Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-04-21
DAILY NATIONAL ERA.
PROSPECTUS on qHE PROHIBITIONIsr.

8 II any State deems the retail and internal traffic
IN ardent spirits injurious to its citizens, and calcu
lated TO produce idlenoss, vice. debauchery, 500
nothing in the Constitution of the United States to
prevent II from regulating restraining the traffic,
or rom prohibiting II altogether II II thinks proper
Chisf Justice Ianey.
I'm or before the LIST of January 1854, the Execu-
~ tive Committee of tho New York State Temper
rance Society will issue the first number Of Month
y temperance Journal under the title Of Tnx Pro
HIBIrIoElsTp
ITs SizE--It will BIO printed double medium
sncet making eight quarto pages, OF four columns TO
page and, excluding advertisements, each number
will contain an amount of reading matter equal Mt
least to that furnished by our larger sized daily jour
mails, or 70 that of ordinary duodecimo volume OF
$50 pages.
ITs OBJEcT-To advocate the Cause of Temper
ancc generally and especially the Legislative Prohibi
ton OF the Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages to pre-
pare the minds of the for such Prohibition by
showing its expedcncy and Necessity and to secure,
by all the influence il may legtimately exert, the
vigorous enforcement Of Prohibitory Laws when OBJ
tanned.
IT'S FiELD--D 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 will be National
IN its spirit in its scope in its purpose, and we trust
It will BIO National in its circulation and influence.
Such is our aim and expectation. We desire to soc
the Principle of Prohibition established In State after
State till It becomes the recognised policy Of the Ma
tion IL IL ambition to bear part In this great
work. and to this end The PRoHIBlTIoNIsT is estab-
lished not rs the organ Of society merely but OF
GREAT RRFoRMAToRY MOVEMENT.
IRIS NEcxssITY.-Th existing Temperance Jour
mails have little If any, circulation outside of the Tenn
perance Ranks. Their price almost necessarily rc-
stricts them to the friends of tho cause. The Pro-
HIBlr0NIsT is designed for circulation (nstcad OF
tracts among tho 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
combined action and ut nm uncomfortable expense,
10 In hat 20
ceive it.
IRIS PRIcE-One copy for one year so so
Three, TO one address, ono year ! 90
na g. Seven ss.,. DO o,;. DO !, 40 I'm % %
added, for any quantity less than fifty copies.
For fifty copies to ono address $ll 90
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 DO under the general direction Of
the Executive Committee, who have received ample
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 now subscribers at any time during
the year.
All orders should be addressed to o. Scovill, Pub
fishing Agent, Albany
Communications for tho paper in relation to the
interests Of the generally should be directed to
VIM. IL Burleigh, Corresponding Secretary
III ponah VI wv lSoW IoIh pcnoo AonPoi"hco po-
ciety EDWARD @. DELAVAN, President
Eaecutipe Horny Vaudeville, Reuben
H. Walworth, John 0. Cole, l. N. Wyckoh, William
Richardson, Edgar b. Day, Hermon Camp, B. p.
Stats, Oliver Scovill.
0D The Committee request all editors in tho Uni
ted States to give the above one insertion in their
columns. To all who comply with this request,
viii send the Prohbitonist for year, ,oithom
exchange unless they choose to add to our obligation
by sending their papers ALSO which would, of course,
be most thankfully received. Jan. 2-dtf