Bellevue gazette. [volume] (Bellevue City, N.T. [i.e. Neb.]) 1856-1858, 1857-01-01

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victory, when rs ministers aud s%etyitors are
gathering and plotting 90 make the most ot
thcir triumph and "crush out' the spirit
which they yainly believe to be crucihcd and
eutnmhcd-now when The faini-heartcd or
cold-hcartcd who lately b1sked In the sun
shine Of our premature hopes are hauling OIL
to repair damages and talking Of abandoning
the rugged arena of Politics for more quiet
aud nowery felds-now, in this hour OF wear
mess and shadow, THE TRtBUNE renews It's
vows " eternal hostility 90 every form OF ty-
ranny over The bodies or souls Of memo the
shameful assumption that the henightcd and
feeble, whether In soul or body, are TO be re-
garded aud treated az the convenience or the
prey Of their wiser or stronger brcthren-to the
| domination Of dcspcts and nlirarchs, whether
of empires or plautations-'o the cnslayors Of
cities and kingdoms In Europe or the breeders
Of children for the nuctiou-block aud the cot
ton-fcld in Virginia or Alabama.
Tn 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 rociprocal-that the labor
er should rot toni and sweat to- plmpcr others
pride or minister To others luxury, but for the
su5tcuaucc aud comfort Of those near and dear
to him-is destined to certain triumph. 1t
MUST prevail, for God rcigns, and Earth was
not created to be a theatre Of injustice, OPP
preston and misery forever. II MUST tri-
umph for all true prophecy ailirms and the
vindication of the Divine bcniguity impcra-
lively requires il. II MUST triumph for De-
mocratic America cannot always remain the
scoif of aristocrats and the shame of reform
ers and liberals throughout the Old World.
II MUST triumph for Mans history Is not a
chaos or a riddle, but everywhere instinct
with meaning; and no heroic effort over failed
Of It's otFcct--no drop of martyr blood was
ever shed ia vain.
But even if we Republicans were disposed
20 fold orr arms in siumber, our adversaries
would not permit II. They are busy to-dayin
lcngthening their cords and strengthening
their stakes with a vigilance and activity
which reveals n consciousness on their part
5 that their dominion must he made sure forth
+ with or their scepter will have Forever de-
: parted. To-day, myrmidoms OF the Slave
Power threaten and harass Northern Mexico,
are cucampcd in the heart of Central Ameri-
! ca, and waging q war of determination on the
distracted inhabitants of its petty Republics,
while IL by turns leers and scowls 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
: twenty Free-State men, guilty of attempting
to defend their homes against the rapine and
! violence Of Buford's and Titus's blood-thirsty
, bandits, have been convicted by Lecompte's
Court of manslaughteTl and sentenced to five
n years Imprisonment at hard labor as felons
E This is but a fair specimen Of what has long
l passed for 'iustice" in Kansas-a Justice
I which takes the criminals into pay and aid:
them in hunting down. plundering and ''wi
ping ont" the innocent, whom it consigns t.
the State prison if they are ever goaded into
Z the madness of resisting their oppressors
5 Such crimes aud wrongs as unhappy Kansas
: has for twelve months endured, even Hungary
- or Poland has never known and the Power
7 at whose instigation these y~illainies were auC
IN a -. III
!, House, and has Just achieved another fou
p years. ascendancy in the Federal Govern
ment. Who, in view of these facts, can say
that Republicans may now pile their arms
, even for an hour?
@ THE TRIBUNE will be, as It has been, 9
Political iournal-avowedlY, though not eN.
clusively so. II recognizes the truth tina
Freedom and Slavery are here grappled il
deadly conflict, and that in the result one o
them must lose all control over the Fedora
r Government. But, while it gives prominenc,
and emphasis to the discussion and elucida
tion of the great issue of the day, it sinks
none of the characteristics OF a Business ant
Congress, like those in Kansas, will b,
watched and reported by an able and ~fearles,
corps of Correspondents, while from London
Paris, Constantinople, Havana, San Francis
co, Albany and other centers Of interest, on
n special advices will be, as they have been
III fresh ana rellaDle. a IncilDcr or our tultO
rial corps-Bayard Taylor-is now in North
II ern Europe, and will spend the Winter il
Sc Sweden, Lapland, Russia, thence making hi
l. way next season across Siberia and Tartar
10 to the mouth of the Amour, and thence home
ward by the Pacific and California, unles
" some change Of route shall promise create
at interest and profit to our readers, for whoI
n alone he will write regularly throughout hi
adventurous journey, which is likely to re
quire two years for its completion. Our r.
- ports OF the most interesting Lectures, Publ
Meetings, &C., will be full and reliable, an
our Foreign and Domestic News made up wit
VI, a careful regard TO the condensation into o,
ample columns of the greatest amount of il
of telligence that is consistent with the use
;, type of generous size. In short, if we fail
~ make The TRIBUNE worth its cost, it sha
not be for want Of expenditure or effort.
ST. If it be deemed desirable by Republican
that THE TRIBUNE should be circulated
their several localities, we urge them to Sc
that Clubs he made up and forwarded in dl
season. The Postmasters are semi-oficial
admonished not to aid our circulation, but
mr. urge instead that Of journals deemed "soUnt
J., and national" by the compatriots OF Atch
son and S.ringfellow. We ask live RepubI
'es cans everywhere to take care that these e
'Od forts be not %etectual to quench the light
~ Freedom in the murky mists of Slavery.
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