Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-01-11

fittcenth yeas; Vol. Nv. Gifts weekly issue COM
menceti On the lst OF September last. The Ame-
riean public need not now be made acquaint-
ed with its character or claims TO consdera-
ton. With lut a subordinate regard Tor prli-
denee, policy or popularity, il has aimed 10
stand ior righteousness, Tor Truth, for HUI
niunity, against fortified Iniquity, Fraud and
Oppression. There is not d slave trader0D this
Continent. though he may never read anything
but his bills OF sale and notes payable, who
does not know and hate The TRIEuxE; there is
not an extensive idbricator Of drugged andpoi-
sonous Liquors wllc does not consider II avery
dangerous and immoral paper, and wonder why
its publication is tolerated in commercial, cot
ton-buying City like New-Y ork. The Nepark
Mercury once forcibly remarked that It had ne
yer known hard, gripping, screwipg, avari-
cious employer who was not hostile to THE
TEIBUSE. nor oneeminently generous and kind
ly who did not like il. Promp and plaln-spo-
ken in its denunciations Of iniquity and abu-
scs OF power, while claiming no exceptionfrom
human falibility, ii may have done temporary
injustice TO individuals, but il has never been
unfaitAful to Principle, nor deaf 70 the cries Of
the wronged AID suffering. In its columns The
advocates OF novel and unpopular theories
contemplating the melioration of human woes,
especially those of the voiceess and down
tr6dden. have evtr found audience and hospi-
tality; while il has ardently resisted. and viii
persistentlycombat every attempt tn prescribe
and degrade any class because Of diyerslties
Of Nativity, Creed or Coler.
In defiance of calGmnies the most atrocious,
and of hostilities the most deadly and untiring.
THE TRIBUNE has grown steadily in public APP
probation from the day Of its origin. IL
means Of serving the public have been augs
mented in proportions. instead of a single
editor with one or two assistants, lis organiza-
tion now comprises numerous body Of wrI
tiers, each fitted 10y special accomplishment
and experience for the particular line Of dis
cussioh To which his pen is devoted; the daily
amount of reading matter given more than
quadruples that Of It's earliett issues; staif OF
valued correspondents encireles the globe.
transmitting early and intelligent variations OF
whatever is most worthy Of attention; while
Politics, Legislation. Literature, Art, History
lin short whatever affects the social wcll-bs1
ing Of mankind, Polemic Theology alone yA-
cepted-finds here the frcest and most se.reh-
ing discussion.
Attached hy profound conviction Z the be,
nciicent policy vi Industrial ieYelahaent ana
Internal allntercommun;cation wie'se most con-
spicuous champion through the last nan zen
tury was IlExRY CLAY in6uea, moreover,
with that spirit of forbeTance toward our
weaker neigiIb0rS, andfoFard the much wrong
ed Aborigines Of this eontlneilt, ana oi eace
with All which viii Lallow the name OF " hg,
TtE TRIBUNE, whic sufrenderIng no Joi ot It's
eeoper9ted earnestly and ar
deutiy with tle Wing parts so long as its Vi
tahty was preserved When, in 1862, an
atteint y.s made to interpolate slave-huntiRg
into lis ,feed. we sfernly resisted that impo
sitiou. when. at the close Of the last PreSiden-
tial canvass il was seen that's large portion OF
IKE Wings preferred 10 defeat their own party
rather than allow its Anti Slavery wing TO
STARE its triumph. even under conservative
Chief on Pro- Slavery platform, we knew and
that the Wing party was no more.
Subsequent events. Including the rise and cnl-
mnation of the Know Nothing conspiracy,
md the speedy absorption therein Of the Whole
force of Pro-SlaYery WhigiSn, only confirms
cd our undoubting anticipetions. With no
,ickly lamentations. therefore, for the inevita-
bly, hygone, but with hope, and joy, and SYM
pathr. and words of cheer. have we hailed the
beginning aud watched the progress OF that
m ighty REPUBLIcAN movement which, impell-
,d by the pelhdioUs violation OF the Missouri
{ anInacf and stimulated by the astounding
whereof the rights OF the Free Set
Hers of Kansas have been the victinls-by the
repeated and utter yitiation of their elections
BIZ IN armed mob collected by conspiracy aud
hufled suddedly upon them from the border
destined to sweep away the landmarks of old
larty feuds, and unite the true hears and
trong arms Of the free-solIled in one mighty
.hort to confine the ScOurge and scandal of
,nr couptry within the limits of the States
which unwiseiy uphold it, TO the success of
his effort the energies OF TRE TRIBUNE will be
,ternly devoted; while the TEMPERANCE RE-
'oR 4, including the entire suppression Of the
Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages, viii find in
I, as hitherto, an earnest and unHinchng
champion.
Commencing a daily folio sheet of mode
ate size. and with scarcely shadow OF pat
onage. THE TRnUNE is now issued in quarto
orm Daily fthree distinct editions,) Semi
lFeekig and IYeekty, on sheet A BY "a inch
IS, eight ample pages Of SIX columns each.--
is circulation has steadily grown from nothing
. the following aggregates:
Daily issues (evcninS and morning %, 800 copies
Semi Weekly, lt.l15 =
Weekly, l3T,150 q
edition, 5000
Totol. 1877 7.425
We 5clieve no other newspaper in the world
laS subscription list over half SO large as
his, and no periodical OF any sort can rival il.
And While It's extreme cheapness, rendering an
Increase of paving readers only as indirect Pc
'uniary advantage to MS, has doubtless largely
,wellcd its subscription list, it would be absnr-
'onage some evidence of public approval and
.steem.