The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-11-16
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE

THE TRIBUNE-now more Than eighteen
years old, and having over Two Hundred
Thousand subscribers, or constant pnrchas.
ers, dlffused through every State and Terri
Tory OF our Union-wllI continue IN essence
what il has been-lhe earnest champion OF
Liberty, Progress, and whatever will con-
duce 10 our national grnwih in vir'ue, ln-
dusiry, knowledge, and Prosperity. Ii will
continue TO urge the emancipation not only
OF the Black laborer from chaltesm, but OF
the White likewise from Land Monopoly
ntemperance, Ignorance, and that depen.
dence OIL remote Markets which paralyzes
exerlons by denying 10 Toll any adequate
and morally certain reward. Believing
that the chief evil OF our time is the inordl-
nate multiplication and disproporton OF Non
Producers, it will continue 10 war against
whatever tends 10 degrade Manual Labor
or deprive il oil its Just and full recompense.
II will inf1eXlbly commend The policy OF
winning hilher from Europe The Useful Arts,
and, wherever they may be needed, the
Artisans as well, ior whose products our
country is now rnnnlng recklsssly into debt,
while our laborers roam in fruitless quest
of employ oyment, leaving their children in
want of bread, though the farmer is 100 Of.
len compelled to sell his crops at Most in
adequate prices. In shor, while battling
against Filbuslersm and every other man.
Hesitation OF thai evil spirit which seeks
through the spoliaton Of other countries
| that a9randizement which is 10 be truly at
| tanned only through the due developemenl
and cultivation OF our internal resources, il
will urgently advocate a more effectively
discriminating Tariff, the Freedom Of the
Public Lands, the construction of Rail.
road IRON The Eavigable waters oil the Mis-
sIssiPpi 10 those OF the Pacific, and every
other measure which seems TO us calcula.
ted 10 enhance The dignity orhe fecompense
OF Labor and promote The wel.being OF
Mankind.
The irrepressble conflict" between
Darkness and Light, Inertia and Progress.
Slavery and Freedom, moves steadily oil.
ward. Insulated acts of folly and madness
may for the moment give a seeming advan-
tage 10 wrong but God still relgns, and The
Ages are true TO Humanity and Right. THE
year 1860 must witness a memorable con-
! hict between these irreconclable anlago.
nists. The ques,ion-"Shall Humanity Sla.
very be further strengthened and diffused
by The power and under the flag OF The
Federal Union ?' is now TO receive mo.
for the landess, versus Negroes for The Ne
sroless" is the battle cry of the embodied
| Millions who, having Just swept Pennsyl-
vania, Ohio and the Nor,h Wesl, appear in
the new Congress, backed by nearly every
| Free State, IN demand recognition of ev.
cry mans right 10 cultivate and improve a
modicum of the earlh's surface wherever
ne has moi been anticipated by Ihs stale s
IL
| conservation OF the virgin soil of Territories
10 Free La5or--two requirements, but one
policy-musl largely absorb the attention OF
Congress through the ensuing session, as OF
| The People in the succeeding Presidential
| canvass and whatever the immediate is.
sue; we caIInot doubt that The ultimate YER.
dict will be in accord al once with the die
lates OF impartial Philanthropy and the in
alienable Rights OF Man.
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