New-York tribune., 1866-05-01
sINDAY-LACER-LAW.
TIE UOyli SAYS

The Germans are bitterly ncensci against the new tx
css law because Jor5d' , dratiSs yer '. o' & sJndayt &
Generally bardworkng people, sunday Is thsir only 9on
sag and hey cannot see Justice Of closing their gardens
an depving them OF what they deem an innocent
tSe Summer Season not less tan 70 OOD Germans frequent
gardens in and near the city IL Is 9y 70 suppose
that this great people will forego their usui ENJOY
ments at bidding of any commission however re'peoaoe
And again:
THE Teutonio population ne very wrathu at the threat
ened deprivation Of their fyoe beverage on Soneg Many
at their avocaons during the week generally spend TUG zap
bath Of the the outskirts OF the ey ariak IA
ing lager with und der kinder and listening 20 he
music in quiet and inoensve manner This pleasure TO
be taken away from them aud the consequent baa feeling
easily accounted for among these people now tnat mere
fiat gone forth that ne shall be 10 more lager on SANady
You can generally tell whether a measure is right
or wrong, By noting how its adversaries make war
upon it, If they can afford to tell the naked truth
about it, there is fair presumption that 1t Is faulty
or mistaken If they have to misrepreent it in order
to oppose it with effect, you may be sure that 1t is
essentially right.
Day after day has the grogshop press OF our City
assacd the new Excise law debating to our people
"their yictuals and drink"-as seeking to deprive
them of intoxicating drinks There is not word OF
his in the law There will be liquor enough sold IN
our City under the new law; and those who want
and have the wherewthal to buy it, will find it easily
enough If we have only one grogshop to a block
whereOn we now have q dozen, VIC shall stll DC
able to buy all the liquor We want, and quite as
cheaply as now; since the $3.50 paid for license Will
represent several groggcres closed thereby enabling
those who still sell to sell far more than at present
As TO Sunday sales, Tie World is perfectly aware
that they were nerer legal in our Cty-that the new
law makes no essential change with regard to them
What it does is to attempt enforcing what has always
been the law of our State-law which those now so
clamorous for Free Trade in Lager have asked
the Legislature to repeal They have acitly admitted
the Justice and proprety of that law until an attempt
is made to enforce it, when they clamor though it
had been freshly enacted.
But it is utterly false that the Law Iorbds the drink
ing Of Beer, or of any thing else, on Sunday Every
one is and will be at liberty to drink whatsoever he
will Catherngsto drink in public are forbidden,
and sales on Sunday; aud so they always have beeu
There are good many Germans i'll our City who
arc free.thnkers ndels and who of course do not
ike that conception of Sunday which is embodied in
our laws. But these generally aim to be good citi-
Gems; and we urge them to take reasonable view oil
the matter If they were living in Aleppo or Damas-
GUS we are sure they would not undertake to unhaow
the Mahomcdan Sabbath as day special frollc and
rot-of sensual indulgence in public and boi'terous
merriment l. il too much to ask them to pay like re-
spect in New-York to the Christian Sunday Nobody
cares nor is authorized to inquire what they eat or
drink in the privacy of their own (or each others)
homes. If they are reasonable why should not this
satisfy them
If an issue is forced on this point it will be found
that there are a good many Germans, as well as OF
Others who prefer quiet Sabbath such as the law OF
the land contempates. We do not fear such an issue;
but we do not court it. We most earnestly counsel
Germans ard Others TO obey the laws implicitly
making up square, frank ISSUE if they choose, at our
next State Election in favor of their modification or
repeal. We do not believe however, that they can
make anything by such an appeal Let US, at least,
gyo the law as it stands fair trial before the COM
muuty is distracted by clamor for its subverson.