Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1856-12-25

deed. Now, IN the Slave Powers hcyday OF
victory, when It's ministers aud %scrvitors are
gathering and plotting to make the most OF
their triumph aud "crush olt' the spirit
which they yainly believe to be c%ruciiied and
cutumhcd-uoW when the faint-hcartcd or
cold-heartcd who lately baskcd in the sun
slime Of or premature hopes are hauling OIL
10 repair damages and talking " abandoning
the rugged arena Of Politics for more quiet
and nowery fclds-now, In this houT of wear
mess and shadow, THE TsiRuNE renews its
vows Of eternal hostility To every form OF "
ranny over the bodies or souls Of mcn-to the
shameful assumption that the bcnighted and
feeble. whether il soul or body, are TO be re-
gardcd aud treated as the convenience or the
prey of their wiser or stronger brethren-to the
domination of despots aud oligarchs, whether
OF empires OF plantatiOns-to the enslaVers OF
cities aud Kingdoms in Europe or the breeders
of children for the auction-block and the cot
ton-iold IN Virginia or Alabama.
The doctrine that no human being was ever
created for the benefit or advantage of an
othcr-that all service between man and man
should be free and reciprocal-that the labor
or should not toll and sweat To pamper others
pride or minister to others luxury, but for tue
sustenancc aud comfort OF those near and dear
To him-is destined to certain triumph. II
MUST prevail, for God reigns, and Earth was
not created TO be a theatre of injustice, OPP
preston and misery forever. II MUST tTi-
umph for all true prophecy aiiirms and the
yindication of the Divine b~enignity impera-
lively requires Il. It MUST triumph for De
mocTatic America cannot always remain the
| scott Of aristocrats and the shame OF reform
es and liberals throughout the Old World.
Il MUST triumph for Mans history is not a
! chaos or n riddle, but everywhere instinct
with meaning and no heroic effort ever failed
, of its c1ect-no drop of martyr blood was
/, ever shed In vain. .,
But even if we Republicans were disposed
l to fold our arms In slumbcr, our advcrsaries
would not permit it. They are busy to-day in
r lengthening their cords and strengthening
- their stakes with a vigilance and activity
> which reveals a consciousness on their part
> that their domininn must be made sure forth
with or their sccptcr will have forever de-
parted. To-day, myrmidons OF Ihe slave
Power threaten and harass Northern Mexico,
are encamped in the heart of Central Ameri-
ca, and waging a war of determination on the
distracted inhabitants Of its petty Republics,
: while IL BY turns leers and scowis at Cuba,
while its most ruthless bands are precipitated
on devoted Kansas, under the protection and
smiles of the Federal Administration Even
as we write, the telegraph informs us that
r twenty Free-State men, guilty of attempting
n to defend their homes against the rapine and
violence of Buford's and Titus's blood-thirsty
bandits, have been convicted by L~ecompte's
Court of manslaughterl and sentenced to five
n years Imprisonment at hard labor as felons.
This is but a fair specimen of what has long
. passed for "iustice' in Kansas justice
Z which takes the criminals into pay and aids
p them in hunting down, plundering and "wi-
n ping out" the innocent, whom it consigns to
q the State prison if they are ever goaded into
- the madness of resisting their oppressors.
= Such crimes and wrongs as unhappy Kansas
e has for twelve months endured, even Hungary
or Poland has never known and the Power
81 ,nIa.n t,aVtnatinp thaon .illa tpiao Nxsara mn
: are perpetrated sits enthroned in the White
House, and has just achieved another foul
years. ascendancv in the Federal Govern
ment. Who, in view of these facts, can say
q that Republicans may now pile their arms
even for an hour?
THE TRIBUNE will be. as it has been, g
e Political iournal-avowedly, though not ex.
c~lusively so. 1t recognizes the truth that
. Freedom and Slavery are here grappled il
e deadly conflict, and that in the result one OF
a them must lose all control over the Fedora
Government. But, while it gives prominence
: and emphasis to the discussion and elucida.
n ton of the great issue of the day, it sinks
none of the characteristics of a Business and
Z Family Newspaper. The proceedings OF
e Congress, like those in Kansas, will be
@ watched and reported by an able and fearless
corps of Correspondents, while from London
Paris, Constantinople, Havana, San Francis.
; co, Albany and other centcrs of interest, ON
IL special duNlCtS Will Ut, as IlcN nave Dten
~ fresh and reliable. A member of our Edito
y rial ~corps-Bayard Taylor-is now in North
= ern Europe, and will spend the Winter il
Sweden, Lapland, Russia, thence making hi
IG way next season across Siberia and Tartar
to the mouth of the Amour, and thence home
:, ward by the Pacific and California, unles
y some change of route shall promise create
lu interest and profit to our readers, for WHOM
nd alone he will write regularly throughout hi
adventurous journey, which is likely to re
quire two years for its completion. Our re
n ports of the most interesting Lectures, Publ
u Meetings, &c, will be full and reliable, an
Ii our Foreign and Domestic News made up wit
ly a careful regard to the condensation into on
or ample columns of the greatest amount of il
80 telligence that is consistent with the use {
~ type of generous size. In short, if we fail [
ng make THE TRIBUNE worth its cost, it sha
in. not be for want of expenditure or effort.
ad If it be deemed desirable by Republican
that THE TRIBUNE should be circulated
We their several localities, we urge them to sc
OF that Clubs be made up and forwarded in dr
he season. The Postmasters are semi-oficiall
va admonished not to aid our circulation. but
urge instead that of journals deemed ''sound
Go and "National' by the compatriots of Atch
OF son and StringfelIow. We ask live Republ
rs cans everywhere to take care that these e
he forts be not %etGectual to quench the light
40 Freedom in the murky mists Of Slavery.
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