Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-20
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.


If any State deems the retail and-internal traffic
IN ardent spirits injurious TO its citizens and calcu
lated to produce iaeness, vice. or debauchery, see
nothing in the Constitution OF the United States TO
prevent it from regulating restraining the traffic
or rom prohibiting it altogether II u thinks proper
CAicf Justice Tamsy
ON or before the LIST of January, 1854, the Execu
~ tive Committee of the New York State Temper
rance Society viii issue the first number Of Month
~ temperance Journal under the title OF THE Pro
HIBiTIoHlsT."
IRIS SIzR-It will be printed on double medium
shoot, making eight quarto pages OF four columns 70
page; and, excluding advertisements each number
will contain amount Of reading matter equal At
least to that furnished by daily jour
mails or to that of ordinary duodecimo volume OF
$50 pages.
ITs OBJEcr-To advocate the Cause Of Temper
ancc generally and especially the Legislative Prohb-
ton Of the Traffic in intoxicating Beverages TO pre-
pare tho minds of the for such Prohibition, by
showing its expediency and Necessity and to secure
by all the influence it may legitimately exert, the
vigorous enforcement of Prohbitory Laws when OBJ
tanned.
IRIS 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 Naftonai
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
the Principle Of Prohibition established in State after
State, tllit becomes the recognised policy OF the Ma
ZION. IL ambltl0n Dear part III thls Srcut
work. and to this end The PRoHIBiTIoNIsT is estab-
lished not the organ OF society merely, but OF a
GREAT REFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
IRIS NEcEssITY.-The existing Temperance jour
mails have little if any circulation outside of the Tenn
perance Ranks. Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends of the The PRo-
HIBITIoNIsT is designed for circulation Gnstead Of
tracts) among the indifferent and the hostile Fer
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 in each family that will consent to re-
ceive it.
Irs PRrcE.-One copy for one year SO SO
Three, to one address, ono year ! %
Seven do. do. % 90
And for each additional four copies $l.00 will be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies
For fifty copies to ono address $aa W
For 100 do. do 70 90
No subscription received for less than year,
and in every the 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 cw Of the ablest
and most eminent writer's in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union
The work will be stereotyped, and back numbers
DO supplied to subscribers at any time during
the year
All orders SHOULD be addressed to O. Scovill Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
Communications for the paper in relation to the
interests Of the cause generally should be directed to
w W. II. Durioigu, corresponding OccIolaiy
In behalf of tho New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD 9. DELAVAN, President.
Enecutire Comn,itfee-H Horny Vaudeville, Reuben
II. Walworth, John 0. Cole, l. N. Wyckoff, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp, B. P.
Stats, Oliver Scovill
10 The Committee request all editors in the Uni
ted States to give the above insertion in their
columns To all who comply with this request, we
will send the Prohibitionist for year ,cit0m
exchange unless they choose to add to obligation
by sending their papers ALSO which would, of course,
be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-dtf