Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-14

.If any State deems the retail and internal traffic
in ardent spirits injurious to It's citizens and calcu
lated to produce deness. vice, debauchory, SEQ
nothing in the Constitution OF tho United States to
prevent ii from regulating restraining the trahc
from prohibiting it altogether II It thinks proper
Chief Justice Ianey
(lN or before the LIST of january, 1854, the Execu
~ tive Committee of tho New York State Temper
Society will issue the first number OF Month
ly Temperance Journal under the title OF The FRO
HIBITIoFIsT."
ITs SIzE-It win BIO printed on double medium
sheet making eight quArto pages, OF four columns 70
page and, excluding advertisements, each NUMBER
will contain an amount of reading matter equal at
least to that furnished by larger sized daily jour
nails to that Of an ordinary duodecimo volume Of
$50 pages.
Irs 0BJEcT.-To advocate the Cause Of Temper
generally and especially the Legislative Prohlb-
tion of the Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages TO pre-
pare tho minds of the for such Prohibition by
showing its oxpedioncy and Necessity, and to secure
by all the influence it may legitimatey exert tho
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws whom OBJ
tanned.
IRIS FIELD. Dealing with general principles, with
arguments alike applicable to every community where
tho 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 wo 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 it becomes the recognised policy OF tho Ma
ton. 1t is ambition to bear part in this great
work. and to this end The PRoHIBlTIoNIsT is estab-
lshcd, not the organ of society merely but OF
GREAT REFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
ITs NECEssITY.--Thc existing Temperance Jour
mails have little if any, circulation outside OF the Tenn
perance Ranks. Their price almost necessarily rc-
stricts them to tho friends of the cause. THE Pro-
HIBITIoNIsT is designed for circulation (nstead OF
tracts) among the Indifferent and the hostile. For
this purpose it is put ut price 80 low as to enable
the friends Of Temperance in every school district by
combined action and ut an uncomfortable expense,
to place copy in each family that will consent to re-
IRIS PRIcE-One copy for one year 80 50
Three, to ono address, one year, 90
Seven do Do ~ -; 2 ., %
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For fifty copies to ono address ST. 90
For 100 do. do. 70 90
No subscription received for less than ono year,
and in every case the order must DO 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 tow OF the ablest
and most eminent writers in tho temperance ranks
throughout tho Union.
The work will be stercotyped, and back numbers
DO supplied TO new subscribers at any time during
the year.
fishing Agent, Albany.
Communications for the paper in relation to tho
interests Of the generally should be directed to
VIM. II, Burleigh, Corresponding secretary !
In DondI Oh Tue lNoW OIh pthto 10npcIuHco Co-
ciety EDWARD 9. DELAVAN, President.
E1ecutive Henry Vaudeville, Reuben
II. Walworth, John O. Cole, T. N. Wyckoff, William
Richardson. Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp, B. p.
Stats Oliver Scovill.
10 The Committee request all editors in the Uni
tod States to give the above insertion in their
columns. To all who comply with this request, we
viii send tho Prohibitonist for year. acithom
exchange unloss they choose to add to our obligation
by sending their papers aso which would of course,
be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-du