Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-03-07
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II any state deems tho retail and internal traffic
In ardent spirits injurious To its citizens, and caicu
lated to produce dlcncss, vice. or dobauchery, see
nothing in the Constitution Of tho United States TO
prevent 1t from regulating or restraining the traffic.
from prohibiting it altogether, II 10 thinks proper
vst & s ~ Chicf Jnsfics Ianey.
nN or before the 1st of january, 1854, the Execu-
~ two Committee OF the Now York State Temper.
Society will issue the first number Of Month
ly Temperance Journal under the title OF /" THE PRO
HIBiTIoNIsT.N
Irs SIZE. 1T will be printed double medium
sheet. making eight quarto pages OF four eoiumns To
page; and, excluding advertisements each number
will contain an amount Of reading matter equal nj
least to that furnished by larger daily jour.
mails, or to that Of mn ordinary duodecimo volume Of
100 pages.
IRIS 0BJEcr---To advocate the Cause Of Temper
ancc generally and especially tho Legislative Prohibi
ton of the Traffic In Intoxicating Beverages 70 pre-
pare the minds Of the for such Prohibition by
showing its expedicncy and Necessity and TO secure
by all the influence II may legitlmatey exert, the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws whom OBJ
tnined.
Irs FrELD.--Doang 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 National
in its spirit in Its scope in its purpose and we trust
1t will be National in its circulation and influence.
Such s,our aim and expectation. We desire to SEQ
the Principle Of Prohibition established in State after
State till IL becomes tho recognised policy OF tho Ma
ton. 1t is our ambition to bear part IN this great
work. and to this end TUE PRoHIBITIoNIsTi is estab-
lished not the organ OF society merely but OF
GREAT REFoRMAroRy MOVEMENT.
ITs NEcEssiTY.--The existing Temperance jour
nails have little If any circulation outside OF the Tenn
perance Ranks Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends Of the cause. The PRo.
HiBiTioNIsT is designed for circulation Gnstead OF
tracts) among the indifferent and the hostile For
this purpose II is put ut prco so low as to enable
the friends OF temperance in every school district by
combined action and ut an uncomfortable expense,
linn ~ tbafy
ceive it.
ITs PRicE.-One copy for one year so 50
Three, 70 one address, ono year ] ] 90 90
And for each additional four copies, $l00 win be
| added, for any quantity less than fifty copies
For fifty copies to ono address 81 20
For 100 do do. ~ W
No subscription received for less than one year,
and ineyery 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
of literary aid not few of the ablest
throughout the Union.
Tho work viii be stereotyped, and back numbers
can be supplied to subscribers at any time during
the year.
lishng Agent, Albany.
Communications for the paper, in relation to the
interests Of the generally should be directed to
| VIM. III. Bureigh Corresponding Secretary.
Tn behalf Of the New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD q. DELAVAN, President
| Executive Commiffee-H Henry Mandeyille Reuben
| H walworth, John o. Cole, l. N Wyckof, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp b. r
| Staats Oliver Scovill.
| 1y 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
will send the Prohibitonist for year. scifhout an
exchange unlcss they choose TO add to our obligation
by sending their papers ALSO which would of course
| be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-dn