Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-26
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FENHE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE, 1s5s-e..-
n thE tribune IS now in the middle of its IL.
teenth year; Vol. XIV. of its weekly issue eornnen
ced on the lst of September last The American
public need not now be made acquainted with a
character or claims to consid Grafton With bpt
subordinate regard for prudence, policy and pop
uiarIty, IL has aimed to stand for Righeousn snes.
for Truth, for Humanity, against fortified Iniout
ty, traud and Oppression. There is not q slave
trader on this Continent, tho he NAV never read
anything but his bills of sale and notes-payable
who does not know and hate the TRIBUNE; there ia
not an extensive fabricator of drugged and poison
Gus Liquors who does not consider ii a very daS-
geTons and immoral paper, and wonder N hyits
publication Is tolerated in commercial. cotton.
buying City like New ork The Nezrzrk 1E,ycz.
ry once forcibiy remarked that it had never known
hard, gripping, screwing avarieious employerwho
not hostile to the TRIBUNE. nor one erninantIr
generous and kindly who did notIkeiti PROMPT
and plain-spoken in its denunciations of fniouity
and abuses of power, whilst claiming no exemn.
ton from human falliblity, it may have done
temporary injustice to individuals but ii h as nov
er been unfa:thful to Principle nor deaf to tho
cries Of the wronged and suffering. In its columns
the advocates OF novel and unpopular theories con-
templating the melioration of human woes, esps-
orally those OF the yolceless and down-troddep-
have ever found audience and hospitality while
1t has already resisted and will persistently com
bat, every attempt toproseribe and degrade any
class because of diversities of Nativity or Creed
In defiance of calumnies the most atrocious, and
OF holtihties the most deadly and untrue the TRl-
BUNE has grown steadily in public appreciation
from the day of It's origin. It's Of serving
the public have been augmented in proportion
Instead of single editor with one or two assis4-
ants, its organization now comprises numerous
body of writers-each fitted by special accomplish
ment and experience for the particular line Q.
discussion which mel is 1avo daEl
amount OF reading matter given more than quad,
rupies that of its earliest issues; a staff of valued
correspondents encireles the globe. transmitting
carly and Intelligent narrations of whatever if
most worthy of attention; while Politics, Legisla-
ton, Literature, Art. Iistery-in sleEt -gLste-cr
affects the social well-being ot mankind, Po!smie
Theology alone excepted-fnds here the frees.
and most searchin. discussion.
ATTACHED By profound conviction TO the benif-
cent policy of industrial deYclopmen. and Tntsro-
al Intercommunication whose most conspicuous
champion through tho last half-century Was HEX
RY CLAY-inb bued, moreover, with the spirit effo,-
bearance towards our weaker neigh bo-z snd tow
ard the much wrongcd AboriginCs OF this Cent
nent and of Peace vi Al which viii balioT ths
name OF Wing, the PRIBUSE. while 5uIyendarins
no Jot ot lis proper independence co-ppcEated eA
nestly ana araentfy with the Wing PARTY 50 long
as Its vitality was preserved. When II 1862 az
attempt made 10 interpolate slave hunting IL
to its creed. we stcrniy resisted that imposition;
when, at the close of the last Presidential can
vass. 1t was that large portion OF the Wings
preferred 10 defeat their own party rather than
allow its Anti-Slarcry wing to share its triumph
even under conservative Chief on Slavery
platform, we knew and proclaimed that the Wing
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.
frmed our undoubting antieipations- With
sickly lamentations, therefore, for the inevitably
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-
IICAN movement which impelled b. the perfdi-
Gus violation of the Missouri Compact, and stimu-
lated by the astounding outrages whereof tho
rights of the Free Settlers Of Kansas ha. been the
victims-by repeated and utter vitiation of their
elections by an armed mob collected by conspiracy
and hurled suddenly upon them from the border
counties of the neighboring SlBye State, is destin
feuds, and unite the true hearts and strong arms
of the free-soulcd in one mighty effort to confne
the scourge and scandal Of our country within the
limits of the States which unwiscly uphold it. To
the success of this eert, the energies of the TRI
BUSE will be sternly devoted; while the TEMPER
ANCE REFORM, including the entire suppression
of the traffic in intoxicating beverages viii find init,
as hitherto, an earnest and unfinching champion.
Commencing as daily folio sheet Of moderats
size, and with scardey a shadow of patronage, the
TRIBUNE is now issued in quarto form Daily tthrce
distinct editons), Semi Weekly, and Wel2fv. on a
sheet by 81 inches eight ample pages of six col
umns each. Its circulation has steadily grown
from nothing to the following aggregato
Daily issues. eve. and morn 29,5OO copies
Semi-Weekly ,ec s:dso eoS
California edition 5000