The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-28

ADDRESS or rHE ExxcUrivs coxNrrM or sxn
NEW YORK STATE TEMPERANCE soCIRrv.
Tho reoc0t passage Of the License Law has devuiSsA
upou the temperance mca Of this S,alo new duss v.s
at Of determining hal shall be their VI aoasn n
reference 70 Shall they aid In Ia coforccmcm, -,
shall they leave uai ~ duty, W be performed by oksrA
10 regard 70 this question be committee feel Lhal thsv
ouy decide oS theunseves and thai all they 80
reuas 10 the course 70 DO pursued by others shoah -
merely avLory. They NEEDLE with mans oonsotass:
they dictate mans course OF action. They simply
their own ooocasions and The consderAtoos by wtsh
- entirely clear thai The Law itself was pot sot up -
vocsied nor pssecd by temperance mon. They were e
opposed 10 H. They had planted themselves prohaS-
uoU. They had reached that point In the history q -
Temperance movement and In realizing they bad pAnuA
through all the principles involved In the license sye
and bad gone beyond them They could resurn ~
they fet thst Tho moment great moral principle ~
back OF even falers, until Il has reached ~ hghes 30
sble point q attainment, is energy gone, Va foroc
pended and u ultimate defeat rendered certain. 10 -
tke gcnessioos and even centuries 10 reach thai ps
but ia progress must be ever onward. An army MAP ~
defeated and Destroyed and lts place supplied ~ anow
thai may triumph; but q moral p~incipe rely 49,
il Internal forces slooe whom they f4l 70 p1h e
ward, all IL resources are exhausted, and cAs 70
further
But thai which ,hey opposed has become lav-use 10
Of this Ssie Docs thai charge their duiyf Has snknn
anything fom the principle q prohs'oo thai should rss
dee them less loyal 70 w the Legislature should preSs0
they pas 4; sbcud we srrsore se undor o,ls.ssoss =
purchase and own lottery uoketss Tue passage =
lay impcser no Other NORA obligation upon hose shs
subject 10 Than hal which involved In the cbscevnD
CIT We do MOI counsci ~ violation We IeAve 49,
Just ~ they were wheo entered our solcnn prs10
But this law Is suinseo, and even partially proaibxnV
10 W prcvtons True-And that u the gliding thaS -
cured I. ps."Ase-nosc tAAn taai s the .eoptns -
would BE- mAxshsed In W. support, and atss theT -
ersvesy done s.ule usde~ " saasevs, and eascs.H
drvee nom the Did Ill The htie uniioeased frog scAws
70 be found In The State large venders coud thca -
10Y unuoscsted their gains made according lac. -
larger orsnsss dealers b. is 70 :. sso.saasIy ,a.r
ing oooteA with each othes In which law and mcaAg
embsrked on one sde poverty and sppesse On the cw.
hut suppose the Law ssr,osiy obse<vcd vouh sos -
sum total Of human nisery be diminishsdf ThAs By -
neoessariiy fctlows. f hundred small ares -
ex,nsshed and ten largo oncs supply their place. -
same amount Of heal may stu be given cut We ha~S
.sen The same quantity q water pass In . rvc~ -
through narrow mountain gorge ~ be<veeo tbs h@en
vide river. Death IL the ooly avenue uae grASSS
and yet al weo PAS through H.
Hut this u pos tho problem 81 . month OF ycas. =
must draw largely upon The future for ~ solution InR
perance s q practical preacher, and has yct mAny
moas 70 give us Nh o. .sno.s az .,ss1sv nv -
OF whether tho dccdsaies are =. oocs ,., no..'a,
from every CITY and hamlet and human hsessaiacs, =
shall render prohibition an absolute eeoe~Vi WV
we mssi 20 down, Is u no. better V
TSsn ~n~sasr ysescssesI o. sAe rccAf
p,s sere n ssfic danees a remaining uneeores
,erc are ,hse With whom self interest win be prow
dy The s. ycrSe,s s Ts Z r, ns R,'S Sss.s =
eonpe,uon with those who cell and yes pay hcsanse
C,eariy now human nature V not all benevoleooe, w.
lin ~ rse,crs r. therefore, temperance rcfsss
eh, ,ber bssis 70 clear tho Geld Of their ccnpc~ss~~
hev viii 40 into contest themselves, and having ~
-. III, .,,e viii be very likely 10 succeed.
"a pvcscat other consideration we cannot acfvs1y
enlist IN the enforcement OF This law without adopting -
o.s lsw depufyne ourselves with w. abandoning prv-
lion ami planting ourselves upon the license princSN
suppose uis done, what " our position before fuSs
Iersasurcsf Tue present Isv n very stringent Ca.
FINDER the SMALLER dealers driven from he 80
AZ the next Legislature cry ooDee up for modSAp>-
vcn Of The Aw they desire iargss rcsshct, lc~~w
throatek, mere democ~a1to We 20 IN fo~ p~shsb<skan
Isst, sag the Ary~ vcnde~s, with . ssrdooSs srn ~.
have asasdsaH< bsA Yes haze gsoe In v,h ss q -
nccsse gsAeA Yes 0e sw sises Wa srs uHar vur