New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-02-17

act Of Maine, but some Oh tnem tufp4eslnx IL III
.tripsepcy and efeesvtpess In NEw-HANP-
SHIRE, two successive Houses have declared for
Prohibition, but be Senate of that State 10 -
elected ~ to BE- -sua,ly the nerest tool Of the
central oligarchy, and has thrown out the bill
TAis year, If we DO not misfesd the sgus OF the
times, the case will be brsvely altered NEW
YORK has paired bill throush bosa branches OF
her Legislature. be; the then Governor vetoed IL
and the people in turn vetoed him NE" JER-
sEY, after repeated trials. has at length earned
,imila Ar bill through the more popular branch OF
Ter Lesi,lssure-its fate in the upper House re-
m.jr, 70 be decided. PENNSYLVANIA barely
failed to pas 81 at of Ike import and on sppesi
to tie people, small majority wss cast against
it-o.st BY the farmers Of the lsn intelligent
counties who feared that their market for Hops,
Barley. Rye, &c, would be destroyed by Prohi-
bstion. DELAWARE 10 UNDERWOOD 10 have last
fall chosen Legislature favorable to the prin-i-
pie. In MARYLAND, Baltimore City chose fall
Prohibition ticket st the last LesisapSe
election. and bill fashioned upon the
Maine Law WA with difficulty defeated lsst
winter. VIRGINIA and the Southern States are
ss.ated by the pre- monition, Of Anti Liquor lave,
and sets considerably restricting the trafhc have
been carried in MISSISSIPPI and Texas. OHIO
though Ter Corn. her Grspes. her small grains,
are largely and probably absorbed in tie manu-
fc,ure Of Whisky, Wine AID Lager Beer. has ye.
passed en- act forbidoing the sale Of Distilled
LIQUORS IS 8 beverage, ana is beginning TO enforce
il, III der the impetu. Of q decision Of her So
p-ene Court Affirming It's constitutioDalisy.
Iowa may be confidently expected to do better
than ,hi. under the impulse Of her Republican
victory sbd her Temperance Governor ORE
Con for some years upheld feeble ProhioIio.
" Law, bat TIE iofux Of immigration and the
ibieres. o. party Democracy E; length broke it
down. In MINNESOTA 8 ProhIbisory &C; WAS
passed and went into operation but [. 5. Ter
rito,isi Judge broke il down resting his decision
on the fact tia, it (the sc. not his nulifcstiOu
of il hsd been submitted to and approved BY the
People In TENNESSEE and KENTUCKY, the
initial skirmish on TIE question Of Prohibition
took plsce st their lsst Legislative elections re-
spectiyely. when Shelby Co, Tenn. ,ineludlng
Memphis, elected 81 entire Prohibition ticket
proving tia; such ticket, properly pls,ei II the
field. can succeed MyHhere. In Washington
City, the question ef Prohibition or No Prohlei-
ton WAS las, year submitted to the People, who
decided scans, the Liquor Traffic BY lsrge ms
joIiy.
We bsve condensed ,hese f.,'s inio = sing
article in the hope tbs, they might tend 70 dis
arm the futile yet uisckievous resistance offered
in our Legislature to the passage Of stringent SC.
of Prohibition VIA. good can be even hoped for
from this course Prohibition is moral certainty
in every Free and many Slave States; il Is s. all
events to be tried. and via; GOOD can result from
staring il OF for year or iwoi To weaken and
render imperative tie set frs. passed serves 10
purpose; fer tie Legislatures OF Maine. M.sss-
ehusetss, and Michigan are this winter deyotiog
themselves 10 tie Strengthening and guarding
Of their respective laws Of Prohibition. 30
IS 10 render evasiops psrilous and u
profitable. Then why Tot. gentlemen Of
the contrary part iniss;e the good sense Of
Capt. Scots coon snd come eoEn st once
Let us have laws that XII stop tie irate-stsp
i, ileroushly sra eonclusiyely-scd thea II tie
People love Quie, sn 1 Plenty too little or LiqaOr
too much 10 uphold them ttey will empower
you 60 slse; iheir repeal Ce-isisly, Alcoholic
Beverages ard tie License system have hsd 5 fair
trial: Low ls; Prohibition And Total Abstinence
eIjoy ,leir turn II they .reste more niser!
SID ets,itIiios tksa they suppl,nt We viii
speeiily ard kes-tily join you in deereeins AID
feeling :k.ir overthrow.