Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-10-28

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the 10th of April, I84I Its Weekly edition
commenced in September of the same Y ar its
Semi Weekly in May, 1875. 1t was the first daily
in America to issue a double eight-page sheet at
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
eyentful years No larger journal is afforded at
so low price in any quarter Of the world none
in America, no matter at what prlce issued, pays
equal amount, weekly or monthly, for inteilec-
tual labor. 1t employs correspondents regularly
in the leading capitals of Europe, ard ut the most
important points this continent, with liberal
staff of writers and reporters at home regarding
full early and accurate information as the first OBJ
jcet of Newspaper, and The timely and thorough
calculation thereof the chief end of It's Edito-
rails In that spirit, '.The Tribune" has been and
will be conducted. extending and perfecting Its
correspondence so fast the increase of its pa
tronage viii justify the expense. Should the eur
rent attempt to connect the Old with the NewWorld
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 a synopsis of the preceding days
occurrences throughout Europe. Northern Africa
and " estern 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 frcside table, the A.
merican farmer artisan within day ride OF
the city may then study each evening the doings
of the civilized world throughout the day preccd-
ing and il seems hardly possible that any who
can read, but especially one who has children to
educate win longer deny himself the pleasure and
profit of daily journal. The same is true mea-
surably of those who live further inland though.
where mails are infrequent, Seml-N eekly, or e
ven Weekly, may 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 honoring of honest useful ork IN whatever
| sphere or capacity and the consequent elevation
| of the Laboring class III knowledge virtue and
general esteem 1t is necessarily hostile TO Slave
ry under all its aspects to lntcmpeTance 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 Gambling.
| Desiring to Production extended and encour-
| aged while wild Speculation and useless Erafhc
curtaied, favors the policy OF sustaining and
diycrsfying Home Industry by 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 eNehahg
ed and of course reducing the cost of their trans
| for Regarding Fillibusterism IN all Its phases,
| and every form and device of National covetous-
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
| ects of aggrandizcment abroad to enterprises of
| deyelOpement and beneheencc at home, foremost
| among which we rauka Railroad through the
heart of territory to connect the waters OF the
Atlantic with those of the Pacific. Believing that
the goods OF this lie not vet
! and that ready to work should ever famtsh
! in unwilling idleness. it lends open ear TO eve
! ~ suggestion of Social improvement which does
not counteryail the dictates of eternal Morality
nor war upon that natural right of every one to
whatsoever he has fairly produced or honestly ac-
! quired. whose denial must sink mankind into the
chaos and night of barbarism and universal squal-
1 or. With profound CONSCIOUSNESS that iuicrS,
drunkards. iibertines and proligatcs can never be
| other (in the main) 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
desert that way for the thorny paths of Wee and
| Crme-that a true observation-disclosures, Moral
and Industrial well as Intelleetual-ls the most
effective temporal antidote to the and woes
| of our race. Recognizing in the most degraded
! specimen of Humanity divine spark which should
| be reverently cherished, not ruthlessiy trodden
out have charity for all forms OF EVIL out those
/ which seek personal advantage through the de-
| basement of our fellow-bcings. The champion of
class caste, the devotee of no sect, we would
fain 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 misapprchen-
| sions haze thrown into unnatural antagonism.
| contemporary once observed that he never knew n
| hard, grasping. niggardly employer who did not
/ hate The Tribune nor generous Iarge-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. g. .00G copies; Weekly, l76 500
copies Semi-Weekly. 10000 copies; California
and European. 5000 copies Total, go 800 copies.
| That of the Semi-W eekIy and Weekly believe
| to be exceeded by no other newspaper published
| in the world that of the Daily falls behind that
| of some of cotemp poraries. 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 gem
| orally we have no reason, no wish, to complain.
| Of late n concerted effort has been made to di-
mnish our rural circulation through the influence
] Nnf no of rvf1 nRDrl-
eagerly, others under political restraint while Il
] large number, we are happy, for the sake 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 til Ousands
/ of subscribers in consequence. PreteXts to which
! no individual in his private capacity would have
stopped have been relied justify the stOppage
of our papers within reach of their subscribers and
| rightful owners and their retention in the Post
/ Office till their value destroyed. Postmasters
have been schooled by rival iournalS-SeveTal of
| them living on their self-proclaimed ability to
| serve antidote to The Tribune-as 10 their
! political duty to promote at our expense the dis
semmiuatiOn of gaZettes of adverse politics. We
shall outlive 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 in
duce many of his quiet neighbors to take the jour
nal he rccommeuds,we have already lost some pa
| irons. and expect to lose 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 circulation be not
prosecuted without confederation. We employ no
| travelling agents. for 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 our Weekly and Semi Weekly from
our books as soon as his term has expired, for we
will not haunt GHF patrons with duns for arrears
which they may say they never intended to incur,
I for papers which perhaps they never read we re-
/ iy tor the renewal OF cur subscriptions solely on
the volunteered efforts of those who, liking pa
/ per, believe its influence salutarp and worth to