New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-23
And row to las, weeks Convention:

together. / did not seek an election 20 ~ but, oeng
chosen by separate organizations, and personally
Urged 10 attend by some active Prohibouists went
Those who elected Of course understood my gene
raj views. for they have been repeatedly proclaimed
through these columns They must have known,
though they may not have syupsthized with, my de-
sire that under existing the New Excise
Act should pass, and that, being passed, it should
have fair trial True, consulted no one, whether
Prohibfonist or otherwise as 10 my course in thst
Convention; but no one who regularly reads TIE
TRIBUNE could be in doubt with regard to it.
Having reached Albany early in the morning, |
drew up in the form Of resolves my ideas OF what the
Convention should resolve and had them put in type,
so that one who chose might easily read them. Pro-
ceeding to the Convention took back seat and lis
tened until specially requested by President Deavan
to speak. which did briefly. My resolves having
been printed, submitted a copy to the Business Com
nittee of Nine appointed by the President, who had
already been time in session and had agreed on
. good part Of their programme. returned to the
Convention after dinner, but took back seat, and
said nothing until the Committees report had been
ade read accepted and their first resolve adopted
The next resolve encountered criticism and opposition
which soon widered into general opposition to the
course of policy recommended by the Commttee-that
is to unsparng denuncaton Of and hostility to tde
New Excise Act. and the call Of all hands to struggle
for new act of entire Prohibition to be passed if pos
sble by our ne1t Legislature. listened until not less
than four and think, five or Fix, substantial MEM
hers Of the Convention had avowed convictions which
were essentially my own. Up TO this time had
not intended to present my resolves, since they had
been rejected by the Committee but to sit silent till
the Convention should adjourn. The substantial coin
cidence thus developed Of views between myself and
several others-with none of whom had exchanged
vord-a length induced me to read my resolves 10 the
Convention and to offer them substitutes for some
Of tho.e Of the Business Committee They were YER
batim as follows:
Realized That wenae,iby maintain the position that the
law of Temperance is Total Abstinence from al ta may
Of ths Tfsifc u intoIe.,ins Drinks.
conscnces Of our fellow citizens; in the confident hop. that
P,oped fha, we are tn, refcre impeed dcsim be-
half OF the aud Pohbonists Of State
the Excise Act passed by late Legislature az either devised
men etI ave. sss snv sttenpt 70 hold them in any
pon,be for it, incon'sencies It's execution OF IT'S
l. Be,red That regard the said Act the latest, aud
probably the best effort yet made TO moderate regulate sad
snd therefore result in failure and discontinue
E,S Is' S.' w U, hSeS hs snd pS
many wholesome FEATURES and provisions ch as MS tedo
dpSr re and Of the dpen.ation Of liquor. DOLL, Of
elections calculate If faithfully enforced t. nitS4e
the evils inevitably flowing from the sale ana use oil Acon'o
Ftr,d That if this Act be regard fnaty then
rerudate aud proes; against but II means Of popular
education preparation for nore thorough ana consistent
repression Of the Liquor Traffic then we rejoice over H. ana
trust be executed that lis merits and defects may be
Rs.red That we hold ourselves with all good citizens
o1sy legally bound obey every duly enacted which
does not eopaNepe the imperative mandates Of Conscience
its restrictive and represye features shall b. cheeruy and
everywhere to renew aud redoube their for the d
Of ht and knowledge with regard to the Istare uses aud
effects Of Intoxicating Drinks regarding me present
Excise Act at best truce and not peace and recon.ns
must origin and support in the rpeued understanding
and instructed judgment Of the People
An excited debate was the consequence, ard it was
| protraoted through most Of two days. An attempt
was made to send my resolves to the Business Commit
tee-that is to strangle them-but it failed by very
! decided vote. On the next important vote taken,
those who agreed with me were left in minority OF
| one vote (25 to pa. II very difficult to get my
proposition into ORDER all manner of objections being
raised, and the President ruling hard against me
though, Of course, intending to be impartial. l am
confident those agreeing with me did not engross one
third of the time; yet though we were ready and anx
ious to vote at almost any time. we were unable to
obtain decisive vote till the close of the second
day. though the sitting opened at O'Clock th 1t
morning. Once and again we urged that the
members were leaving with the trains, and that to
proract the discussion further to deprive them Of
any voice in the matter: but still the food of debate
poured on though every argument had long been ex-
baused. Finally, just before p. M. of the second
day, when number had left and others were leaving
| those who held with fairly worried into ac-
| cepting compromise suggested by Gen CARY Of
IL. ta.xl tt.a
| difference between the two parties. II l had it at
hand would here insert it, but It does not matter
With this three of my resolves and five or Fix of the
Business Committees were adopted - those OF the
latter Which bad been objected to being dropped.
Hereupon J. with several Others, left and struck for
the southern cars (which we barely caught, being
anxious to return that night and confess to atte sur
prize at learning by telegraph my arrival here, that,
in glazing violation of the so called compromise, Mr..
Sebbins had moved and carried ultra resolve for
an immediate organization and struggle for absolute
Prohibition during the few moments that the remains
of the Convention was in session after the train left
presume this will be regarded biadng by all those
who voted for it.
word row on Politics and Politicians. The latter
seemed in particularly bad odor with Mr. Delayans
especial friends in the Convention. Among these,
recognized several who have tried to be politicians
with Indifferent success, and who did not
cied to the Bullets of fortune Surprising this to be but
natural canxot perceive any good reason for their
exhibition of spleen toward me. What have done to
prev these gentlemen getting into the Legislature
to rgress, wherever else tLey aspired to gol
an utterly unconscious of having obtructed their al
vancement in any way Tt IRE. for example, was the
Rev. c. W. Dennison, whom l have known an
ultra Abohtionist, then n Union saver Native,
TaYlnr man q Webster man but voting fog Pierce.