Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-01-09
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| The close of the war has imposed mo, T.,
IRIBUNE the discussion of momeutous and u.,.
! liar problems We have met them as bss,r
could labvring with sincerity for Freedom \
clai frogress. Political Equality. Impartial Svt
| frage-All Rights for All A Republican Pr,r.
| dent became the enemy of Republicanism and
! We have been called upon TO denounce and expo,,
4 the treacheries of degraded Administration n
was not without pain certainly not without mus.
thinking that we made an issue with PreEidsDi
johnson. The people approved our course by p.
! turning their radical representatives to povs,
The elections of lS66-as i'm portant TO the nstiss
| as Lees surrender-make duties. Recon
struction Is now the duty of the eountTy-pol,.
! cal recOnstruction-reconst in tariff. sri
finances. We are no longer pressed BY wsr,a
! cessIties, and we must amend our war exper.
ments The present condition of the currsncyh
/ a gFieyous evil. Trade suffers: our manufa,is
! ring interests in precarious state dolls,
I does not mean a dollar, bat its fraction Il nav
be sixty cents, it may be ten. 1t is a ssniimerl
| not a fact When the laborer earns hil doilarb,
/ does not know whether be has one loaf of bT-si
| or ten. All business is feverish and unsettled
! We think this can only be remedied by wise snd
! intrepid policy at WashingtOn-by reducing Il,
| currency to the specie basis Upon th is 9 shall
| insist
The necessity of Protection TO Labor ,s,la
| presses upon US. We regret that on this nos. l..
! portant lieasure the Republican party is divd,d
An honest but mischieyous party in the W..,
particularly, are endeavoriug TO create a vCllc,
| which can only result in the prostraton Of Auer
lean lndustry-the degradation of Labor aud :
! aggrandiZement of English capitalists Dsrist
! the many years of work we have struggled
| against this interest We believe Proteo;iSa
more necessary than ever bsfUrs and ~.
shall insist upon the broadest and wisest l.yi.l.
| lion for the Rights of Labor
Ia the perplexing question of Reconstruct,
We see reason 10 amend the policy which .,
have asserted since the close of the war /. lh..
seemed to US that Emancipation Of the Slsi
| should be followed by Suffrage of the Black y,
did not see the wisdom of policy of pToni,el
Gus eonfscation and hanging. We had too i L.l
blood In war to ask for bIooi pe.ce-sv.u 70
grallfy angry vengeance. 1t seemed important
that the South should cancede Suffrage sud Ihu
the North should concede Amnesty Some Of -:
TRENDS disapproyed of this; but Congress hs.t5-
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ed 10 IHE TRIBUNE. We have held that the yea
who starved captives in Rebel dungeons sts
murdered surrendered prisoners, who vols.a
tne rules of war. and aided the assassination q
Mr. Lincoln, should be tried and punished Csa
gress and the Administration have agree lha: -
punishment should be inflicted even upon
who al charged with these crimes and the oEy
measure looking like Punishment is the snsaa
neEt OF dlsfranchisement from holding O1,.
which is merely sentim ent al and not prac,sI
penalty. On the other hand, the passage OF its
CIFIi flights Bill, the Freedman's Bureau BIZ
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