The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1867-12-19
The N. v. Tribune for 1865.
PROSPECTUS.


The year 1865 will long beremembered
for its settlement of the boundary question
between Aristocracy of Color and Impair
tial Human Liberty. The War of the
Rebellion being closed, we have now to
decide whether the fundamental idea
which impelled and justified the Rebellion
shall dominate over our whole country,
moldiug her institutions and shaping her
destiny. 1t it be true that God has not
created all men, but only all White men, in
His own image, and made them equal in
political aud civil rights, then 1t is
worldwide calamity that Grant did not
surrender to Lee at Appomat'ox and
The Lost Cause" troddem into mire under
the boots of Sheridan's rough-riding cav
airy, not oulv should but will be Tegained
in Constitutional Conventions and at the
ballot-box 1t the Black race, because
! they are Black, should be excluded from
/ the jury-5ox and repelled from the ballot
| box, then Stone wall Jackson ought to
/ head the roll of American martyrs, emilia
zoued high above the names of Warren
and Mercer ant Pulaski; of Ellsworth,
Lyon, Baker, Reynolds, WsdswoIth, Kear-
ny, Sedgwick, aud Mcpherson.
1t is difficult To argue with blind (,
besotted prejudice, grounded IN Ignorance
aud fortified by se!i-cOnceit. Devoid OF
reason, it Is hardly amenable TO reason.
But millions who would listen uunoved 10
appeals based on Justice and humanity
can be stirred by facts which affect their
own interest and safety. The naked truth
that every Southern State reconstructed
on the White basis Is to-day u Rebel
j la,lt ho
ecraSed Liucoln's reluctant aud tardy re-
sistance to the Rebellion as causeless
and criminal aggression, and profoundly
rejOiced over Bull Run as their victory
viii prove invIncibie, if we can but bring
it hOme to the apprehension OF every loyal
voter. There Is no paramount question oi
good faith or gratitude to the Blacks
Their votes are as necessary to the pre-
pouderauce OF White loyalty "a TO theil
own protection aud security. Reconstruc
the South en- the White basis, and every
one OF rhe Gltecn States which held slaves
III 1860 will DC intensely, oVerwhe mingiy
, Copperhead thenoeforth and everm1re
Allow to-day the plea that the Blacks ar
ignorant and degraded, and these whom
you thereby ciorhe with power will tax,
good care that the plea shall be a. vale
D and well-grouGded century hence as l
= now Is. Public Education aud Civil RIgh
for the Freedmen can only be achieved AM
maintained through the ballot. 1--WE arr
: for Negro Sufrage-the way they suffer
! cd in Newt Orleans" was the inscriptio
on a banner borne in late Conser, Gtiv
or Denocratlc procession in Baltimore
. and the spirit which dictated that avUUa
- IL 10
b what l. stigma.ized a Military De>potism
it would daily avenge by outrage an
ipficuun what ii deems negro treachery t
| the Southern cause.
The tribune has declined to be lure
or turned aside from the Main Question
t 1t has persistently refused to swell tn
e ciamor for vengence on the defeate
J, Rebels, whether 5y execution or by COZ
!. fscation and one OF its strong reason
Tor this course IS a conviction that no drO
ut Rebel blood could be coolly, deliberate
ly shed without essentially cloudiug tb
T prospect OF securing the,Right OF Sutfrag
: to the Blacks. Defyipg the madness
!, aud blindness of sho,tsIghted misconceI
,. ton, it has demanded Reconstruction c
= the basis of Universal Amnesty with In
:. partial Suffrage, IL perfect ounsciGusne
Of the fact that 1t thereby alienated thor
sands who had been its Jealous supporter
aud lifelong patrons. The hour OF /
: complete VlndicatioB cannot be far distan
As for the man who is 20 be the chose
h standard-bearer of tue Republican host
the impending contest, while we avow oil
. deliberate preference of Chief Just!'
q Chase as the ablest and most eminent
our living statesmen, The TRIBUNE vi
render hearty, cheerful, determined suj
port to Gen. Grant, or Sanator Wade,
Speaker Colfax, should he be nominate
and supported on platform which affirm
n and upholds the equal political as we'll
! civil rights of all cltlzens of the Republi
"A We do not contemplate as possible 4
= support by Republicans of any candida
who does not stand on this platform. Al
H. We do not apprehend that the candidat
: who, III our approaching struggle, shi
represent genuine Democracy IN oppo
tion to the meanest phase OF Aristocra
can be beaten if proper meaus be syste
c. aticaly taken, as they must and will
to enlighten aud arouse the Americ
people.
w will thaRk such friends as belle
y. that The TRIBUNE will prove an eficie
d. aud cheap way to influence the updecide
a. TO aid us In extending its circulate
= Though ours is emiuently political jo'
nal, but small portion Of its space is
voted to politics, while an outlay of mo
Id than $500 900 per annum is incurred
i'd collecting and transmitting news from
parts of the world. We have regu
d. correspondents at nearly all the capt.
~ I Hon, IN