Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-10-14
rT,HE NEW YORK TRIBUNE. 1s57.s

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Semi Weekly in May, IS45 1t was the first daily
in America to issue double or cightpage sheet at
low price, and it has kept at least even with The
foremost OF It's rivals in the rapid expansion of
Newspaper enterprise, which the great extension
OF Railroads, and the establishment of the TeIe-
grarh system have crowded into these last sixteen
eventful years No larger journal is afforded at
| so 10" price In any quarter of the world none
IN America, no matter at what price issued, paws
an equal amount, weekly monthly, for inteilec-
tual labor 1t employs correspondents regularly
IN the leading capitals of Europe. aid at the most
important points on this continent, with liberal
staf OF writers and reporters at home. regarding
full early and accurate information tn first OBJ
Ject of Newspaper, and the timely and thorough
elucilation thereof the chief end of its Edito-
rlals- In that spirit, The Tribune has been and
! will be conducted, extending and perfccting its
correspondence so fast as the Increase of its pa
tronagc viii Justify the expense. Should the cur
rent attempt to connect the Old with the NewWorld
by the magnetic wire prove successful, we shall
ry soon, at heavy cost to ourselves and, trust
a corresponding advantage TO 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 artisan within days ride of
| the city may then study each evening the doings
of the civilized world throughout the day proceed
! ing; and it seems hardly possible that any who
| can read, but especially one who has children
| educate. will longer deny himself the pleasure and
/ prom OF n daily journal. Inc same Is true mc1-
surably of those who live further inland though,
| where mails infrequent, a Semi-Weekly, or
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. Its leading idea
Is the honorlng of honest useful oTk IN whatever
| sphere 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, 10 intemperance 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 Gambling
Desiring to Production extended and encour-
aged while wild Speculation and useless Traffic
curtailed 1t fayOrs the policy of sustaining and
diyersifying Home Industry by discriminating
Tariff-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 cxchang
cd and. of course, reducing the cost of their trans
for Regarding Fiilibusterism in all its phases.
and every form and device of National covetous-
ness. with unqualified adherence as the bane of
Republics and i'll their triumph the grave of Equal
Human Rights seek by every means TO WOO
and win the attention of our countTymen from pro-
jccts of aggrandiZement abroad to enterprises of
Development and beneEccnce at home, foremost
among which rank Railroad through the
heart OF our 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 to work should ever famish
ry suggestion of Social improvement which does
not countervail the dictates of eternal Morality
nor war upon that natural right of every one to
whatsoever he has fairly produced or honestly
quircd, whose denial must sink mankind into the
chaos and night of barbarism and universal sguaI-
or. With profound consciousness that idlcrs,
drunkards. Hbertines and profigates can never be
other lin the mainl than needy and wretched it
bears alOft 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
4. Yl=a
Crime-that true Observation-Disclosures, Moral
apd Industrial well Intellectual--is the most
effective temporal antidote to the errors and
of our race. 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 fclow-beings. The champion of
class caste the deyotee of no sect, we would
fan be the interpreter to each other of mems 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. A
cotemporary once observed that he never knew
hard, graSping. niggardly employer who did not
hate The Tribune, nor generous, large-soulcd,
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 at this time
as follows: Daily 3D. 900 copies; Weekly l76,S00
copies; SemWeekIy, 10000 copies; California
and European, 5000 copies; Total. 23O.oO0 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
be some thousands heavier and our AdyeTtis-
ing far more lucrative; but of our patronage gen
orally we have reason. no wish, to complain.
Of late, concerted effort has been made to di-
minsh our rural circulation through the influence
of the POstmasters, some of whom embark in it
eagerly, others under political restraint white
large number, We are happy, for the sake Human
Nature, to state, refuse be dragooned into 1t 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 stoppage
of our papers within reach of their subscribers and
rightful owners, and their retention in the Post
Office till their value was destroyed. POstmasters
have been schooled by rival journas-several of
them living their sef-prociaimed ability to
serve antidote to The Tribune-as TO their
political duty to promote at our expense the dis
scmmiBatiOn of gazettes of adverse politics. We
shall outiYe 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 neigh bOrhOods where the Postmaster can in
duce many of his quiet neighbOrs 70 take the jour
nal he recommends swc have already lost some pa
irons and expect to lose more our subscriptions
for this yearexpire- 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 circulation be not
prosecuted without cOunteracton. We employ no
trayeiling agents. for We will not consent to have
the public harrassed with the solicitations of sran
gers in our behalf We strike the name of each
subscriber to Weekly and Semi-W Weekly from
books his term has expired, for we
viii not haunt patrons with duns for arrears
which they may say they never intended 20 incur,
for papers which perhaps they never read we re-
ly for the renewal of eur 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 has been
justified, trust it may continue to be
The Tribune isprinted on large imperial sheet,
S2t by Al inches, folded in quarto form, and mail
ed to subscribers at the following