White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-03-25
THE NEW YORK TRIBgNE--ISs1-S'

Il " on the iUt0 OF ApIHs - =.
sane wear. its Semi Weekly in May, 1850
N wasthe first daily in America TO issue a aoa-
bic or eight-page sheet at low price, am ~
vent AZ Last even with the foremost OF It's riIais
in the r.pid expansion Of Newspaper enterpri ,
wb;cb tbs orsat extension Of Railroads, ana the
establisbu,ent Of the Telegraph system nave
crowded into these last sixteen eventiui years
No larger journal is afforded At so low price IN
anv quarter of the world; none IN America, no
matter at what price issued, pays an eyy~i
amount, weekly or monthly, Tor int, ~
Dor. II EMPLOYS correspondents regularly IN 'he
leading capitals of Europe, and at the most I'm ,
portaut points on this continent, with noeraI
staff of writer's and reporters at homes garelhg
full, early and accurate information as the ms
object Of a Newspaper, and the timely and
thorough calculation thereof as the CHIEF END OF
its Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune mas
been and will be conducted, extending and per
feoting its correspondence so fast as the increAS
of its patronage will justify the expense. Snoulu
the current attempt to connect the Oid Win tne
New World by hemagnetie wire prove success
full. we shall very soon, at a heavy cost 10 our
selves, and, We trust, corresponding advantage
to our readers, publish each morning synopsis
of the preceding DAYS occurrences throughout
Eurone. Northern Africa and Western Asia, with
regular reports of the markets, the monetary as
meets and harvest prospects Of hither Europe.
With good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on his Preside table, the American farmer or
artizan within days ride Of the city may then
study each evening the doinss of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and 1t
seems hardly possible that any who can read,
hut especiaIiv 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 inlandi though,
where mails are unfrequent, Semi weekly or
even n Weekly paper may seem sufficient.
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions of Pc
litIcal Economy. Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever may affect the lntellee-
tual, Moral, Social and Physical well-being OF
mankind, dogmatic Theology alone excepted
Its leading idea is the honoring of honest, useful
Work in whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation of the Laboring Glass 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 DO
l 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 Irafnc are
curtailed, il favors the policy Of sustaining and
diversifying Home Industry by discriminating
Tariff 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 eoyetOusness. with unqualified adherence
rs 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
countrvmen from projects of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
,f, 4 nd r.
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 vet 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 eoun-
tervail the dictates of eternal Morality nor war
upon that natural right of every one to whatsO-
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial must sink mankind into the chaos
and night of barbarism and universal squalor.
With profound consciousness that idlers, drunk
ards, libertines and proAigates can never be 9th
er Tin the MINI than needy and wretched, ii
bears aloft the great truth that Prevention is bet
ter than Punishment-that the child trained ur
in the way he should go, will rarely in after
wears desert that way for the thOrny paths OF
| Vice and Crime-that true ElucatiOn-Relig-
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ais the most cie :tiVe temporal antidote to the
errors and woes of Ourrace. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen Of Humanity, a divine
spark which should be reverently cherished, not
ruthlessly trodden out, have charity for all
form of evil but those which seek personal ad
vantage through the debasement Of our fellow
beings. The champion of no class or caste, the
devotec Of no sect, we would flin be the inter
prefer toeach other Of mems better impulses and
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tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misapprehensions have thrown
into unnatural antagonism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew a hard, graspins,
niggardly employer who did not hate the Tri-
bune, nor genuine, large-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, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
] I76, 500 copies; Semi-Weekly, Is, 900 cop
/ les; California and European, 5000 copies;
Total. 230,s00 copies. That of the Semi
! Weekly and Weekly, we believe to be exceeded
I 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 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 20 complain.
/ OF late, u concerted effort has been made to
diminish our rural circulation through the nhu-
/ ence of the POstmasters, some of whom embark
in it eagerly, others under Political constraiPt;
/ while large number, we are happy, for the sake
of Human Nature, to 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.
I Prete1ts 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 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 to
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
rons, 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 70 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
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