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II
TRIBUNE is now in the middle of its IF
teen year Vol XIV # its weekly issue common.
ccd ON the LIST Of September last Tho American
public need not he mnde acquainted with II.
character claims to consideration. With but
subordinate regard for prudence nolicv mr. populnr
iy, it ha. aimed To stand for Righteousness, fo,
Truth. for Humanity, AGAINST fortified Tniaui,v
Fraud and Oppression. There j. not Il slave ,rnder
on tli. Con incnt. though he never read nuvthinc
but his lill- of sale mud ics-rnvahle. who does
not know an1 hate THE TRIBUNE; there il no,
an extensive Ebricntor Of drucgcd and poisonou,
Liquors who dors not com slider it very dangerous
anl immoral paper, and wonder why its publication
is tolerated in a commercial, cntton.buvinr Civ
like Newly ork. The Newark Mercury once fprci.
bly Tcinnrl ed that il had never known hard grin
ing, -crcwint, avariciods employer who was no,
hostile to Tue TRIBl Ne, nor ono emincntIv yen
crous and kindly who did not like IT, Pro,nnt and
plaiu-'pukcn in its demonstrations of iniuuity and
abuses of power, while cain ing exemption from
human Gliihilty, it may have done temporary in.
Justice 30 individuals, tut it has never been unfstb
iu to Principle, nor deaf to the cries of the wrong
cd and suffering. In its columns tho advocates of
novel and unpopular theories contemplating the
moderation ot human woes, especially those of the
yoicclcss and down trodden, have over found audi.
encc and hospitality while IT has ardently resist.
cd and will Professionally combat, every attempt to
pr".cribc and degrade any class because of diver.
,itjrs Of Nativity, Creed, or Color.
In defiance OF calumnics the niuat atrocious and
Of hostilitics the most deadly and uutiring, THE
! GtlBi NE has grown steadily in public appreci.
alton from the day OF its origin lts of serv.
ing tn" public have been augmented In proportion.
Instead of single eiitur with one or two assist
ants. its organization comprises a numerous
body of writers, each fitted by special accomplish.
mcnt and experience for the particular line Of dis
cusson to which his pen is devoted the daily
amount Of reading matter given more than ouadrr.
pies that Of its earliest issues a SAT- of valued
correspondents cncirclcs tho globe, transmitting
early aud intelligent variations Of whatever is most
worthy Of attention while Politics, Legislation
Literature, Art. llisoryin short whatever afrects
the social wCllhcing of MANKIND, Pulctnc Theology
alone excepted finds hero the irccst and most
b searching discussion.
Attached by profound conviction to the benefcent
policy of Industrial development and Internal
INSTRUMENTATION whose most conspicuous cham.
pon through the last Haf-Ccntury vas HENRY
CLAl-imbucd, moreover, with that spirit Of for.
b,arence towarj our weaker neighbors and toward
the much wrongoi Aborigines Of this Continent
and of Peace with All which will hallow the name
Of Wing, TIE TRIBUNE, while surrendering no
Jot of its proper independence cooporated earnestly
and ardently with the Wing party long as its
vitality was prc'erv,d. When in 1862 an at
tempt was made to interPolate slavc-huntng into
ts c'ecl,wc sterny resisted that imposition; when
At the close Of the last Presidential canvass it was
seen that large portion Of he Wings preferred to
defeat q cir own party rather than allow its Anti
Slavery wing to share its triumph, even under
conservative Chief on a Pro-Slavery platform We
/
more. subsequent events, including the rise and
elimination ol the Know Nothing conspiracy and
the speedy absorption therein of the whole force Of
Pru-~iavcry NhIgism. only confirmed our unduubt
! ing antcipntions. With sickly lamentations,
therefore, for the inevitably bygOne but with
hope and sympathy, and words OF cheer, have we
th,+ r,;,h,u = rpifi1r ~ ~ ' Wv p'pHress OF
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- La Wv iIent. VI 't'o rec 0ettlers Of
t"'l''r'u ny conspiracy ana hurled suddenly upon
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80 w nv " WI away tne Ia landmarks
- ''' r'''F iCuiS' anu unite inc ru" hearts, and
'',- ~ " Wv l'eo-''iIon III one mlguty effort
=" NM 'io ,o'uiE' anu Scahdai 81 our country
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