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" However disagreeable this delay may have been to the subscri- 

 bers, (as well as the editor, who suffers most by it,) it is to be pre- 

 sumed that the consideration of giving encouragement to the manu- 

 factures of our own state will more than compensate. The types 

 are not so perfect as those from the London foundries, which have 

 been improving for centuries, but no Cash went to London for them, 

 and our infant manufactures ought to be encouraged that they also 

 may improve. 



"Signed, THOxMAS GREENLEAF." 



In this plain and honest preface is practically embodied the true 

 idea of the system of home protection and heartfelt patriotism, and 

 it was through such instrumentality that the printing press of this 

 country has become one of the most formidable engines of power 

 throughout the civilized world. 



But time flies ! Allow me then to solicit a steady encourage- 

 ment of our own resources by every species of honorable legisla- 

 tion, and by every act which sustains the arm of ingenuity and en- 

 terprize, that our schools may disseminate useful learning, and that 

 our people may become prominent among those whose services their 

 country requires, (that when they have abandoned the things of this 

 life, another generation may cherish their memories with respect) — 

 *' that our garners may be full and plenteous, affording all manner of 

 store, that our sheep may bring forth thousands and tens of thousands 

 in our streets, that our oxen may be strong to labor — that there be 

 no decay, no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our 

 streets, Happy is that people that are in such a case. Yea, blessed 

 is. that people whose God is the Lord," 



