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THE NEW-YORKs. TRIBUNE,
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The TRIBUNE commenced its eighteenth year
on the 10th Of April last. 1t has neatly com
rleted arrangements, by an outlay Of more than
$50, 900 on q new Press, and other machinery
and adjuncts to reduce to the lowest point tho
time which must elapse bel ween the making up
Of its forms and the reception Of its issue by
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With correspondents at the most important
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staff chosen from the best writer's in our coun-
try, it endeavors to deserve the unequaled cir
culation which was accorded it some years since,
and which, in spite Of the hardness of the times
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THr TR1BUxE's course on the great question
Of the day is guided by principles which wilf
stand the test Of ages. 1t wars upon Slavery,
mot in the abstract merely, but in the United
States" regardless Of the fact that the slaves
are powerless caste and belong to a loathed and
down-trodden race, because it realizes that un-
just, oppressive laws are curse, not merely tor
their immediate victims, but to the whole COM
munity which endures and upholds them. III
the same spirit, it opposes Fillibusterism and
and every form of National rapacity or aggrts~
sion, profoundly convinced that 'sR1GhfEous~
NESS exalteth nation" and that territory
won by conquest or spoliation never did and
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grandized. Regarding Freedom in Labor as
the only safe, benifcent basis Of National
growth and prosperity, it contends for that
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Of the Federal Territories, seeking no favor
from and granting none to any party, interest,
doctrine or tribunal that would render them
the nursery and home Of Bondage. The varied
development and diversifcation Of Home Indus.
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unfortunate, are among the objects to which
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