Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1862-01-17
TIlB NbW-EORK qRIBINE.

NEW VOLUME. On tho seventh OF Septen-
ber, 1861, THE NEW-k0RK WEEKLY TRIB-
UEE commenced the twenty first year OF its exis-
tence: TILE DAILY TRIBUNE being sorne months
older and the SEMI. WEEKLY TRIBUNE some
what younger FeT more than twenty years, fhis
journa has Rbored in what its conductors have felt
to be The Cause Of Humanity, Justice aud Free
dom. endeayeTipg To meioEate the condition Of the
opnresses aud unfortunate, to honor and en-
courage useful exeItion ID whatever sphere, and to
promote by Ill means tho moral intellectual and
material advancement Of our county. Il has
aimed TO be right rather than popular, and to eS-
pouse and commend To-day the truth that others
lnay not be willing TO ACCEPT till tomorrow In
pursuing ID is course, mistakes have doubtless been
made and fsults committed; but, having in all
things melted our readers TO think and Judge Tor
themselves rather than adopt blndly our own or
others conclusions. we believe we nay fairly claim
for this journal the credit Of having qualified its
readers to aetsct md expose even lis own errers.
To aevelcp the minds oi the yoang by tie most
general, thorough and practical Education. ard to
encour8gs and stimulate Productive industry,
through free grants Of Public Lands to actual
tiers ana eultiyaters also through the protec-
ton Of Immature or peculiarly exposed branches
nom too pcweriHi foreign competitions and among
the aims 60 which this Journal has adhered through
geod and evil repott and which it sea5iastiy e0ui-
mends to American patriotism and philanthropy.
As TO the Civil War now devastating our coun-
try, We bold it to have originated in q Rebellion
more wanton, wicked, ineNcpsable, than was ever
5siore knoWn-a Rebellion IN the interests of the
few against the Inany--a Rebellion designed to
raise higher the walls of caste ard tighten the
chains Of oppression Having done al we could
without surrelder Of vital principles 10 avoid this
War, and Witnessed he i8rbearGnce, meeIness, and
long suffering with wbich the Federal Government
sought to avert its horrors. we hold it our clear
duiy with that Of every ether eitiaeu to stan3 by
the natlon and iis fairy chosen ieEs, anu to Sec
ona WITH al our energies their Efforts uphold the
Union, the Constitution, and the supremacy Of
the Laws. An3, though the Rebellion has 6scome,
through usurpatton, deception, teTrogisia, and
spoefion, feariUily strong, we believe tbe Ameri-
Requisite far stronger, and tbat the unanimous,
earnest efforts of ayalhesrts and hands will insure
its overthrow But on all questions aflscting the
objects, the scope, and duration OF this most ex-
traordinaTy contest, we defer to those whom the
American People have clothed with authority,
holding unity CT purpose and of action in4ispen-
sable in 50 grave emergency.
Ia crisis like the present, our columns must be
largely eugrossed with the current history Of The
War tor the Union, and with elucidatioHs Of its
more striking incidents. We shall not, however,
remit that attention TO Literature, to Foreign At
fairs, to Agricultural Progress, to Crops, Markets,
&c., &c, which has already, trust, won for
THE TRIBUNE an honorable position among its
contemporaries. Our maia object is and shall be to
produce a comprehensive newspaper from which
CAREFUL reader may gain vivid and faithful histo-
ry OF the times, not merely in the domaine Of Ac-
ton but ia tnat OF Opinion also. As our facill-
ties for acquiring information increase with years,
We trust that an Improvement in the contents Of
our journal is percepDe, and that, in The variety
and fulaess OF int llieence afforded We may still
this hope, solicit continuance Of the generous
measure of patronage hitherto accorded to our
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