Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-24
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.
PROSPECTUS on rng pRoHIBIrIOsIsr

II any State deems the retail and internal traffic
IN ardent spirits injurious to its citizens and calcu-
lated to produce ideness, vice. or debauchery, see
nothing In the Constitution OF the United States to
prevent il from regulating restraining the traffic
or from prohibiting il altogether. II IL thinks proper
Chief Justice Tansy.
GN or before the LIST of January, 1854, the Execu-
~ tive Committee OF the Now York State Temper
rance Society will issue the first number of Month
~ temperance Journal under the title OF THE PRo
HIBITIorIsT."
IRIS SIzE.--It will BIO printed on double medium
sheet, making eight quarto pages OF four columns to
q page; and, excluding advertisements each number
will contain amount OF reading matter equal III
least to that furnished by argersizod daily jour
nails TO that Of an ordinary dnodecimo volume OF
$50 pages.
IRIS 0BJEcT.-To advocate tho Cause Of Temper
nnce generally and especially the Legislative Prohlbi
ton of the Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages TO pre-
pare tho minds the for such Prohibition, BY
showing its oxpodiency and Necessity and to secure
by all the influence it may egitimately exert, the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws when OBJ
tanned.
IT'S FIELD Dealing with general principles, with
arguments alike applicable to every community whore
tho traffic exists and with facts illustrative ot theso
arguments and principles the paper will be Nafto"a
in its SPIRIT in its scope in its purpose and we trust
it will be National in its circulation and influence
Such Is our aim and expectation. We desire 10 see
the Principle of Prohibition established in State after
State till it becomes tho recognised policy OF the Ma
ton. 1t 10 our ambition to bear part IN TINS great
work, and to this end THE PRoHiBiTIorIsT Is estap
lishod not the organ Of society merely, but OF
GREAT REFoRMATORY MOVEMENT
IRIS NEcEsslrY.-Th existing Temperance Jour
nails have little If any circulation outside oi tho TEN
perance Ranks Their price almost necessarily ro
stricts them to the friends Of the causc. The Pro
HIBIrIoNIsT is designed for circulation linstead oil
tracts among the Indifferent and tho hostile For
this purpose II is put at price 80 low rs 20 enable
the friends OF temperance in every school district by
combined action and ut an inconsiderabe expense
to place copy in each family that will consent to re-
ceive it.
Irs PRIcE.-one copy for one year 50 50
Three, to address, one year ! 90
Seven do. do 90
And for zach additional four copies, $l.O0 will be
added for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For fifty copies to ono address $ aa oo
/ No subscription received for less than one year,
and in every the order must be accompanied by
the money.
The paper win be under the general direction Of
the Executive Committee who have received ample
assurances of literary aid from not few of the abest
and most eminent writers in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union.
The work will be stereotyped, and back numbers
be supplied to new subscribers at any time during
the year.
All orders should be addressed to 0. ScoviII, Pub
fishing Agent Albany.
Communications for tho paper, or in relation to the
interests Of the cause generally should be directed to
w III. II. DuiiolBu, corresponding boo'os"iJ.
In behalf Of the New York State temperance So
coty EDWARD G. DELANAN, President
Erecaasve Communicable Vaudeville Reuben
H. WaIworth, John 0. Cole, |. N Wyckof, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day Hermon Camp b. p.
Stats, Oliver Scovill.
10 The Committee request all editors in the Uni
ted States to give the above insertion in their
columns. To all who comply with this request, we
will send tho Prohibitionst for year, acithom an
exchange unless they choose to add to our obligation
by sending their papers also, which would of course
be most thankfully received. JAN 2-dt