The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1857-11-12
THE NEW-YORK TRIBUNE.
1878 9 8

on the 10th of April ls4l, It's Weekly e..
dition was commenced in September Of the same
year; its Semi-Weekly in May, 1915. i was
the first daily in America to issue a double or
eight-page sheet at Il low price, and it has kept
Mt least even with the fOremoSt Of Of its rivals
in the rapid expansion of Newspaper enterprise
with the great extension Of Railroads and the
establishment of the Telegraph system have
crowded into these last sixteen evCntful years.
No lafgei Journal is afforded at 50 low price
in any quarter of the world none in America
no matter at what price issued, paws an equal
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual Ia
Dor. 1t employs correspondents regularly in
the leading capitals of Europe, and at the most
important points oil this continent, with a lib
eral staff of writers and reporters at home re.
garding full early and accurate Information rs
The FIRST olJect OF Newspaper and the timely
and thorough eucidation thereof as the chef
end OF its Edtorlas. In that spirit THE TRIB-
UNE has been and will be conducted extend
ing and perfectiug its correspondence so fast as
the increase OF its patronage will justify the ex-
pense. Should the current attempt t. connect
the Old with the New world by the magnetic
wire prove successful, we shall very soon at a
heavy cost to ourselves and we trust; cores
ponding advantage 20 our readers publish each
morning synopsis Of the preceding days oc-
currence throughout Europe, Northern Africa
Western ASIA with regular reports of the mar
kets, the momentary aspects and harvests pros
pects OF hither Europe. with good atlas beside
hlm and his daily paper on his fresde table
the American farmer or artisan within a days
| ride OF the city may then study each evening
the dOings of the civilized world throughout the
day preceding; and it seems hardly possible
that any who can read, but especially one who
has children to educate, viii longer deny him
sell the pleasure aud profit Of daily journal.
Ike same is true measuTbly of those who live
further inland; though where mails are infre
quent, Semi-WeekIy or even a Weekly paper
may seem sufficient
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of Po
ltinal Economy Public Policy Ethics, Material
Progress and whatever may effect the Intellect
nal Moral Social end Physical WILL being Of
mankind, Gcgmatic Theology alone excepted
Its leading idea is the houo.Ing of honest use.
| tul Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and
the consequent elevation of the Baborng Glass
IN knowledge, virtue and general estimation. 1t
| Is necessarily hostile to Slavery under all It's as
poets, to Temperance in whatever form or de-
gree with its accessories, to War save in the de.
tense of Country and Liberty against actual in
yaslon and to every form of Gambling. Desir-
lug to see Production extended aud enGourd gcd,
| while wild Speculation and useless Traffic are
curtalitc, 1t iayors the policy of sustaining and
dlYersltylng Home In ustry by a discrimna-
tlnS lHwitl-a policy which tends to increase
the price oil Gram to the farmer while diminish. !
ing that OF Bread to the arcsian, by reducing
the distance across which their respective pro-
Gucts are exchanged and, of course, reducing
the cost OF their transfer. Regarding Filbust- |
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vice OF National cOYetousness, with unqualified |
a6horance as the bane Of Republics and in their |
triumph the grave Of Equal Human Rights we |
seek by every means to WOO and win tie atten-
tlon OF our countrym II fronproiccts of aurran-
dzement abroad to enterprises of DEVELOPMENT
and benihceace at home foremost Gmonr
which we rank Railroad through the heart ul
our territory to connect the waters of the Allan. .
tic with those OF the Pacific. Believing that |
the goods Of this life are not yet ally distr;bu
ted, and thatn no one this life are not yet fair
y distributed and that n one ready 10 work |
should ever 1anih in unwilling idlGness, it |
ends an open ear to eve suggesting of So j | |
implven ent which does not counleryaiI the die |
tates OF eternal Morality nor war upon Il at |
I0tural right OF every one to whatsoever he has |
fairly produced or honestly eccquircd, whose |
denial must sink mankind into the chaos and !
night OF barbarlsm and universal SqualOr. With |
a profound consciousness that idleIs, drunkards |
Ilbertines and progili!atcs can never be other
lin The man) than Ieedy and wretChed, il bears
aloft the great truth that Prevention is better
than punishment-that the child trained up in /
tina way he should CO. will rarely in after years |
desert that way Tor the tborny paths Of Vice
and Crime-that true Observation-Disclosures
Moral and Industrial as well as Intelectual-is
The most effective TEMPORAL antidote to the er-
lrors and woes Of our race. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen of Humanity divine
spark which should be revercntly cherished, not
ruthlessly'trodden out, we have charity for all
forms ofevl but those which seek personal
advantage through the debascment ofour el-
ow.beings The champion of no class or caste
the devotte of no sect we would tain be the in.
terpreter to each other of mems better impulses
and aspirations, the harbinger Of general con-
cord between Labor Capital, aud among those
Whom ehcnmstunces or misapprchensions have
Thrown ito unnatural antagolism A contempo-
s1ary once observed that he never knew hard
sAraspmg, niggardly employer who did not hate
VI TRlBl NE, nora generous, large-s1uIed
one, willing to live and let live who did
We ask no higher praise no warmcS
e f1tfeFsu4 u4SuidllOu Ol / I1E TRIBUNE is at this
sflhe rs Follows Daily $4,000 copies: Weekly,
lT6.aoO copies; Semi Weekly, 10000 copies
California and European, 600 comics: Total
2J0 800 copies. That of The Semi Weekly and
Weekly We believe to be 6exceded by no other
newspaper published in the world, that of the
Daily falls behind that Of some Of our cotempo
rqries, Had our hostility to Human Slavery
and the Liquor Traffic been more guarded and
polite. our Daily issues would now be some
thousands heavier and our Advertising for
more lucratiyei but of our patronage generally
we have no reason, no wish, to complain,
OF la'e concerted effort has been made to
diminish our rural circulation through the inhu-
ence oil the Postmasters, some OF whom embark
IN It eagerly, others under political constraint
while large number we are happy, for the
sake OF Human Nature, TO state, refuse to be
dragooned into it at all. Still, we have been
made to feel the heavy hand Of power, and have
doubtless lost thousands OF Subscribers in con.
sequence. Pretcxts to which no individual in
his private compacity would have stopped have
been relied on to justify the stopage Of our pa
pers within reach of their Subscribers aud right. |,
iul owners, and their retention in the Post. of.
tce Till their value was destroyed. Postmasters &
have been schoo by rival journals-several
OF them living on their self proclaimed ability
te serve as an antdote to THE TRIBUNE-as ,
to their political duty TO promote at ourexpcnge s
the dsgPIniI: atnn nr ,r al,