New-York tribune., 1867-08-01

pels man 10 engage In the auo 20 ~ ~ G ~ cn1.a
personal matter If you can't AFFORD 70 pay the hcenss
Zee don't get the license. -. .,,o r-,,o .dor,ordod
for Hcense or fbe receipts for licenses would not
amount to from o. 600 20 per day. they now do
IS aSkeq @ M %iTe f fund Of the city to pay its debts and
thereby reduce the taxes duties ana excise ncese tat
are paid by the cartmcn, hacknen' Fohuefs' rAeHsSf
Heretofore this enormous sum has all gone into the
nocets ~ The and that s the reason they
now erowl so loudly II the city owed no money on
which paid interest our taxes "1d no, d 10 S 10 &
yorking men of the city would not have TO work
& man hf their time to pay their rent they
more M be T nney received from the Excise law will in
time nav the entire city debt instead OF gong INTO te
ot the dealers Then taxes and rents will be
Poor men and poor mems families are benefited
Inv the Excise law. Let them uphold IT,
mary and arbitrary In 1t ought to be- 1t is to
do any good but it is not particle more SO than any
other law All efFectual laws are summary arbitrary See
If they are not Take tho law providing for the nante
nance OF the public peace street brawi occurs Is
arrest the ofendersi Not at all The law clothes him
or warrant Not only Is the officer empowered thus to
act but he required the law so to do Whyf Because
the offenders would escape whe the oihcer was hIIer
Not only the officer allowed and required to make
rests for breaches OF the peace but 50 also every %
In affairs OF personal violence, assaults attempts 10
he can arrest him without the aid OF the magistrates
warrant. II saw ID cruelty beaing child even Ds
the summary and arbitrary Character OF laws designed
for public safety and order depends their eeency Inc
Excise laws like this one have been on our Statute
for generations They are no new thing Ihe only hlng
at all about this law s THAT IT IS ENFORCED Apor
ton Of adopted citizens that this law nteIieres
toned to in their former homes. Possible suppose ~
doesi Do not other laws OF ours give them otner
the balance Of privileges enjoyed by them ~ nome anu
dcsire Reason dictates that we should reside where
may have the greatest freedom TO hie mGeTy
teaches our naturazod cltzens that America affords
them greater freedom in htes pursuits than thoy ever
else License Law, gives them more liberty and opens 70
them paths Of honor than any city OF the OLD world
They ought TO counsel violent opposition 10 consul
tuOnal law Suppose they are forbidden the pleasure o
Sunday beer garden do they not get the oalloS anu
eligibility to office IN returnf suppose Leshnt Is doe' '
on certain pursuits during specified hours are NOT al
other hours and pursuits free to an In shor, are no. our
naturazed citizens dn common WIN hal1rel Desu
| many more privileges here than elseWhefGt Al ihey
are ought they not TO cheerfully comply with all laws
properly made, and which have been pronounced const
| tutiouai They do themselves wrong by any Cther
voluntarily will people to think that they
are law maintaining citizens, and instead 0t BENG
received In the future with open now, they VIII
be met with cold welcome, ana perhaps e!odIHssihH
restrictions % Ine ssaI Erc.e ax Sy our German CID
zens will, IL persisted In cause the American poPulaoh
20 believe that the opposition 20 that feature ot ho law
from desire TO break down All sunday OF SaDoa'h
The American people will never consent TO that, II
there Is Institution which all Americans bG.eNe
In and Nh Uphold t ~ the ia 7uom m on Ij tbat
viii also 1--we and have thrown around III tc sanction on
the civil law. our German CllOWCltlIcts 40
very grave wrong In giving any grounds iqI le Peei
that they opposed 10 sunday ana to sabbath laws
Let them all these outcric@ stop al attempts az
ovadlng the Excise Law they want to sell beer aud
other drinks let them comply with the conditions de-
portion themselves De wr0ngfully deprived Of any
proper privilege right. But 10 Is said that the city OF
NeWIOrk IS subjected 10 moro stringent liquor laws than
the rest Of the state and therefore thus law Is unjust
The provisions Of this law would have bccn extended
over the State but FOR the opposition thereto flUm tho
leading men now opposing its enforcement a. THIS city
whose object was this exceptional feature Of the
law as an argument against 10, hoping thereby 10 prevent
tLe massage Of an Excse Law for any part Of tc state
The incauaty of the law n there be any duo to It's
enemies aud 10 is friends Let 70 be borne IN lnd
too by Tie Excise men that when our State Law
prohibited liquor selling, the same class OF persons
and In many Instances, the same pcitohs ihAl hlo
now opposing the present Excise Law, said 10 the
temperance people and tO the Iegiat tare Do We be
sccCh yOu repeal the PrOhbltOry Law and allow IL To- sell
liquors. under an Excise license, We don't care how
the license only pursue trade IN nauncr'
This request has been complied with llcouse law has
been passed and It's enforcement meets just much e
position rs did the old lTombtory 10" and II ~ con
tnucs In It's present violent shape there VIII be no Othtr
for the friends OF law aud order 10 adopt but 70 cn
the Legislature TO reonact The Prohibition law ana Int
absolute stOppage 20 the entire liquor trahc lhuls
eliminate unregGlated Is"s t ~ nrrs Vii
never De permitted by the people OF TINS stale ana ~
atempis accomplish this result, TO break down tho
| legal recognition OF Sabbath. win end ~ failure
LIT ALL then, native and uhtnfazed, 30 All We can
peace, 70 sustain the huthoutes 10 put down ths rpt
riot, and when the time comes let those VINO would
change any adopt the only Constitutional method OF
proceeding with changes; but do not counsel violent Op
position any law, sneaktngy s,ek 10 eNade its CON
dtions do not cast odium on the authorities Tor doing
their sworn duties In our country laws must iaho 'o
place OF individual opinions and persona authority
be obeyod by ALL Then, and then only can We IN thc
time 10 come set that bright example t0 the nations ot
the world which pact gives them reason to expect
and more interested In Americas good namo
than are our naturalzed citizens OF all natlOnaes.
by ORPER on I'M EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE or TIE
FL.ESDs or QuET SUNDAY"