New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-25
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE
DAILY, .Sr~,- Weekly AND Weekly
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DAILY, .Scm,- Weekly AND Weekly
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TIE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE WAS first is
sued as small Daily paper, IN April, l3al -
Weekly and Semi-weekly editions are Of moro re-
cen, origin II commenced with few hundred sub
scribsrs and slender prospects Of patronage or AID a
any kind It has now Seventy Thousand subscrfAcrS
for constant purchasers Of its regular Issues. 70
larger circulation than was ever attained By ~
other Political Journal with an extensive Adver-
tlslng business, ample materials and facities, an
an Income, which is abundantly satisfactory 10 ~
publishers These facts are recapltulated IN spa
it of heartfelt gratitude 10 that wide American pub-
lie by which its faults have been so tenderly regard
ed and its merits so generously acknowledged
The course of The Tribune is still onward Com
menced individually by hun who has continue 4 10 bs
its chief Editor, the number OF its proprietors has
since been gradually increased TO twelve, including
all those responsbly connected with ats condact.
Editorial, Financial or Mechanical. These purpose
snd hope in time to make still further application Of
the general principle that the workman should b
his own employer and director, aud should receive
the full reward OF his labor. The Qaickened sense
OF responsibility and the more thorough devotion a.
mind and muscle to the appointed work which thas
system induces will be found TO overbaance any
cidental disadvantages, If its application be wisely
made so that the new idea and the old habits may b
gradually and safely harmonZed
The Tribune is prominently newspaper. lie
first aim is to present lucid and accurate panorama
OF the living world around Whatever importance
Its Editors may attach to their own opinions, theV
deem 1t of still greater moment that their readers
shall be supplied with all data essential TO the oruA
ton of correct opinions for themselves. Hence spe.
cial attention is given TO reliable Correspondence
nom the most important points throughout tbs
world, while the Electric Telegraph is largely en-
ployed in the procurement of the earliest tidings Of
Transporting events When News presses upon ou
columns, Editorials as well as Contributions habltu-
ally stand back One Of the Editors and Proprteosv
(Bayard Taylor has Just started on Journey Of OBJ
servaon in the interest of this paper by way OF the
Danube and the Levant to the recently dscovmed
Ruins of Ninevch and thence to Upper Egypt and
the sources Of the Nile His letters will appear Ia
our columns throughout the ensuing year We shu
sndeayor to be surpassed by no other journal in the
ability and accuracy Of Correspondence and Re-
ports from Washington during the Long Session nov
approaching. So with other capitals whence import.
ant adyices may be expected. We are able 10 pay
for early intelligence worth having, and whocverc cen
anticipate all competitors IN transmitting 1t shall b
compensated therefor, without express stipulation.
In the sphere Of Opinion, The Tribune isbors Al
all times to conserve whatever is good and reforo
what is OWL in the laws and customs which govern
mankind Attached by conviction and sympathy 10
the Wing party, as that which least mperfecsly CON-
bines the love OF Freedom with that reverence
for Order aud Law so vital to personal security
and National prosperity-as that which best obcys
tn,u m . with Al
men, and realizes that the mission Of this country IL
pacific and industrial not beligerant and subversive
as that which alone uphold the great truth that
Government has constructive and benc6cent as wen
AS repressive and defensive functions, and alone
maintains the policy and duty OF Legislative aid and
protection to the introduction OF new and the nam.
ten,ncr OF lInrreti branches OF the National Iudus
try-we wear no party letters and do no leaderS
bidding SO far as act with a party, we are i'm
peed to DO so by belief that those public objects
which seem 10 us most important can be more effect
iyely promoted thus than by isolated and desultoV
effort but we know no obligation TO cloak md
quty nor uphold wrong when perpetrated by men q
our own party Should we ever perceive or have
reason 10 suspect that the grei. end OF eeyalng and
ennobling Labor by diVersifyng its employmests.
increasing its efficiency, and bringing Producers ana
Consumers into more immediate and economic rea
tons, can better be subserved out OF than IN tho
Wig party, We shall not hesitate to renounce that
party's support. And every proposition or idea whioA
contemplates radical improvement IN the Laborers
condition whether by the abolition OF Slavery, the
reformation Of Trade on the basis Of Direct EK-
changes between producer and consumer The Orgsn,
zation Of Industry on Republican instead Of The
Feudal and Monarchlcal basis which we have tnhsr
ted-shaIl have our hearty good wishes, even whsa
we may not be able TO concur IN the wisdom and
feasibility Of the precise mode and measure oil Re-
form which may be suggested. We will not suneo-
der our freedom Of action TO any one idea, whethG
Political Religious or Social We are content 10 b
stigmatzed both pro-Slayery and ultra-Aboltisa,
as blgot and infdel, as puntanic and hcentous,n re-
ther than put on the harness and mouth the shiooo
leh of any little sect faction which has fastened
itself 10 the corner OF great truth and refuses
to see anything beyond.
Every journal vsunts its chedprss--scores PIE
claim themselves the cheapest in the world We
will only say therefore, that we pay for paper aioaS
more than half Of all we receive from saDscrmeu
and purchasers and that, but for Advertisements OF
annual expenditures would exceed our receipts ~
many thousands OF dollars. copy OF our Weekly
or semi-Weekly contains an amount Of matter
(which has all COS, money or labor equal 70 sas
contents Of fair acreage volume, for which M,
orty of our subscribers lin clubs pay Us rather leo
than tue cents Whenever shall be possible 10 prin9
better paper for that sum, we shall endeavor 70 b
among the first 10 adopt the improvement. Anos
while we respectfully solicit subscriptions ana ne
aid Of our friends in procuring them, we do nos ds-
sire the money of any who consider our paper worth
less than Its cost.
Aver, large accession Is gens'a,ly made e oar iifs
about ii tms fthe assembling OF Congress. wiz s'e~
to receiving tic be-. atnaLle summary Of hs Pf'cesdmss
10 .one VII, give Their orders TOO late We are 'naDs
,no.ly the bacs nunt ers they require All Who WIS"
commence WI tue Congress, Will obbss US " se"'ns ~
-. ,,ooa 40 IN .,uolg bars nsmLsf,. The irst Or.
sers vii tske them.