Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-01-25
rnE TRIBUNE FOR 1867.

Thu Trjdaae enters pm the year 1857 more
prosperous in lasincss thia ever before. The ex
pedieney Of cnlnreing Our pages-thus making
the Tribune the largest and the chcapest news
paper Ia Americp was louhtea hy many We
have found sur account iu jt The circulation &c
The Tribune is 'eadile increasing, nnd our adj
verifying patronage has increased so much that Il
is more difficult 10 print our news than yhtn we
used "A smaller sheet, and this difficulty we can
only meet by frequently publishing supplemental
ry pages
The closo Of tho war has imposed upon The
Tribune the discussion Of momentous and pecu-
liar problems. We have met them as best we
could, laboring with sincerity for Freedom Social
Progress. Political Equality, Impartial Suffrage
-il Rights for AL A Republican President be-
came the enemy Of RepuhlicanlsE. aud We have
been called upon 30 dcnOuncc and expose tho
treaoheries Of degraded Administration It was
not without pain, certainly not without much
thinking, that made an issue with President
johnson. The people approved our course BY re.
turning their radical representatives 10 power
The elections of lS66-as important 10 the nation
as Lee surronder-Inako Hew duties. Recon
struction is now the duty of the eountry-paitieal
onstruction--reconstrueti IN finances and
tariffs. We are no longer pressed by war necessi.
ties and VIC must amend our war experiments
The present condition Of the currency is griov-
Gus evil. Trade suffers; our manufacturing inter
a
mean dollar, but its fraction. Itmay be sixty
cests, it may be ten. 1t is sentiment n It fact
when the laborcr earns his dollar, he does not
know whether he has one loaf of bread or ten
All business is feyerish and unsettled We think
Tins can only be remedied by a wise and intrepid
policy at Washngton-by reducing the currency
to the specie basis. Upon this we shah insist
The necessity Of Protection to Labor again
presses upon us. We regret that on this most i'm
portant measure the Republican party is divided.
An honest but misehiev0us minority in the West
particularly, are cndcayoring to create a policy
which only result in the urustration Of Amer
lean Industry-the degradation Of Labor and the
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Of English capitalists. During
the many yems Of our work VIC have struggled
against this interest. We believe Protection more
necessary now than eyor before and we shall insist
upon the broadcst and wiscst 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 1t then
seemed to rs that Emancipation Of the Black
should be followed by Suffrage for the Black We
did not see the wisdom Of a policy Of prU1niscu0us
hanging. We had too much blood in war 10
ask for blood in peaee--even to crafty angry ven
geance. 1t seemed important that the south
should concede suffrage, and that the North should
concede Amnesty. Some Of our friends disap-
proved Of this; but Congress has followed our ad-
vice. Amnesty has been approved by Congress
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JHnc. We have held that the men who starved
captiyes in Rebel Dungeons, who murdered sur
rendered prisoners who violated the rules Of war
and aided the assassination Of 8r. Lincoln should
be tried aud punished Congress and the Admin
istrntinn hayo agreed that no punishment should
be inflicted even upon men who are charged witt.
these crimes, and the only measure lookn. 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 Bin, the
Freedman's Bureau Bill, and the Bill for Suffrage
in the District ofColumbia, show that reconstruc-
ti0n viii not be eonsummated without suffrage
and protection for the Blacks The policy of
The Tribune has been practically adopted by
those who differed with during the Olsen. sion.
We never quarrel with friends whe are impatient
with rs. We do them the Justice Of believing
they go their way to what is right just a VIC trust
they viii do the justice Of believing We 90 our
way TO what is right. We work for the same OBJ
ject, but perhaps in different ways. We have no
higher aim than to secure peace to this nation,
and to al nations-hbcrty, progress, happiness,
virtue, and the universal brs thcrhood Of man.
And for this We shall continue to toll in our best
way.
We have reorganizsd and strengthened every
department of The Tribune. We have corrcspor-
dents in every part Of this country and in cvery
country Of the world; resident correspondents in
every capital and commercial center Of Europe
and South America; special correspondents who
follow important movements in all parts Of the
MONEY ahndi TO organic it we hays invested many
thousands Of dollars. When we state that thern
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
gned. We intend to enlarge these facilities, and
not only to gather news from all parts Of thc
world, but to ask the most gifted men Of other
countries to write for columns. With many
oflhem we have already entered into negotiations
which viii result in giving to tho readers Of The
Tribune a series Of essays that, both for their in
trinsic value and tho fame Of their il'ustrious
thors, viii long be memorable IN the history Of
journalism. We postpone foT the present more
definite announcement.
Friends of Impartial Justice and Progress! We
greet you the bright prospects before us.
Freuds Of The Tribune w9 appeal 70 those who
believe that an increased circulation Of The Tri-
JUno would conduco to the political, intellectual,
and moral wcli-being Of the Republic, TO aid as in
efectiug such increase.