Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1856-01-03


i BUNE i noS 10 The middle Of iu hAesnth year,
Vol XY. offs vsskiy issue commsaced % DE les Of
September last. The American pubic need bot noe
be made acquainted with its character o. elams %
consideration. With bat s1bordinaie regard ior pru-
deace, policy or popularity, h has aimed 70 stand for
Righteousness f0F Truth for Humanity agansi lcrthed
.uiquity, Frand And Oppression. There Is not slave
ader on tbis Cohdnsnt though be may never read
anything bot his bills Of sale and payable Who
does not lnIH and hate fHE TRI IBUNE;there l. not en-
extensive abhcatOr Of drugged aud poisonous Liquors
wh0 does not eonsderis very dangerous and immoral
paper, and wonder Why y publication i boleFlted IN
commercial, eOiton-buying Cty Ike Nev-Y0rk. The
NeSark Mercury once forciblY remarked that g had
never knOsn hard, giping. sereEing. aEaheons en-
pl0Jer Who uas not hostile 10 The Tribune, nof one
eminently generous and kindly sho did not ike It.
Prompt and plain spoken 10 lie denuneatiOns 0lniquy
End abuses Of poser while claiming no exemption from
human alibity, il may have done temporary injustice
% ndiyduals but Il has been uniah1l 70 Pin
dPle deaf 10 the cries Of the Wrouged and sGfer-
ing In IL column the advocates Of novel and unpOp
ular theoriss contemplating the melorad0n Of human
woes, especially those Of the v0iceleEs and dOuntfod
den, have ever found audience aud hospitality; zhie
it has udenty resisted, aud Wi persistenty combat,
every attempt 70 proscdbe aud degrade any class be-
cause Of diveTsities Of Nativity, Greed or Color.
In defiance Of caumBies the most atrocous, and Of
bostlities the most deadly and unliring The Tribune
has grown steadily in public appreciation from the day
OF its origin. lts means Of serving the pubic have
been augmented 10 proportion. Ius,esd Of a single
editor with one or tEo assisarts is organization
comprises numerous body VI writer's, each Etted by
special accomplishment aUd exJeieBce fJr the partic
uaI line Of discussion 10 which his pen devoted the
daily amount Of reading matter given mere thsn qua
dfupes that Of lie eafie- >sues: staff Of valued cor.
respondents encrcles the globe, transmitting early and
Intelligent narratous Of whatever is most WOrIby Of
tenton, while Politics, Legislation, Literature, Art:
HstOry-in short whatever affects the sJcal well be-
Ing Of mankind, POemic Theology alone excepted
inds here the reest and most searching discussion.
Attached by profound conviction to the benefcent
policy Of Industrial development and Internal Inter.
Communication whose mUst CONSPICUOUS ch smpiOn
through the last HalfCentury was Henry vlay-im-
bued moreover with that spirit Of forbeaanee toward
our weaker neighbOrs and toward the much WrOnged
Aborigines Of this Continent and Of Peace with Al
which will hsl0W the name Of Wing, The Tribune while
sLuenderng o Of lie proper Independence cooper
ated earnestly aud ardenty with the Wing party 90
long its vitality preserved. When ia 1902 an
attempt was made 70 interpolate save.huntng into il
creed sternly resisted that imposition whep at ht
close Of the last Presidential canvas seen that
large portion Of the Wings preferred TO defeat thei
own party rather than allow its An.iSavery wing
share its triumph uzder conservative Chief OF
a PrO-SdVery platform, We knew and proclaimed tina
= the Whg party more. Subsequent events in
cludng the rise aad elimination OF the Know NOTHING
conspiracy and the speedy absorption therein Of h
whole force of PfO.Sayery Whigisn, only confirmed
. our undonbt ng antcipations With no sickly Amen
atiOns therefore tor the inevitably bygone but viii
hope and JOY and sympathy, and words Of cheer have
we ha led The beginning and watched the progress
that mighty Republican movement which, impelled by
the perfdous violation Of the Missouri Compact anC
stimulated by the astounding outrages whereof the
rights Of the Free Settlers Of Kanzas have been the vic
tns-by the repeated and utter vitiaton Of their eec
Ii II al faA -
hure suddenly upon them from the border counties o
the neighboriRg Slave State is destined 10 sweep AVA
the landmarks Of old party feuos and unite the tru
hearts and strong Of the freesouled in one might
effort 10 conne the scOurge and scandal OfOur countr
'r within the limits Of the States which unWisey uphold
To the Of this effort the energies Of The Tribun
C. will be sterny devoted while the Temperance Reform
e including the entire suppression Of the Traffic in Intol
icatng Beverages will find in it, as hitherto an earne:
's and unAinching champion.
Commencing as a daily folio sheet Of moderat
size and with scarcely shadow cf patronage The Tr
bune now issued in quArto from Daily three distinC
f editions, Semi Weekly and Weekly Oh a sheet A b
"a inches. eight ample pages OF six columns EACH II
If circulation has steadily grown from nothing to tn
following aggregates;
u Daily issues (eYeuing and mOrning) 29,5OO cOpie
Semi eekly. 4sl75
t. Weekly. 10000
California edition. 5000
Total 1S6. IT'S cope
We believe no other newspaper 10 the world has
subscription list over half so large this and per
odical Of any sort can rva it, And while its extren
cheapness rendering increase Of paying readers on
as indirect pee uniary advantage to US, has dOubts
largely sseed It's subscription list would be absur
ty not to perceive in this unprecedented patrOnal
i some evidence Of public approval aud esteem.
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