The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-11-25
New--XOrk Tribune,

THE TRIBUNE-now more than eightcon
years old, and having over Two Hundred
Thousand subscribers, or constant purchas
ers, dilfused through every State and Terri.
tory of our UnioD-will continue in essence
what it has bCen-thc earnest champion of
Liberty, Progress, and of whatever will con
duce to our national growth in Virtue, In.
dustry, Knowledge, and Prosperity. 1t will
continue to urge tho emancipation not only
Of the Black laborer from chattelism and
legal impotence, but of the White likewise
from Land Monopoly, Intempcrance, Igno.
rance, and that dependence on remote
Markets which paraIyzes exertiUn by deny.
ing to Toll any adequate and morally cor-
tain reward. Believing that the chiot evil
of our time is tho inordinate multiplication
and disproportion of NonProducors. il will
continue to war against whatever tends to
degrade Manual Labor or deprive 1t of its
just and full recompensc. IL will inh, xibly
commend tho policy of winning hither Fl ON
Europe tho Useful Arts. and, wherever
they may DO needed, tho Artisans as VOL,
for whose products our country is now run
ming rccklessly into debt, while our laborcrs
roam in fruitless quest of employment, lcav.
ing their children in want of bread. though
the farmer is too often compelled to sell his
crops dt most inadequate prices. In short.
while battling against Fil;bustcrism and
every other manifestation Of that evil split
which seeks through tho spolation of othor
countries ;hat aggrandizcmcnt which is to
be truly attained only through tho duo do
velopmont and cultivation of our nterna!
resources, it will urgently advocate more
effectively discriminating Tariff, tho Froe.
dom of the Public Lands, tho construction
of Railroad from tho navigablo waters of
the Mississippi to those of tho Pacific, and
every other measure which seems to us
calculated to enhance the dignity or tho
Tecompense of Labor and promote tho woll
boing of Mankind.
Tho "irrepressiblo conflict" between Dark
moss and Light, Inertia ard Progress. Slavery
aud Freedom, moves stoadily onward. Iso.
lated acts of folly and madness may for tho
moment give seeming advantage to Wrong;
but God still roigns. and the Agos uro truo
TO Humanity and Right Tho year 1860
must witness memorable conflict between
these iFreconcilable antagonists. The Quos.
tlon-"Shall Human Slavery bo further
strengthened and diifused by tho powor and
unoer the flag Of tho Federal Union Z" is
now to receive q momontous If not conclu-
sivo answer. Land for the Landless. YER.
sus Negroes for tho NegroIess" is tho bat
tlo-cry of tho embodied Millions who. hay.
ing just swept Pennsylvania, Ohio and the
North West appear in tho new Congress.
backed by nearly overy Free State, 10 do.
mand recognition of ovcry mau's right to
cultivate and improve a modicum of tho
earths surface wherever he has not been
anticipated by tho States cessiou to another.
FREQ Homes, and tho conservation of tho
virgin soil of the Territories to Free Labor
Two requirements, but one policv-must
largely absorb tho attention of Congroes
tnrough tho ensuing session, as of tho Poo.
pic In the succeeding Presidential canvass
anu whatever tho immediate issue, we can.
not doubt that tho ultimate verdict will ho
In accord at once with the dictates of i'm
partial PHILANTHROPY and the nalionabio
Having made arrangements for fuller ard
moro graphic reports of the doings of Con.
gress, and OF whatever else transpiring NJ
tho Federal Metropolis shall seem wor,hv
OF public regard, and having extended botb
our FOroigo and Domestic Correspondence