Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-01
PROSPECTUS on Tng pRuHIBIrIoSlsT

If any State deems the retail and internal traffic
in ardent spirits injurious TO its citizens ana caicu
lated to produce idlencss vice, or debnuchcry see
nothing in the Constitution of the United States 10
prevent it from regulating restraining the trafe,
from prohibiting il altogether II 70 thinks proper
Chief Jast,ce Ia,ny,
nN or before tho LIST of January, lS54, the Exocu-
" tive Committee Of the New York State Temper
rance Society will issue tho frst number OF Month
ly Temperance Journal, under the title Of The Pro
HIBITIoNIsr"
Irs SizE,---It will be printed on double medium
sheet making eight quarto pages, OF four columns TO
page and excluding advertisements, each number,
will contain amount of reading matter equal at
least to that furnished by daily jonr
nals, or to that of ordinary duodeeino volume ol
$50 pages.
Irs OnJRcr--To advocate the Cause OF Temper
ance generally and especially the Legislative Prohibi-
ton Of tho Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages TO pre-
pare the minds OF the for such Prohibition BY
showing its expectancy and Necessity and 81 secure
by all the Influence 1t may legtimately exert, tho
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws when OBJ
tanned
ITs FiELD.--Dealing with general principles, with
arguments alike applicable to every community where
the tac exists and with facts illustrative OF these
arguments and principles the paper will bc N0t,onaI
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 to see
tho Principle of Prohibition established in State after
State till it becomes the recognised policy Of The Ma
ton 1t is ambition to bear part in this great
work, and to this end THE PRoHiBiTIoSisT IS cstab-
lshed, not as the organ OF society merely but OF
GREAT RrPoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
Irs NECESSITY existing Temperance jour
nails have little if any circulation outside ofthe fem
pcranco Ranks. Their price almost necessarily re-
strcts them to the friends of the cause. The Pro
HiBITioNIsT is designed for circulation dnstead oil
tracts among the indifferent and the hostile. For.
this purpose it is put at price so low ~ to enable
the friends OF temperance in every school district by
combined action and at an inconsiderable expense,
to place copy in each family that will consent to re-
ceive it.
Three, to ono address one year ! 90
Seven do do 2 90
And for each additional four copies, $l00 will be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For fifty copies to one address $ll 90
For 100 do do. ~ W
No subscription received for less than one year,
and in every the order must bc accompanied by
the money.
the Executive Committee, who have received ample
assurances of literary aid from not few OF the ables
and most eminent writer's in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union.
can be supplied to subscribers at any time during
the year.
All orders should be addressed TO o. Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
Comm unicatons for the paper, in relation to the
interests of the generally, should be directed to
VIM III Burleigh. Corresponding Secretary.
In behalf of tho New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD Z. DELAVAN, PRESIDENT
E1ecaipe COMMITTEE Henry Vaudeville, Reuben
IT, Walworth, John 0. Cole /. N. Wyckof, William
Richardson Edgar b. Day, Hermon Camp, b. p.
Stats, Oliver Scovill.
Dy- The Committee request all editors in tho Uni-
ted States to give the above insertion IN their
columns. To all who comply with this request, We
viii send the Prohibitionst for year, acittoa 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--du