Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1856-01-04
BEDFORD INQUIRER AND CHRONICLE
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rican publie, need not now be made aequaiiit-
ed with it's character or claims to coiisidcra-
fion. With but a subordinate regard Tor pru-
dence policy or popularity, 1T has aimed 10
stand for righteousness, Tor Truth, for HUI
nsnity. against fortified Iniquity, Fraud and
Oppression. There is not slaye-trader on thas
Continent, though be may never read anything
but his bills of sale and notes payable, VINO
does not know and hate TnE TRIBUNE; there is
not an extensive fdbricator of dragged anu pol
sonous Liquors WHO does not consider u avery
dangerous and immoral paper, and wohaef why
il publication Is tolerated I'M commercial, cot
ton-buvine CITY like Newly FORK. The Neirark
Mercugu once forcibly remarked that it had ne
yer known hard, gripping, screwing, avari-
cious empIoyer who was not hostile to IHE
TRiBrSE. nor one eminently generous and kind
IL who did not like it. Promp and plaln-spo-
ken in lis denunciations of iniquity and abu-
ses OF power, while claiming no exception from
human falibility, it may have done Temporary
injustiee to individuals, but it has never been
unfaithiul TO Principle, nor deal 10 the cries OF
1.-THE wronged aid suffering. In its columnstbe
advocates of novel and unpopular theories
contemplating the moderation of human woes,
especially those of the voiceless and DOWN
trodden. have ever found audience and hospi-
tality; while it has ardently resisted, and will
pcrsistenily combat every attemptto proscribe
and degrade any class becadse of diverslties
of Nativity, Greed or Colsr.
In defiance of ealumnes the most atrocious,
and of hosfilitieS the most deadly and untiring,
THE TRIBuSE has grown steadilg in public APP
probation from the day Of its origin. 1t
means Of serving the public have been augS
mented in proportion. Instead OF single
editor with one or two assistants, its organiza-
tion now comprises a numerous body of wrl-
tiers, each fitted by 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
quadraples thai OF its earliett issues; staff OF
valued correspondents encireleS the globe,
transmitting early and intelligent variations oi
whatever is most worthy of attention; while
Politics, Legislation. Literature, Art, History
lin short whatever affects the social weii-be-
ing Of mankind, Polemic Theology alone ex-
ctpted-fnds here the ffeest and most search
ing discussion.
Attached hy profound conviction to the be-
ncfcent policy of Industrial development and
Internal INSTRUMENTATION, whose most con-
spicu0us champion through the last Half Cen
tnry was HENRY CLAr- imbued, moreover.
with that spirit Of forbeaTanee toward oul
weaker neighbors, and toward the much wrong
cd Aborigines of this Continent, and of Peace
with All which win hallow the name of Whig
T"E TRIBUNE, while sarrendering no jot of its
Independence, cooperated earnestly and ar.
IDENTITY with the Wing party so long as its vi.
talty was preserved. When, in 1902, al
attempt WAS made to interpolate slaye-huntiRg
into its creed, we sternly resisted that impo'
sition; when. at the close of the last Presiden.
tial canvass, it was seen that's large portion o
the Wings preferred to defeat their own party
rather than allow its Anti Slavery wing t.
share its triumph, even under u conservative
Chief on Pro Slavery platform, we know anC
proclaimed that the Wing party was no more
Subsequent events, including the rise and cni
mination of the Know Nothing conspiracy
aud the speedy absorption therein OF the whole
force of Slavery Whigism, only confirms
ed our undoubting anticipetions. With nC
sckiy lamentations, therefore, for the inevitd
bly, bygone, but with hope, and joy, and sym
pathy, and words of cheer, have we hailed tht
beginning aud watched the progress OF tha
mighty REPCBLIcAN movement which, impell
ed by the peIfidious violation Of the Mlssour
Compact, and stimulated By the astoandin;
outrages whereof the rights of the Free Set
tiers of Kansas have been the yictims--by th,
repeated and utter vtiafion Of their elections
by an armed mob collected by conspiracy anS
hurled suddedly upon them from the bordc
counties Of the neghboring Slave State, i
destined To sweep away the landmarks of Olt
party feuds, and unite the true hearts am
strong arms of the free-soulcd in one might,
effort to confine the scourge and scandal 0
our country within the limits Of the State
which unwiSely uphold it, To the success 0
this effort the energies Of THE TRIBUNE will b.
sternly devoted while the TEMPERANCE RE
FOX {, including the entire suppression of tn
Traffic in Intoxicating Beverages, will find il
it, hitherto, an earnest and unhinchinl
champion.
Commencing as daily folio sheet of mode
rate size, and with scarcely shadow of pat
ronage, THE TRIBUSE is now ISSUED in quart
form Daily (thrce distinct editious,) Semi
Weekly and Ueekiy, on a sheet A by "a inch
es, eight ample pages of six columns each
| Its circulation has steadily grown from nothin
to the following Aggregates:
| Daily issues (eycning and mornng) 29, 800 copie
/ Semi-W eekly, li.175 g
/ Weekly, 1871 "
/ California edition, 5000 -
/ Total, 1877,
! We believe no other newspaper in the worl
/ has "a subscription list over half so large a
this; and no periodical Of any sort can rival il
And while its extreLle cheapness, rendering a
| Increase of paying readers only as indirect pc
| cHniary advantage to u.s. has doubtless largel
swelled its subscription list, it would he absul
| dity NOT to perceive in this unprecedented pat
ronage some evidence of public approval an
| esteem.