Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-17
PROsPECTuS OF THg PROHIBITIONlsY.

IF any State deems the retail and internal traffic
in ardent spirits injurious to its citizens, and caieu-
lated to produce denoss, vice, dobauchcry, see
nothing in the Constitution of the United States to
prevent il from regulating restraining the traffic,
from prohibiting IL altogether il 1t thinks proper
Chief Justice fancy
nN or before the LIST of January, 1854, the Execn-
~ tive Committee of tho New York State Temper
rance Society will issue the first number OF Month
ly Temperance Journal under the title OF " THE Fro
HIBITIoEIsT.n
IRIS SIzR.--It will be printed on double medium
sheet making eight quarto pages OF four columns TO
page; and excluding Advertisements, each number
will contain an amount of reading matter equal at
least to that furnished by largersized daily jour
nails, to that Of ordinary duodecimo volume OF
100 pages.
ITs 0BJEcT-To advocate the Cause of Temper
generally and especially tho Legislative Prohibi-
ton of the Traffic in intoxicating Beverages, TO pre-
pare themnds Of the masses for such Prohibition by
showing its cxpedcncy and Necessity and to secure,
by all the influence it may legitimatey exert the
vigorous enforcement of Prohibtory Laws when ob-
tanned
Irs FIELD.-Dcaling 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 DC Ndfoqf
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 see
the Principle of Prohibition established in State after
State till it becomes the recognised policy OF the Ma
work, and to this end THE PRoHIBlTIoslsr is estab
lished not the organ Of society merely but OF o
GREAT REFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
ITs NEcEssIrY.-The existing Temperance Jour
mails have lte if any circulation outside OF the lem
pcrance Ranks Their price almost necessarily rc-
strcts them to the friends of the cause. The Pro-
HIBITIoNsT is designed for circulation dnstead oil
tracts among the indifferent and the hostile. For
this purpose it is put at price low MS to enable
the friends of Temperance in every school district by
combined action and at an inconsiderablc expense,
to place copy in each family that viii consent to re-
ceive it,
ITs PRIcE-One copy for one year so so
Three, to one address, one year | 90
Seven do. do. 90
And for each additional four copies, $lo0 win be
added for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For ATTY copies to ono address s d 40 az
No subscription received for less than one year,
and in every case the order must be accompanied by
the money.
the Executive Committee who have received ample
assurances of literary aid from not few of the abest
and most eminent writers in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union.
The work will be stereotyped and back numbers
can be supplied to subscribers at any time during
the year
All orders should be addressed to 0, Scovill Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
Communications for the paper, in relation to the
interests OF the cause generally should be directed to
VIM II. Burlsigh, Corresponding Secretary.
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD G. DELAVAN, President
Ezecutive Commiffee.-H Henry Vaudeville Reuben
H. Walworth, John 0. Cole, I. N. Wyckoff, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp, d. P.
Stats Oliver Scovill.
10 The Committee request all editors in tho uni
tod States to give the above insertion in their
columns To all who comply with this request, we
will send the Prohbitonist for year, aoithoa
exchange unless they choose to add to obligation
by sending their papers Also which would of course,
be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-dH