Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-22
PROSPECTUS OF THR PROHIBIYlOsIsT.

AFT any State deems tho retail and internal traffic
In ardent spirits injurious TO its citizens and caicu
lated to produce iuencss, vice, or debauchery soc
nothing IN the Constitution Of the United States to
prevent it from regulating restraining the trac
from prohibiting II altogether y THINKS proper
Chief Justice fancy
/lN or before the LIST of January, 1854, the 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 FRO
HIBITIoNIsT.n 5 @44f yt gsf
Irs SIzR--It will bc printed on double medium
sheet making eight quarto pages, Of four columns 70
. page; and, excluding advertisements each numoor
will contain amount of reading matter equal ~
least to that furnished by largersized daily jour
mails, to that Of ordinary duodecimo volume OF
$50 pages. t
ITs 0BJEcT.-To advocate the Cause of Temper
ance generally and especially tho Legislative Prohib-
ton Of the Traffic in Intoxicating beverages TO pre-
pare tho minds of the masses for such Prohibition by
showing its expediency and Necessity and to secure
by all the influence II may legitimatoy exert, the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws whom OBJ
tanned.
Irs LD.--Dealing with general psinciples. 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 it's purpose, and we trust
it will be National in its circulation and influence
Such is our aim and expectation. We desire to SEQ
the Principle Of Prohibition established in State after
State till 1t becomes the recognised policy Of the Ma
work. and to this end TIE PRoHIBiTIoNIsT Is estab-
lshed not as the organ Of society merely but Of
| GREAT REFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
| IRIS NECESSITY The existing Temperance Jour-
nails have little if any circulation outside OF the Tenn
peranco Ranks. Their price almost necessarily ro-
strcts them to the friends of the The PRo-
HIBIrIoNIsT is designed for circulation dnstcad OF
tracts) among the indifferent and the hostile, For
this purpose it is put at price so low as TO enable
the 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-
| ceive 1t.
Irs PRIcH-0ne copy for one yoar 50 50
Seven do do 2 90
And for each additional four copies, $1OO will be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For my copies 20 ono a S0 20 90
No subscription received for less than ono year,
and in every the order must be accompanied by
the money.
Tho paper will BIO under the general direction Of
the Executive Committee, who have received ample
assurances of literary aid from not ow of the ablest
and most eminent writers in the temperance ranks
| throughout the Union
The work viii, be stereotyped, md back numbers
be supplied to new subscribers at any time during
the year
All orders should be addressed to o. Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
Communications for the paper or in relation to the
interests Of the generally should be directed to
VIM. III. Burlcigh, Corresponding Secretary.
In behalf Of tho New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD G. DELAVAN, President.
Ezseutive Comnaittss--H Horny Vaudeville, Reuben
H. Walworth, John 0. Cole, l. N. Wyckoff, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp, B. p.
Staats Oliver Scovill.
10 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 Prohibitionist for year. sciout 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