Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1867-01-04
The Tribune for 1867.


The Tribune enters upon the year 1867,
more prosperous in business than ever be-
fore. The expediency of enlarging our
pages-thus making the The TRIBUNE
the largest and the cheapest newspaper in
America--was doubted by many. Wehave
found our account in il. The circulation |
of THE TR1BUNE is steadily increasing,
and our advertising patronage has increased |
SO much that it is more difficult to print
our news than when we used n smaller
sheet, and this difficulty we can only meet
by frequently publishing supplementary
pages,
The close of the war has imposed upon
The TRIBUNE the discussion of moment
Gus and peculiar problems. We have
met them as best we could, laboring with
sincerity for Freedom, Social Progress,
Political Equality, Impartial Suffrage
did not see the wisdom of policy of pro-
miseuous coniscation and hanging. We
had too much blood in war 10 ask for blood
IN peace---even to crafty angry vengeance.
Ii seemed important that the South should
concede Suffrage, and that the North
should eoncede Amnesty. Some of our
friends disapproyed Of this but Congress
/ has followed our advice. Amnesty has been
appointed by Congress--to greater ex-
tho II,
We have held that the men who starved
eapiiyes in Rebel dungeons, who murdered
surrendered prisoners, who violated the
rules OF war, and aided the assassination of
Mr.. Lincoln should be tried and punished. |
Congress and the ADMINISTRATION have |
agreed that no punishment should be in
fiicted even upon men who are charged |
with these crimes. and the only measure
All Rights for All. A Republican Presi-
deaf became the enemy of Republicanism,
and we have been called upon to denounee
and expose the treacheries of degraded
Administration. 1t 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. The elections Of l666--as impor-
tant to the nation as Lees surrender
make new duties. Reconstruction is now
the duty of the country-political recon-
struction-reconstraciio in finances and
tariffs. We are no longer pressed by war
necessities, and we must amend our war
experiments. Tie present condition Of
the currency is a grevious evil Trade
suffers; our manufacturing interests are in
precarious state. A dollar does not mean
dollar, but its fraction. 1t may be sixty
cents, it may be ten. 1t is a sentiment.
not a fact. When the laborer earns his
dollar, he does not know whether be has
enc loaf Of bread or ten. All business
is feyerish and unsettled We think this
can only be remedied by wise and intre-
pld policy at Washngton-by reducing
the currency 70 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 Repub..
lican party is divided. An honest but
mischleyous minority in the West, pariic-
uiarly are en9eavoring to create a policy
which can only result in the prostratior of
American lndustry-the degradation of
labor and the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of Ensl sh
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 insist upon the broadcast and wisest
legislation for the Rights of Labor.
In the perplexing question of Recon-
struction we see no reason 10 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 Back. We
lookins like punishment is the amendment
OF disfranchi<en ent from holding Office,
which Is merely sentimental and not a
practical penalty. Ga the other hand. the
passage of The Civil Rights Bill, the Freed
maD's Bureau Bill, and the Bill for Suffrage