The Weekly Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, O. [Ohio]) 1861-1???, 1867-01-25
THE TRIBUNE For 1857.


THE TRIRuSE enters upon The year Of 1857 more
prospcrbus IN business than ever before. The ex-
pediency of enlsrgiug our pages thus making
Tug TRIBuNR the largest and cheapest newspaper
IN America A-wes doubted by many. We have
foun uur account IN Il. The circuatict vt rHg
TRIBUNE a steadily INCREASING, aud unr advcrtis-
ing paronA r. has iucretsed 50 much thatuis a 70
difficult 10 print our news than when we used a |
snaller sheet and this difficulty We can only moet |
by frequently pcslishink supplementary pages.
The close OF the war has imposed upon TuE
TRIBUNE the discussion OF momentous and peeu.
could, labSribe With kncern y for Frsedou Spcial
Prnqress EqualitS Impartial Suhrs gee an Rights
Cor All, A Republican President became the en-.
envy Of RepubIicAuish,s aud we hayo'bee't called
upon to denouuce and expose the treacheii1s Of a
degraded Administration II, was not without
pain, certainly notwRhont thinking, that We made
an issue with President Johnson. The people ap-
proved our course eg returning theS radical reps
rcsentAutes to power. The eleetto"so OF lso0--as
important 10 the nation as Lees SURRENDER make
new duties. Reconstruction Is now the duty Of the
country political reconstruction - reconstruction
in finances and tariffs. We are no longer pressed
by war necessities, and we must amend our war
experiments. The present condition OF the cur
rency is a grievous evil Trade suffers our man
ufacturipg Interests are in precariouS state, a
dollar docs not uSaI dollar, but IA fractions u
may be sixty certs,u 1t may be ten. u rs seuu-
Iuent, not fact When the laborer earns i'ls DOL;
brcadsnr ten. All business is feverish aud uustt-
tied. We think this can only be settled by wise
and intrepid policy at Washington by reducing
the currency to the spesie basis. Upon this we
shalt Insist.
The necessity Of Protection IN Labor again
presses upon us. We regret that on this most i'm
portant measure the Republican party is divided.
An honest but mischevous minority in tue West,
particularly, are endcavoring to create policy
which can only result in the prostrdtion Of Amer
lean Iudustry-the degradation Of Labor and the
aggrandizement of English capitalists. During
the many years OF our work We have struggled
against this interest. We believe Protection more
Necessary now than ever before, and,we, shall IN
sist upon the broadcast and wsesi leRislNion 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 policy uf promiscuOus conhs~
cation aud hanging. We hat too much Blood in
war 10 ask For blood in peace even to crafty an
cry vengeance IL seemed important that the
South should concede Suffrage, and that the North
should concede Amnesty. Some Of our friends
disapproved Of this but Congress followedour ad-
vice. Amnesty has been approved by Congress
--tos greater extent than we Claimed in THE rRI-
BUNE. we have held that the men who starved cal
tves in Rebel dungeons, who murdered sur ,Ondered
prisoners, who violated the rules ofwar, and aided
the estimation Of Mr.. Lincoln, should betried and
| punished. Congress and the Administration have
agreed that no punishment should beihiiicted ever
upon men who are charged with these, crimes,
and the only measure looking like punishmsnt i
| the amendment, of Acknowledgement from holding
| office, which is hiereiy'a sentimental apd not "A
practical penalty, On the other hand, the passage
! Of the Civil Rights Bill, the FreednfJh's Bureau
Bill, and the Bill of Suffrage in the District OF Co
lumbia, show that reconstruction will not be con
summated Without suffrage and protection for tie
Blacks, The policy OF Tbs TRIBUNE 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 go their way "a
what Is right, just as we trust they will do US The
justice Of believing we 60 our way to what is right
| We work for the same object, but perhaps in dif.
cure peace to this natioit and to all pstions-lib,
erty, progress, happiness, virtue and the universal
brot' erhdod of man, Adj For this We shall con-
tiiue to toll in orr best way.
| We have rcorganized and strengthened every de
fpartment Of TnR TR!BUsE. We have correspond
ents in every part of this country and in ever,
country of the world; rcsi1eat colre 'pundenu
in bvery capital and commercial center o
Europe and South America special correspond
ents who follow important m'vements in al
parts of the earth. This establishment cost
a great deal of money, aud to organize 1t W
have invested many thousands OF dollars. Whel
we state that there are three hundred peopl
directly or Indirectly connected with the edtoriq
department of TnE TRlBusE, charged, in create
or lesser degree, withwriting for its columns an
giving it news, and that for every item Of news W
pay money. the vast expense of our publication
! may be imagined. We intend to enlarge Ties
facilities, and not only to gather news from a
parts Of the world, but tn ask the most gifted me
of other countries to write for columns. Wit
many Of them we have alrr ady entered into ne
gltiations which will result in giving to the reader
: of T + TRIBUNE a series of essays that, beth Il,
! their intrinsic value and the fame of their illus
trious- authors will long be memorable in the his
tory ofjnurnSlism. We postpone for the present
2 more definite announcement.
Friends OF Impartial Justice AMI Progress W
greet you M the bright prospects before us
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believe that an increased circulation of THE TRI
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and moral ell-being Of the Republic, to aid us i
effectiug such increase.