White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-01-28
TEE NEW YORK TRIBUEE--fSs7=s:

Il y on the 10Th Of April, Ie41s Ia Week
4 y edition was commenced in September o. tho
same year; its Seni-weekly in May, 49,
Il vas the first daily in America 10 issue dou-
BILE or eight-page sheet at low price, audit hAa
kept at least even with the foremost Of il fiVaI
which the great extension Of Railroads, and The
establishment Of the Telegraph system have
crowded into these last sixteen SVentfGl years.
No larger Journal Is afforded at 90 low 4 price In
any quarter OF the world; none in America, no
matter At what price Issued, pays an equal
amount, weekly or monthly, for intellectual Ia
Dor. It employs correspondents regularly in Tie
leading capitals Of Europe, and at the most ina
portant points on this continent, With liberal
stan OF writer's and reporters at home, regarding
full, early and accurate information a. the frs
offset OF Newspaper, and the timely and
thorough calculation thereof a. the chief end Of
its Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune haa
been and viii be conducted, extending and p~P-
feoing its correspondence so fast a. the increase
OF its patronage will justify the expense. Should
the current attempt to connect the Old with the
New World by tbs magnetic wire prove sueeeas-
ful, We shall very soon, at heavy cost 10 ouS-
selves, and, We trust, corresponding advantage
70 our readers, publish each morning . synopSls
OF the preceding days occurrences throughoae
Europe, Northern Africa and Western AaIa, with
poets and harvest prospects Of hiiher Europe.
With good atlas beside him and bis daily d.
per on his Preside table, the American farmer g
artizan within days ride Of the city may thea
study each evening the doinks Of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and 4
seems hardly possible that any who can read,
but especially one who has children 70 siseats,
viii longer deny himself the leasure and proAA
OF daily journal. The same IL true measure.
ably Of those Who live further inland; though.
where mails are unfrequent, Semi Weekly, =
even Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
TIE TRIBUNE deals with questions Of Pc
Itical Economy, Public Policy. Ethics, Material
bogress, and whatever may affect the IntsIloo-
aal, Moral, Social and Physical Well-beinE %
'rrankind, dogmstic Theology alone excspteL
It's leading idea is the honoring Of honest useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and he
consequent elevation Of the Laboring ClxHs II
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. Il v
necessarily hostile to Slavery under all IL e.
poets, to lntemperancs in whatever form or de-
gree with its accessories, 10 War save in the de-
fence of Country and Liberty against actual In
yasion, and TO every form of Gambling, desiring
to see Production extended and encouraged,
while wild Speculation and useless TraGie AfO
curtailed, 1t favors the policy Of sustaining aud
diversifying Home Industry by Discriminating
Tarif-a policy which tends to increase de
price Of Grain to the farmer, while diminishiAH
that OF Bread to the artisan, BY reducing the diS
lance across which their respective products are
exchanged, and, Of course, reducing the cost e
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterisn In al
its phases, and every form and device Of Ma.
iOnal covetousness, with unqualified adherence
as the bane of\Republics, and in their triumph
the grave Of Equal Human Rights, we seek 81
every means to WOO and win the attention Of Gus
countrymen from projects Of aggrandiEenens
abroad to enterprises Of developments and beneA-
cence athome, foremost among which We rank
Railroad through the heart Of our Territory 70
connect the waters Of the Atlantic with those ef
the Pacific. Believing that the goods Of this
life are not yet fairly distributed and that no ere
ready to work should ever famish in unwilling
idleness, Il lends an open ear TO every suggos-
ton Of Social improvement which does not coun.
tervail the dictates Of eternal Morality nor WaS
upon that natural right Of every one to Whasso.
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial must sink mankind into the ehaos
and night of barbarism and uniVerua squaloF.
With profound consciousness that idlerS, drunk.
ards, lbertines and proAigates can never be oh
er Tin the main) than needy and Wrstehsd, 70
bears alot the great truth that Prevention IL bee
ter than Punishment-thgt the child trained ~
in the way he should g1, will rarely in GhGs
years desert that way fer the thorny paths e
Vice and Crime-that q true Edueation-RellR-
lOuos luuuHkrlAl - well As lnLelloctIs
Ais the most effective temporal antidote 70 the
errors and woes Of our race. Recognising in the
most degraded specimen Of Humanity, divine
spark which should be reVerently cherished, nol
ruthlessly trodden out, we have charity for al
form Of evil but those which seek personal I'd.
vantage through the debasement of our fellow.
beings. The champion Of no class or caste, The
deTotee Of no sect, we would fain be the inter.
prefer to each other of mems better impulses ana
,s..N.. L,-t II II
tween Labor and Capital, and among thooeEhon
circumstances or Interpretations have thrown
into unnatural antagonism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew . hard, graspine.
niggardly employer who did not hate the I'd.
bune, nor genuine, large-souled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not liko Il
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attostatoa.
The circulation Of the Tribune is At this dine
a. follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
178, 800 copies; Semi-Weekly, 1000 COP
les; California and European, 5000 eopied;
Total. ESQ, 500 copies. That Of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly, we believe 10 be exceeded
BY no other newspaper published in the world,
that Of the Daily falls behind that Of some 20
our contemporaries. Had our hostility TO Humaa
Slavery and the Liquor Traffc been more guar.
ded and polite, our Daily issues would nov b
some thousands heavier, and our advertising ~
more lucrative; but Of our patronage generally
We have no reason, no wish 70 complain.
or late, q concerted effort has been made -
diminish our rural circulation through the inau.
ence of the Postmasters, some Of whom embark
in it eagerly, others under political constrains;
while large number, We are happy, for the sake
Of Human Nature, Ia state, refuse TO be dragoon-
ed into it at all. Still, we have been made -
feel the heavy hand Of Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands OF subscribers In consequence.
Pretexts TO which no individual in his priVasO
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 beoA
schooled by rival jounals-sevsral ef them Nv
ing on their self proclaimed ability 70 serve - IN
antidote 10 the Tribune-as 70 their political
duty TO promote at our expense the dissemination
Of gazettes Of adverse politics. We shall outlfV0
this warfare, but We do not affect indifference -
Il. In the open field Of discussion, We fear Doth-
ing; but in the tens Of thousands Of rural
neighborhoods where the Post Master can induea
many Of his quiet neighbors 10 take the Journal
be recommends, We have already lost some pat-
rons, and expect to lose more a. our suboerin-
lions for this year expire. We sppeal, therefore,
10 the hearty, faithful fearless adVocatoso Of Free
Labor and Free Soil throughout the land 70 take
care that this oficial warfare on our circulakioa
be not prosecuted without comteraetior- We
employ no travelling agents, for We viii not eoa.
vent TO have the public harassed with the soliei.
tations Of strangers In our behalf We strike De
name Of each subscriber to our Weekly or Semi-
Weekly from our books 30 soon a. bis term has
expired, for We will not haunt cur patrons with
iuns for arrears which they may say they nsvss