Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-01-03
PROSPECTUS OF Tns PROHIBITlOSlsr.

"If any State deems the retail and internal trakc
in ardent spirits injurious TO its ctizens and eaca
lated to produce ideness. vice or debauchery, $40
nothing in the Constitution 81 the United States 10
prevent 1t from regulating o. restraining the trac
or from prohibiting It altogether y y thinks proper
thf.f Juaics 1ansy
ON or before the lst Of january. 1854, the Exeeu
~ tive Committee OF the New York State Temper.
rance Society will issue the first number Of Mouth
ly temperance Journal, under the title Of THE Pro
HIBirIoFlsT." A
Irs SIzE--It win be printed % double medium
sheet, making eight quarto pages OF four columns 10
page and, excluding advertisements, each number
will contain an amount Of reading matter equal at
least to that furnished by lagerszed daily jour
nails or to that Of an ordinary duodecmo volume Of
$50 pages. ss
ITs OBJEcr-To advocate the Cause Of Temper
generally and especially tho Legislative Prohib
tion Of the Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages, TO pre-
pare tho minds Of the for such Prohibition by
showing its expedicncy and Necessity, and to secure,
by all the influence It may legitimately exert, the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory laws when OBJ
tanned.
Irs FrRLD.-Dcang with general principles with
arguments alike applicable to every community where
the traffic exists and with facts illustrative of these
arguments and principles the paper will be National
In Its spirit in its scope, in its purpose and we trust
it will be National in It's circulation and influence.
Such is our aim and expectation. We desire to 500
the Principle OF Prohibition established In State after
State till 1t becomes the recognised policy Of the Ma
tion 1t is ambition to bear part IN this great
work, and to this end The PRoHiBiTIoElsr is estab-
lished not as the organ Of society merely, but Of
GREAr REFoRMAroRY MOVEMENT.
IRIS NECEssITy.-The existing Temperance jour
nails have little, if any circulation outside Of the Tenn
pcrance Ranks Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends of tho cause THE PRo-
HIBITIoNsT Is designed for circulation INSTEAD of
tracts among the Indifferent and the hostile For
this purpose Il is put ut price 50 low ~ to enable
the friends Of temperance in every school district by
ear aeti nj mr. mr. n n nana
to place copyi in each family to re-
ceiye it,
IRIS PEIcR.-one copy for one year 50 so
Three, to one address, one year ] 90
Seven do. do. .s- 2 90
And for each additional four copies 90 will be
added, for any quantity less than 6fty copies.
For fifty copies to one address $ll 20
For 100 do do 70 90
No subscription received for less than ono year,
and in every the order must be accompanied BY
the money.
The paper will be under the general direction Of
the Executive Committee, who have received ample
Of literary aid from not few of the ableS
and most eminent writer's in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union.
The work will be stsreotyped, and back numbers
can DO supplied to new Subscribers at any time during
the year.
Ali orders should be addressed to O. Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent Albany.
Communications for tho paper. or in relation to tho
interests Of the cause generally should be directed to
WIN. H. Burlolgh, Corresponding Secretary
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
cicty EDWARD @. DELAVAN, President.
Ezecmfive Commitfee. Henry Vaudeville, Reuben
H Walworth, John 0. Cole, In. Wyckof, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp B. r.
Stats, Oliver ScoyiI
70 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
viii send the Prohibitionist for year. sciloa an
exchange unless they choose to add to obligation
by sending their papers ALSO which would of course,
be most thankfully received Jan. 2-dH