Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-07-29
PROSPECTUS OF rue PRoHIBITIOSlSr.

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sIf any State deems the retail and internal traffic
in ardent spirits injurious to its citizens and calcu
lated to produce dlenoss, vice, or deoauchery soc
nothing in tho Constitution Of tho United States to
prevent IT from regulating or restraining the uamc
or from prohibiting it altogether if it thinks proper"
CAief Justice Ianey
0N or before the LIST 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 FRO
HIBITIoHIsT."
Irs SIzE.-It win DO printed on double medium
shoot making eight quarto pages OF four columns TO
o page; and excluding adv ertisements each number
will contain amount of reading matter equal az
least to that furnished by our largersizcd daily Jour-
nails or to that Of an ordinary duodecimo volume OF
100 pages
Irs 0BJEoT-To advocate the Cause Of Temper
ance generally and especially tho Legislative Prohib-
ton Of the Traffic in Intoxicating beverages 70 pre-
pare the minds Of the masses for such Prohibition BY
showing its cxpedency and Necessity and to secure,
by all the influence it may legitimnteIy exert the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohbitory Laws when OBJ
tanned.
Irs FrELD-D Dealing 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 National
in its spirit in its scope in its purposes and we trust
it win be National in its circulation and influence.
Such is our aim and expectation. We desire to 500
the Principle Of Prohibition established in State after
State till it becomes the recognised policy Of the Ma
i
work. and to this end The PRomBiTIoSIsT is estab-
Iished, not the organ of society merely, but Of
GREAT REFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
ITs NEcEssITY.-The existing Temperance Jour
mails have little If any circulation outside OF tho Tenn
perance Ranks Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends of the cause The PRo-
HBlTIoNIsT 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
tho friends Of Temperance every school district by
combined action and at an uncomfortable expense,
to place copyin each family that will consent to re-
ceive it,
Irs PRIcE.-one copy for one year so so
= Three, to one address, one year ] 90
Seven do. do. 2 90
And for each additional four copies sl.oo win be
added for any quantity loss than fifty copies.
LOT LOT my my copies 70 ono ADDRESS s % AZ AZ
No subscription received for less than one year,
and in every case the order must be accompanied by
the money.
The paper win 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 writer's in tho temperance ranks
throughout tho Union.
The work will be stereotyped and back numbers
be supplied to subscribers at any time during
the year.
Alorders should be addressed to 0. ScoviIl, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
interests of the generally should BIO directed to
VIM. H. Burlegh, Corresponding Secretary.
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
ciety EDWARD @. DELAVAN, President
E1ecmtiUe Commitfee.--H Horny Vaudeville, Reuben
H. Walworth, John o. Cole, /. N. Wyckof William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp, B. p.
Staats Oliver Scovill.
ug The Committee request ell 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 Prohbitonist for year, aoithout
exchange unless they choose to add to obligation
by sending thor papers also which would Of course
be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-dtf