White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1858-09-30
FWENEW YORK TRIBUNE--1s57-s

HtHE Tribune was first issued as Dai-
: 4 ly on she 10Th Of April, 1871. Its Week
ly edition was commenced in September OF the
same year; its Semi-Weekiy in May. is49.-
It was the irst daily in Aueric1 20 issue dou-
bic or eight-page sheet at low price, and II has
kent At le1st 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 those last sixteen eventual years
No larger journal il afforded at 50 low price 10
any quarter Of the world; none in America, no
matter at what price Issued, pays an e9sai
amount, weekly or monthly, for inteiiectuai "a
Dor. Item)i0ys correspondents re suiSriy N 'ne
leading capitals OF Europe. aud at the m1st I'm
D6rtant points on this continent, with iioerai
STAFF Of writer's aud reporters at hons, regarsihg
full, early aud accurate information as the hrst
object of a Newspaper, and the timely ana
thorough calculation thereof as the chief end oil
It's Editorials. In that spirit, the Tribune has
been and will be conducted, extending and per
feeting its correspondence fast as the increase
Of its patronage will Justify the expense should
the current attempt to connect the Oid with the
New World by the magnetic sire prove success
full, we shall very soon, at a heavy cost to our
selves and, we trust, n 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 aud harvest prospects Of hithe= Europe.
with good atlas beside him and his daily pa
per on bis freside table, the American Farmer or
artizan within a days ride of the city may then
study each evening the dOinss OF the civilized
world throughout the day preceding; and II
seems hardly possible that any who can read,
but especially one who has children to educate.
viii longer DENY himself the pleasure and profit
of daily journal. The same is true measure
aEJIVof those who live further inland; though,
where mails are unfreqaent, Semi Weekly, or
even a Weekly p1Der may seem sufficient
THE TRIBUNE deals with questions OF 20,
IitIcaI Economy, Public Policy, Ethics, Material
Progress, and Whatever may affect the lntellee-
tuai, Moral, Social and Physical Well-being OF
maukimd, 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 Class IN
knowledge, virtue and general esteem. 1t is
necessarily hostile TO Slavery under all ITS as
uects 70 Intemperancs in whatever formor de-
gree with its accessories, to War save in the de-
fence Of Country and Liberty against actual IN
vasion, aud TO every form Of Gambling, desiring
to see Production extended and encouraged
while wild Speculation and useless Traffic are
curtailed, il favors the policy Of sustaining and
diversifying Home Industry by discriminating
Tariffs policy which tends to increase the
price of Grain TO The ftrmer, while diminishing
that of Bread 10 the artisan, by reduclngthe DIS
lance across which their respective products are
exchanged, aud, of course, reducing the cost Of
their transfer. Regarding Fillibusterism in all
its phases, and every form and device oil Ma
tional coYetousness, 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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
abroad to enterprises Of development and bench
cence athome, foremost among which we rank a
Railroad through the heart of our Territory to
connect the waters of the Atlantic with those oil
the Pacific Believing that the goods OF this
life are not yet fairly distributed and that one
ready to work should ever famish in unwilling
idleness, il lends an open ear to every sugges-
ton of Social Improvement which does not conn-
terTaiI the dictates Of eternal Morality nor war
upoR that natural right of every ono 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 oilers, drunk
ards, libcrtines AMI prOaigates can never be 9th
er Tin the mIin) than needy and wretehed, It
bears alOft the great truth that Prevention is bet
Ter than Panishment-that the child trained up
in the way he should go, will rarely in after
years desert that way for the thorny paths OF
ious, Moral aud Industrial as well as Intellcctu-
ais MISUNDERSTANDING antidote to the
errors and woes Of ourrlce. Recognizing in the
most degraded specimen of Humanity, a divine
spark which shjnld be reverently cherished, not
ruthlessly trodden out, we have charity for all
form of evil bat those which seek personal ad-
vantage through the deblscment of our fellow
beings. The champion Of no class or caste, the
deyotee of no sect, we would faiSs be the inter
y 1 md
aspirations, the harbinger of general concord be-
tween Labor and Capital, and among those whom
circumstances or misapPrehensions have thrown
into unnatural antLgonism. 4 cOtemD9rary once
observed that he never knew a hard, grasping,
nigeardly employer who dld not hate the Tri-
bune, nor a genuine, large sOuled, kindly one,
willing to 1--we and let live, who did not like it.
We ask no higher praise, no warner att station.
The circulation Of the Tribune is at this time
as follows: Daily, $4,000 copies; Weekly,
176,S00 copies; Semi Weekly, 10, 600 cop
les; California and European, 6,O0o copies;
Total, 23O,s00 copies That of the Semi
Weekly and Weekly, we believe ODE 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 20 complain.
OF late, concerted effort has been made to
diminish our rural circulation through the inhu
ence of the Postmasters, some of whom embark
in it eagerly, Others under Political constraint;
while large number, we are happy, for the sake
of Human Nature, ta state, refuse to be dragoOn
ed into it at all. Still, we have been made to
feel the heavy handof Power, and have doubt
less lost thousands Of subscribersin consequence.
Pretextssto which no individual in his private
capacity would have stopped, have been relied
on 10 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-sevsral eff them liv-
ing their sef-prOelaimed ability to serve as an
Gntidote to the Tribune-as to their political
duty to promote ut our Expense the dissemination
of gGzettes OF adverse politics. We shall outlive
this warfare but we do not Sffect 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
rous, and expect to lose more as our subscrip-
tons for this year expire. Weappeal, 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