New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-05-26
THE CITY TEMPERANCE ALLIANCE

tendance was large and highy respectable Mr.J,,
o. BEssErr was called 10 the CHR. and Nc,
wARRKs was appointed Secretary. After a prsy,,
by the Rev Dr. SnirH, a number of Wee Pres;d.,,,
were nominated.
The President said the New York City Tenn.
ance Alliance, feeling the importance Of dom,
something for Temperance, invited this meeting. r.,
Alliance was grateful for the number present b.,
would have been more highly gratihed with lsrr,,
attendance. The Alliance had had to contend VIII
great obstacles during the past year; but they fell a.
sured that success would attend their efforts TO deo
the enemy of intemperance.
The Rev. C. j. WARREN, Secretary, briefly sst.S
the condition of the Temperance Alliance. They had
sent to the County Judges throughout the State ureeu
requests appoint sound men to the position Of Con-
mssioners of Excise. To the Commissioners they had
sent advising them that they not obliged to grsa,
any licenses that they were at liberty 10 exercise
such discretion in granting licenses as announced a.
most to prohibitions and that it was their duty to with
hold licenses wherever they could consistently DO o.
He then presented the following resolutions:
Reolred That however Opposed the licensing Of nca
sell intoxicating drinks IL the duty Of the friends Of np
and good order to endeAvOr to enforce al the pO
RersS That the Excise Commissioners ought no, tod.m..i
.el liquor to be drank in the house of,he vendor.
Rered That under the present law and he decon,ots
rxh to withhold all licenses for the sale OF intoxicating ds
and ia their duty 10 DO unless they are COW need that A
the ,s Z, for tsSee "a s ave-, "
Rssored That person who has heretofore kept disr3y
bling or who h.. iep, ii. place open ~ the sale q sucs
Sunday have that good moral character which tar lac
license any who viii not declare oath that he has Mt
hasSy TS.. 4, The 1, raw Of on ss g01 nv the
Commissioners for the witness who to subscribe TO the
:.d peon AZ the law requires and that the
be- respectfully requested TO change that adav that the
bis knowledge that he knows all the petitioners ard knows
and that each Of them write his name to said petition
Rsed That is the duty of all good citizens to keep Aef
prompt and energetic TO have all such violation
law reported the proper ~ 70 taSss 9.hsl ss'
Ps,oIre5 That the Act suppress intsmpersnoe- h.
passed April is 1857 is now the the land and viii
obligatory on all the people ~ shall be rePeaea o' oe o.
clsed null and void y The Court OF Appeals. and @ ssy
Coucr Jury convict under this law on the ground Ok M
& 10 his law than the appeal Of convicted mv
derer for trial would justify all other hosnedes TIL hs
case Is decided by the Court Of last resort
WV. f. DODGE, esq., was next introduced and
spoke to the resolutions. He said had been his priv.
ege to battle in this cause with the friends of temper
ance throughout the State. Many of the old friends
had felt it their duty to range themselves against this
law, holding that prohibition was the only remedyf r
the evil The speaker sympathized IN this feelngto
some extent but he hoped that he and all presentwe
oysl citizens, ready to extract whatever was good
from the law and to shun whatever Of evil might
contain. There was enough fprohbtonin the presscl
law to induce him to carry out its decidedly prohofoy
features Who had not been shocked on the sabbath,
on their way to the temple of the Most Holy by the
traffic in Intoxicating liquor on the Sabbath This
law did away with that and he felt it 10 be his duty
TO support il wholly and earnestly, until the Legnla-
ture gave the people something better Ths was the
best license law passed in this State. prohfb'
tied the sale of liquors on Sunday and election dsys
il gave the drunkards wife the right to prohibit the
rumseer from further debauehing her husband under
fear OF fine and imprisonment II was the interest OF
every Temperance to support this law, and the u.
quor sellers would be brought to their senses. IL
the fashion of late to repudiate laws but tor hs
past 100 yssrs there had been license laws and nobody
dreamed OF repudating them. II temperance men
took hold of this il would also be respected Cheen.
W. Ii. ARMSTRONG of the Sons of Temperance,
then made brief address. He had faith in the i'm
PROBABILITY Of the species. aud quoted Bayard Tay.
lors letters from Lapand to show that the Films had
lately improved amazingly in temperance, aud he
thought that civilized Americans susceptible Of
far greater Improvement in this regard. These were
times TO try mems sOulsif the law was law, obey;
Wood was law, obey him IApplausel An act Of
the Legislature legally passed, must be presumed to
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authorities.
Mr. HORACE GREELEY next addressed the meeting.
He said Quaker was once called upon to give asub-
scription for church to which he did not belong
He did not believe 10 the faith and did not wish to
give contrary to his belief, but he said Friend, |
" will give thee fifty pounds toward pulling down the
% old church." SO, while this Is the law il was our
duty, as good citizens TO support 1t a. lar a. We
could We may believe that men should not be IL
censed 20 sell liquor but if they to be licensed let
Us see that the provisions of the law honestly com
Piled with Certain journals of the moderate drinking
men in this city decrying this law as stupid i've
make nor pass this law-it was law made and passed
by moderate drnkers-not by temperance men. The
Temperance men were in favor of UNFOLDING law, and
rs their own rrohibtory Law was defeated, they
would now assist in supporting the new License law
The most pernicous influence Of the liquor traffic was
that which enabled grocers and others to sell rumla
places where the women and children were obhgedfo
resort 10 procure the neOessaries OF life. Now groce
could not sell less than five gallons, and tipping on
their premises was abolished. The liquor dealers,
with two hundred thousand dollars in their treasury,
advertised month ago for opinions against this law
they bave not yet been able to get single reputable
lawyer to hazard an opinion against lie constitution
atty So far this law went II was good to support
it until the people ripe enough to go further and
abolish it altogether. This law would decrease the
30 coo loafers in the State who did nothing but sen
rum. After while we should be able TODD greS
deal MORE Let Us take the law as we find II, make
the best of IT, thoroughly and honestly and IN TIE
course of time we can doubt, do much better Jap
plausel. M c
The next speaker was the Rev. RUFUs w. CLAn
Of BROOKLYN He was a prohibtonist to the utter.
most but IL that law could not be had he would
make this law, like John the Baptist to the
wsv for the other IL this law not made effective
what hope could have Of succeeding S WIN m%e
stringent one He wanted to educae the people Up
80 :. 81 nroL ibitiop This to be done, not through
netting Elm but through the public officers. Eyery
ought before eectiOn-dsy to go through
an anatomical examination, to see II he had back.
p az He then proceeded TO dilate upon the vicious
sets ~ internperance. The churches in this city
ubere NOT enough to accommodate one half the poRu-
Lin vet they were not more than half flied-tbs
marder Of the population or large portion OF then,
We In the dram shops This Law abolished the sa-
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