Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-30

THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE-NEw Vol.
CME --On the Tth OF Sept. The .N'elo York
! Weekly Tribune commeuced the 2Ist ytar Of
its existence The Daily Tribune being some
months older, ard THE Semi W'erkly tribune
somewhat younger. For more than 20 Y, ars
this Jonrnai has tabored in what its condI ctorI
have felt 10 bo the cause of humanity il stice
and Freedom, endcavoring to meliorate T. e con.
dtion OF the oppressed and unf,1rtu nate, To non.
or and encourage usefu! exetion in whatever
sphere, aud TO promote by all p,eans the moral
intellectual and material advancement of our
nation. It has aimed 10 lie right rather than
popular, abd 10 espouse 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 melted
our readers to think aud Judge for themselves
rather than adopt bliDdly our own or Others
conclusions, we believe We nny fairly claim for
this Journal the credit Of having qualified its
readers 10 detect and expose even hts own er,
rors To develop the minds Of the young by
the most general, thorough aud practical edu.
cation, aid TO encourage aud stimulate Produc-
live Industry, through free grants of public
lands to actual settlers aud cultivators of the
soil, as also Through the protection of hnma,
ture or peculiarly exposed branches from too
aims to which This journal has adhered through
good and evil report, and which it steadlastly
commends to American patriotism aud philau-
throfy
As to the civil war now devastating the coun.
try, we bold ii TO have originated in arebellion
more wantOn, wicked, inexcusabe, than was ey.
er before known--a rebellion in the interest Of
the lew against the many IA rebellion designed
to raise Eightr the walls of caste and tighten the
chains Of oppression. Having done all we
could without a surrender OF VITAL principle TO
avoid this var, aud witnessed the furbearancc.
meekness and long.sulIering with which the fed
eraI government suught To avert its horrors, We
bold it our clear duty, with that Of e very other
citizrn, TO stand by l!!e nation and its fairly
chosen rulers, and to second with all our eter-
gies their Efforts to uphold the Union, the Con
stitution, and the supremacy of Law. And
though The rebellion has become, through usur-
patton, deception terrorism and spoation fear
fully strong, we believe the American republic
far stronger, aud lha. the uuauimous. earnest
efforts ofloyal hearts aud hands will insure lis
overthrow. But on all questions aiFcci,g the
objects, The scope, and duration Of this most ex.
traOrdnary contest, we defer 10 those whom the
American people have clothed with authority,
holding unity purpose and of action indi>pen
siblo Ia so grave an emergency
In a crisis like the present. our columns must
be largely englossed with the current history OF
tie war for the Union, and the calculations Of
its more striking incideuts. We shallnot how
ever remit that u,tehiion to Literature, 10 For
eign Affairs, TO Agricultural Progress, to Cops,
Markets, &c &c. which has already we trust,
Won Tor The Tribune an honoiable position a.
mong lis coiemporarits. Our main object is
and shall be to produce com .,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 in that of Opiu-
ion also. As our igtilities for acquiring iuioT-
maiioa increase with years We trust that an in
provemcnt in the contents Of our paper Is per.
cepiible, aud ttlt, in the variety and funess OF
intelligence afforded, we may still hope to
'muke cach day d critic on the last" In this
hope, we solicit continuance OF the generous
measure Of pGtronage hitherto accorded 10 our
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