Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-18
THE TRIBUNE FOR 1857.

nc LftDNlss enters upon the year 1867 more
prosperous IN business than ever before. The ex-
pediency Of enlarging our pages-thus making
the Tribune the largest and the cheapest news
paper in Ameriea-was doubted by many. We
have found our account in il. The circulation Of
3Ae Tribune is steadily increasing, and our ad-
serlhing patronage has increased 50 much that it
: more dlineutt 70 print our news than when we
used smaller sheet and this difficulty we can
only meet by frequently publishing Eupplementa-
ry pages.
The close Of the war has imposed upon Ths
Tribune the discussion Of momentOus and peeu-
liar problems. We have met them az best We
could, fabOring with sincerity for Freedom Social
Progress, Political Equality, Impartial Suffrage
an Rights for all Republican President be-
came the enemy Of RspublcaniEIn, and we have
been called upon TO denounce and expose the
treaeheries Of degraded Administration. II was
not without pain, certainly not without much
thinking, that we made an issue with President
johnson The people approved Our course by re-
turning their radical Representatives to power.
1he eleeSions Of ls6B-as important 10 tae nation
az lees surrender-make new duties Recon
structlon is now the duty Of the eountry-p0ltical
struetiOn-rec0nstructi0n IN finances and
tariffs. We are no longer pressed By war necessi-
ties, and VIC must amend our war experiments
Ihe present condition Of the currency IL a griey-
Gus eYli. Trade suffers; our manufacturing inter
ests are IN precarious state. a dollar d0es not
mean dollar, but It's fraction. It may be sixty
eeats lt may be ten. Tt is q sentiment, not fact.
When the laborer earns his dollar, he does not
know whether he has one loaf Of bread or ten.
Al business is feYerish and unsettled. We think
tAAs can enly be remedied by wise ana intrepid
poney ~ mashlngton-by reducing the currency
70 the specie basis. Upon this we shall insist
The necessity Of Protection to Labor aga;n
presses upon as. We regret that on this most in
portant measure the Republican party is divided
An honest but misehieyous minority in the West.
paf.tlealaFiy, are endeayoring to create policy
Whlen can only result in the prostration Of Amer.
lean lndustry-the degradation Of Labor and the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of English capitalists. During
the many years Of our work we have struggled
against this interest. We believe Protection more
necessary now than eYor BEFORE and we shailinsist
upon the broadest and wisest legislation for the
Rights of Labor.
In the perplexing question Of Reconstruction
we see 10 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 policy Of promiseuous
hanging. We had too much blood in war to
ask for blood in peace-even to crafty augryver-
geance. 1t seemed important that the South
should coneede suffrage, and that the North should
coneede Amnesty. Some Of our friends disap-
proved Of this; but Congress has followed our ad-
wee. Amnesty has been approved by Congress
Ito greater extent than we claimed in The T-i-
5uHe, We have held that the men who starved
rendered prisoners, who violated the rules Of war;
and aided the assassination Of Mr. Lincoln should
be tried and punished. Congress and the Admin
istration have agreed that no punishment should
be inflicted even upon who are charged with
these crimes, and the only measure looking like
punishment is the amendment Of disfranchise-
ment from holding Office, which is merely senti-
mental and not practical penalty. On the 9TH
er hand, the passage Of the Civil Rights Bill, the
Freedman's Bureau Bill, and the Bill for Suffrage
in the District ofColumbia, show that reeonstruc-
ton viii not be cOnsummated without suffrage
and protection for the Blacks. The policy Of
The Tribune has been practically adopted by
those who differed with us during the discussion
We never quarrel with friends Bhe are impatient
with US. We do them the justice Of believing
they 90 their way to what IS right, just trust
they viii do us the justice Of believing VIC 20
way to what is right. We work for the same OBJ
| jeet, bat perhaps in different ways. We have no
higher aim than to secure peace to this nation,
and to all nations-liberty, progress, happiness,
virtue, and the universal Brotherhood Of man.
And for this We shall continue to toll in our best
way.
We have reorganized and strengthened every
department of The Tribune. We have corresp0a-
dents in every part Of this country and in every
country of the world; resident correspondents IN
every capital and commercial center Of Europe
aHd South America; special correspondents W no
t-lio" is-rsrtS~+ sno-OHAeats in all parts of the
/ earth. This establishment costs great deal Of
money, and TO organize it we havs invested many
| thousands Of dollars. When We state that there
are three hundred people directly or indirectly
connected with the editorial department Of the
Tribune, charged, IN a greater or lesser degree,
with writing for its columns and giving it news,
and that for every item Of news We pay money,
the vast expense Of our publication may be ina
gined. We intend to enlarge these facilities, and
not only to gather news from all parts Of the
world, but to ask the most gifted men Of other
countries to write for our columns. With many
ofthem we have already entered into negotiations
which viii result in giving to the readers Of The
Tribune series Of essays that, both for their in
trinsic value and the fame of their illustrious
thors, viii long be memorable in the history Of
journalism. We postpone for the present more
definite announcement.
Friends Of Impartial Justice and Progress! we
greet you on the bright prospects before Us.
Friends Of The Tribune! we appeal TO those who
believe that an increased circulation of The Tri-
5uRe would conduee to the political, intellectual,
and moral well-being Of Republic, to aid Us in
efecting such increase.
TERMS.
WEEEIy TRIRUEE