Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-11
T1HE TRIBUNE FOR Isaz.

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The Tribune enters upon the year 1867 more
| prosperous in business than eyer before. The OK
| Pediency Of enlarging our pages-thus making
| the frfbu9te the largest and the cheapest news
! paper IN Amerioa-Was doubted BY many We
| nave found our account in il. The circulation Of
/ Ide Tribune is steadily increasing and our ad-
Yefuzing patronage hae increased 10 much that 4;
- more difficult to print our news than when W.
used a smaller sheet, and this difficulty ygo can
only meet by frequently publishing supplementa-
~ pages.
The close Of the war has imposed upon The
| 2ribrne the discussion Of 1nomentous and peeu
liar problems We have met them as best VIC
could, laboring with sincerity for Freedom Social
Progress, Political Equality, Impartial Suffrage
All Rights for All. a Republican President be-
came the enemy Of hopublcanism, and We have
| been called upon to denounce and expose the
treaeheries Of q degraded Administration. II was
l not without pain, certainly not without much
| Lhinklng, that VIC made an issue with President
| Johnson. Lhe people approved our course by re-
| turning their radical representatives To mower
| The elections Of 1666-as important "a the nation
| as Lees surrender-make new dutiei Recon
struetion is now the duty Of the eeountry-poItieal
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS in finances and
| tariffs We are no longer pressed by war necessi
ties, and we must amend our war exUerimeDfs
The present condition Of the currency is griev-
| Gus evil Ir4t5 suffers; our manufacturing inter
| ests are IN precarious state. A dollar does not
mean dollar but its fraction Itmay be sixty
/
| When the laborer earns his dollar, he does not
| know whether he has one loaf Of bread OF ten.
| All business Is feYerish and unsettled We think
| TINS can only be remedied by wise and intrepid
poncy At nashington-by reducing the currency
| 20 the specie basis. Upon this we shall insist.
| The necessity Of Protection TO Labor ooaiy
| presses upon u.s. We regret that on this most i'm
portant measure the Republican party Is divided.
| an honest but misehieyous minority in the West
| particularly, are endeaYorng 20 create a poIfoy
| aSuf in tfo ..
| lean Industry-the degradation Of Labor and the
! aggrandHement Of English capitalists DUring
the many yeaIs Of our work we have struggled
against this interest. We believe Protection more
necessary now than eYor before, and we shall insist
upon the broadest and Wisest legislation 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 tho BLACK
| should be followed by Suffrage for the Black We
! did not see the wisdom Of policy Of promiscuous
| hanging. We had too much blood in war 10
ask for blood in peace-eYen to crafty angry ven
.eanee 1t seemed important that the South
should eoncede suffrage, and that the North should
c0ncede Amnesty. Some Of our friends disap-
proved Of this; but Congress has followed our ad-
vice. Amnesty has been approved By Congress
| to greater extent than we claimed in TIE Tri-
JHe. We have held that the men who starved
| captiycs in Rebel dungeons, who murdered sur
and aided the assassination Of Mr.. Lincoln should
be tried and punished. Congress and the Admin
istration have agreed that no punishment should
l.e inflicted even upon men who are charged with
these crimes, and the only measure looking like
punishment is the amendment Of disfranchise-
ment from holding Office, which il 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-
| tion viii not be consHmmated without suffrage
and protection for the Blacks. The policy Of
/ The Tribune has been practically adopted by
| those who differed with during the discussion.
We never quarrel with friends whe are impatiept
with US. We do them the justice of believing
they 20 their way to what is right just as VIC trust
/ they viii do US the justice Of believing We 20 our
way to what is right We work for the same OBJ
| iect, but perhaps in different ways. We have no
| higher aim than TO secure peace TO this nation,
/ and to all nations-llberty, progress, happiness
/ virtue, and the universal brs stherhood Of man.
And for this shall continue to toll in our best
way.
! We have re0rganized and strengthened every
! department Of Tie Tribune. We have cOrrespUE-
dents in every part Of this country and in every
country Of the world; resident correspondents IN
! every capital and CONNIE -cial center Of Europe
a - SSnHth America; special correspondents who
! follow important movements in all parts Of the
I earth. This establishment costs a great deal Of
/ money, and 70 organize 1t we bavs invested many
thousands Of dollars. When VIC 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 publication may be ina
giEed We intend to enlarge these facilities, and
not only to gather news from all parts ofthe
world but to ask the most gifted men Of other
countries to write for 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
trnsic value and the fame Of their iilustrious au
thors, viii long be memorable in the history Of
journalism. We postpone for the present a 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 Tn
JuHe would conduce to the political, intellectual,
and moral wel-being Of the Republic, to aid Us IN
eIeeting such increase.
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