Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-28

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"If any State deems the retail and internal traffic
In ardent spirits injurious to its citixens and calcu
lated to produce idleness, vice. debauchery, see
nothing in the Constitution Of the United States to
prevent il from regulating restraining the trahic
or from prohibiting i altogether III thinks proper
ON or before the lst of January, 1854 tho Execu
~ tive Committee OF the New York State Temper
rance Society will issue the first number Of Month
ly temperance Journal under the title Of The Pao
HIBITIONisT."
Irs srzK-It will be printed on double medium
sheet making eight quarto pages OF four columns TO
= page; and excluding advertisements, each number
win contain an amount Of reading matter equal ut
least TO that furnished by our larger daily jour-
nals to that Of an ordinary duodecimo volume Of
l50 pages.
ance generally and especially the Legislative Prohih-
ton Of the Traffic In Intoxicating Beverages 70 pre-
pare tho minds OF tho for such Prohibition by
showing its expeiency and Necessity, and to secure,
by oil the influence il may legitimatey exert the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohbitory Laws when oh
tanned. e
Irs FIELD.-- Dealing 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
IL will 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, till it becomes the recognised policy Of the Ma
ton 1t is our ambition to bear part this great
work, and to this end The PRoHIBiTIoSIsT Is estab
lshed not the organ Of society merely, but OF
GREAT REF oRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
Irs NEcEssITy.-T The existing Temperance Jour
nails have little if any circulation outside OF the Tenn
perance Ranks. Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends of the cause. The PRo
HIbITioNIsT is designed for circulation Gnstead OF
tracts) among the Indifferent and the hostile. For
this purpose it is put at price so low as 70 enable
tho friends Of Temperance in every school district by
combined action and at an uncomfortable expense,
to place copy each family that will consent to re-
ceiye it.
Irs PRIcE-One copy for one year 50 SO
Three, to one address, one year J 90 90
And for each additional four copies, $l.O0 will be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For fifty copies to one address $ll w
For 100 do. do. 20 %
No subscription received for less than one year,
and in every tho 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 fcw 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 subscribers at any time during
the year
All orders should be addressed to o. Scovill, Pub
lishins Agent, Albany
Cmanications for the paper, or in relation to the
interests OF the generally, should be directed to
VIM Ii. Burleigh, Corresponding Secretary.
In behalf Of the New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD z. DELAVAN, President
E1ecutive COMMITTEE. Henry Vaudeville Reuben
H. Walworth, John o. Cole, /. n Wyckof William
Richardson, Edgar b. Day, Hermon Camp b. p.
Staats Oliver Scovill.
0E The Committee request all editors in the Uni
ted States to give the above one insertion in their
columns. To all who comply with this request, We
viii send the Prohibitionst for year. soitho an
exchange unless they choose to add TO obligation
by sending their papers also, which would of course
he most thankfully received. Jan. 2-df