Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-11-23

THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE-NEw VOL
uME On the 9Th Of Sept The .New York
| Weekly Tribune CO ommenced the 2lst wear of
| its existence The Daily Tribune being some
| months older, ard The Semi. WeekIu Tribune
somewhat younger. For more than 20 years,
this journal has labored il what its conduct ors
have felt TO be the cause of humanity Justice
and Freedom, endeavoring to meliorate the con
dition OF the oppressed aud unfortu nate, to hon
or and encourage useful eXeFtion in whatever
sphere, and 10 promote by all means, the moral
intellectual aud material advancement of our
nation. 1t has aimed 10 be right rather than
popular, ard TO 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 aud faults
committed but, having in all things melted
our readers to think and judge for themselves
rather than adopt blindly our own or others
conclusions we believe we may fairly claim for
this journal tie 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 and practical edu-
cation, and TO encourage aud stimulate Produc-
tive Industry, through free grants Of public
lands to actual settlers aud cultivators OF the
soil, as also through the protection Of imma-
ture or peculiarly exposed branches from too
aims 10 which this journal has adhered through
good aud evil report, and which il steadfastly
| commendS to American patriotism and philan-
| thropy.
As TO the civil war now devastating the coun-
try, we hold it TO have originated in a rebellion
more wanton wicked, ineXcusable than was ey.
CT before known--a rebellion in The interest of
the few against the many "a rebellion designed
to raise higher the walls Of caste and tighten the
chains of oppression. Having done all we
could without a surrender OF vital principle to
avoid this war, aud witnessed The forbearance,
meekness and long-sudering with which the fed
eral government sought 10 avert its horrors, we
hold it our clear duty, with that OF very other
citizen, TO stand by the nation and its fairly
chosen rulers, and to secoud with all our ener-
gies their efforts to uphold the Union, the Con
sttution, and the supremacy of Law. And
though the rebellion has become, through usur-
patton, deception, terrorism and spoliation fear
fully strong, we believe the American republic
far stronger, aud hat the unanimous, earnest
efforts of loyal hearts aud hands will insure its
overthrow But on all questions affeciag the
objects, the scope, aud duration of this most ex-
traOrdinary contest, we defer 10 those whom the
American people have clothed with authority,
holding unity ofpurpose aud Of action indiSpeH
slble 10 so grave an emergency.
In crisis like the present. our columns must
be largely engrossed with the current history Of
the war for the Union, and the elucidations Of
its more striking incidents. We shall not how
ever, remit that attention to Literature, to For
eign Affairs, to Agricultural Progress, to Crops
Markets, &c. &c. which has already. we trnst,
won for The Tribune an honorable position a
mong its cotemporaries, Our main object i.
and shall be to produce com lrehensive news.
paper, from which careful reader may CLEAN q
vivid and faithful history Of the times, not mere
ly in the domain of Action, but in that of 0pin-
ion also AS our facilities for acquiring iufor
ma'ioa increase with years, we trust that an i'm
provement in the contents Of our paper is per-
ceptblc, aud that, in the variety aud flllness OF
Intelligence afforded, we may still hope TO
make each day critic on the last" In this
hone. we solicit a continuance Of the geRerous
measure of patronage hitherto accorded TO our
Journal.