New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-17

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.kilfui rtrsr..u NJ 't..a sl'ao'4d IS tie B,a-'s OIL
ttcre. hsr. ss-rre1 OIL drivers --,i. ssf ine q
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~ W. VIII fhs' r"r-'- '.- to l...-L No..
IffrfrT 0ar. fIrI ~ .... l tn l.fF ~
Ecrf str0r thousand r.rf r.rs. men O., yves. ID
..sl. rrl 20 BEN gr lf.lt l..- sl. sfl b.. the -
e. police foT o' fh- s-.-. o'lt ..- proven. .l-
,.u.s gr0Frg up or sr4y g .vrsrr-' aa. .l.-.es.
Afsm la,ue hv l4F, created iais morbid appetite
srd ,sf6 tei "a thfr cusi. .. 'Ae i-nker -uf se
fre rsS1Nd toge boz by "a Corm-n.'y Of io-srests.
The, foo 'r he conT.-.ir1 1. tbs hayrsl- wrong
tes.rs' ftenrtiFss sfd society. and Hei'le- is the
. 81 irc lined +, 81 ia ~ 0snE CO. 9iAtr : Cd au-
fh0rfHfiv.y fa4 ne irfffr 20 ff ID cause fl-a 20
of,nc Lrr you Lsve bob remove tue 90 l.i0n. fJr
auy oferse 10 the future enr brough; into Court a
witness vhose rneu'ry fsic.h not ana whoss -est-
furn1 cannot 20 fnf @acte1 TnuZI Dr. has can-ri %
10 irI. sofed ths . I'm Us % thousan1-. Any law,
however sffir gelt its p-1vi.ol1. that ia * tHs es
uert tie poser q s.a.h. musi no The Preseai tate
7 a. society prove iltih, en-
Arofher objection urged r. tia, Z Prohi5'ory
lev p rtsseC Il canrof be executed. This o1jeetl1s
would con with better grace from those who have
frsff years on honest en- eavOr % PCS Al cnd 20 ms
fu.nous hrd destructive traic. l. b. rather % be
pr'fumsd that those who have thus iaJ lent their
ufUsrce ~ rpho.difg he traffic really believed that
tie Tioposed hi.l should Il become la" could not
ie executed and thht tie present. cqp. they would
join ~. friends and urge i's passage, sad ibus We
siould see the friends sut opp meats Of ths measure
meeting upon conn on ground, though With Opposite
motives y.ing With each other DO zeal Tor me cna
mfnt e such r law.
II .uchs lsw cannot be- enforce il will not be
because he people are not prepared for u. Their
united voice with only nov and then J4Trng note.
coming 10 iitier through the bdlctb0X, fOr two
sucCss-ive legislature leaves 10 rom ior doubt
Nor will il be because tie public good does no. re
quue H. security 10 pers aud property relief rom
orerous ts1ai0n. the purity ~ TIE hii0toO1 the
good order q socilty the Lighes; Interests oi Lu-
usnity. oil demand r..
WY. then caDno. +, be enfo-cedi Wherever the
experiment has b. en- tIid except when through some
ceiect I'D the doioi of tie hll, or ihs manner Oh
fran ng proviion It hss den onsira'ed i's power
to accomplish what no other law ever flamei on the
Mile some effectively drawn provisions have in
some stsrces failed before The Courts, the great
iooss Of prohibition search SEIZURE and des'r1cti)a
# liquor have rot been assaiied by any Com.
Your Committee are not aware that any reputable
lawyer hiss put bimsef upon the records Of any
Court agAint the right and power Of Government, -
On body and apply these ideas % intoxicating liquors
They stand s four corner pillar Of that depar, rent
of jurisprudence known as the internal Police Of
Saies and no Sampson has yet been found strong
enough 70 remove either from ia place
lime will not permit your Committee r. review all
The objections urged against prohibition upon this
tafic. Trey have selected the most prominent and
nost Dlau.5ie ones if the term is applicable 70 any.
Others like "sumptuary lsws "qu tumacflous,
the sacredness of the domicl &c, upon which
the changes have been 50 Of IN rung sre generally
Introduced also and must each contribute 1T part 70
make mp that something called IN lawyers phrase,
where be has a bad case ia hand " a shog of de.
iense.
