Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-21
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.


II amy State deems the retail and informal traffic
in ardentspirts injurious to its citizens, and calcu-
lated TO produce dleness, vice. or debauchery, SOC
nothing in the Constitution Of the United States to
prevent II from regulating or restraining the trafc,
or from prohibiting 1t altogether fit thinks proper
Chief Jstsfiee TaaSy.
ON 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
ly Temperance Journal under the title OF " The Pro
HIBlTIoNIsT.n
IRIS SIzR-It win BIO printed on double medium
shoot 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 larger daily jour
mails, Or TO that Of ordinary duodecno volume OF
100 pages.
IRIS OBJEcr.---To advocate tho Cause of Temper
ance generally and especially the Legislative Prohibi
ton Of the Traffic in Intoxicating Beyerages 70 pre-
pare tho minds Of the masses for such Prohibition by
showing It's oxpediency and Necessity and to secure,
by all tho influence 1t may egitimatey exert the
vigorous enforcement of Prohbitory Laws whom OBJ
tanned
Irs FIELp.--Dcalng 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 bc 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 1t becomes the recognised policy OF the Ma
ton 1t il our ambition to bear part IN this great
work, and to this end The PRoHBITIoNIsT is estab-
lshed, not as the organ OF society merely, but OF
GREAT RRFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT
IRIS NEcEssiTY-Tho existing Temperance Jour
nails have little If any circulation outside Of the Tenn
perancc Ranks. Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends of the cause THE PRo-
HIBITIoNIsT is designed for circulation (instead OF
tracts) among the indifferent and the hostile For
this purpose it is put at price low as 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.
ITs PRIcE.-One copy for one year SO so
Three, to one address, one year %
Seven do. do. W
And for each additional four copies, $l.0O will be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies
For fifty copies to ono address 81 w
For 100 do. do. 70 %
No subscription received for less than one year,
and in every case tho 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 tho Union.
Tho work will be stereotyped, and back nu nbers
be supplied to subscrbers at any time during
the year.
All orders should be addressed to O. Scovill Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
Communications for tho paper, in relation to the
interests of the cause generally should be directed to
VIM. H. Burleigh. Corresponding Secretary
In behalf Of tho New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD @. DELAVAN, President
Ezeemive COMMITTEE. Henry Vaudeville, Reuben
H. Walworth, John o. Cole, /. N. WyckoH, William
Richardson. Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp, b. T.
Stats Oliver ScOvill.
20 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
will send the Prohibitionst for year. wihont an
cha tn ADJ tn nur
by sending their papers Also which would of course,
be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-dtf