Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-03-05
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hdtSAeS anu Je"S-Es ESpSiEeA Or -l4e S-~CltsF
notice. June 8, IS.
B,HE NEW-yORK TRIBUNE, 1885,
4 TEE TRIBUNE is now in the middle of its If
teenth year; Vol. XV. of its weekly issue eommer-
ced On the lst Of September last. The American
public need not now be made acquainted with c
character claims 20 eoEsia Grafton. With bnt a
subordinate regard for prudence, policy and pop
ularity, il has aimed 70 stand for Righteousness,
for Truth, for humanity, sgainst fortified 1Dioui-
ty, Fraud and Oppression. There is not slavs.
trader on this Continent, tho he may never read
anything bEt his bills Of sale and notes-payable
who does not know and hate the TRIBUNE; thore Ia
not an extensive fabricstor of drugged and poison
Gus Liquors who does not consider it very dan
gerous and immoral paper, and wonder whyits
publication Is tolerated in q commercial. cotton
buying City like New-York. The Nsscark 1fsrcH-
| ~ once foreiby remarked thatit had never known
a hard. gripping. screwing avaTicious employer who
was not hostile to the TRIBUNE, eminently
! generous and kindly who did like it Prompt
and plain-spoke in Its denunciations of iniCuity
! and abuses of power, whilst claiming 10 exemp-
/ tion from human fallibility. it may have dons
temporary injustice to individuals, but it has new
/ er heen unfaithful to Principle, nor deaf 10 ths
cries of the wr0nged and suffering. In Its columns
the advocates of novel and unpopular theories
| templating the meiior2tion of human woes, espe-
| cially those of the voiceless and down-trodden,
/ have ever found audience and hospitality while
it has already resisted, and will persistently
bat, every attempt toproscribe and degrade any
class because of diYersties of Nativity, Greed
| In defiance of calumnies the most atTocious, and
of holtilties the most deadly and untrue, the TRf
/ BUSE has grown steadily in public appreciation
from the day of its origin. It's means Of serving
the public have been augme ented in proportion
Instead of single editor with one or two assist
ants its organization now comprises numerous
body of wTiters-each fitted by special accom- pIish-
/ ment and experience for the particular line Of
discussion to which his pen is devoted the daily
| amount of reading matter given more than quad
ruqes that Of its earliest Issues; staff of valued
correspondents encircles the globe, transmitting
early and intelligent narrations of whatever is
most worthy of attention; while Politics, Legisla-
ton, Literature, Art. History-in short. whatever
affects the social we'll being of mankind, Polelnc
| Theology alone excepted-frds here the fTeess
| and most searching discussion.
Attached by profound coEsiciion to the beBih-
cent policy of Industrial development and Intern
| al Interconlmunicatlon whose most conspicuous
| champion through the last half-century was HEN
RY CLAY-im bued, moreover with the spirit offoT-
! bearance towards our weaker neighb bors. and tow
ard the much wronged AborigiDeS Of this Conti-
nent and of Peace with All which viii ballow tho
name of Nhig, the TRIBUNE. while surrendering
no jot of its proper Independence co-operated ea
| ncstly and ardently with the Nhig party so long
| as It's vitality preserved. When in 1862 an
attempt was made to interpolate siaveh uniting in
to Its creed, We stcTnly resisted that imposition;
when. at the close of the last Presidential can
Yass 1t was seen that large portion Of the Wings
preferred TO defeat their party rather than
allow its Anti-Slavery wing to share its triumph.
even under conservative Chief on a Pro-Slavery
| platform. we knew and proclaimed that the Nhig
party 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-
| firmed our undoubting anticipations With no
slcky lamentations therefore, for the inevitably
! bygoBe 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 pe-idi-
Gus violation of the Missouri Compact, and simu-
lated by the astounding outrages whereof tho
rights of the Free Settlers Of Kansas have been the
victims-by repeated and utter vitiation of their
elections By armed mob collected by conspiracy
and hurled suddenly upon them from the border
counties Of the neighboring SlGve State is destin
ed to sweep away the landmarks of old party
feuds. and unite the true hearts and strong arms
of the frce-soucd in one mighty effort to confuo
the scourge and scandal of our country within the
limits of the States which unwisely uphold il. To
the success Of this effort. lie energies =! ,he TaT
PURE viii be sternlg devoted; While the TEMPER
ANCE REFORM, Including the entre suppression
Of the trac in intoxicating beverages, viii fnc AIT.
as hitherto, earnest a-d u2f.rching champion
Co.nueneing as & daily folio sheet Of moderate
size, and with scardeIy a shadow of patronage The
TRIBUNE is now issued in quarto form Daily tthres
distinct editionsl Semi Weekly, and Ws1f.y, on
sheet II by 81 inches eight ample RACES Of SIX col
uInns each. It's circulation has steadily sEeEo
from nothing 70 the fgiiowing sggresats
Daily Issues eve. ana morn 2Sg2oJ copies
Semi Weekly i31t2
Neely lS6,3O9
California edisioa 6,ooo