Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-16

a. any state deems the retail and internal traffic
IN ardent spirits injurious to its citizens and eacu.
lated TO produce dlencss, vice. or debauchery see
nothing IN the Constitution Of the United States 10
prevent il from regulating restraining the traffic
or from prohibiting It altogether iii thinks proper
Chief Juaire 1any.
nm or before the LIST of January 1854, the Execu
~ i've CommHtee OF the New York State Temper
rance SoeieY will issue the first number Of Month
~ temperance Journal under the title of THE PRo
HIBITIoNiST.p
lrs SizE-It viii be printed on a double medium
sheet, making eight qnarto pages OF four columns To
pnge, and, excluding Advertisements, each number
VIII contain an amount OF reading matter equal al
least to that furnished by larger sized daily jour
nails or % that Of an ordinary duodecmo volume Of
$50 pages.
Irs oBJEcT.--T To advocate the Cause Of Temper
anco generally and especially the Legislative Prohb
ton OF the Traffic In Intoxicating Beverages TO pre-
pare the minds Of the for such Prohibition by
showing its cxpedency and Necessity, and to secure
by all the influence ii may legitmately exert, the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws when OBJ.
tanned.
ITS FIElD--Dealing with general principles, with
arguments alike applicable to every community where
tho traffic exists and with facts illustrative Of these
arguments and principles the paper will be National
m us spirit IN its scope, in its purpose and trust
= VIII be National in its circulation and influence
Such Is our aim and expectation. We desire to see
the Principle Of Prohibition established in State after
STATE VI y becomes the recognised policy Of the Ma
ton 1t IL onr ambition to bear part in this great
work, and to this end THE PRoHl BiTIoNIsT is esab
iished not as the organ OF society merely but OF
GREAT REFoRMAToRY Nov EMENT.
ITS NECESSITY The existing Temperance Jour
nails have little II any circulation outside Of the Tenn
pcrance Ranks Thor price almost necessarily re.
stricts them to the friends Of the cause The PRo
HiBITf0NIsT is designed for circulation Gnstead o
tracts among the Indifferent and the hostile For
TINS purpose ~ IS put at price so low to enable
the friends of Temperance in every school district by
combined action and ut an inconsdcrable expense,
to place copy in each family that will consent TO re-
ccive it,
It's PRIcE-One copy for one year so so
Three, to one address, one year l 90
Seven do. do. 2 90
And for each additional four copies 81 90 win be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies
For fifty copies to ono address S11 90
For 100 do. do. 20 90
NO subscription received for less than one year.
and in every case the order must be accompanied by
the money.
The paper will be under the general direction Of
the Executive Committee, who have received ample
assurances Of literary aid from not few of the ablest
and most eminent writer's in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union
The work will be stereotyped, and back numbers
the year
All orders should be addressed to 0 Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany
Communications for the paper in relation to the
interests OF the cause generally should be directed
4" corresponding Oecrelary-
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD G. DELAVAN. President.
Executipe Commatee-H Henry Vaudeville Reuben
II. Walworth John O Cole, l. N Wyckof William
Richardson, Edgar b. Day, Hermon Camp, b p.
Stats, Oliver Scovill
10 The Committee request all editors in tho Uni
tod States to give the above one insertion in their
columns To all who comply with this request we
will send the Prohibitonist for one year. ,ostho an
exchange unless they choose add to our obligation
by sending their papers also which would Of course
be most thankfully received Jan Diff