Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-29
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.


" II any State deems the retail and internal traffic
IN ardent spirits injurious to its citizens and cacu-
lated 10 produce idlencss vice, or debauchery see
nothing In the Constitution OF the United States TO
prevent Il from regulating or restraining the traffic,
or from prohibiting it altogether II i thinks proper
Chief Justice Ianey.
nN or before the lst of January, 1854 the Exocu-
~ 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 Pno
HIBIrIoNlsT.n
IRIS SIzE.r-It will be printed on double medium
Sheet making eight qnaro pages OF four columns 10
page; and, excluding advertisements, each number
VIII contain an amount OF reading matter oquai AZ
least to that furnished by our daily jour
mails, Or to that Of ordinary duodecimo volume OF
100 pages.
ITs 0BJEcT.-To advocate tho Cause Of Temper
ance generally, and especially the Legislative Prohip-
ton Of the Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages, to pre-
pare the minds of the for such Prohibition by
showing its cxpcdicncy and Necessity and to secure
by all tho influence 1t may legitimatey exert the
vigorous enforcement of Prohibitory Laws when OBJ
tanned.
Irs IKLD.--Dcaling with general principles, with
arguments ali ke applicable to every community where
the traffic exists and with facts illustrative OF these
arguments and principles, tho paper viii DO Noito2'af
In its spirit in its scope in its purpose, and We trust
it viii DO National in its circulation and influence
Such Is our aim and expectation. We desire 10 see
the Principle OF Prohibition established in State after
State, till II becomes the recognised policy OF the Ma
work, and to this end The PaoHBiTIosIsT is estab-
lished, not the organ OF society merely, but OF
GREAT RRFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
IRIS NECESSITY The existing Temperance jour
mails have little if any, circulation outside OF tho Tenn
pcrance Ranks Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends Of the cause The FRO
HiBITIoNIsT is designed for circulation Cnstead OF
tracts among the Indifferent and the hostile For
this purpose it is put ut price so low as to enable
the friends Of Temperance every school district by
combined action and ut nm inconsderablc expense,
to place copy in each family that will consent to re-
ceivc It,
IRIS PRlcE.--One copy for one year so so
Three, to one address, ono year I 90
Seven do. do. z 90
And for each additional four copies $l.00 will DO
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For 6fty copies 80 ono address s ad oo
No subscription received for less than one year,
and in every case 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 few of the abest
and most eminent writers in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union.
The work will be stereotyped, and back numbers
be supplied to now subscribers at any time during
the year.
Ali orders should be addressed to 0. Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
Communications for tho paper or in relation to the
interests Of the cause generally should be directed to
-. Duiioi8H, corresponding pooi 0e"Ay.
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD G. DELAVAN, President
Executive COMMITTEE Henry Vaudeville Reuben
H. sWaworth, John o. Cole, I. 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 tho above insertion in their
columns. To all who comply with this request, we
will send tho Prohibtionst for year, aciftom an
exchange unless they choose to add to our obligation
by sending their papers Also which would of course
be most thankfully received. JAN 2-dH