Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-09-02
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Newspaper enterprise which the great extension
of Railroads, and the establishment OF the Tcle-
graph system have crowded into these last sixteen
! eventful years. No larger journal IS afforded at
/ so low price in any quarter OF the world mono
! in America, matter at what price Issued, pays
/ an equal amount weekly monthly, for inteilec-
! tual labor. 1t employs correspondents regularly
in the leading capitals of Europe, ard at the most
/ important points this continent, with liberal
staff of writers and reporters at home, regarding
full early and accurate informatona as the hrst OBJ
iect of Newspaper and the timely and thorough
e!ucidation thereof the chief end of its EdIto-
rias. In that spirit, The Tribune has been aud
will be conducted, extending and perfeetlng its
correspondence so fast as the increase OF ITS pa
tronage will justify the expense should the cur
rent attempt to connect the Old with the Newho orid
by the magnetic wire prove successful we shall We
ry soon, at heavy cost 10 ourselves and, we trust
| corresponding advantage to our readers ptbllsh
each morning synopsis of the preceding days
! occurrences throughout Europe: Northern Africa
and estern ASIA with regular re ports Of the mar
kets, the monetary aspects and harvest prospects
of hither Europe. With good atlas beside him
and his daily paper on has hTeslue table liie A
meTican farmer artisan within q day fido OF
/ the city may then study each evening the doinss
| of the civilized world throughout the day preeed-
ing; and it seems hardly possible that any who
can read, but especially one who has children 70
educate. will longer deny himself the pleasure and
profit of a daily journal The same Is true lnea-
! surably of those who live further inland though.
where mails infrequent. ScTui-N eekl Y, or C.
ven 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 be ng of mankind, dog
matte Theology alone excepted. It's leading idea
Is the honoring of honest useful Work in whatever
sphere or capacity and the consequent elevation
| of the Laboring class in knowledge virtue snd
general esteem. II l. necessarily hoStils to Slave
~ under all its aspects, to Intemperance in what
ever form or degree with its accessories, to Wax
save in the defense of Country and Liberty against
| actual invasion and to every form of Gambiins
Desiring to see Production extended and eneoEr-
aged, while wild Speculation and useless TRAFFIC
are eurtaed. it favors the policy of sustaining and
diyersifying Homo Industry by n discriminating
Tarif-a policy which tends 10 increase the price
of Grain to the farmer while diminishing that OF
Bread TO the artisan. by reducing the distance a
cross which their respective products are oxehang
ed and. of course reducing the cost of their trans
| for. Regarding Filtbusterism in all It's phases,
and every form and device of National covet5cs-
ness, with unqualified abhorrenec IS the bane ci
Republics and in their triumph the grave OF Equal
Human Rights, We seek By every means TO Woo
and win the attention OF our countT ynen from pro-
iects of aggrandizement abroad to enterprises OF
deyelopeinent and beneGcenee at home foremost
among which rank Railroad through the
heart of territory to connect the waters OF tho
| Atlantic with those of the Pacific Beliesing that
the goods of this life not yet fairly distriouted.
and that ready TO work should ever 1arnish
in unwilling idieness ii lends an open ear 10 eve
! ry suggestion of Social Improvements which does
| not countervail the dictates of eternal Morality
nor upon that natural right OF every one to-
whatsoever he has fairly produced or honestly sc
quired. whose denial must sink mankind into Tho
chaos and night of barbarism and universal squat
or With profound consciousness that iaieIs,
drunkards. libertines and prohigates can never DC
other (in the main) than needy and wretched, 1t
bears aioft the great truth that Prevention Is bet
ter than Punishment-that the child trained up IN
| the way he should go. will rarely in after years
desert that way for the thoTny paths OF Vice end
sCrime-that a true Educa.ion-R Religious, Moral
and Industrial well as Inteilectnal--is tho moss
effective temporal antidote 10 the ana woes
of our Recognizing in the most aegraaed
specimen of Humanity adivine spark nhioh should
be reverently cherished, not ruthlessiy troaden
ra1lF of
/ which seek personal advantage through the >-s.
! basement of our fellow beings. The champion OF
no class caste the devotee Of no scot, we would
fain be the interpreter to each other OF men pet
| ter impulses and aspirations, the harblnSer OF
! general concord between Labor and Capital, and
among those whom circumstances or misapprehen-s
/ slons haze thrown into unnatural antagoDism- A
contemporary once observed that be never Knew
hard, grasping, niggardiy employer v no did not
| hate The Tribune, nor generous, iarse7souie cd
kindly one, willing to live and let 1.-Two, who did
not like IT. We ask no higher praise, no warmer
attestation
! The circulation of The Tribune is at this time
1 as follows Daily 1000 copies; Weekly, lT6So0
copies; Semi-Weckly, Is 600 copies california
and European. 6.o00 copies, Total, 230, 500 copies
That of the Semi-Weekly and Weekly we beiieyo
to be exceeded by no other newspaper published
in the world that of the Daily falls behind that
i of some of our cotemporaries- Had our hostility
to Human Slavery and the Liquor Traffic boon
more guarded and polite, our Daiy issues would
low be some thousands heavier and our AdyertiE-
ing far more lucratisei bat of our patronage gem
OF late, concerted effort has been made to di-
minish rural circulation through the Influence
of the postnasters> some of whom embark IN II
eagerly, others under political restraint, while ,
large number, we are happy. for the sake Human
Nature, to state refuse 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 CONSEQUENCE Pretexts to which
no individual in his private capacity would have
stopped have been relied 10 justify the s.oppage
of papers within reach of their subscribers and
rightfnl owners, and their retention In the Post
Office till thcir value destroyed. Postmasters
have been sehooled by rival Journals1-seyerai OF
them living 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 gazettcs OF adverse politics. We
shall outiiye this warfare but do not affect in
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 recommeuds,we have already lost some pa :.
| irons and expect to lose subscriptions
for this year expire We appeal, therefore, 70 the
hearty faithful, fearless advocates OF Free Labor
! and Free Soil throughout the land to take care
that this official warfare our circulation be not
: | prosecuted without counteractton- We employ nc
travelling agents, for will not consent to have
tho public harrassed with the solicitations of strap
| gers in behalf We strike the name of each
subscriber TO Weekly and Semi-N eekly from
our books as soon his term has expired, for we
| viii not haunt our patrons with duus for arrears
! which they may say they never intended to incur
for papers which perhaps they never read we ro-
ly for the renewal of subscriptions solely on
The volunteered efforts of those who liking our pa
per, believe its Influence salutary and worthy TO
| be extended. and thus far reliance mas neon
| justified. we trust tlnay eontiaue to pc, zH
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