New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-02-19
TO THE FRIENDS or TEMPBRASrr
THROUGHOUT The STATE OF NEE.
YORK,

FuLowIsBoRrRs: That toe Temperance .,,.
prise hss been muoa neglected By ii, profe.s.d i..
in COR State ,cce tue decision Of the Court Of Aps.
mus; &c admitted which, with the decisions Of infer
counts in various sections % the SAFE, have er,r.,
a discoursspg influence rpon the public mina, "a,
placed our cause in 3 comparatively los condition.
That intemperance aDi the crimes and mi,e1es VIZ,
il epg,nders are fesr'ury On the increase IN suo.
every part Of our State, ard that or pres-rt R,r,
lsw eAsrts little, if any, inausrce 10 restraining
diminishing tsese evils are facts too well known !,
require proof or 70 admit OF teuial. Ba. they jex,
neither apathy nor discoltsgsment on our par. :
WHIST shall re do 10 give new impulse to tse Tea.
persnoe cause and to brothers and sons IL,
the sin snd tae suff,rngs caused by drunkenressl
Dor present Excise Lsw mu,t either be esssnt.a,
modified as to secure lie more easy, equal .rl 4
iicent enforcement or il must be rep aesd By ano,s,
simple coucis- snd involving the principle Of PcAi-
b.tiou II the latter, which believe TO be toe dsy q
the Lsgislatare TO the people, great care should }.
taken in framing it to avoid all matters Of doab,fJ
corstitu:iorety and all complex details which tend a
confuse II me aDiDg and enbr.ss is execution. O,,
best wisdom is needed here; for any legislation for u,
purpose Of restricting the traffic 10 intoxcaas beyv.
sges will be surrounded by great practical dHieah.,
But the immense interest for time and eternity ;nvos
in this question of restriction, demands that these SE
cu,ties shall be met, and thsi su good citizens ",
their futucs TO enforce the laws which refer 70 u.
Liquor Traffic. Let il be done dstsrminedy, VA.
~. persstebtly but with q prudent foresight tx
neither ignores their existence on the one hand, n
coucedes too much TO them on the other.
Can We obtain the legislation desired' Yts, II lie,
is any thing Ike unity Of desire among The EisnA
Temperance.
We have Legislature which will list sn respected,
to the prsyers of the people, and give them the rid
which they demand.
We have aa Executive who will heartily concur vi,
the legislature in any constitutional measure for IN
Suppression of irtemperance, panperism and crime
But We must rot perplex the Legislature by dysrepe
ttops, wish TO obtain anything Of practical vla..
II one class of petitioners AK for this and another tx
that, srd third class for neither this nor tss bq.
something widely different from either, the Legsatus
would be justified in rejecting the whole, and saspsn
ing sll action upon the subject until there shoudA
something Ike concurrence Of views and action Amo,
the friends of Temperance.
Let us have that concurrence noe, and think u
shall not fail TO secure the legislation which may
dcs.e. How shall thst concurrence be securedi
Ou the 22d of February instant, meeting Of Tie
New.Yor State Temperance Society will be held 4
Albary to continue throughout thst aud the following
dsy II this meeting shall fairly represent the Ten
persr ce sentiment of the State it shall be large en-
bodyng fair proportion of our abest and wisest msr
# its deliberations shall ultimate in specific recon-
merda.ion TO the Legislature, and that recommends
ton shall bear the impress Of unsnimty, have not
doubt that it will find almost immediate embodimsG
in law, and that mighty impulse will thus be giva
to our enterprise throughout the State.
Now, therefore, in view of the results within cw
reach results intellectually important in themselyss
but to be secured only by strenuous eIertions, eS
esiy invite and urge the friends Of Temperance in every
part Of the State to take immediate measures u b
represented in this meeting Of the State Society. Ten
perance organizations every name are invited 10 si
delegates that full representation otthe TemperGcs
sentiment fthe State may be secured.
All earnest workers in the cause will be welcome.
JOSEPH g. SMITH,
President New.York State Temperance eocietJ
hing,,os, Feb. r. 1859