Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-09-16

the 10th of April, 1S4l. Its weekly editioh was
commenced in September of the same ;ar; its
Semi-Weekly in May 1S45. 1t was the first daily
in America to issue double eight page sheet at
a low price and it has kept at least even with the
foremost of its rivals in the rapid expansion OF
Newspaper enterprise, which the great extension
of Railroads, and the establishment of the Tele-
graph system have crowded into these last sixteen
eventful years. No larger journal is afforded at
40 low a price in any quarter of the world none
in America no matter at what price issued, pays
an equal amount, weekly or monthly, for intelec-
tual labor. 1t employs correspondents regularly
in the leading capitals OF Europe: ahd AT Ine mos.
important points on this continent, with liberal
staff of writer's and reporters at home, regarding
full early and accurate information as the hrst OBJ
iect of a Newspaper, and the timely and thorough
elucidation thereof the chief end OF It's Edlto-
rails In that spirit 1.-The Tribune" has been and
will be conducted, extending and perfscunS Its
correspondence fast as the Increase OF It's pa
tronage will justify the expense shouid tne cur,
rent attempt to connect the Old with the NewMorid
by the gnetic wire prove successfulwe shall ve-
ry soon, at heavy cost to ourselves and we trust,
a corresponding advantage to our readers publish
each morning a synopsis of the preceding days
occurrences throughout Europe: Northern Africa
and Western Asia, with regular reports of the mar
kets the monetary aspects and harvest prospects
| of hither Europe. With good atlas beside him
and his daily paper on his freside table. the A
| merican farmer or artisan within day ride of
| the city may then study each evening the doings
of the civilized world throughou the day preced-
| ing; and it seems hardly possible that any who
can read, but especially one who has children to
educate will longer deny himself the pleasure and
profit of daily journal. The same IS IS true u mea-
surably of those who live further inland though.
| where mails are infrequent, a Semi Weekly, 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 we'll beng of mankind dog
| matte Theology alone excepted Its 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 and
general esteem 1t is necessarily hostile to Slave
ry under all its aspects, to lntemperance In what
ever form or degree with its accessories, TO War
save in the defense of Country and Liberty against
actual invasion, and to every form OF Gambilng
| Desiring to sec Production extended and encour-
| aged, while wild Speculation and useless Trafhc
curtaled, it favors the policy of sustaining and
| dversifying Home Industry by a discriminating
Tarif-a policy which tends to 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 exchang
ed and of course reducing the cost OF their trans
| for. Regarding FillibusterisIn IN all Its phases
| and every form and device of National covctous-
ness, with unqualified abhorrence as the bane of
Republics and in their triumph the grave of Equal
| Human Rights, we seek by every means to WOO
and win the attention of our countrymen from pro-
| jects of aggrandzement abroad to enterprises of
development and benefcence ut home, foremost
| among which rank Railroad through the
heart of territory to connect the waters OF the
Atlantic with those of the Pacific. Believing that
the goods of this life not yet fairly distributed
/ and that ready 10 Work SnOulu ever IdInlsn
| in unwilling idleness, it lends open ear to eve
| ry suggestion of Social improvement which does
| not countervail the dictates of eternal Morality
nor upon that natural right of evory one TO
whatsoever he has fairly produced or honestly ac-
auired, whose denial must sink mankind into the
chaos and night of barbarism and universal squal-
| or With a profound consciousness that idlcrs
drunkards iibertines and prohigates can never be
| other lin the main) than needy and wretched, it
bears aoft the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Punshment-that the child trained up in
the way he should go, viii rarely in after years
desert that way for the thorny paths Of Vice and
| Crme-that true observation-disclosures, Moral
and Industrial we'll as Intellectual-is the most
effective temporal antidote to the errors and woes
| of Recognizing in the most degraded
| specimen of Humanity divine spark which should
| be reverently cherished, not ruthlessly 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
no class caste, the devotee 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 misapprehen-
| sions haze thrown into unnatural antagonism.
| contemporary once observed that he never knew a
hard, grasping, niggardly employer who did not
hate The Tribune nor a generous, large-souled,
kindly one, willing to live and let live, who did
not like it, We ask no higher praise, no warmer
! attestation
| The circulation of The Tribune is at this time
| as follows Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly, l76,SOO
copies; Semi-Weekly, 10000 copies; California
|
That of the Sem-Weekly and Weekly we believe
to be exceeded by 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; but of our patronage gen.
orally we have reason. no wish, to complain.
OF late, a concerted effort has been made to di-
minsh our rural circulation through the influence
of the Postmasters, some of whom embark in II
eagerly, others under political restraint while a
large number, are happy, for the sake Human
Nature, to state, refuse to be dragooned into 1t a
all. STILL have been made to feel the heavy
hand of Power and have doubtless lost thousand;
| of subscribers in consequence Pretexts to which
no individual in his private capacity would have
stopped have been relied to justify the stoppage
of papers within reach of their subscribers and
rightful owners, and their retention in the Post
Office till their value was destroyed. Postmaster
have been schooled by rival journals-several Of
them living their self-procaimed ability tt
serve as an antidote to The Tribune-as to thei
| political duty to promote at our expense the dis
semmination of gazettes of adverse politics W.
shall outive this warfare but VIC do not affect in
difference to it. In the open field of discussion
we fear nothing; but in the tens of thousands o
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 more as our subscription
for this year expire. We appeal therefore, to th
hearty, faithful, fearless advocates of Free Labo
, and Free Soil throughout the land to take car
that this official warfare our circulation be no
: prosecuted without counteraction. We employ NJ
travelling agents, for will not consent to hay
the public harrassed with the solicitations of stran
gers in our behalf. We strike the name Of eacl
subscriber to our Weekly and Semi-Weekiy from
our books soon as his term has expired, for "
will not haunt our patrons with duns for arrear
t which thcy may say they never intended to incur
? for papers which perhaps they never read we re
ly for the renewal of our subscriptions solely o.
f per, believe its influence salutary and worthy t
: be extended; and thus far our reliance has becl