The National tribune., 1883-11-15
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flake it One Hundred Thsusandi
Ne do not suppose any reader of THE
TRIBUNE viii question the value of the SER
vices which it has rendered to our ex-sol-
dieTs since its establishment Aside from
the substantial practical aid which it has
rendered in the upbuilding Of the Grand
Army, the vast influence which it has ex-
erfed upon public sentiment, the bulWark
Of defense which it has been against the
attacks of inscriptions newspapers and
selt-seekiGg politicians, and the interest
which it has stimulated among our ex-sol-
diers generally in their old campaigns, have
abundantly proved that it had mission to
accomplish and that the hopes with which
it started ont on its mission are 10 process
of being realized. It is significant that dur
ing the past year the Grand Army has more
than doubled in membership; that the loyal
women OF the country haYe been for the first
time banded together in national organ
ization to extend to our old soldiers their
loving ministrations as they were wont to
DO, twenty years ago. aud that the number
OF brigade, regimental, and company Re-
unions has Far exceeded that OF any previous
year since the war; that newspapers which
year ago were ready to assaiI the charae-
ter of soldier on the slightest pretext are
now regularly deyoting a portion of their
columns to the publication OF military
"reminiscences and reports of Grand Army
meetings, and that statesmen who formerly
we're seldom seen at soldiers assemblies
have come out squarely and proclaimed
themselves in favor Of giving to the soldier
the last penny that is due him.
In whatever other things TIE TRIBUNE
may have been lacking, it has not failed to
arouse deep and growing concern through
out the country in the welfare of our ex-
soldiers, and in proportion as It's circulation
widens and increases, IN that proportion, it
is certain, viii its ability greater to
achieve the things which it has set itself to
do. In the work which has occupied it dur
ing the past year it has had the active CO
operation OF nearly all It's readers and sub
scribers and it has doubled in circulation
and is to-day universally conceded to be the
foremost newspaper of It's class in the
United States
It is pleasant to be able to say this.
but we cannot forget that tbs purpose
of THE TRIBUNE is not merely material
success, but the enforcement and appliea-
tion in the legislation and affairs of the
country of those principles which ii espoused
at the outset-to secure Justice for the SOL
der at the hands Of the Government, alike in
pensions and the enforcement of the statutes
giving to the soldier preference in civil APP
pointments; to revive the sentiment of love
and gratitude for our veterans, which anti
cipated their wants and relieved their suf-
ferings twenty years ago; to preserve In an
imperishable record the nnwritten story of
their yalor and self-sacrifce-thes were the
objects of The TRIRUNE's creation, and twill
not have achieved its mission until they shall
have been attained
But they never viii be attained until
the circulation of THE TRIBUNE shall
nearly if not quite equal the number of
ex-soldiers still surviving; until it shall
find a place in the home of every ex-soldier
and shall form lasting bond of union
between the whole body Of the survivors of
the war. Tt is for this reason, and this only,
that We ask our readers once more to enter
actively into the work of obtaining new
subscribers for THE TRIBUNE. We pub
lish, this week, an edition of 100000 copies,
including a supplement Of four pages filed
with articles of timely interest and contain
ing, among other things, eur new premium
list for 1884. For the printing of this huge
edition fully thirty tons ofwhite paper were
required, and if it we're stretched out in a
continuous sheet it would make band of
TRIBUSEs FIVE hundred miles in leugthl
Now, this is the season OF the year wien
people usually decide what newspaper they
viii subscribe for during the coming year,
aals., ipaslaueh as it is only necessary to
ortag The TRlruss to the attention of