The River Falls journal. (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1857-1861, 1859-05-18
The New Y ork Tribune
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TIME successful laying Of the ns-astamAis
4 Telegraph Cable marks new era N sna
HISTORY Of Human Progress Hence&orth. Ea-
rope, " estern Asia, and Northern Africa he
within an hours distance from our shoReaL ana
the battle which decides the fate Of Kingdom
the capture of Vienna or Gibraltar, the TAD
of dynasty, the triumph of usurpation. the
birth of an heir to royalty, the death Of q Mo
holas or Wellington, in any country which
touches the Mediterranean, the Euxine, the
Black Sea or the German Ocean, will be pub
lished in New York the next morning. If Ro1
on the very day of its occurrence. In me-
ment, as it were, we have been tA-ewn into the
immediate intellectual neighborhood of the
whole civilized and large portion of the sslaa-
barbarous world. The rise and fall of stocks
in London or Paris will henceforth berePorted
from day to day in the journals Of our seaboard
cities The boldest operators in Wall street
will refuse to buy or sell until they have read
the quotations of that days business On the
ROYAL Exchange and at the Bourse, whose
transactions will have closed an hour OF SO be-
fore ours can begin. A revolution in Paris, an
importont vote in Parliament, an insurrecEon
in Italy, a fire in Constantinopls, will be dis-
cussed around the breakfast tables Of New York
lew hours after its occurrence. mighty
taorgh silent Transformation in the conditions
of human existence has just been effected by,
the little wire stretching across the occans bed
from the coast of Ireland to that of British
America, and one inevitable result of this must
be an unexampled community Of feeling and
interest among the nations of Christendom, ana
consequent desire for more intimate ac-
quaintance with each others doings through
| the medium of the Newspaper Press. 1t seerns
hardly possible that thousands should not
henceforth read their own journals, who have
hitherto been content with an occasional glance
at those taken by their neighbors; while many
| who have hitherto been content with q Weekly
issue will now require Semi. Weekly or
Daily. In short, Intelligence, always a vital
element Of growth in wisdom, success in bust.
ness, or enjoyment in life, has new become
| indispensable to all.
| THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE, now
more than seventeen years old, which was the
first journal in the world that appeared regu-
| larly on an imperial eight sheet at so low
| price as two cents. and which has attained the
unparalleled aggregate of M ore than 100000
| subscriptions, respectfully sohcits its share of
| the new patronage which the Metropoiitaa
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! weekly cost, to deserve. 1t asks especially the
| patronage and active favor of Republicans-Sf
those who hate all forms of oppression, and
desire that every rational being shall be free to
| employ his faculties in such innocent manner
as he shall deem best-of those who would
xtend Liberty and limit Slavery-but II fur
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| for the return of ational thrift plenty, pros
| peritv, through the Protection of American
| Industry by wisely discriminating duties ON
Tmports-an who favor National Progress
| through internal development and Moderation
rather than by external aggression and extern
/ son-all who would rather have the National
| resources devoted to the construction of rail-
road 10 the Pacific than to til. purchase or con-
| quest Of Mexico, Nicarauga or Cuba-al whs
/ would rafr ya1.oaIl,-
nate Federal expenditures by abolishing or
| immensely reducing the Army and Navy, and
expanding the money thus saved on works ef
| benefcence which will endure to bless our
| children--au who profoundly realize that
| !" Righteousness eXateth a nation" and that
no real advantage can ever accrue to any per-
son Or community from acquisitions or success
ses achieved by means hich contravene the
| laws of Eternal Right The free allotment of
| limited portions of the Public Lands to Actual
Settlers thereon, and every hopeful plan intend
ed to diminish the sum of human misery froIa
| desrth OF employment or inadequate recon-
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help the unfortunate by enabling them and
t. aching them to help thenselves-must COM
mand our earnest sympathy and cooperation.
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at cost OF $4,000, merely that some of ,ur
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country, we believe that even those who dis
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ness in avowing its convictions and ability in
maintaining them. We appeal, then, to these
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tons. we ask our present patrons in every 10.
cality to speak to their neighbors and friends
in our behelt; we shall gladly receive from any
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shall be paralleled by increased efforts and
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