Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1877-12-13
TIE LEADING A AMEa1cAN NEwsRAexR
The New York Tfbuno
FOR 1879.

TIE TRIBUNE has long enjoyed the distinc
tion Of the largest circulation among the beS
people. During the year 1S7S'ii will spene
more lssor and money than ever before q
deserve pre-emineuce. 1t secured, and mean
TO retain ii, by becoming the medium Of tha
best thought sno the voice Of the best con-
science of the time, by keeping abreast OF tn
highest progress, fayoring the freest discus9
SION, hearing all sides, appealing always q
the best intelligence and purest morality, and
refusing q cater tc- toe tastes uf the vile q
the preJudices of the ignersnt The coutinued
popular approval, and The constantly widen.
ing political influence it enjoys, and the bes,
proofs that il Ia still faithful to these eariJ
secrets Of its strength.
THE TRIBUNk earnestly strove for the elec1
ton of President Hayes, and il gives its heart.
iea support to the high purposes of his Ad
mlnistrstiuo. Doubtiix the wisdom OF meth1
DDS sometimes taken by his su6ociinstes, and
criticising with::entiie freedom his occasional
mietakes, it still thinks it the duty Of the
hour to hold together and strengthen the par.
~ that elected and alone sustsins him. II
believes the day Of danger 10 the negro ha3
passed, and that Of danger TO the TaX-Psyee
has come The Solid south (st last in fun
control of every Rebel snd Border Stite) seeS
its CHARGE TO get at the National Hreasurys
Al Northern votes are needed. II TammanI
Hail could furnish New York, then Indiana,
or Connecticut and New Jessey, would sufi
Ace The danger ID upon u; and agxinst il
the old party Of Freedom. still the party Of
the Churches and the school Houses, is Id
only bulwsrk. Il alone can keep the Solid
South from grssping the National GovsEpl
ment in 1880. It alone can save us, even now,
the threatened Democratic abandonment Of
resumption and renewed debasement of the
currency, which would heedlessly and n,Os
wickedly check the revival Of business, ane
treble the cOuntry's burdena In behalf Uf the
old party, therefore, TEE TEiBuNE repews the
old appeal 10 the National conscience, the Nal
tional honor, and the enlightened self-interest
of the rax-Payers.
THE SEMI WEEKLY TRIBUNE
Combines many of the merits Of both the
Daily and Weekly Issues, and il, in some re-
ssects, the best, rs well ~ the cheapest paper.
sent out from fHE TRIBUNE Office. II con-
tains all the literary, agricultural, and Go-
mestic miscellany, and all the special articles
prepared for Tux WEEKLY. It has besiues
nearly all the news Of TIE DAILY, and most
OF its editorial articles not strictly local in
their application, 1t has been enlarged, and
changed to the new sixteen page form de-
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The WEEkL1 TRIBUNE.
This has been for third Of q century the
fayorite paper for our substantial country
population. A competent critic has SAID 0f
il: "rHE WEEKLY Tribune has done more
for the settlement and prosperity. of the
Great West, and has made note good farmers
and good citizens than any other single indu-
enoe that ever existed in this country" Dur
ing the ensuing year il means not only to pre-
serve all its old merits, but to take y long
stride ahead. BY the introduction II go, ,0Qo
worth Of new machinery, and y an sal.rEe-
sheet issued by sny newspaper in lie cocniry3
II In enabled to give subecribers tea,8 they
have 80 long ssked-their fsvorite papsr iu :
shane easier TO read and convenient for bind.
ing Each issue consists Of sixteen pages. Of
The form and general appearance Of Harper's
Weekly, but With pages considerably larger,
and with unusually large and clear type. All
th. old and standard features are carefully
preserved, while the new fern and additional
size enable US to offer the following among
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