New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-02-06
no THE FRIENDS OF TEMPERANCE IN
THE STATE or NEW YORK.

FRIEEDs AID FELLo~-CIiIi's' rH'eu VIZ" -
tude to Almighty God for the mighty things wnicn
have been already wrought for Temperance BY the
PRrss, and deeply sohctous that the inllneSs anu
strength Of this agency should be enlisted at the pres
eut era of the reform the Nev-fork State Temperance
Society AZ it, late annual meeting on the 18th OF jan
usry. adopted with Jealous unanimIty the following
resolution
re tbe via. importance confirming 20 employ the powerful
agency the PhLss .ss.tsa s.s % 11 "n,
ne. psper especially urge the end: IN hs and otner
e,se no prompt adoption Of measures By which 70 suPy
t stdSfs saTal3 ~" ''r' - -
The undersigned (who at the same time were ap-
pointed to oficiate az Executive Committee for the
ensuing YEAR partake deeply of the feeling expressed
in the above resolution of the Society and they solicit
for n the attentive consideration Of every welwlsher
Tor Tenperanoe in the State, and especially TO the
words OF the late DR.. Justin Edwardsl "the old, sub
"stautia and long tried friends Of the cause" What
the Committee are profoundly convinced OF themselves
thew would impress deeply upon the minds Of all their
cosborers that much of the old warfare to be
fought over again. The endeavors OF good men 70 re-
claim community from the evils OF intemperance were
found to be inpassaoiy op-tiucted oy the licensed
LIQUOR traffic. Accordingly the united agency of the
worker for Temperance during the past few years has
been directed at the statute book The abolition OF
the license system and the enactment OF the law Of pro-
bbifion is the result Of their joint tolls and struggles
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the movement. AL efforts to repeal will prove abor
tive: majority Of the House OF Assembly and at least
tgentyhree out Of the thirytwo members of the Sen
ate will firmly resist any such attempt. When
tanned by the Court OF Appeals land we are sanguine
that il will be- it will be mighty agency with which
TO abate the evils of ntempernnce and all it, kindred
denominations So far from relaxing any Of our former
efforts however the fact that me TAR OF ne land -
now " a. us should incte H. TO revive all the Old sppi
ances of the cause and to employ anew the whole ma
chinerv Of moral suason, including meetings lectures,
sermons and TIE printed sheet. The vital interests OF
Temperance and even Of Prohibition, call for general
revival othe whole Temperance sentiment othe State
And in saving this must not be understood admit
ting for a moment that the principle and policy of Pro-
bibon is not now approved by majority of the peo-
DIE. On the contrary we stouty MAINTAIN that by any
fair test il will be found that more than twohirds OF
the men Of New-York and more than nineteen-twen-
tiehs of the heartily in favor Of the Prohb
itory Law. But speak officers of Society
whose objects not only to suppress the public tra
fc but to persuade all men and women not only to up
hold Prohibition TO Others, but TO practice total alb
etinence themselves.
Especally would we now, in the spirit Of the above
resolution, urge the circulation, on large and gen.
erous SCALE of Temperance periodicals., and which adj
dress themselves with vgor to the present necessities
of the Reform and the duties Of ts friends II Is
q yery great mistake, and which Temperance men
should at get nd of that they no longer need the
light and stimulus of Temperance papers. On the
contrary there never time when such auxila-
ries were 80 much needed. The great body of the
Press of the State monthly, weekly and daily, are
either Indifferent actively hostile to the Prohibtory
Law and the public mind IL being abused on this sub
ect 10 degree which has been exceeded in the
history Of journalism in free country. There il a
GIVING need of Temperance papers to meet and expose
the nisrepreee nations of the enemies of Prohibition
and to inform and encourage it, friends. Nor is il
enough Though certainly ought TO be very grateful
for all such assstance that portion of the political
Press occasionally favors the movement; experience
teaches that whoever puts party first and Temperance
~ - Oft IN he lied lpeS xNh
vices are most wanted. Too many cherished and i'm
portant interests involved in the Temperance
Reform not to have papers devoted to them spe-
ciaty.
Beside which Notwithstanding all that has been
done there are whole classes of society, not few Of
whom are otherwise well read and intelligent who
have either forgot else never knew the fundamental
principles of the Temperance Reform new genera
ton has grown up who have been indoctrnated
with these wholesome ed important truths. On this
general head il is sufficient TO call attention to the fact
that almost all the arguments which appear against
Prohibition, weigh equally against Total Abstinence
THE PROHIBITIoSIsI.
The Committee adapt their monthly paper-Ihe
Prohibtfionst-to the present juncture, treating Of
such topics and such duties grow out of the current
necessities of the Reform. They feel well assured
that so far il depends upon them, the work Of pub
lie enlightenment can be most enectually accomplished
through that nstrmentaty To give this sheet the
largest attsinable circulation and influence 1t is fur
ns6ed BY the Society at the bare cost of printing and
paper One copy il sentfOr 50 cents, three copies for
81 fifty copies Tor l. and for SIS one hundred copies
are sent to address, and the postage prepaid By
the Society. Every reader Of this will please to con-
slider himself personally solicited either by bis own
order for grstuitous circulation by making up sub
scrip,ion-ss, to supply every family in his neighbor
hood with a copy of The Prohi6niOaist for 1856.
THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF PROHIBITION.
The article which the Society had the good fortune
to call out from Prof. Edward L. Youmans, entitled
"The Scientific Basis of Prohibition" and published
simultaneously in The NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE and The
ProhJitontsf for November 1885, has attracted more
attention and elected more praise than any paper
which has appeared the subject of Temperance for
wears. The accuracy Of its facts and reasoning are
fully ndOsed by the most eminent scientific and pro-
fessiOnal in the United States and il is justly
garded q complete refutatOn Of the arguments of
The Matchmaker Reriew, and such journals as follow
it, example in this country. In compliance with
general desire by the most eminent friends of Temper
throughout the Union, very cheap but we'll
printed edition of this admirable Essay has been
printed by the Society and will be furnished postage
or express charges pr paid by the Society al 81 for
one hundred copies and at the same rate for larger
number.
The admirable series twelve tracts devoted to so
many phases Of the Prohbhory Reform are still
furnished at the rate Of 5O4 tracts for sl-poage pre-
paid. These publications Of the Society are furnished
for the most part at tie bare cost Of publication eav
ing the Office expenses and other outsys of the Society
to be met by voluntary contributions. In this humane
and phiaLttropc spirit, which has marked the Tenn
perauce Reform at every stage solicit our coworh-
ers i'll every county town, city and ward in the State
to exhaust the efficacy of these and all kindred app-
ances and so at once to build up al overwhelming
Prohibition sentiment against the traffic and effect
radical change in the whole drinking uages of e:y.
AL orders for PrOhtbitfOaISfs, Essays aud Tracts 10
be addressed with the money o. Scovlll Publishing
Agent Albany, y. Y" Donations of money f1l the
objects Of the Society solicited to be forwarded to
the Publishing Agent, to the Treasurer OF tic So
ciety. " The Hon Erastus Corning, ALBANY. n Y"
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