New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-10-30
THE EXCISE LAW.
MASS MEETING AT COOPER INSTITUTE.
spREcuEs NY HORACE GREELEY, THE REV. DR.
HALL, AND OTHERS. a.o

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pstitute, promptly at tho appointed hOu u o'clock was
Arranged with as respectable and intelligent multitude
As ever assembled within is walls the purpose OF tne
ant Excise Law and In measure to counteract the
Influences at work sor its abolition AZ ieas S"C p pr
most prominent ctsens, including ceTgymen' %erG ~
Roe platform The meeting Was seG - Toy Who said
We assembled as tho friends OF coca oroet 10 o
& Se nSs 10 preserve tho Sabbath
crate observance That day had It's origin VIII ton
6atIons Of the world when the and moon ana srs
shone forth In the new formed ana wa;
eOnnue TO sbne ApFausoA ID has ever peeh h of
w the pure and tie great sSe SSa pt the Pilgrim Fathers
sprung upon the surfbeaten rocks OF %
S,eset G1Snt + Asi Stea pis &c Father country
and lincoln, applsnse s sayaf nstS s Tinted States
10 abstain on that day from al Nv
ss h,,ascH INT also y those state and municipal laws
That are 10 be found In the satute ooohs n,, desc
W. s an unusual amount OF dissipation and crime
and the Legislature Of 1856 Az tls pun ,,R o1bsnse
1Rie lasted several secondsland the Legsletnfe o.
SsS6 at the earnest solicitation % e Excise law conf
0pft s e on to the Police COpmssopers and
n~der t aGs aarscnG Of a'tG the Sabbath crime
has oU SssS nelson's to Of this U cS to &c
rested on single Sabbath runkeness On the last
sIh Ss Ses Ssse thousand y sSS
shops ba &c been closed mp ana Two iDOS anu the
"A drsu thousand
esSny 20 ooi Of the traffic Appanse It has been said
sSss w What sSi. sSs y cS last US from
sSye sguysg Rs CsS .RRsusff rS opS that
3 sss 81 Xxx safe and EgTs xE PSt
would have been the result during the b9s Tpen
years this city We are assembled 3nsut IN ON ers
. redeem he city e1d to nR RIO O0 S Down The
Saer Of veSnSins dat when the guide said 70 him y0g
nave nothing Ike this America, he replied no, U
S SIa aVps ass e1n &h Rp G God
@S "a rs i sFf# rEs Hb YHs S 'pIaa.
And we are here tonight to =, can G, upon d tns
patriotic people tarCusaoat me Our sU oSpopen ns
SoSpan that this law is interfering 10 matters Of reh
We are here to ask bee s sSP Seaefs ard %
shops tins city &c Sabbath day APP ISSns s%SS
Soreds ana tongues you are welcome to our shoFes
come we sat r Su a % STee thugs to
15ch we have been accustomed, which we do not pro
snQqS sSS shy sTs cSnea Se by nop
ting the Hon. Judge woodruff TO preside which was up
pi0'eu rHE HON JUDGE wooDRUFF
ssa 5nas Of the sabbath to save from desecr
son and 10 secure citizens Its enoym Nnou
pd s %ho s e hSp the
guide them in their Efforts and 10 invoke LIS oie's
N pr VII t. Harris then offered impressive prayer
after which the following resolutions were reau anu
WsS. The Or the Metropolitan EIe ss o. Isto
Sanes. prohibits Ss liquor bsI tame sSDy be, sSa;sd
DE violent and Inscriptions opposition " those "OO O'''
TIE 1t. u. p Is. s' s ssssf 1:
III Other Sunday Avs tbsEors We ss,so, o bd ass
sSI.s,s. =: IoSssss seton =. ,.,.r n,
sSsSsy law. Of this AND Other States perfect, eOn.'n, n vel
g: S.'C s, 2d .' ssa.y
:ST ss I . s MS so time q CptsOs suuda justified
tsS ever lover OsSS o y seapsrsa BY H
aiSs DE paS6s arrest. .ss9 Ses1h By s1Ss
: :,: ssi s'SSl i'P Police P!i .
Ss.Sss Ss immigrant ySyS mon sSISi.
eg and 30 overthrow our i'm oneIee session. ss
ss s Gss S: .a: :'1stE s, "a
.A ssS 70 sIs S.s as6sSs Der:
SsSSf sSie a,is ssSnSI 5. sssd
s scss IT,! . s 81 Ss &: IsisS
& s b ;1%':ss fI; 81 !; GSS
HORACE eREBLEY's sPEECH.
Mr.. GREELEY, after the applause which greeted him
desire to do upon this occasion e. state briefly and
Ss Ss s nS SsS
Sunday laws and their ?Pponents because the gTavsst
brought before The public By siase msOIy of the jour
balls Of THE city and also presented IN the speeches that
% prejudice honest minds with reference to those CUES
sVeH eas %Sa really Now let me
Then Tefute point by point few the false assertions
a Ss poa S sas X Sas q sd
and presented by Committee Of gentlemen IN this city
sss ought = BE- Tssy had n
Influence politics at all No was asked 70 vote Tor
0ure that party, because. In the judgment Of de-
1berate grave WISE and worthy citizens ~ waid largely
contribute to promote the hsppiness and diminish the
misery Of the people lCheers On these grounds aud
PUf sUn thereon sOG ud because the
yiccns Of that LEGISLATURE that tins measure would
bristy aud virtue and dimnish esimetor that reason
pause Then the next place the act made no change
In the of the etateno change 70 any considerable
degree What the act did was 90 make that practical
law enforced law, which had been for many years
dened, subYeTted, oOndem1ed and rcorned law There
Oever day within the hietlmeOf any person pres
ent when il was lawful in this city TO sell upon
Sunday and make u day o. dissipation and revery hs
has been made In thousands OF places here Every s9ch
and the business was carried on IN accordance
via, no law Of this state, When Fernando 1sas.
jealous In enforcing tie law. He said he would en-
force the law and make them shut up their gog on
said, here 70 enforce the law which was the Old
revised statutes OF the ssteOf Hew-YOrk That f. the
cay since this is the law Of the State 1t must be here
Obeyed That Is what's dope Give the city govern
ment OF that Government ana enforce sueh laws as that
chooses TO enterce and leave others alone
our opponents want DO believe they imagine,
they could subvert the metropolitan Police and its
friends that they could induce the Legislature Of this
State change the laws TO make runseng on the
Sabbath and drinking IN p1bhc harrOoms lawful here
lChecrs They do to 60 furherhan that
1y0u TO the Legislature do 10 which
party, and ask 10 upset che old revised statutes aud
say shall be lawful 20 sell ana drink upon the Sab
bath in the bar and saloons Of this State any Leg
selature would know better than TO pass such law be-
sweep out q existence the stsie Police and
snDSG, Rpse Tn w R s R be the S es
The Og-shOps, and the polls which represents or reflect