge Nanton and
other Missouri notablcs
The main object Of the address is e>dent-
II to justify the action Of the Missouri
marauders in Kansas, by misrepreseutng and
yillifying the Massachusetts emgrants who
settled there under the auspices Of the aid
Society" The address represents that there
are fifty thousand Missouri slaves in the See
ton Immediately bordering Kansas, and that
consequently Missourians have a deep inter-
e<t that Kansas should become a slave State.
The address though mild IN language, j.,
calculated TO stir up a more desperate enthu-
snsm in behalf Of slavery aggression il Kan
sas, than ANYTHING said or done bv the String
fellow gang up to the present time. 1t clos
g With the proposition that the refusal to
admit Kansas as a Slave State. would be re-
garded AZ u virtual dissolution If The Union.
That IS Southern logic and southern poll
6 all the time. ANY attempt on Tie part If
the great majority Of the United States to
resist Southern aeeresson~ and right the
wrong, inflicted upon the North, is character
lied As abolition and treason. and disunion
j. threatened rs the sovereign, immediate
and rightful remedy. and then the north
trnckles to the superior race" IL abjoetly as
their own slaves, and many Of the doughfa-
ees glory in their shame