Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-19

Il The TRIBuNE is now in the middle of its IF
teenth year; Vol. XIV. of its weekly issue eommen-
ced on the lst of September last. The American
public need not now be made acquainted with
character claims 10 consid Grafton. With bnt
subordinate regard for prudence, policy and pop
ularity, it has aimed to stand for righteousness,
for Truth, for Humanity, against fortified Iniqui-
~, Fraud and Oppression. There is not slave
trader this Continent, tho he may never read
anything but his bills Of sale and notespay able,
who does not know and hate the TRIBUNE there 10
not extensive fabricator of drugged and poison
ous Liquors who does not consider it q very dan
gerous and immoral paper, and wonder whyits
publication is tolerated N commercial. cotton
| buying City like New-York. The Rs,szYk Msreu-
rg forcb,y cd that it had never known
hard. gripping, screwing aFareious employer Th9
was ret hostile to the TRIaUSE, nor one euiaeniy
| generous and kindly who did notlikei it, P.ompi
and plain spoken IN its denuncaions o. iniqriey
and abuses OF power, whilst claiming eramp
tion from human fallibility, 1t nay have dore
temporary nlustice 70 rai~ICz2l5. bat J. has rey-
er been Urfaithfai to Principle, ncr deaf = the
cries Of tbc vlo1god and suffering IN is colrgrr:
the elrceatcs of novel and unpopular theories coz
.eupigrlug the moderation of human woes. osps-
| cially those o. 1he yoiecloss ana dewE-tEoa6c5s
| have ever found audience and hospitality hills
il has already resisted, and will persis;ently
| bat every atte mpt toproscribe and degrade any
! class because of diversities of Nativity Greed.
| In defiance Of calumnes tho most atTocious. snd
of hotilities the most deadly and untrue the I'll
BuSE has grown steadily in public appreeiatoH
! from the day Of its origin. Its means OF serving
| the public have been augme nted in proportion
| Instead of single editor with or two assist
| ants, its organization now comprises numerous
hE Of FOR The Selfal parfaflcanessS2 aesS . R5a d,
discussion TO which his pen is devoted the dali,
amount OF reading matter given more than quad
rupies that of its earliest issues a staff of valued
| corresp pondents enercies the globe transmitting
| carly and Intelligent narrations of whatever "a
most worthy of attention; while Politics Leoisls
tou Literature, Art. History-in short whatever
affects the social we'll being of mankind Polemio
iheoiogy alone excepted-fnds here the freest
and most searching discussion.
Attached by profound conviction to the bepia.
cent po!Icy of industrial development and Intern
81 Intercommunicatien whose most conspicuouS
champion through the last half-century was UH,.
Rr CLAY-im bued moreover, with the spirit offor-
oeaTanee towards our weaker neighbors and tow
ard the much wronged Aborigines of this Cont
nent and OF Peace with All which will hallow the
name OF Wing, the TRIBUNE, while surrendering
no Jot of Its proper independence co-operated ca
nestly and ardently with the Whig party 90 long
as ITS vitality was preserved. When in 1852 an
attempt was made TO interpolate save-hunting in
TO IT'S creed we stcrnly resisted that imposition
when. Mt the close of the last Presidential can.
Vass IL was seen that large portion of the Wings
preferred to defeat their own party rather than
ahoW It's Antl-Slavery wing to share its triumph
even under conservative Chief on a Pro-Slavery
Platforin we knew and proclaimed that the Whie
party was no more. Subsequent events, including
the rise and calumniation of the Know Nothing
conspiracy, and the speedy absorption therein OF
the whole force of Pro-slavery Whigism, only con-
armed our undonbting anticipations. With ne
bygone, but with hope, and joy, and sympathy,
and words of cheer, have we hailed the beginning
and watched the progress of that mighty REPUB-
LICAN movement which impelled by the perfdi-
Gus violation Of the Missouri Compact, and stimu-
lated by the astounding ourages whereof tho
rights of the Free Settlers of Kansas have been the
victins-by repeated and utter vitiation of their
elections by an armed mob collected by conspiracy
and hurled suddenly upon thom from the border
counties of the neighboring Sieve State is destn-
ed 20 sweep away the landmarks of old party
feuds, and unite the true hearts and strong arms
OF the free-souled in mighty effort TO confue
the scourge and scandal of cur country within the
limits of the States which unwisely uphold it. To
the success Of this effort, the energies of the TR-
BuNE viii be sternly devoted; while the TEMPER
ANCE REFORM including the entire suppression
OF the trafc in intoxicating beverages viii find H.
as hitherto. an earnest and unhinching champion.
Commencing daily folio sheet of moderate
size. and with scardely shadow of patronage the
l TRIBUNE is issued in quarto form Daily three
Instinct editions Semi Weekiy, and Weskiy,
sheet "a by 81 inches, eight ample pages of six col
lmns each Its circulation has steadily grown
rom nothing to the following aggregate
Daily Issues and morn 29,50O copies.
Semi-Weeky I4l75
Weely 1S6. 500
California edition =: 5000