Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-06-22
PROSPECTUS or YHg PRoHIBIrIoNIsT


If any State deems the retail and internal traffic
in ardent spirits injurious to its cxcns, and caleu
lated to produce idenoss, vice, debauchery soc
nothing in the Constitution of the United States TO
prevent 1t from regulating or restraining the amc
or from prohibiting it altogether If it thinks proper"
Chit Justice Ia,ey.
nN or before the LIST of January, 1884 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
HIBITIoHIsT.o
IRIS SIzE-It will be printed on a double medium
sheet making eight quarto pages Of four columns to
q page; and excluding advertisements. each number
will contain an amount Of reading matter equal at
least to that furnished by ourlarger sized daily jour
nails or to that Of ordinary duodecimo volume OF
$50 pages
IRIS OByEcT-To advocate the Cause Of Temper
generally and especially the Legislative Prohib-
ton Of the Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages TO pro-
pare tho minds of the masses for such Prohibition, by
showing its cxpedcncy and Necessity and 70 secure,
by all tho influence 1t may legitimately exert the
vigorous enforcement of Prohbitory Laws whom OBJ
tanned.
IT'S FIELD-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 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 1t becomes the recognised policy OF the Ma
ton 1t is our ambition to bear part IN this great
work. and to this end The PRoHIBiTIoNIsT is estab-
lished not the organ Of society merely, but Of
GREAT REFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT
IRIS NEcEssITY.-The existing Temperance Jour
mails have ttle If any circulation outside ofthe Ten
perancc Ranks Their price almost necessarily re-
stricts them to the friends Of the The Pro
HIBIrloNfsT is designed for circulation (instead 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 in every school district by
IN Aet M al Uncomfortable
to place copy in each family that will consent to re-
ccive it.
ITs PRIcE.-One copy for one year 50 so
Three, to one address, one year | 90
Seven do. do. 90
And for each additional four copies, $l.OO will be
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies
For fifty copies to ono address vi W
For 100 do. do. 70 90
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 writer's in tho temperance ranks
throughout the Union.
The work will be stercotyped, and back numbers
can DO supplied to now subscribers at any time during
the year.
All orders should be addressed to O. Scovil, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany.
Communications for the paper or in relation to the
interests Of the cause generally should be directed to
" NJ -. DuiioiBu, ioopoHuinB oUclCe1Ay
In behalf of the New York State Temperance So
ciety: EDWARD G. DELAVAN, President.
Eaeeutius Comn,itfee--Henry Vaudeville, Reuben
ii. Walworth John O. Cole, l. N. Wyckof, William
Richardson, Edgar B. Day, Hermon Camp, b. p.
Stats Oliver Scovil
10 Tho 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
will send the Prohibitionist for year, scithom
exchange, unless they choose to add to obligation
by sending their papers ALSO which would of course,
be most thankfully received Jan. 2-dtf