New-York tribune., 1874-04-13

you. MY business !. lesal h is s,aetlOnsd BY law;
osss for do ny work pro,seton Of iss
stse" Now let all men who love their State All who
wish n arrest wee and promote virtue, respond 10 tha
rosoluons sent BY the New YORK clergy. Let rs DE-
mand there shall be no more licensing of drinking
saloons Ia other words let us insist on probibtsy
law But can be done Is prohbitory Law consti
tntonai Is not an invasion OF & guy, and w
Massachusetts. ms answered this ~ single sentence
cedent general prohibition aud derives ts only
nunary value therefrOm." Ths Is very tefsey stated
plies previous universal prohibition OF the ssr OF them
III there such previous general pfobDtlon 10.
VOWED no license would De needed LNelyOyly s n'ss
sell. But every one cannot sell n,ns. y w. 80,
Why Because without hccu-e prohibiiion irss iull
forco' aud this, too, Without rpee Nv, % %
ton u original natural uhiNeTsaL ~ 80, ~ -, n 80
normal condition ~ things before the enormib o uochs
INK IL introduced The issuing of licenses s TIE ak nk OF
exceptions to that general condition Vl %
already existing IL Is the boring oi h0ee m tne IAN jan
that already exists Therefore that which We ASK ~hen
donan nd the specific enactment OF prohibtOry law
cannot bo wrong IL - night IA the deepest sebye Be
an hOrity regarding the right OF State 90 enact and
enforce prohbitory statutes Here several opinions
qGotedl IL Is not just TO authorize body oi men
to tempt others. tho hquor-deaers tempt all they
can Il IL net just 10 allow them TO inhct the injuries
which they bring down upon the heads OF hundreds
OF thousands OF suffering women ana children.
Juvenile crime IL tn product OF the license law
promote the general welfare" n 90 then u ought to
suppress that Which, of all known agencies most effect
ually promotes the general misery. some ERRONEOUS
statements have been made regarding the enIoi,ens.
OF the Name law, which wish 10 correct Inc sP'hei
read the opinions OF speaker balbe hhu os'i''
members Of Congress, who tnink that tue consumption
of nquor la Maine to-day not onefOnrth 80 great AZ
was twenty years ago He next referred 10 the starr OF
the present crusade revival aud SAID that be move
ment spread with Lightning IaplIiy Oyer tDo NnV.
country and person AAQ saia 1t WOu'e
take the devil twenty years 10 chsca
the impression which has already been made In con
clusiOu DR. Scudder said Our nation - s m IT. cary
youth Nevertheless it has achieved Two glorious re
su IL has determined % break from its own neck ths
yoke OF oppression. II proclaimed Itself free land
and fought its through the war Of revolution 10
liberty which all the nations ackho"iedgedi ahd tsn
opening It's doors 10 declared 1e American ephb
e TO I've ths rightfnl and welcoming homo Of all who
we're oppressed the wide world over. Second. deierm
lining the abolition Of slavery, the one foul blot Ia s
history 10 began 10 agtato the freedom Of slaves.
and In due time II effected, but at q
serious cost and bloody war. There - another
great battle before IL Is the war Win intempe anee
Perhaps America Is Gods elect hOst 10 win thls Datts
and set third great example OF liberty u an hthAihd
The welfare of innumeraDe homes in the generation 70
come, the 10y OF the ana the prosperity OF tbc
children M all those homes the EXTINCTION of te plss
bties OF drunkenness thousands Ui men IN tach OF
those generatOus, the national health, wealth, oIautJ
might and glory the triumpus of the church OF 'hlt
and the salvation Of countless men, depend on he l-ue
OF this battle. Tnls worth hghng Tor, - thutths
the gates OF hou and opening the gates OF Leayen.
Verify God hyeth, We shall conquer Ia 'n' Wal " va
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