New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-12-08
LETTER FROM Mr.. DELAVAN ON TEN
PERANCE AND PROHIBITION.
To tie Editor Of The N. Y. Tvi1v~A

SIR: As one OF inc Irienus Oh lenperhnot, taenA
you for inserting the call for the Special Meeting Of tho
New-Yoik Temperance Society, to be held at 10
O'Clock, a. M, on the 18th inst, in the Capitol.
thank you for adding the request that every part Of
the State should be fully and ably represented At the
meeting. / regret however, that inadvertently yca
have published misstatement second time, which
corrected over my own signature when you fell int
il before.
You say, off such Temperance apostles as Deiavaa
"and Wilder are to vote against Judges known to
favor Prohibition selecting such as viii condemn and
"subvert it," &c.
did not vote against Judges known to favor Pro-
hbition. have been compelled TO correct this error
before in THg TRIBUNE. The truth lie, as then saids
that old not vote at all. l lost my vote by my re.
mova before the election from Bsllston to Albany.
consulted the then Secretary of Stste General Leaven-
worth and was told could not vote In either place.
Had not been thus deprived of my vote i should
have cast il for Mr.. Wood who had good rea.on 70
suppose believes the Prohibltory law constitutional;
and for Mr.. Mulin, whom Temperance neghbors OF
his own regarded a. safe on the question. Neverthe-
lees IL is not to be denied, that good Temperance mea
thought Mr. Mun not safe, for IT, a. was said In the
Utica Temperance Convention BY his friends, 40
doubted j the Legislature could destroy pure sp,rt:
stoyi MANY thought Mr.. Comstock quite safe, g.
pecaly after his letter to the Liquor Dealers, and IA
obvious tina, Thousands of Temperspce men voted Ter
him.
II ia tue that Mr. Muln was nominated by tho Tenn.
perance Convention at Utcs; but 40 was Mr.. AbUsh
Mann nonir aed by the same Convention for Attorney
General q gentleman whom esteem, ous VINO had no
artcedtnts to recommend him on THE issue who
wrote letter 10 the LiQuor-De which made HIM
safer for them than for the ProhboDsts and who did
rot pretend either in his letter 10 copy of which hayo
in my possessoD in bis conversation with me, to be
ether practical total abstinence man. or to belieyen
The expediency and prsc,ic sby Of the law II would
be bis duty to execute am fee TO- state now. a. l
did at the time of that canvass, that regarded Mr..
Mann as strongly inconsistent nomination for Tenn
peraroe men; and have question that II cast great
a, ubt on the other nominees Of the Utica Convention
of which was not deegatel, and greatly dlminished
ihGvote of Temperance men Tor Messs Woo1 ana
Mulln..
Mr Wilder is out of town, and cannot refer fohim.
But II il my firm beefthst he voted orboth Wood and
Muln. II he did not vote for the latter was because
he like many Others considered him doubtful. Neither
Mr.. Wilder Lor my self would pretend that we favored
TIE election ~ Mersrs. Wood Mullin because they
were Republicans, but as friend, OF Proaiononi nor
could either Of US OF any member o. tne EAec cs
avoid any of tie censure you may think dns or our
having always condemned and repudiated Mr.. Mamie
ar n Temperance nomination.
am glad TO see that your article at the conclusion
recognizes the truth that the friends Of Temperance
and Prohibition not limited to one political party.
This win help to dspel delirium which has greatly
embarrassed the cause in this State tor year or TWO
past Some Of our most faithful and Jealous frisnds
have proceeded with the presumption that Republican.
ism and Temperance were identical; and though Il
may be true, and unique stionsby true that there are
in .nv otber vet there are sellers and drinkers Of in
toxcatDg liquors in all TIE three 81 ne Pcfffcai parties,
and there are abstaners and Prohibonsts In oil three
of these parties. The officers Of the State Temperance
Society, who sgree Temperance and Prohibition.
differ on other public questions, and affiliate with
different political parties; and the true object OF tho
T. importance Reform, l uDderstand-and hope the
approaching State meeting will act upon tins bass--is
IN DyOsiT1is' POLITICAL party. or
TO bu lid up strengthen any one party but 10 mid
epce all parties and all men. There are liquor dealers
and liquor drinkers in the Republican, the Democfsic
81 the American parties the object Of the Temperance
Society will not be accomplished until all the drinkers
are persuaded from drinking, and all the sellers sTe
prohibited from selling.
sentence in your slticle of Wednesday. You say;
What the Court decided one appears fully to UNI
derstand, beyond the conclusion Of majority OF its
members hat liquor already in the State PRIOR to re
posz0ge Of the act # Prohibition eonid no. be eogts,
sealed Under Il. Whether the Court would o. woaid
not have cosdered the act constitutional had ss mat
"St'cn opeS .{n %"r % wba Doe. q'"'' """ wv
The be lief that the Court Of Appeals had decided
that DO prohibitions Of sale could be appned 70 nqaof
already in the State, was anyeIsal "nsh ,ns Jaas.
sinrop6 .i,ions" and the seven opinions by Amasa
mccoy erq editor of The Proh,tf,onia, and Profess
cor If Rhetoric in the Albany Lay School and PuS.
re prohiJitionia has fully convinced me that We
were ali in error and that the Court dad not decide;
but that they decided the very reverse-end that the
sale Of all liquors may be prohibited though the pro-
bib ms may Bot be carried 0pt IN the manner sPsc-
fed in the Probibitory Law, which the Court totally
apnulled.
amsure you would be o. rejoiced as myself IL this
cen be mace apparent For il alters and brgfieos the
whole sspect OF the Of Prohibition in this State,
and proves very much be done to suppress the ts
Ct intoxicating liquor, the Court Of Appeals ana
the deckion low stands.
Very respectfully, your ob,s srt nv,.v.x
EDWARD g. DkLANAn
Albany, Dee. S, 1886.
MANCHESTER, N. H.-The Republicans have o'n-