New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-04

-, ,t;. ,.,en, evil rather than in the hopeless
purrui, q the offspring, whose baine Legion
Or tn use the language OF recent ufnh jury, nave
son M, u,hory 10 e1trpa.e the roots OF this tree
~ ev so sat II shall neither yield bud leaf A0weT,
nor fruit instead OF u-ing inenectoa enofs 70 crusn
"be fruit sfer II has ripened y Here, a. elsewhere,
would not al ounce Of prevention be better than a
Sut vour Deparnent j. not left TO the necessity OF
resoting 10 It's general police authority Tor the power
20 sbst. the evil of which complain. While exist
!, Avs NAV be susceptible of Improvement they
numerous and stringent enough, properly enforced 10
s.cpre the desired end. Besice the metropolitan Pc-
lice act, under which 2G,op complaints nave already
been made by your promptng-soine m "hen may
vet be prosecuted to convlcon-the ''V2 unlicensed
Gender. or either of them may be arrested under the
statute Of 1851 for the RisfemedH0T 0f Hg on SHH-
day az on any other day while hcentd dealers come
under the Sunday provisions oi that statute: Ihen,
the Cortoratio Ordinance of loJJ prohibits al Sunday
bouor sales as misdemeanors, punishable by ine or
inprsonmeni and complaints may De- made before any
magistrate Surely there If law enough, and We be-
heve public sentiment so long 9ulrssea Will sustain
ton of the magstracy which may be expected 10 be
cordially rendered il freeing the city from one prnc
nal cause of excessive taxation, paupersm and crime.
But inasrnuch 90 there may be among the thousands
of dram-shop and beer-house keepers-especialy
among the foreigners, who embrace nearly the whole
of the Sunday deaerssome who are still ignorant of
the unlawful nature OF their business, your memorial
ists would suggest the expedency OF printing and clr
cula,ine in ever dram.shop the laws and ordinances
affecting the Sunday liquor traffic: accompanied by
distiHe Eot,ce that, from aud after fIed date me
rhole pouer of the Police Department rW be persist
entity employed IN securing obedience 10 Their r0rsioas
and IN restoring the asceadaHey Of lar and order.
In the Judgment Of your memoraists, course is due
TO the dignity and authority Of your own Department
10 the community whose lives land property are IN
trusted 10 your guardianship TO that portion OF the
foreign immigrant population who lack respect for the
laws and institutions which give them shelter 10 the
victims of poverty and crime whose moral natures need
TO be nerved by sacred Sabbath influences against the
temptations of the week to the families whose daily
bre taken from their mouths 10 become money for
the Sunday publican, and poison for husbands and
fathers; to Christian citizens whose quiet is invaded
and whose moral is shocked by the orgies OF the
Sunday dramshop and theatrical saloon and TO moral
ity and religion, which more coeIst with pro-
famed and disspated Sabbath than our free nstu
tions-here and everywhere depending for their pros
perty and perpetuity the popular recognition OF the
principles Of the Decalogue and the lessons Of the New
Testament
II only remains for your menorialsts severaly, and
in behalf of all good citizens, to assure your Board OF
their cordial and unwaverng support Of whatever wise
and efficient measures may be adopted for the sup
preston Of the Sunday liquor business.
+. Pent, Geo. Gnsxold, . ~ an sehalcs,
Benz. L. Swan. Chss H. Msrshan Peter Cooper,
Thomas II. Fsie, X. b. Mintup, w. y. Havcmeyer,
James Brown, John J. Cisco, Moses Taylor,
VIM. II. AspinwaI JaInes Lenox, Wilson @. Hunt,
VIM. Tucker,
And more than 800 other citizens The lie. includes many
the leading merchan,s judges lawyers mechanics and
buffl Of lie