Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-01-03
THE TRIBUNE for 1867.

vNHE TRIBUNE enters upon the year 1857 more
J. prosperous in business than ever be ioie The ex-
pediency OF enlargiig cur pages-thus making Tue
TRIBUNE the largest aud the cheapest newspaper III
Amerca-was doubted by many. We have found our
account in it. The crcuiation of THR Tai uSE is
steadily increasing and our advertising patronage mas
increased so much tina. is more diicult 70 print our
news than when used smaller sheet aud this DIM
Guilty we can only meet by frequently publishing sup
Elementary pages -
the discussion Of monentou' and peculiar proSlems.,
We have met them as best We could laborrng wit, WIN
scs Ss RaSs for A RepuS
lican President became the enemy oil Rspublicansm,
and have been called up 10 dsnounce and expose
not wthou pain certainly not without much thinking,
tim, we made an Issue with President Johnson. The
peo lie approved our course by returning their radical
representatives 10 power. The elecea Of is8d-as inn
rortan, to the nation Lees surrender-make new
duties Reconstruction is the duty of the country
political in finances and
tariffs We are no lorger pressed by war necess,ies
and we must amend our war experiments. The present
condition of the currency Is srleyou. evil trade
suers; manufacturing interests are in precarious
state "A dollar does dolla', but It's fraction.
Itsnay be sixty cents. may be ten I,iea senment
not a fact When the aborer earns his dollar he does
not know whether he has loaf Of bread or ten All
business is fevrrish and unsettled I'VE think ths can
only be rrmedied by a wise and -i"repid policy at
basis. Upon this we shall insist. .rLlEl|
The necessity Of Protection 10 Labor again presses
upon u.s. We regret that this most imp rtant meas
ure the Republican parry is diyid. An honest but
mischlevous minority in h- West; particularly, are
tpa
The pros,raton Of America an ndustry-the degradation
OF Labor and the aggrsndzemen OF English capitalists
During the many years Of our work we have sIgsied
cessary now than befor and shall insist upon
the broalest and wsesl legislation for the Rights Of
Labor. =. r. .
In the perrlexing question of Reconstruction
10 to amend the policy which we have asserted
since the close Of the war then seemed TO us that
Emancipation Of the Black should he followed by Sv
fraee for the Black We did not see the w sdom OF a
policy OF proniscuous confscation and hanging We
had too much blood in TO ask for blood In peace
even to crafty angry vengeance. II seemed important
th nj the South should concede Suffrage and that the
disapproved of this but Congress has followed our
advice Amnesty has been approved by Congress--to
a greater extent than we claimed in The TRIBUNE we
have held that the men who starved captives in Rebel
dungeons. who murdered surrendered prisoners who
violated the ru'es o. war and nided the assassination
of Mr. Lincoln. should be tiled and punished Con-
gress and the Administration have agreed that no pun
ishment should he inflicted even upon men who are
charged with these crimes and the only measure look
ing like punishmen is the amendment Of disfranchise
ment from holding office. which il merely sentimental
and not practical penalty. On the other hand. the
passage Of the Civil Rights Bill, the Freedmens Bureau
H. and the Bill for Suffrage in the District of Coum-
bia show that reconstr cton will not be consummated
without suffrage and protection Tor the Blacks The
policy of The TRBUNE has been practically adopted
by those who differed with us during its discussion =
We never quarrel with friends who are impatient with
us We do them the justice OF believing they their
way 10 what is right just as they viii do us
the justice o believing we go our way to what u right.
We work lor same opleeE ny perhaps ~ a'neIen,
to this nation and to all nations liberty. progress hap
piness. virtue. and the universal brotherhood OF man.,
And for this shall continue TO toll in best way
We have reorganizej aud strengthened every depaIt-
ment OF THE TRBUNs. We have correspondents in
every part is 1so,s eosy %na n S every & country o. me s
commercial center OF Europe and South America
special correspondents who follow imporant move
mens in all parts of the earth This establishment costs
great deal Of money. and 10 organize il we have in
vested many thousands of dollars When we state that
there are three hundred people directly connected with
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