White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-01-07
.TaE NEK Y0RK TRIRINE--lss1-s.

1 ~ edition vas commences IN September o. -
sane year; It's Semi Weekly in May, lsls.Z
Il vas the hrst daily in America to issue q 3ou-
Bile or eight-page sheet a. low price, and it has
kept at least even with the foremost Of ia r;rals
In the rapid expansion Of Newspaper enterprise,
which the great extension Of Railroads, and tie
establishments Of the Telegraph system have
crowded into these last sixteen sYentful years-
No larger journal Is afforded at 90 low price In
any quarter Of the world; none in America, M
matter at what price Issued, PAYS an equal
amount, weekly or monthly, for Intellectual Ia.
Dor. II employs correspondents regularly in the
I leading capitals of Europe, and at the moas in
pOrtant points on this continent, with = liberal
stat Of writers and reporters at home, regarding
full, early and accurate information a. the Sra
! offset OF Newspaper, and tho timely and
thorough calculation thereof a. the chief end Of
its Editori=is. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will be conducted, extending aad per.
feoting its correspondence 50 fast a. the increase
Of its patronage win 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 oar
selves, and, We trust, q corresponding advantage
10 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 a.
poets and harvest prospects Of hither Europe.
With good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on bis hreside table, the American farmer Or
artiIan within days ride Of the city nav then
study each evening the doings Of the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and 70
seems hardly possible that any who can reed.
but especially one who has children 70 educate,
viii longer deny himself the pleasure and PROBE
Of daily journal. The same 10 true measurS-
ably OF those who live further inland; though,
where mails are unireqRent, Semi Weekly, o.
even Weekly paper NAV seem sufficient
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions Of Po-
litical Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and whatever mar affect the Intelloe-
tual. Moral, Social and Physical well-beinK %
mankind, dogmatic Theology alone excepted.
is leading idea is the honOring Of honest, useful
Work IN whatever sphere or capacity, and the
consequent elevation of the Laboring CIass In
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. II 70
necessarily hostile 10 Slavery under all lie a.
poets, to lntempcrancS in Whatever form or de-
gree with its accessories, 10 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 Homo Industry BY Discriminating
TAriF-A policy which tends to increase the
price Of Grain to the farmer, while diminishing
that Of Bread 70 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 al
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 10 WOO and win the attention Of our
countrymen from projects Of Aggrandisement
abroad 10 enterprises Of development and bensa.
eence at home, foremost among which We rank .
Railroad through the heart Of our Territory %
connect the waters Of the Atlantic with those OF
the Pacific. Believing that the goods Of this
life not yet hirly distributed, and that no ons
ready to work should ever famish in unzillinR
idleness, IL lends an open ear 10 every suRses-
ton OF Social improvement which does NOT coun.
tervail the dictates Of eternal Morality nor var
upOn that natural right Of every one 70 whatso-
ever he has fairly produced or honestly acquired,
whose denial must sink mankind into the ehaos
and night Of barbarian and universal sQaAlor.
With profound consciousness that ldlers, drunk
ards, ibertines and proGigates can never BE- 9th.
er Tin the main) than needy and Wretehed, Il
bears alo the great truth that Prevention e bet.
ter than Punishment-that the child trained an
in the way be should go, win rarely In Afser
years desert that way for the thorny paths Of
Vice and Cnme-that q true Educaton-Relig.
ious, Moral and Industrial a. well a. Intelleetu-
errors and WOES Of our race. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen Of Humanity, divine
spark which should be reVerently Cherished, not
ruthlessly trodden out, We have charity for all
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
deVotee Of no sect, We would fain be the-Inter-
prefer TO each other Of mems better impulses and
aspirations, the harbinger Of general concord be-
kWaCu Iah.oP AMI Canikaf Nd kkraa ~
circumstances or Misrepresentation have thrown
into unnatural antsgonism. A contemporary once
observed that he never knew q hard, graspinG,
niggardly employer who did not hate the I'd.
bune, nor q genuine, large -souled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not like It.
We ask no higher praise, no warmer attestatioR.
The circulation Of the Tribune is At this tina
a. follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; WEEKLY,
TIC, 500 copies; Semi-Weekly, "a, 900 COP
les; California and European, 5000 copies;
Total. gao, 800 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 Of
our contemporaries. Had our hostility to Human
Slavery and the Liquor Traffic been more guar.
ded and polite. our Daily issues would nov b
some thousands heavier, andsour advertising far
more lucrative; but Of our patronage generally
We have no reason, no wish 20 complain.
OF late, concerted effort has been made -
diminish our rural circulation through the inhu-
ence Of the Postmasters, some Of whom embark
in il eagerly, others under political eonstraint;
while large number, We are happy, Cor che sake
Of Human Nature, to state, refuse to be Dragon.
sd into il 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 10 which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
on 70 justify the stOppage Of our papers within
reach Of their subscribers and rightful owners,
and their retention in the Post Once till their
value was DESTROYED. Post Masters have beez
Schooled BY rival journals-sevsral ef them iV-
ing on their selfproclaimed ability 70 serTe - an
antidOee to the Trbune-aB TO their political
duty to promote al our expense the dissemination
Of gazettes Of adverse politics We shall outliYs
this warfare, but We do not affect indifference %
10. In the open feld Of discussion, NC fear moth
ing; but In the tens Of thousands Of rural
neighborhoods where the Post Master can induee
many Of his quiet neighbors 10 take the journal
be recommends, We have already lost Bons pa.
rons, and expect 10 lose moro a. our sabOeTip-
tons for this year expire. We appeal, therefore,
20 the hearty faithful, fearless advocates Of Free
Labor and Free Soil throughout the land 70 take
care that this Official warfare on our circulation
be not prosecuted without counteraction. Wo
employ no travelling agents, for We will not esa-
sent 10 have the public harassed with the soliei-
tations Of strangers in our behalf We strike the
name Of each subscriber 70 our Weekly OF Semi
Weekly from our books so soon ~ bis term has
expired, for We will not haunt cur patrons viii
duns for arrears which they may say they never
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