Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-14
pRoSpRcTus OF Yng rRoHlBITIOsIsT.

If any State deems tho retail and internal traffic
In ardent spirits injurious TO its citizens and caicu-
lated To produce dlencss, vice, or debauchery, see
nothing in the Constitution Of the United States TO
prevent it from regulating restraining the traffic
from prohibiting 1t altogether II it thinks proper
Chit Jnstiee Ianty
nN or before the 1st Of January. 1854 the Execu-
~ tive Committee OF the New York State Temper
rance Society will issue the first number Of Month
ly Temperance Journal, under the title OF The Pro
HIBITIoNlST.'
IRIS SIzE.-It will be printed on a double medium
sheet making eight quarto pages Of four columns TO
n page and, excluding advertisements each number
will contain mn amount Of reading matter equal at
least To that furnished by larger. sized daily jour
nails or to that Of an ordinary duodecimo volume OF
l50 pages
Irs 0BIEcr--To advocate the Cause Of Temper
generally and especially tho Legislative Prohib-
tion of tho Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages, 10 pre-
pare tho minds of the masses for such Prohibition BY
showing it's expedcncy and Necessity and to secure,
by all the influence IL may legitimatey exert tho
vigorous enforcement of Prohibtory Laws when OBJ
tanned. A8
Irs FfELD.--Doaling 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 Nattonaf
in its spirit in its scope in it's purpose and we trust
it viii 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 II becomes the recognised policy OF the VA
work, and to this end THE PRomBlrloNlsT is estab
lished not the organ Of society merely, but Of
GREAT REFORMAT0Rf MOVEMENT
Irs NEcEssiTY--Th existing Temperance jour
nails have little, if any circulation outside OF me rem
porance Ranks Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends Of the cause The Pro
HIBiTioNIsT Is designed for circulation (instead OF
tracts) among the indifferent and the hostile. For
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 inc0nsderable expense,
to place copy in each family that will consent to re-
ceive it,
Irs PRrcE.-One copy for one year so 90
Three, to one address, one year | 90
Seven do. do. z 90
And for each additional four copies $l.O0 will bo
added for any quantity less than fifty copies
For fifty copies to ono address $ad w
For 100 do do 70 %
No subscription received for less than one 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 few of the ablest
and most eminent writer's in the temperance ranks
throughout the Union.
The work will be stereotyped, and back numbers
be supplied to new subscribers at any time during
the year.
All orders should be addressed to 0. Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent Albany.
Communications for the paper. or in relation to the
interests Of the cause generally should be directed to
VIM H. Burleigh, Corresponding Secretary.
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD .. DELAVAN, President.
Erec,tirs COMMITTEE. Henry Vaudeville, Reuben
H. Walworth, John 0. Cole, /. N Wyckof, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day. Hcrmon Camp, B. P.
Staats, Oliver Scovi
~ 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. aoifhom an
exchange unless they choose to add to our obligation
by sending their papers ALSO which would Of course,
he most thankfully received Jan. 2-dtf