The Union. [volume] (Georgetown, Del.) 1863-1866, 1864-04-15
TMYHE TRIBUNE FOR 1854
PROSPECTUS.

The New YoRR TRIBUNE, first issued April 10, |
lS41, has to-day larger aggregate circulation than
any other newspaper published in America, or 1--WE |
believe) in the world. Compelled year since to |
increase the price of its several issues or submit to
the pecuniary ruin Of its propretors from the very
magnitude of its circulation, it has probably since
parted with some patrons to whom its remarkable
eheapness was controlling recommendation; but
others have taken their places, and it has now more
than Two Hundred Thousand subscribers and reg
ular purchasers-an excess of at least Fifty Thou
sand over those of any rival And this unprecedent
ed currency it has achieved by very liberal expen-
ditures in procuring early and authentic intelligence
by the fearless expression OF convictions by the free
employment Of ability and industry wherever it
might contribute to excellence in any department
of our enterprise, and by unshrnking fidelity to the
dictates Of Justice, Humanity, and Freedom.
| By very large outlays for early and authentic ad-
vices by telegraph and otherwise frsm its own cor
respondents with the various armies of the Union;
and by special efforts to furnish such information
respecting Markets, Crops, new discoveries or i'm
provemeuts in Agriculture, &C., must specially
| interestfarmyrs, we have assiduously labored to
make journal calculated to meet the wants and
subserve the interests of the Producing classes
That end we have at least measurably attained for
no other newspaper exists in America eli Europe
which is habitually read by nearly many farmers
| and their families as is The Tribune to-day. We
shall labor to increase both the number and the sat
isfaetion Of this By far TIE most numerous class of
its patrons.
During the existence of the Wing party, this pa
per supported that party, Though always sympathi-
Linwg it'll the more liberal, progressive Anti-SlGve
~ wing" thereof. When new issues dissolved or
transformed old organizations through the spouta-
neous uprising of The Missouri Restriction. The
TRIBUNE heartily participated in that movement,
and was known as Republican When the long
smoldering conspiracy TO divide and destroy our
country reduce it entire to complete AMUSEMENT
TO the Slave Power eliminated in overt treassn and
rebellion, it naturally, necessarily regarded resist
anee to this conspiracy as paramount to all ether
considerations and devoted all its energies and eff
forts to the maintenance of our Union. In every
great controversy which has divided country, it
has been found on that side which naturally COM
mands the sympathy and support Of the large ma
jority Of scheol-houses and the decided minority of
grog-shops, and as doubtless will be to the last
Ardently desiring and striving for the early and
enduring adjustment of National distractions,
rHE TRIBUNE leaves the time, the nature and the
conditions of that adjustment implicitly to those
l lawfully in authority, confding in their wisdom
and patriotism, anxious 10 aid them to the utmost
in their arduous responsibilities and not to embar-
rass them even by possibility. Firmly believing in
the Apostolic rule" First pure, then peaceable"
holding that the total and final extTpation of Slave
> ry is the true and only absolute cure for our Ma
tonal ills-that any expedient that stops short o
this can have but transient and ilusory success
We yet PROFOUND no theory Of Reconstruction" ant
, indorse none that has propounded by another
It neither Summers dor Writings, Nor any Of the
rious Copperhead devices for achieving Peace b.
surrendering the Republic into the power Of it
r traitorous foesbut, exhorting the American Pee
pie to have faith in their Government to reinforc
their armies and replenish their treasury, We be
lieFe that if they but do their duty benign Prov
l. dence will in due time bring this fearful struggle
such close as will best subserve the true great
II ness Of cur country and the permanent wellbein
ri Of mankind
Wersspectfully solicit the subscriptions and actiy
exerlions of our friends, and of all whose views an
/ convictions accord substantially with ours.
Nsw York, Sept. 10, 1868.