Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-04-21
PROSPECTUS OF RHE
TEMPERANCE Banner.
To be PUBLISHED Week'y IN tie City Of
Wdshineto1.

FHNHE TEMPERANCE CAUSE in the
n District of Columbia, and especially in
his city, has at length attained that high and
elevated position whieh It's merits were sure,
sooner or later, to secure to it No longer res
garded as Utopan scheme, nor the cherish
ed offspring of some wild enthusiast, It is mar
ching OH with rapid strides, bearing down in
its course the evils which have delayed, and
the crimes which have disgraced our land (,
thousands are daily focking to its standard,
and experiencing the blessings and the bene-
fits which it is so well calculated to bestoM
and to secure.
The proud and the humble, the talented
and tle5ignorant, the rich and the poor, ali
Glasses all grades, here and elsewhere, must
be brought to feel It's power, acknowledge lis
usefulness, and rejoice in its success.
TO accomplish this object, so much to be
sesired, it is believed that paper devoted to
the Temperance cause, free from sectarian or
party prejudices, boldly and fearlessly atlvoca
ting its principles for their moral and yirtuous
tendency, will be tie most effectual.
With this view, we propose to publish IN
this city weekly paper, to make it source
OF amusement to the -fresidc circle, and a
means of spreading far and wide the real ben
hts wh'ch the Temperance Cause every where
CdlTlCS Win 1t.
In its columns viii be found a.weeKiy iac-
count of the different Temperance Societies
and General Meetings held in this city, and
every means adQpte to render it,an important
auxiliary to the Temperance cause.
In order that the TEMPERANCE BANNER NAV
be an acceptable and useful visiter in the fam
lily circle, attention will be paid to the day,
and articles of a high moral and literary ma
tlI1,a yvil ba
noPss OF the proceedings of Congress, as well
SIS the current news Of the day, will also be
given.
Information of the doiags in the Temper
ance Cause throughout the United States,
wherever that cause has obtained footing,
will be concenttat ed in The Banner, that it
may becomes Central point, from which may
diyerge such intelligence as shall not only in,
cite to greater exertons, But induce efforts
where hitherto they may never have been
thought of; and by its means, in connection
with other Temperance journals which at pre-
sent exist, it is confidently expected that the
most distant portions of our country will ere
long be induced to embrace cause which
brings peace and Happiness to the bosom OF
every follower.
In the editorial department, the publishers
have been promised the aid of several gentle
men Of known. zeal and ability, whose asss
lance cannot fail to render the paper every
way worthy Of the patronage and support Of
the friends of Temperance.
TERMS To be printed on fine super-roval
paper, weekly at 50 per .ann,lm-one half to
be paid on the delivery of the first number,
the balance at the end of six months. The
paper td commence as soon as 1000 subscri-
bers are obtained. 4 less number would be
insufficient to insure the .permanency, of the
undertaking and be at all Useful it must be
placed above a chance of failure. It is be
lieved that there is sufficient zeal and num-
bers among the friends of Temperance in the
District to make it certain that that number
of subscribers can be obtained
A. 3. CLAYTON,
VIM. J. DELANO.
Washington March 1842..