Sentinel of the valley. [volume] (Woodstock, Va) 1841-1848, 1842-10-20
LEAVE OF INEusTnY.
PROSPECTUS.

port OF t3TOSptTltN,,a are tUFffeU OUT OF employ
ment and the millions of money, which they
might save to the Nation, (f dly encouraged
is being squandered in foreign countries to
the manifest support Of foreign governments,
it would seem inauspicious for the commence
ment of new Journal But when it is recol-
lected that this ancient Commonwealth, once
the first, is placed in situation far below sew
eral other sister States, of inferior natural adj
! vantages, and that she can alone re-establish
her power and prosperity by cultivsting the
arts and improvements of the age, it is belle
we'd that an energy combind with stout hearts
and noble spirits equal to the occasion, Will
be found to exist among IFS, and that one
small Journal devoted to the product on at
hon e, for what we sacrifice millions to purchase
abroad, will find ample support. Confding
in this view, and believing that unconquerab1e
spirit which has ever characterised VII ginians
il. the maintenance Of their rights requires but
to be excited to the subject. and that those
rights viii be vindicated, the subscriber has
resolved to embark in the publication Of the
LEAGUE OF INDUSTRY.
This Journal will have nothing to do with
personal politics or controver les. 1t will be
devoted to all the branches of Industry. manu-
FtactuHng. commercial and farming, with eve
ry thing directly or incdentallv connected
with these mportont subjects. union Of
these great interests, in tie support Of each
by the other two. is as essential to them re-
lspectively, as it is to the strength, happiness
land permanent prosperity of lie Who'll, nation
Mutual concession, harmony, industry. frugal
fy and economy are requisite to the recovery
OF prosperity in the land. let us all there
tore lay our shoulders TO the wheel, and each
contribute hls mite to the common stock, and
resolve that we will be independent of other
oI1I IL
DountIes bestowed upon this magnificent coun
try. That we viii be good neighbors upon
principles OF reciprocity and fair DEALINGS -
But, throughout the Untet. States so far as
relates TO all species of productive industrv,
we Will be one people, of one mind, and en-
courage and foster our own mechanics. our
own farmers, cur own merchants. and our
own men OF science, in preference to the inha
bltants OF foreign countries, having no com
mon interest or sympathy with us. This rule
constitutes attraction of cohesion, which
binds people together more strongly than
written constitution, or an army with banner
The converse of the proposition has, unfortu.
I natelv, been the rule of action with many of
our fellow citizens under the honest belief
4 that It would produce beneficial results, until
now in time of profound peace, and an open
trade with all the world, we are overwhelmed
divldual, due at home and abroad. proving
| beyond doubt that we have been and are now
doing business with foreign nations and with
each other, upon principles so erroneous. as to
have produced public and private calamity,
\ t>te extent of which no man can compre bend.
! In truth, we have permitted foreign artizans
! and foreign merchants to throw into our mar
! kets, infer or goods, and to make forced sales
and sacrifices, which have ruined our manu-
features and brought the country in debt
while, if these forced sales and sacrifices had
been made where the goods were manufac-
tured. the mischief would have fallen where
it ought, and left us free from present caiami
ties. The excess of manufactures in fore; gn
countries, would necessarily have diminished
the production at home, if forced in the mar
! ket, while production would have gone
with us, and a mutual supply of manufactures
and agricultural products, would have heen
| furnished by our own citizens to each other
| All would have an abundance. and all have
been happy and prosperous. For example;
The articlesi exported in five years from S20
to 1852 inclusive, before the compromise act,
/ free of duty, amounted to S64,657,000
In the five years from 1894 to 1888
inclusive, after the Compromise
Act went into effect. the articles
imported free of duty amounted
to 36s,4eo,l8s
Actual increase Of duty free ar
ticies, S303, 1858. 1873
On the other hand, American Tobacco ship
ped to the countries Of Europe costing here,
less than t,oeive millions Of dollars, pays there.
in duties, profits &c. to the governments, h5r-
ty-foe millions of dollars
The opinion of Mr. Jefferson, in his letter
Of January 9Th, 1916, to Benz. Austin, Esq
is appropriate now: "Fhat to be independent
for the comforts of life we must fabricate them
ourselves. We must now place the manufac-
t,lrer by the side of the agrculturst. The
former question is suppressed, or rather as
sumes new form. The grand inquiry now is,
shall we make our own comforts, or go with
out them at the will of foreign nation He.
therefore, who is now against domestic manu-
features, must be for reducing us either TO
dependence that nation, or to be clothed
in SKINS and live like wild beasts, in dens and
caverns | am proud to say. I an nat one Of
these. Experience has taught me that manu-
features are now as necessary to our indie pen
dence as to our comfort
THos. JFFFEpsoN.
The League of Industry will be published
IN qaarto form, semi-monthly, in the city of
Richmond, for one dollar per annum IN adj
vance. One copy of which will be sent to the
Clerk OF each County and Corporation Court
in this Commonwealth, gratis, upon condition
| that he will file, Bind, and presei We it, also, to
| the Executive Department and Public Libra
ry; and also to several of the principal Libra
ry Societies an Hotels of the U. States.
! A competent portion of the Journal viii be
! devoted TO short Cards. Notices and Adver-
/ tis1 rnents
! All Communications must be post-paid.-
Remittances may be made III any current Bank
Notes, at par at tie place from whence made
The price of the paper is SO small that every
person viii See the propriety of adhernS to
this rule.
The Editor and Proprietor will be assisted
! in the publication by several distinguished
gentlemen of Virginia and the North,
MOSES GOOLB,
Editor and Proprietor.
FRANCES HI. .E0EsEhAN,