That the sale of intoxicating liquors as well as all
oiler practices the tendency Of whi3h u 20 en-
CO.. ger the happiness security, beAlth and morals
OF cluzeDs. may and ought 10 be legislaed ageDs',
ard punished 10 the extent that human government
silently prohibit vice, hardly admits of ntel
gent Coult Such has been the united testimony OF
mary of the NJ jurists Said Justice Gcer
one oocasion-sfier quoting the familiar maxim,
" SIius DODuit Suprt Ter 80 AL laws for the re-
@ straint punishment OF crime, for the preser-
walton OF the public peace heslih and morals, are,
from their very nature, OF primary importance and
lie al the foundation Of social existence. They are
fr tie protection Of life and liberty, and necessarily
compel all laws suhe Of secondary importance,
which relate only 10 BroTtrty, o0HreRieHce or hurry
" 10 IectGe when they COM IA contact or collision
Said the Hon. Geo. Sullivan, Of New Hampshire,
occasion: "Ibe right Of the Legislature Of
suy State TO 0lt0w It's citizens n trade IN ardent
spirits may well be questioned. To do so H. in my
view. morally wrong If legislature OF State
perm iis, by law, traffic which produces poverty
" will al its suferirgs wlic1 coTupts the morals
sIc destroys the health and lives OF thousands IN
tie community, they deteat he gre1' and i1p'rta@
- end ior which government was established Do
Said the Hon. Marn DOoie, OF Massachusetts
4" he zeal Of everlasting repiobaton aud adherence
uVon tIis traffic H. SHAT II hes no redeemiDg qu4t
" foaion. IL never las done men any goo1' ana
A" from lie nature Of the case, il never can.
Said the Hon. Mr. Dayis, Of the same S.e'e an the
celebrated casts OF Massachusetts, New Hampshire,
ard Rhode leland. 10 the L Supreme Court. The
trorid las rsised ts voice acanstthe iuiiscrninate
htfic in wines and fpn AMI 4 seems 10 ne that
d" if health, morals, usefulness and responsibility,
are worthy Of public consideration, and merit pro-
lection from an nslcus foe, the legislature would
lie crimiIally guilty IN wholly diTegarding mat
ter Of such obvious importance
The Hon Mr. Burke of New anpshne. on the
same ccc ssou, said: Nearly the who'll civilized
world nov comedies that the traffic IN intoxicating
"nquors is q crime against society II Is dsprOVed OF
"by man, and stands condemned by the great moral
Judge OF the Universe, whose purity cannot c0un-
t.naGce such manifest and cdmi ted |r9nf. II Is
"en nbumsn traffic, moral crime, that grows
blackcr aud more hdcOJs ne more u II contom-
"rl.ted, and tie more Is horn! effects become
visible
said Chie.Jusuce Dsggott. It being admitted
al The Of this article destructive 70 health
reputation. and property, it follows cotclnray
hat tlev who MAKE and sal /. SIN wiki high hand
against God and tie highest Interests OF their fe-
(" low men,
Said the Hon. Mr.. Frelinghuysen: We owe II 70
our history to free Institutions AID above All
" to Him, whose benignsn, providence a. 20 richly
"blessed ns hat ire DhrJy our lars. II men Will
engage in this destructive traffic II they viii soop
20 dfgrQde Their reason, ana resp the wages oi IN
equity let them no longes have the law BOOK io'
"piow nor quiet their conscience by tie opiaie on
Court liceIse.
one hundred wears ago uttered upon this uG ct that
everreIn0rable sentment-fnemo. able from TIE
tine the place and the pcrs7n by whom wts uttered
The rumber Of the disilers SAID he, should DC
no argument in their favor. | never b ard u
law 50 sifst theft was repealed delayed because
Il ewes were numerous II these liquors are 20 de-
hcious that people ere tempted 10 Their own r1tR
set US secure them from the ia al dsaughs b. burst
q" ius the walls that contain them. Let " crush AZ
"oIce these artifs in human slaughter, WHO nave
reconcled their countryuen 70 sickness AID crime,
d" sId have spread over the pitfalls Of debauchery
"fuch bats C6LnOt be resisted.