Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-23

IF any State deems the retail and internal traffic
In ardent spirits injurious to its citizens and caicn
lated to produce dlencss, vice. or debauchery, see
nothing in the Constitution Of the United States 70
prevent 1t from regulating restraining the rafc,
from prohibiting it altogether II II thinks proper
Chief Justice Ianey.
nN or before the lst 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
HIBITIoNIsT.'
ITs SIzE-It will be printed on double medium
Sheet making eight quarto pages OF four columns to
a page; and excluding advertisements, Zach number
will contain an amount of reading matter equal at
least to that furnished by our larger daily jour-
mails, to that of ordinary duodecimo volume of
$50 pages.
ITs 0BJEcT-To advocate the Cause Of Temper
ance generally and especially the Legislative Prohibi
pare tho minds Of the masses for such Prohibition by
showing its cxpedency and Necessity and to secure,
by oil the influence it may legitimatey exert, the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws when OBJ
tanned.
Irs 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 VIII be National
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, till it becomes the recognised policy Of the Ma
tion It is ambition TO bear part IN this great
work, and to this end THE PRoHIBITIoNIsT is estab-
shed not as the organ of society merely, but of
GREAT REFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
ITs NECESSITY. The existing temperance jour
nails have little if any circulation outside fthe Ten
perance Ranks. Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends of the The PRo-
HIBITIoNIsT is designed for circulation INSTEAD OF
tracts among the Indifferent and the hostile. For
this purpose 1t is put at price so low us to enable
the friends Of temperance in every school district by
combined action and ut an inc0nsiderabe expense,
to place copy in each family that will consent to re
ceve it.
Three, to one address, one year ! 90 90
Seven do do 90
And for each additional four copies, $l.O0 will be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For fifty copies to ono address Saa 0o
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 abest
and most eminent writers 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
Ali orders should be addressed to 0. Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany
Communications for the paper, in relation to tho
interests Of the cause generally SHOULD ss directed to
IN h DuIioIBn, SoiIooPonuinS oow. .oAJ' -
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
ciety. EDWARD Q. DELAvAN, President
Executive Commitfee.--H Henry Vaudeville Reuben
H. Walworth, John 0. Cole, I. N. Wyckof William
Richardson. Edgar b. Day, Hermon Camp B. P.
Staats Oliver Scovin.
0- The Committee request all editors in tho Uni
ted States to give the above insertion in their
columns. To all who comply with this request, we
viii send the Prohibtionist for year, icifhom an
exchange unless they choose to add to obligation
by sending their papers also, which would of course
be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-du