Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-16

! THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE-NEw Vol.
CME --On the 9Th OF Sept The Nrw York
| Weekly Tribune CO mmeuced the 2lst year of
its existence; The Daily Tribune being some
months Older. ard The Semi Werkly Tribune
somewhat younger. For more THAI 20 years,
| this journal has lsbored in what its conductors
have felt 10 be the cause of humanity Justice.
and Freedom, endeavoring 10 rneliorate the con-
dition OF the oppressed aud unfortunate, to hon
or and encourage useful exertion in whatever
sphere, and 10 promote by ali peaus, the moral
intellectual aud material advancement OF our
nation. 1t has aimed 10 lie right rather than
popular, AID TO espoGse and commend to-day
! the truth that others may not be willing TO ac-
| cept till tomorrow. In pursuing this course,
mistakes have doubtless been made and faults
committed but, having in all things iucitcd
our readers to think and Judge for ihense Ives
rather than adopt blindly our own or others
conclusions, we believe We may fairly claim for
this Journal the credit of having qualified its
readers TO detect and expose even its own er-
rors. TO develop the minds Of the young by
the most general, thorough aud practical cdu-
cation, aud TO encourage and stimulate Produc-
| tive Industry, through free grants Of public
| lands to actual sclllers and cultiVatOrs OF the
soil, as also through the protection Of imma.
ture or peculiarly exposed branches from too
powerful fUreign competition, are among the
! aims 10 which this Journal has adhered through
good aud evil report, and which il steadIastly
commends to American patriotism and Philan-
I thropy.
AS 10 the cigil war HOW devastating the coau-
try, we hold it TO have originated in a rebelliOa
more wanton, wicked, inexcusable. than was ey
er before known-a rebellion ia the interest of
the few against the many IA rebellion designed
to raise higher the walls of caste aud tighten the
| - al
could without Surrender of vital principle to
avoid this war, aud witnessed the forbearancc,
meekness and lOng-suderiag with which the fed
erai government sought 10 avert its horrors, we
hold it our clear dcty with that Of e very other
| citizen, TO staud 10y the nation and its fairly
! chosen rulers, aud to second with all our ener-
gies their efforts to upheld the Union, the Con
! stitution, and the supremacy OF Law. And
though the rebellion has become, through usur-
patton, deception, terrorism and spoliation fear
fully strong VIC believe the A merican republic
far stronger, and that the unanimous, earnest
efforts Of loyal hearts and hands will insure its
overthrow. But on all questions affecting the
objects the scope, aud duration Of this most ex'
traordinary contest we defer TO those whom the
American people have clothed with authority
holding unity Of purpose aud OF action indispen'
sblo in SO grave an emergency.
4 In a crisis like the present, our columns must
be largely engrossed with the current history o
the war for the Union, aud the elucidstions o
its more striking incidents. We shall not how
ever, remit thai attention to Literature, 20 For
eign A fairs. to Agricultural Progress. 10 Crops
Markets. &c. &c, which has already. we trnsl
won for The Tribune an honorable position 6
mong lis contemporaries Our main object
and shall be 10 produce CON 'rehensiye news
paper from which careful reader may CLEAN
vivid and faithful history OF the times not mere
ly in the domain Of Action, but ia that Of Opin
ion also. As our facilities for acquiring iuior
matioh increase with years, we trust that sn ''l'
provement 10 Tie contents Of onr paper is per
ceptibe, and that, in the variety aud iullness oil
intelligence afforded, we may stu hope 10
snake each day a critic on tho last. In this
hope we solicit continuance OF the generous
measure of patronage hitherto accorded TO on'
y journal