Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-12


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FENHE NEW-YORE TRIBUNE, 1856.
a. TnE TRIEUNE Is in the middle of its IF
teenth year; Vol. Nv. of its weekly issue common
ced on the lst of September last. The American
public need not now be made acquainted with l.
character claims to eonside With bnt
subordinate regard for prudence. policy and pop
ulaIity. it has aimed TO stand for Righteousness
for Truth. for Humanity. against fortified Iniqui-
". Fraud and Oppression. There Is not Il slave
trader 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 il
not extensive fHbricator of dragged and poison
Liquors who docs not consider it very dan
gerous and immoral paper, and wonder whyits
publication Is tolerated in commercial, cotton
buying City like New y ork. The Ne4cark Meres-
yy once forcibly remarked that it had never ksown
hard. gripping screwing ayarciOuS employer who
was not hostile TO the TRIBUSE, nor enc eminenty
generous and kindly who did not like it Prompt
and plain spoken in its denuncations of iniauity
and abuses of power whilst claiming exemp-
tion from human fallibility, it may have done
temporary injustice to individuals, but ii has new
er been unfaithful 10 Principle, nor deaf TO the
cries of the wronged and suffering. In its columns
the advocates of novel and unpopular theories
! templating the melioration of human woes, espe-
! cially those of the Voceless ana down-trodden,
! have ever found audience and hospitality; willis
| it has already resisted. and will persslenty
/ bat, every attempt toprOScribc and degrade eng
class because OF diVeTSItics of Nativity. Greed
In defiance OF calumnies the most atrocous and
of holilities the most deadly and untrue, the TRI
/ BuNE has grown steadily in public appreciatioH
from the day Of It's origin. Is of serving
/ the pubIie have been augmented in proportion
Instead of single editor with or tao assist
"Hfr, it, organization now comprises a numerous
body Of writers-cach fitted by special accom-
/ ment and experience for the particular line 5E
discussion TO which tis pen IS 1evo,ed the daily
amount of reading matter given mere than oUs-i-
rufles that q Is earliest issues STAFF q vgluea
cor;es9 9onfleTts encirces thc globe Transmitting
| early and Intelligent narraiieEs &c UnateEer u
most worthy Of attsntion; while Politics Lag;sl4-
tion Literature, Art. Hstory-in short, whatever
affects the social we'll being 0f mankind. Polenc
Theology alone excepted-fnds here the freest
and most searching discussion.
Attached by profound conviction 10 tic bcnid-
cent policy of Industrial development and Intern
al lntercommunicaton whose most conspicuous
champion through the last halfcentury HBs-
RY bucd, moreover, with the spirit effor-
bearapce 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 Whig. the THIBUSE, while surTendering
no jot of its proper independence eo-operated ca
nestly and ardently with the Nhig party SO long
"a It's vitality preserved. When in 1852 an,
attempt was made to interpolatc saye-hunting in
to its creed, we stcrnly resisted that imposition
when, at the close of the last Presidential cam
Yass, 1t was seen that large portion of the Wings
preferred TO defeat their party rather than
allow its Anti-SlaveTy wing to share its triumph,
even unQer a conservative bhIet on HrO-SfaYcrF
platform, we knew and proclaimed that the Whig
party 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-slayeTy Whigism, only
frmcd undoubting anticipations. With no
sckiy lamentations. therefore. for the inevitably
bygonc, but with hope, and joy and sympathy,
and words of cheer, have we hailed the beginning
and watched the progress of that mighty RkPjB-
LICAN movement which impelled by the perfdl-
Gus violation of the Missouri Compact, and stipu-
latod by the astounding outrages whereof The
yictims-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 Sieve State, is destin
ed to sweep away the landmarks of old party
feIds and unite the true hearts and strong
of the free-souled in mighty effort to conino
the scourse and scandal of our country within the
limits of the States which unwseIy uphold it. To
the success of this effort, the energies of the TRI
BUNE will be STORMY devoted; while the TEMPER
ANCE REFORM, including the entire suppression
of the trac in Intoxicating beverages will find in il
hitherto. an earnest and unfinching champion.
Commencing n daily folio sheet of moderate
size, and with scardely shadow of patronage. the
TRIBUNE is now issued in quartO form DaIy (throe
distinct cditons SeAai H'eekiy, and IFetlIy, on q
sheet A by 81 inches, eight ample pages OF SIX col
umns each Its circulation has steadily grown
from nothing to the following aggregate:
Daily issues. and morn 29,5OO copies
Semi-Weekly I4Ilo
California edition 5000