The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1863-12-24
THE TRIBUNE FOR 1864.
PROSPECTUS.

The Navy DIRK TRIBUNE, hrst issued
April 10, 1S41, hs today larger aggregate
circulation than any other newspaper pub
lished in America, or 1--WE believe] in the
world. Compelled year since to increase
the price of its severa! issues, or submit to
the peculinary ruin of its proprletors from
the very magnitude. of its circulation, it has
probably parted with some patrons to whom
its remarkable cheapness was controlling
Recommendation bnt Others have taken
their places, and it has now more than Two
Hundred Thousand subscribers and regular
purchasers excess of at least Fifty
Thousand over those Of any rival. And
this unprecedent currency it has achieved
by very liberal expenditures in procuring
early and authentic intelligence, by the
fearless expressions of convictions, by the
free employment of ability and industry
wherever it might contribute to excellence,
in any department Of our enterprise, and
by unshrinking fidelity to the dictates Of
Justice, Humanity and Freedom. ~ -..,rf
By very large OUTLAWS fol- early and au-
th.ntic advises by telegraph and otherwise
from its own correspondents with the vari-
Gus armies of the Union, and by special ef-
forts to furnish such information respecting
Markets, Crops, new discoveries or improve
ments in Agriculture, sc, as must specially
interest farmers, we have assdiously labor
ed to make journal calculate to meet the
wants and subserye the interest Of the Pro
ducing Classes. The end we have atsleast
measurably; for no other newspaper exists
IN America or Europe which is habitualiy
read by nearly so many farmers and their
f,milies as is the Tribune to day. We
shall labor TO increase both the number and
the satisfaction Of this by far the most nE-
merous CLASS Of its patrons: ,zaar, .,'fa5 i
During the existence Of the Wing party,
this paper supported that party, though al
WAYS sympathisng with the more liberal,
L., ,sn,, n.w-r75ueu -ur--vrvrtr trnu-,vruroa
old organzs ions through the sponta ne Gus
uprising of the people of the free States
laSauot ttO iCpuhAhLOii VI Vic MiSSUuIl ISS-
striction, the Tribune heartily partici pated
in thai movement. and was Known As Re
publican. When the long smodering con-
spiracy to divide and destroy CUR county
or reduce it entire to complete abasement to
the Slave over eliminated in over treason
and rebellion,it naturally. necessarily re-
garded resistance to this conspiracy
as paramount to all other considerations,
and devoted all its energies and efforts to
the maintenance Of our Union. In every
great controversy which has divided our
country, it has been found on that side
which naturally commands the sympathy
and support ofthe large majority of school,
houses and the decided minority of grog-
shops, and SO doubtless will be to the
last. 'l'7 ro} esr"r d RI a,farerr g Is
Ardently desiring and striving for the
early and enduring adjustment of our Ma
tional distractions, the Tribune leaves the
time, the nature and thu conditions of that
adjustment implicitly to those lawfully in
authority, confiding in their wisdom and
patriotism, anxious to aid them to the ut
most in their arduous responsibilities and
not to embarrass them even by possibility.
Firmly believing in the Apostolic rule-'first
pure, then peaceable" holding that the total
and final extirpation of Slavery is the true
and only absolute cure for DIR National ills,
that he expedient that stops short of this
can have but a transient and illusory sue
cess-we yet PROFOUND no theory of ere
construction and endorse none that has
been prodounded by another--neither Sum-
ner's nor " hitting, nor any Of the various
Copperhead devices for schievin, Peace
by surrendering the Republic into the pow
er of its traitorous foes-but, exhorting the
American People to have faith in their
Government, TO reinforce their aswies and
replenish their treasury, we believe that, if
they but do their duty. benign Providence
will in due time bring this fearless struggle
to such close as will best subserve the
true greatness of our country and the per-
m anent we-being Of mankind
The present session Of Congress will be
an exceedingly important one, and3we have
made ample arr angeuents to lay before our
readers what is going on in Washington,
boti in Congress and in the Depart.
ments. fa lue 's51 sastag ssg
p We respectfully solicit the subscriptions
and active exertions Of our friends, and of
all whose views and convictions sccord sub. !
with ours. 3ni a..,f Is.f.
Nev York, Sept. 10 1868. 3...f
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