White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-08-26
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE--IS57-S.

Il
" edition was commenced in September OF the
same year; its Semi Weekly in May, lS45.-
Il was the first daily in America to issue dou'
BILE or 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 Telegraph system have
crowded into these last sixteen eventful years.
No larger journal is afforded'at so low price in
any quarter of the world; none in America, no
matter at what price Issued, pays an eqeal
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual Ia
Dor. 1t employs correspondents regularly in the
leading capitals Of Europe, and at the most i'm
pOrtant points on this continent, with liberal
staff Of writers and reporters at home, regarding
full, early and accurate information as the hrst
object Of a Newspaper, and the timely and
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end OF
its Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will be conducted, extending and per-
feetng its correspondence so fast as the increase
Of its patronage will Justify the expense. Should
the current attempt to connect the Old with the
New World by the magnetic wire prove success
full, we shall very soon, at a heavy cost to our
selves, and, we trust, a corresponding advantage
to our readers, publish each morning synopsis
OF the preceding days occurrences throughout
Europe, Northern Africa and Western Asia, with
regular reports of the markets, the monetary as
poets and harvest prospects Of hithe- Europe.
With good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on his Preside table, the American farmer or
artizan within a days ride of the city may then
study each evening the doings of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; 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 true measure
ably of those who live further inland; though,
where mails are unfrequent, Semi Weekly, or
even Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of Po-
lihcal Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever may affect the Intellec-
tual, Moral, Social and Physical well-being OF
mankind, dogmatic Theology alone excepted:
It's leading idea is the fonoring 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 Slavery under all its as
poets, to Intemperancs in whatever form or de-
gree with its accessories, to War save in the de-
fence Of Country and Liberty against actual in
vasion, and to every form of Gambling, desiring
to see Production extended and encouraged,
while wild Speculation and useless Traffic are
curtailed, it favors the policy Of sustaining and
diversifying 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 dis
lance across which their respective products are
exchanged, and, of course, reducing the cost OF
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism in all
its phases, and every form and device Of Ma
tional covetousness, with unqualified adherence
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 projects of aggrandizement
abroad to enterprises Of development and benef-
cence athome, foremost among which we 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 are not yet fairly distributed and thatnO one
ready to work should ever famish in unwilling
idleness, it lends an open ear to every suggeS-
ton of Social improvement which does not coun-
tervail the dictates of eternal Morality nor war
upon that natural right Of every one to Whatso-
everhe has fairly produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial must sink m lnkind into the chaos
and night of blrbarism and universal squalor-
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and prohigates can never be 9th.
er lin the mlin) thIn 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
wears desert that way for the thorny paths OF
ious, Moral and Industrial as well as Intellectu
ais the most cffe tive temporal antdote to the
errors and woes Of our race. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen of Humanity, divine
spark which should be reverently cherished, not
ruthlessly trOiien out, we have charity for all
form of evil but those which seek personal adj
vantage through the debasement of our fellow
beings. The champion of no class or caste, the
devOtee of no sect, we would fain be the inter-
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aspirations, the harbinger of general concord be-
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misapprehensions have thrown
into ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew hard, grasping,
niggardly employer who did not hate the Tri-
bune, nor a genuine, large -souled, kindly one,
willing to live and let live, who did not like it.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attsstation.
The circulation of the Tribune is at this time
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
176, 500 copies; Semi-Weekly, 10000 cop
les; California and European, 5000 copies;
Total, ESQ, 800 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 contemporaries. Had our hostility to Human
Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been more guar
ded and polite, our Daily issues would now be
some thousands heavier, and our advertising far
more lucrative; but Of our patronage generally
we have no reason, no wish 70 complain.
OF late, a concerted effort has been made to
diminish our rural circulation through the inhu-
ence Of the Postmasters, some of whom embark
in il eagerly, others under Political constraint;
while large number, we are happy, for the sake
Of Human Nature, te state, refuse to be dragoon-
ed into it at all. Still, we have been made to
feel the heavy hand Of Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands Of subscribers in consequence
Pretexts to which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
on 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. Post Masters have been
schooled by rival journals-several eff them liv-
ing on their self proclaimed ability to serve as an
antidote to the Tribune-as to their political
duty to promote at our expense the dissemination
Of gazettes Of adverse politics. We shall outlive
this warfare, but we do not affect Indifference 10
it. In the open field Of discussion, We fear moth
ing; but in The tens Of thousands of rural
neighborhoods where the Post Master can induce
many Of his quiet neighbors to take the journal
he recommends, we have already lost some pat
rops, and expect TO lose more as our subscrip- |
tons for this year expire We appeal, therefore,
to the hearty, faithful fearless advocates Of Free
Labor and Free Sell throughout the land to take |
care that this official warfare on our circulation
be not prosecuted without counteraction. We |
employ no travelling agents, for we will not con-
sent to have the public harassed with the solicit
tations Of strangers in our behalf We strike the |
name Of each subscriber to our Weekly or Semi /
Weekly from our books so soon as his term has /