The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1882-07-08
To Our Subscribers.
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To Our Subscribers.
The circulation of THE NATIONAL TRIB- |
uNE continues to increase from week to |
week. and we have had the pleasure Of add |
ing the names of many thousands Of new
subscribers to our rolls during the last six
months. In fact, we doubt whether any
other weekly newspaper in the whole coun-
try can show an equal growth during the
same period, and certainly no soldiers paper
that was ever published can boast of having
received as many subscribers within so short
a time Some of our readers have displayed
the most gratifying zeal in getting up clubs,
and we have received as many as thirty-fOur
new subscribers through the efforts of sim
gle person. Others, on the other hand, while
expressing their hearty approval of the con-
duet of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and their
cordial appreciation Of its merits have made
no attempt to increase its circulation, but
have contented themselves with looking on
and applauding. For the latter, as for the
former, we have only the kindest feelings,
sensible indeed that in every one of its sub
scribers THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has true
and devoted friend, and we set the highest
value on their good wishes. We cannot but
4N:~'- however, that as their interests are
] with our own, they must have
...aal concern in the growth Of our sub
sc~r a list, and should therefore exert
yes to hasten that growth as much
ble by bringing THE NATIONAL
E.l Re to the notice of such of their
r- and acquaintance among our ex-
..i and sailors as may still be ignorant
value. We would not have them,
Ter any circumstances, base their appeal
y. e.a..r grounds than those of the merit of
r - per itself and the Importance of the
which it is doing for all who fought
the Stars and Stripes in the late war;
feel certain that these are amply
mt to convince any intelligent person
desirability of subscribing for it. But
npossble to reach all of our ex- soldiers
,ailors, scattered as they are from
Maine to California and the Great Lakes to
the Gulf except through the personal solic-
itation of our subscribers, and we must of
necessity look to them to canvass for us.
With such of our readers as are members
of the Grand Army this should be pleas
ant task THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has
been endorsed by our new COMMANDMENTS
Chief as the best soldiers paper in existence,
and we feel sure that there in not cOmrade
in any Post, from the Department Of the
Potomac to that of California, who would
not be glad to subscribe for it if he were
once made aware of that value. All we ask
of our readers is that they will acquaint the
members of their Post with its value. We
do not think they will then require much
urging to become regular subscribers to it.
We may say without egotism that there is
no other journal which contains such accu-
rate reports of the dOings Of the Order, or
renders such effective service in advancing
its interests. It was the only soldiers news
paper that presented q full account-cOver-
ing more than two pages, or thirteen col
umns of the opening of the Grand
Encampment on the morning after its as
sembling, or that gave in any form, indeed,
q complete report of the proceedings and
festivities connected with that great gather
ing; and it is the first to make known to the
members of the Grand Army, as it does by
means of the portrait published in this num-
her, the features of their popular new
C0mmander-in-C Chief, Paul VandervoOrt, OF
Nebraska.
But there are many of our readers who
are not members of the Grand Army-al-
though all ought to be-to whom we also
have q right to look for active cooperation
in the work of building up the circulation of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. The majority OF
them are pensioners or applicants for pen
sions, and they have indeed more direct
interest than any other class IN its success.
They owe to it in great measure the favor
able action which Congress has lately been
induced to take on many pension measures
of importance, as also the defeat of many
measures that were calculated to injuriously
affect their interests. But for the ability,
watchfulness, and courage with which THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE has championed their
cause, they might have suffered severely
from Congressional neglect. For their own
sakes, at least, they ought to use every effort
to increase its influence, so that its utterances
may carry even greater weight than they do
now. Individually one hundred thousand
men might be powerless to compel
the attention of Congress, but speaking as
one man through the columns of great