Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1855-12-14
TIME new York Tribune, 1865.


FTHE New York Tribune, 1865
A. The 4 RiBrEE is nov in the middle Of its
fiteentii yea. Vol, Nv o1 It's weekly issue COM
nieiiced ca the ist.ot September last. The Ame-
lieiln public need not now be made acqEaint-
ed with its character or claims to considers
tio1. With Tut subordinate regard for pru-
derce, policy or orpopnlarity, II has aimed 20
stand i,r righteousness. I.r Truth. for HUI
laiity against fortified iHiquity, Fraud and
0Ilseski6 There snnta sklye-trader on this
cortinents though he may never read anything
TIT his biils ei sale $50 notes payable. who
does not know aud iate lnE tribune; there is
net an gXiensiye tabricaiorpf drugged and pol
sonous Liquors ~lic does not consider 1t very
dangerous and inn oral Paper. and wonder why
IL publication is telsrated IN commercial, cot :
ton-!e!iiiI City like New York. The Nerark
4hsrcngg once fercihiy srked that it1had me-.
yer known hard, griping. screwing, avari-
cleus employer waV WIS not hostile 10 TuE
TRiBEsF nor one emnently generous and kind.
b vile cid not likeit. Proinp and pialn-spo-
ken In lis denaneidtiCns OF iniquity and abn-
ses OF power, wiflie Claiming no exception from
iuls4n iallaility, II may have done temporary
IL tiee to Individuals, but it has never been
Uifaithful to Principle, nor deaf TO the cries of
the wrolged aad suffering. In it's columns the
advocates Of novel and unpopular theories
contemplating tue Moderation Of human woes,
especially those OF the yoiceless and down
trodden, have ey found audience and hospi-
tality; while it has ardently resisted, and will
persist eBily cGmbat every attemptto prescribe
and degrade any class oscalse of diycrSlties
oi Nativity, Greed or Col-r.
In defiance OF calumBies the most atrocious,
ard Of hostilisies tie most dea lily and untiring,
The 'FRIBusE has grown steadily in public APP
preciation from The. day of its origin. IT.
means OF serving the public have been augs
msEted in proportion. Instead of = single
editor with one or two assistants, It's organi2a-
ton Low comprises numerous body of wri-
teIs, each fitted by special Accomplishment
and experience for the particular line of dis
cuSsiou 10 which his pen Is devoted; the daily
amount OF reading matter given more than
quadruples that OF its earliett issues; staff of
valued correspondents encircles the globe,
transmitting early and Intelligent narrations OF
whatever is most worthy of attention; while
Politics, Legislation. Literature, Art, History
lin short whatever affects the social well-be-
ing Of mankind, Poiemic Theology alone ex-
cspted-iiuds here the freest and most search
ing discussion.
Attached by profound conviction to the be-
neiieeut policy ut Industrial development and
II terDal llnieIecnm anication, whose most con-
spIcuUus champion thi ough the last Half Cen
tury was llEHaY Clay imbued, moreover,
with that spirit of foFbealance toward our
weaker lie ghUurs, and toward the much wrong
ed AoqFigincs of this Continent, and of Peace
VITA All which viii hallow the name OF Wing,
iFE TRIBuNE, while surrtndefing no jot OF its
cooperated earnestly aud ar
deHIiy with the " Nlig p.rty 80 long as It's vi
takty was preserved. hen, IN lS5U-2, an
attempt WAS mAdeto interpoI4te Slave-hpntiag
INTO Us creed, We steruly resisted taat impo-
Nttl -
ttal canvass, it was seen thata large portion OF
lac II liigS preferred ~ sieAt their own party
rIther thIn allow It's Anti Slavery wing 10
Share its triumph, even under conservative
Chiei on a Pro Slavery platform, we knew and
proclaimed that the Ehig party was no more.
Subsequent events, including the rise and cul-
minAtIon of the Know y othing conspiracy,
and the speedy absorption therein of the whole
force OF fro-Slarery Whigism. only coafFni-
ed our undoubting anticipetions. With no
Sickly lamentations. therefore, for the inevitl-
hly hygonc, but with hope, and Joy, and SYM
rathy, and words OF cheer, have we hailed the
beginning and watched the progress OF that
II gnty kEPUBLIoAs movement which, impeli-
ed " the peihdious violation Of the Missouri
EO4-pact, and stimulated by the astounding
oGsagcs whereof the rights of the Free Set
tiets - Kansas have been the vict!ms-by the
and utter yiiiation of their elections
Dy an armed mUb Collected by conspiracy and
hurled suddedly upon them from the border
counties of the neighboring Slave State, is
destined to sweep away the landmarks of old
party feuds, and unite the true hears and
strong arms of the free-souled in one mighty
effort 10 confine the scoaFge and scandal Of
ouT country within the limits OF the States
wdicn unTisely uphold it. To the success Of
tltS EFFORT the energies Of THE TRIBUNE will be
5 sgnly devoted; whil3 the TEMPERANCE Re-
roa6, including the entire suppression Of the
lraifc in Intoxicating Beverages, will find in
b. as hitherto, an earnest and nnGinching
Champion.
Commencing as daily folio sheet of mode
rate size. and with scarcely shadow OF pat
-onage, The TsrBuEE is now issued in quartz o
form Daily (three distinct editions,) Semi
IPesklJ and Weekly, on a sheet a by 81 inch
es, eight ample pages of SIX columns each -
Its circulation has steadily grown from nothing
to the following az ggregascS:
Daily issues teyening and morning) % 500 copies
Sem-Weekly, 1875
Weekly, 1915
Cllitornia edition, 5000