Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1874-12-25
rhe Tribune for 1873.


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The TRIBUNE ~ the leading Ameri
can newspaper has come 20 b. general
" recognized. lie bilterest fose. while
assailing il AZ fercely y AZ old 90 polit
ical or other grounds uover now ques
ton its pre-eminence Y y Newspaper. Il
| is confessedly the foremost ID tho coun'
try. 1t has won the position, and i
means to hold It by the employment Of
the best ability, by the most watchfnl,
conscientious attention, and by the most
lavish expenditure of money to procure
whatever money will buy, in its readers
service. Its expenditures in this way
during the past year were over One Mil
lion and Half of Dollars. For the
results of this outlay it asks from each
single subscriber to the WEEKLY, Two
Dollars from each subscriber in Club
Of thirty or more, One Dollar; and it
pays the postage itself
The events of 1874 have vindicatec
The TRIBUNE's political course, as well
as its newspaper superiority. Maintain
ing, with all its old fervor, those Repub-
lican principles of equality and justsce
with which, under its illustrious founder,
it was for thirty years identified, it new
ertheless warned the country that the
party in power had, in long course of
prosperity, grown reckless and corrupt
The people were slow to believe, and
some, for time, resented the warning.
AT last it was seen that The TRIBUNE,
as usual, was merely few years ia ad.
vance of its time. The people have
come up to it. They have not decided
to put the old anti-War Democracy in
power, nor even to abandon the Repub-
lican organization. They have simply
given warning. They have come, with
The TRIBUNE, to hold mere party ties
as of infinitely less consequence than
the attainment of pure government on
sound principles. They stand by their
old landmarks, and will defend the con-
stitutional guarantees to the liberty Of
the citizen, and the sacredness Of the
Nations faith with its creditors. But,
ike The TRIBUNE, they have lost faith
in the hot partisans who insist on strict
obedience to the dictates of the caucus,
and who value party, not for its princi-
pies but chiefly for its offices. They rec
ognize that the new conditions of the
country have brought new needs and
new duties that parties cannot live for
ever on their past, no matter how glori-
GUS and that the men to be trusted with
the government should be men who have
shown an understanding Of The popular
wants, rather than men who have under.
stood how to pack cancuses and manage
conventions. 1t has thus come about
that in nearly every instance this year
the political recommendation Of THE
TRIBUNE have received the seal of pop
ular approval
HE TRIBUNE can never be neutral
In politics but it maintains its indie
pendence OF any partisan dictation. 1t
believes that the mere organ Of politi-
clans can never be good newspaper or
deserve the popular trust. 1t aims to
Judge every act of whatever party solely
on its individual merits commends the
president where it thinks him right as
hsartily as it condemns him where it
thlhks him wrong holds fast to its long
avowed principles, and values any party
only as means for attaining their tri-
umpb ; waits on no caucus for its opin.
ions; suffers no partisan need to color
its news or warp its utterance, and main
tains, in the interest of its readers, the
liberty of candid and impartial criti-
cism Of their rulers. 1t endeayors to
combine the utmost frankness and indie.
pendence with judicial fairness keeps
its columns free from all low abuse and
personal wrangling, has no quarrels with
other papers, and never replies to or even
notices their perpetual attacks-reserv.
ing all the space usually wasted in this
way, for matter its readers want.
From those who believe such a Jour.
nal desirable visitor in their families,
The TRIBUNE SELECTS continuance of
the popular favor it Aas so conspicuous
~ enjoyed in the past. and never more
oonspiculously than during the hard
times of the year 1874 II has reduced
Its rates thirty cents on each weekly Cby
postage, 20 cents, and waving
theold charge for separate addresses to
club subscribers, 10 cents), and it asks
those who think well oft to reuiuroeste
by kindly efforts to increase its circula.
ton.
THE WEEkLY TRIBUNE has been for the spaes
Of generation the Farmers faYorite paper. Re-.
sldes complete condensation of the news Of The
week selection Of literary and miscellaneous
feadlns, and full page Of the best editorials from
me Daily. it contains in every number a greater
amount Of Agricultural raa4tor ar. -