New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-09

SeVen gear. ago, i0e Legislature OI pi'u'o f"9'o"
az sct prohibiting tie sale Of Intoxicating Be7er-
sees which act remained in force for the next nVe
years. In 1855, political revolution was eiiected'
one result Of which was the sHbs!lt uton OF LII
cense Law for that Of Prohibition. Those VINO
msde this charge were soon after swept out Oh
power by tremen dous rnajority, but their License
Law was lef. in force til the late session, when the
Legislature took the fairest ard best ccurse con-
ceissble They sn.cted Prohibitory LAW, SUB
stantiary Ike that Of 81, but directed that II DC
submitted 70 the People along with the License
Law which if supplsnted, at special election 70 DO
held on Monday, June :. At that election every
legal voter was invited to put in his ballot Tor the
"Licerse Act Of 1856" or "For the Probibtory
"Act &C 1852 as he .hOuld sec ct to prefer the
one or the other-and Whichever should secure a
majority of the Peoples suirsges should be hence
forth the law. So said, 80 done; Only the
"License" men skulksd from the encounter
They profess to believe Prohibition unpopular, IN
effective, odious yet they dared not meet its ad-
vocates in fair contest, and let the majority decide
between them SO the advocates Of Prohibition
walked over the track polling, of course, much
Lighter vote than they would have done could they
have provoked ali effective opposition. AS 1t IL,
the vote is probably ten to one an.!-License.
The advocates Of Prohibition have been steadily
but most urustly accused Of raising this question
for political purposes-of trying to make party
capital ont Of Temperance agitation Now that II
there'wefe no drunkar1s nor drunkard makers there
would be fewer Lecompton or PrO-Slavery Demo.
crsts, we do most undoubtingly believe; but we
have always known that PrOhibitory legislation, as
also agitation therefor injured the party supposed
most favorable thereto. The Prohibitionsss in
other parties generally stick to those parties; while
thousands have been repealed from the Republican
side by their hostility to Prohibition But for this,
nearly sll the German voters not in the Custom
House, or hoping soon TO be there, would nave
voted for Fremont and denounced Lscompton.
Our side inevitably loses votes BY the tendency OF
Prohibition, al d must continue to do so. Hence
we are anxious TO have the question settled and out
of the way while our political adversaries labor to
keep it pending and undec died. We have time and
again urged them, dared them, to take it ont of
ptlitcs by submitting the issue between License
and Prohibition to free and fair vote Of the PeO
pie, at an election to be held specially for thst pur
pore We dare them now to submit to such an ar
bitTation. but they are great deal too cunning to
consent. They krOw we'll that their tenderness for
the Liquor Traffic is about their only remaining hold
OH the sympathies and votes Of the Adopted Citi-
zeus, especially on thoss who are not Roman Cath
o.ics Hence they will keep the Liquor Issue an
open one to the latest possible moment.
We trust, nevertheless, that tie People OF this
and of ether S's.es will ere long be called to vote
directly on The question of License or Prohibition
Let each side make mp such m act as emsodies its
views of what the IAN should be- with respect to
and let the People decide between
them by direct vote Let TIE act thus Endorsed
by POI ulsr majority bc hepeeforth obligatory, say
for three years; at tie end of which. let the Peo-
pie be called again to indicate authorit .tvely their
pr reference between the two systems-she Will OF
majority to be- conclusive for further term of three
years-and so Oh. Thus nay the Liquor question
be taken wholly out of politics and decided by the
People ON its own intrinsic merits. Why not!