Smyrna times., 1867-01-02
THE TRIBUNE FOE 1867,

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making the TRIBUNE the largest and the cheap
est newspaper in America-was doubted by
many. We have found our account in it
The circulation of the TRIBUNE is steadily in
creasing, and our advertising patronage has in
creased SO much that it is more difficult to print
our news than when we used smaller sheet,
and this difficulty we can only meet by fire.
quenty publishing supplementary pages.
The close of the war has imposed upon the
TRIBUNE the discussion of momentOus and Pc
culiar problems. We have met them as best
we could laboring with sincerity for Freedom,
Social Progress, Political Equality, Impartial
Suffrage-All Rights for All. A Republican
President became the enemy of Republcanism,
and we have been called upon to denounce and
expose the treacheries of degraded Admins
tration. 1t was not without pain, certainly not
without much thinking, that we made an issue
with President johnson. The people approved
our course by returning their radical represent
atives to power. The elections of lS66-as i'm
portant to the nation as Lees surrender-make
new duties. Reconstruction is now the duty
Of the country-political reconstruction re
construction in finances and tariffs. We are
no longer pressed by war necessities, and We
must amend our war experiments. The pre-
sent condition of the currency is a grievOuS
evil. Trade suffers; our manufacturing inte-
rests are in precarious state. A dollar does
not mean a dollar, but its fraction. 1t NAV be
sixty cents it may be ten. 1t is sentiment,
not a fact When the laborer earns his dollar.
he does not know whether he has one loaf OF
bread or ten. All business is feverish and un-
settled. We think this can only be remedied
by wise and intrepid policy at Washington
by reducing the currency to the specie basis
| Upon this we shall insist.
| The necessity of Protection to Labor again
presses upon US. We regret that on this most
important measure the Republican party is d.
vided. An honest but mischievous minority
in the West, particularly, are endeavoring to
create a policy which can only result In the
prOstratiOn of American Industry-the degra-
dation of Labor and the aggrandizement OF
English capitalists During the many years of
our work we have struggled against this inte-
rest We believe Protection more necessary
now than ever before, and we shall insist upon
the broadest and wisest legislation for the
Rights of Labor.
In the perplexing question of Reconstruction
we see no reason to amend the policy which we
have asserted since the close of the war. Ii
then seemed to US that Emancipation of the
Black should be followed by Suffrage for the
Black. We did not see the wisdom of a poll
cy of promiscous confscation and hanging
We had too much blood in war to ask for blood
in peace-even to crafty angry vengeance. Ii
seemed important that the South should con
cede Suffrage, and that the North should con.
cede Amnesty. Some of our friends disap
proved of this but Congress has followed oul
advice. Amsesty has been approved by Con
gress-to greater extent than we claimed il
the TRIBUNE. We have held the men WHIT
starved captives in Rebel dungeons, who mur
L. IL
rules of war, and aided tie assassination O
Mr.. Lincoln, should be tried and punished
| Congress and the Administration have agree,
that no punishment should be inflicted ever
upon men who are charged with these crimes
and the only measure looking like punishment
is the amendment Of distranchisement frou
holding Office, which is merely sentimenta
and not a practical penalty. On the othe
hand, the passage of the Civil Right Bill, tn
Freedmen's Bureau Bill, and the Bill for Sui
frage in the District of Columbia, show tina
reconstruction will not be cOnsummated with
out suffrage and protection for the Blacks
The policy of the TRIBUNE has been practica
ly adopted by those who differed with us dui
ing its discussion. We never quarrel wit
friends who are impatient with us. We d
d them the justice of believing we 20 our way
/ what is right. We work for the same obiec
but perhaps in different ways. We have n
Z higher aim than to secure peace to this nation
i and to all nations-hberty, progress, happ
e ness, virtue, and the universal brotherhood
L man. And for this we shall continue to tc
in our best way.
We have re-organized and strengthened e
:" cry department of the TRIBUNE. We ha
correspondents in every part of this count
a and in every country of the world resident CT
T respondents in every capt. i and commerc
~ center Of Europe and South America speci
at correspondents who follow important NOV
ments in all parts of the earth. This establis
ment costs great deal of money, and to orga
ize it we have invested many thousands of d
lars. When we state that there are three hU
dred people directly or indirectly connect
with the editorial department of the TRIBUS
charged, in greater or less degree, with WI
ing for its columns and giving it news, a
that for every item of news we pay money,
vast expense of our publication may be I'M
9 ined. We intend to enlarge these faciliti
~ and not only to gather news from all parts
the world, but to ask the most gifted meu
other countries to write for our columns. w
.. many of them we have already entered i
~ ~ negotiations which will result in giving to
MIS- readers of the TRIBUNE series Of essays Il
: both for their intrinsic value and the fame
IUPlT dulhOls1 win AOb6 w AAChiN
bic in the history of journalism. We postp
for the present more definite announcemt
,st. Friends of Impartial Justice and Progrt
} of we greet you on the bright prospect before
Friends of the TRIBUNEl we appeal to Il
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ice. lectual and moral well-being of the RepuI
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