The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1858-02-17
The New York Tribune. .-IS57 8.

was commenced in September OF the same
| year ils semi weekly in May, 1915. 1t was
| the first daily in America to issue double
or eight page shest al a low price, and ii has
| kept at eas. even with the foremost of It's
| rivals in The rapid expansion of Newspaper
enterprise, which the great extension oi Rail
| road. and the establishment of The Telegraph
! system, have crowded into these last sixteen
! evenlfut years. No larger journal is ford.
ded at so low prce sn any quarter OF the
| world none in America, no matter at what
price issued, pays ar equal amount, weekly
| or monthly, for Intellectual labor. IL en-
| rloys correspondents regnlarlp in the leading
eapitnls of Europs, and at the most impor
| tant points on This continent, with a liberal
! staff of writer's and reporters al home, regard
| lug fulI early aud accurate information as
| first object OF a Newspaper, and the timely
and thorough eluci5aIon thereof as the chief
| end OF its editorials In that spirit the TRl-
| BUNE has been and will be conducted, ex
| leudns and periectng lis correspondence so
tasi as The increase of The patronage will
Justify Should the current attempt to con-
necl lhe Ole with the New World by he
magnetic wire prove successful, we shall,
very soon, al a heavy cost 10 ourselves and,
we trust, a corresponding advantage TO our
readers, publish each morning a synopsis OF
he preceding days occurrence throughout
Eurode, Northern Africa, and Western Asia,
with regular reports ol The markets, The mon
AiaTy aspects aud harvest prospects of hither
Enrope. With good atlas beside him aud
hts daily paper on his fresde table, The
American farmer or artisan within Il days
rlde OF the city may then study each even
ing The doings of rhe civilized world through
out The day preceding; and it seems hardly
possible that any oue who can read, but es
pecav one who has childred TO educate,
will longer deny himseil The pleasure and
profi of a daily journal. The same is lrne
measurably oil those who live further inland
though were mails are uniTequent, a semi
weekly, or even weekly paper, may seem
sufficient.
The TRIBUNE deals with questions ci
Polical Economy, Public Policy, Ethics,
material Progress and whatever may affect
The intellectual, moral social and physica
weli-helng of mankind, dogmatc Theology
alone excepted. lis leading idea is The hon
nrlug OF honest, useful work in whatever
sphere or capacity, and the consequen, eleva-
lion OF The laborIng class in knowledge, vir
me, and aene-al esteem. II is necessarily
t0slle 10 Slavery under all its aspects, TO ln-
emperance in whatever form or degree wnh
It's accessories, 10 War save in defence OF
SUuDl1 dUu 1slDeTI} H9dlIISt dC tudl tdslOU,
and 10 every form OF Gambling. Desiring 10
Zee productions extended and encouraged,
willie wild Speculation and useless traffic ars
rura,led, II lavorS The policy ot sustaining
aud diversfyrr2 Home lndusry by dis
eliminating Taflff.a policy which, tends 10
| Increase the price OF Grain 10 the farmer
while diminishing that o. Bread to the artisan
ny reducing The distances across which their
tespective products arc exchanged and, oil
olrSe, reducing The cost oi their transfer
Regarding Filibustersin in all lis phrases,
nd every form and device oi National COW
| ,touSuess, with. unqualified aohorrence as
The bane Of Republics aud in Their triumph
he grave of Equal Human Rights, We seek
by every means to WOO aud win the attention
Of our country men from projects OF assrand-
cement abroad 10 enter praise of develop
meut and tenefceuce at home, foremost
which we rank Railroad through The heart
of our teriloryto connect the waters OF The
Atlantic with those of The Pacific. Believ-
! ing that the goods of This lite are not YET
fairly distributed, and that 10 one ready 10
work should ever fami-h in unwilling idle
ness il lend, an open ear 10 every suggestion
! of Social improvement which does moi bonn
| lervail The dictates of eternal morality nor
war upon that nalura! right of eve:y one 10
Whatsoever he has fairly produced or honest
| " acquired, whose GENIAL must sink man.
kind into the chaos and night OF barbarsm
and Universal squaor. With profound con-
seriousness that idlefs. drunkards, lIherilnes
and pronigated can never be other Nn The
main) than needy and wreched, ii bears
aIoft the great truth that Providence is better
| than Punishment-thal the child trained up
in the way he should 90, will rarely in after
years 6eseu that way of the thoruy paths OF
Wee and Crme-,hat a true Educalion-re-
lieious, moral aud Industrious as well as ln-
teIIeclua!-is the most effective temporal an
tiGUie TO the errors and woes oil our race.
Recognizing in the most degraded specimen
of humanity, divine spark which whonld
be reverenlly cherished, not ruthlessly trod-
| den out, we have charity for all forms OF evil
| but those which seek personal ADVANTAGE
through he tebasemeLt oi our fellow beings
| The champion of no class or caste, the de-
voted of no sect we would tain be the inter.
prefer 10 each other of mems better impulses
and aspirations, the harbmger OF general con-
| cord between Labor and Capital, and among
those whom circumstances or mlsapprehen-
sions have thrown into unnatural aniagoa sh
A contemporary once observed that he never
knew hard, eraspiEg, nggardly employer
who did not hate the TRIBUNE, nor gener-
Gus, large souled, kindly Que, wiling TO live
ard lei live, who did moi like it. We ask no
Ii CHER praise, no warmer attesiation.
The circulation of the Tribune IS at this
time as follows: Daily 80 900 copies, week
Iy, l76 500 copies; semi-weekly, i6 600
copies; California and European, 600 CO.
pies; loia 23O 500 copies. That ot the semi
weekly and weekly we believe TO be excee-
ded by no other newspaper published in the
world ; that of the daily, falls behind some OF
our coiemporaries. Had onr hostility to HUI
man Slavery aud The Liquor Traffic been
more guarded and polnc, our daily issues
wonld be now some thousands heavier aud
our advertising far more lucrative but of
our patronage generally we have no reason,
no wish, 10 complain.
OF late, a concerted effort has been made
10 diminish our rural circulation through the
influence oi the Posmaslers, some OF whom
embark in it eagerly, others under do!ilical
constant; while IA large number; we are
happy for the sake of human nature, to state,
rel sed 10 be d:agooned into ii at all. Sill,
we have been made 10 feel the heavy hand
of power, ard have doubtless lost thousands
of subscfItats in consequence. PTelext
which no individual in his private capacity
would have stopped have been relied on 10
Justify the soppa2e of our papers wIrhin
reach ol their subscribers and righuui owners,
and their retention in The Post Office Till
their value was destroyed. Poslmas;ers have
been sehooed by rval Journals-sevetal OF