Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-09-23
The RAJ TsMAnss go0nNAL,


The Tribune was first Issued as Il Daily On
the 10th of April ISL Its Weekly edition was
commenced i'm September OF the same Y aT It's
Semi-WeckIy in May. 18i5. 1t was the first daily
in America to issue a double eightpage sheet ut
low price. and it has kept Mt least even with the
foremost of its rivals in the rapid expansion Of
Newspaper ent, ryrise which the great extension
OF Railroads. and the establishment Of the Iele-
graph system have crowded into these last sixteen
eventfu years. No larger journal IS Afforded at
so low price in any quarter of tue world; none
in America no matter at what price issued, pays
an euual amount. weekly monthly for lnteliec-
tual labor 1t employs correspondents regularly
in the leading capitals Of Europe AID at the most
important points on this continent, with Il Lpcral
staff of writer's and reporters at home, reSarding
full early and accurate information as the first OBJ
ject of a Newspaper and the timely ana thorough
calculation thereof as the chlct end OF its Edlto
rials. In that spirit, The Tribune has been and
will be conducted, extending and perfectinS It's
correspondence so fast as the Increase OF Its pa
tronagc Will Justify the expense Should the cur
rent attempt 10 connect the Old with the NewN Orld
by the magnetic wire prove successful we shall We
~ soon at heavy cost to ourselves and we trust,
a corresponding advantage TO our readers publish
each morning synopsis OF the proceeding day
occurrences throughout Europe. Northern Africa
and Western Asia, with regular reports OF the mar
kcts, the monetary aspects ana harvest prospects
of hither Europe with Sood aJlas pGsiue MN
and his daily paper on his hreside table, the A
nerican farmer artisan within day 5 ride OF
the city may then study each evening the doinss
of the civilized world throughout the day proceed
can read, but especially one who has children to
educate will longer deny himself the pleasure and
profit of a daily journal. The same IS true mca-
Surably of those who live further inland though,
where mails infrequcnt Semi-N eekly, or e.
ven a Weekly. may seem sufficient.
The Tribune deals with questions of Political
Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material Progress
and whatever may affect the intellectual, Moral,
Social and Physical well eng of mankind, dog
matte Theology alone excepted. Its leading idea
is the honoring of honest useful W ork in whatever
sphere or capacity and the consequent elevation
of the Laboring class in knowledge, virtue and
general esteem 1t is necessarily hostile to Slave
ry under all its aspects to intemperance IN what
ever form degree with its accessories, to war
save in the defense of Country and Liberty against
actual invasion. and to every form of mbllnS.
Desiring to see Production extended and cncour-
aged, while wild Speculation and useless Iraffe
curtailed it fayors the policy OF sustaining and
diversifyng Home Industry by discriminating
Tariff-a policy which tends to increase the price
of Grain to the farmer while diminishing that OF
Bread tothe artisan, by reducing the distance Il
cross which their respective products are eNchang
ed and of course, reducing the cost of their trans
fer Regarding Fillibustcrism in all its phases,
and every form and device of National covetous-
ness with unqualified abhorrence as the banc of
Republics and in their triumph the grave of Equal
Human Rights seek by every means to WOO
and win the attention OF our countrymen from pro
jccts of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT abroad TO enterprises OF
developement and benehcence at homo, foremost
among which rank II RaIlroad through the
heart of territory to connect the waters OF the
the goods of this life not yet fairly distributed
and that no ready 10 work should ever famish
in unwilling idleness, it lends open ear to eve
ry suggestion of Social improvement which docs
not counteryail the dictates of eternal Morality
upon that natural right of every one 10
whatsoever he has fairly produced or honestly ac-
quired, whose denial must sink mankind into the
chaos and night of barbarlsm and universal squat
or. With a profound consciousness that idiers,
drunkards, Hbcrtines and profigates can never be
other lin the main) than needy and wretchcd, II
=. /, 1,u hat
ter than Punishment-that the child trained up in
the way he should go, will rarely in after years
desert that way for the thorny paths of Vice and
Crime-that a true Observation-Disclosures, Moral
and Industrial as well Intelectual-is the most
effective temporal antdote to the errors and woes
of our race. Recognizing in the most degraded
specimen of Humanity divine spark which sho ouid
be reverently cherished, not ruth!essly trodden
out have charity for all forms Of evil but those
which seek personal advantage through the de-
basement of our fellow beings. The champion Of
class caste, the dcYotcc OF sect, We would
fain be the interpreter to each other OF men bet
ter impulses and aspirations, the harbinger of
general concord between Labor and Capital, and
among those whom circumstances or iniSapprchen-
sions haze thrown into unnatural antagonism. A
contemporary once observed that he never knew Il
hard, grasping, nsgardly employer who did not
hate The Tribune a generous, large-souled,
kindly one, willing to live and let live, who did
not like it. We ask no higher praise, no warmer
attcstatiOn
! The circulation of The Tribune is Mt this time
as follows Daily 32, coo copies; Weekly, I76SO0
! copies; Semi Weekly, 600 copies; California
and European, 5000 copies; Total. 230.oOO copies.
! That of the Semi-Weekly and Weekly we believe
to be exceeded by no other newspaper published
! in the world; that Of the Daily falls behind that
| of some of our cotemporaries- 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 Advertis-
ing far more lucrative; bat of our patronage gem
! orally have reason, no wish to complain.
OF late. concerted effort has been made to di-
llt!f. inf
1 of the Postmastcrs, some of whom embark in it
eagerly. others under political restraint. while a
| large number. we are happy, for the sake Human
Nature to state, refuse to be dragooned into II at
! all. Still, we have been made to feel the heavy
hand of Power, and have doubtless lost thousands
of subscribers in CONSEQUENCE. PreteXts to which
| no individual in his private capacity would have
stopped have been relied TO Justify the stopIaGe
of papers within reach of their subscribers and
rightful owners, and their retention in the Post
Office till their value destroyed. PoStmasters
| have been schoolcd by rival journals-scveral of
them living on their self-proclaimed ability to
serve as an antidote to The Tribune-as TO their
political duty to promote at our expense the dis
semmination of gazettes OF adverse politics. We
shall outlive this warfare, but do not affect an
difference to it. In the open field of discussion
| we fear nothing; but in the tens of thousands OF
| rural neighborhoods where the Postmaster can in
duce many of his quiet neighbors to take the jour
nal he recommends, we have already lost some pa
irons. and expect to lose more our subscriptions
for this year expire We appeal. therefore, to the
hearty faithful fearless advocates of Free Labor
and Free Soil throughout the land TO take care
that this official warfare our circulation be no
prosecuted without counteraction. We employ nC
travelling agents Tor we Will not consent 10 nave
the public harrassed with the solicitations of sran
gers in behalf. We strike the name of eacf
subscriber to our Weekly and Sem-W eckly from
our books as soon as his term has expired, for VIZ
will not haunt our patrons with duns for arrear
which they may say they never intended to incur
for papers which perhaps they never read VIC re
ly for the renewal of subscriptions solely oil
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