New-York tribune., 1841-11-24


The friends of A merican Industry and Reciprocal
Commerce meet at the Repository of the American
Institute in the Park on Thursday next at 7 o'clock
The design is to organize " League to
extend over the State, to watch and guard American
industrial and commercial rights, which for year,
have been shamefully neglected and trodden upon,
10 the ruin almost entirely of our British West India
commerce. which n few years since ranked with our
most valuable trade The legitimate trade Of our
country in the productions of number of our most
fertile Northwestern States has been diverted from
this City into the Provinces of foreign nation, to
swell the receipts of their canals and build up an
overgrown foreign navigation large and re-
spectacle body of intelligent importing merchants
might, few years since, have been collected in
any of our commercial cities. They have nearl,
all been broken down, and foreign agents, mer,
birds Of passage, who only alght to feed on thu
fruits Of our hard labor without sympathy for
uB-who never lift fnger to tighten our burthens
are substituted in the place Of our own citizens.
who gave their money freely to build our cdlhces
improve our City, and sustain our Government,
wholesome Tariff, which protection t.
our honest American labor has been frttered
away, and our people have been tempted BY
foreign gcwgaws, fine silks and sparkling wines.
to part with their money until bankrupts in all
directions STARE US in the face.
Our circulating medium, which was intended to
be based on metallic money (for foreigners want
no other) is literally reduced to rags. If we ash
them TO spare a par, of our silver and our gold
and save US from general bankrurtcy-to take
only small portion of their pay in wheat, on,
corn and our provisions-the earning Of our swea,
and tol-thcy laugh US to
Since the repeal of our Protecting Tariff France
every month has taken from million OF dollars
for silks and wines, and in solid metallic money,
or what would produce the metal in France
This, cooperating with the destruction of Ma
tional Currency and the era Of loose and vicious
banking, has deranged our Exchanges. This ha,
broken our Merchants and our Banks. Ihis has
multiplied peculators couS,erfeiters and robbers
The efforts 10 ward off the effects of our ruinou,
policy has led the victims of it from expeaient Il
expedient and step by step prepared them fcI
grosser frauds until the mass of community i,
corrupt, and every newspaper YOU unfold is filed
with swindlius recitals. is not all this truth and
II so, is it not high time for Americans to league
Wewant American Legislators instead of Engst
and French. Is this partyi If so, we would tha
every citizen who has Americas blood coursing il
his veins were partisan We want an all-absorb
ing party OF this description-and lie, the " HON,
League embrace it, extending East, West, North
and South, as long and broad as our Repsblic
We want every every real American who sees III,
notice of the coming meeting to ATTENDING, merel,
as spectators or hearers OF what others NAV sa,
but prepared themselves to speak, and act, ans
help on the great work.
If wha, has been stated is tru.h, surely the mo-
rives for action are not wanting. Ii they I'M
true, expose their faacies. Lay bare the de-
cep,ion and dissolve the Home League ano
advertise it as an imposture.
The last meeting, which adjourned TO Thursday
evening next, gave promise ef the hearty concur
renee Of some of our best citizens. Some te"
strangers in the city noticed the call, and gave
tone and strength the meeting by their presence
These examples, it is hoped may be followed Al
the next nesting. From among the 20 or $4,000
strangers who ordinarily staying in our city
there are many genuine Americans with SINGER,
hearts and clear heads Let them attend ,hi,
meeting, urgS their views, encourage and invigor.
ate those who are here aboring in this cause, ano
contribute TO union coextensive with our com
mon country that shall restore to its citizens ,ho
Frustrated rights. ,% |
10 store in Mobile was recently broken open
sRS $1,000 in greHrrsst bills stolen from it