Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1867-01-04
VOL. XII: NO 50
The Tribune for 1867.

I00 .kT1Dun0 1Or 1867. re
The TRIBUNE enters upon the year 1867 more
prosperous in business tl;all ever before. The
expediency Of eniurgng cur pages--tius mike.
ing tho TsiBuSE the iar29st and the cheapest
newspaper in America--was doubted by many
We have found our account in it., The circular
ton of the TRIEuN NE is steadily increasing spd
our advertising patronage has increased 50
much that it is more difficult to print our news
than when we used a smaller sheet, and this
difficulty we can only meet by frequently pub
fishing supplementary pages. u
The close of the war has imposed upon the
cuiar problems. We have met them as best
we could, laborins with sincerity for Freedom,
Social Progress, Political Equality Impartial
Suflrage--All Rights Tor All. A Republican
President became the enemy OF RepubIicanism,
| aud we have been called upon to denounce and
expose the treacliefieS of a degraded Athninis-
tralion. 1t wis not without pain. certainly j,0t
without much thinking, that We made an issue
with President johnson. The people approved
| our COURSE by returning their radical represen-
tatives to power. The elections Of 1S6G--:ls i'm
portant to the nation US Lees sur rentler-lnakc
| new duties. Reconstruction is now the duty of
the colmtry-poliiical reconstruction--restr
ton in finances and tariffs. We are no longer
pressed by war necessities. and we must amend
| our war experiments. The present condition
OF the currency is a grievous evil. Trade sut-
iers; our manufacturing interests are in pre-
! caIious state y dollar does not mean dollar.
but its fracion. 1t may be sixty cents, it NAV
be ten. Ii is sentiment, not a fact When
the k!borcr earns his dolar,he does not know
whether H. has one loaf of bread or ten. All
business fSfeverish and unsettled. We think
| this can only be rcnedied by q wise and ntrep-
| id policy at Washngton--by reducing the cur
rency to 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 Republican party l. iii.
yided: An honest but nischieyous minority in
the West, particularly, are endeavoriRg to cre-
| ATE policy which can only result in the pro,-
tration OF American lndustry-tlie degradation
OF Labor aud the ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of English
capitalists. During the many years OF our
work we have struggled against tlis Interest,"
| We eDeleVe Protection more necessary now than
ever before, and we shall insist upon the broa,i-
es, and Wi-est legislation for tho flights of La
| Dor.
In the perpleNing question of Reconstruction
We see no reason to amend the policy which we
have asserted since tie close OF the war. It
| then seemed to LIS that Emancipation of the
| Black should be followed by Suffrage for the
Black. We did not SEE the wisdom of polic..
| OF prol1iscuous confiscation and hanginc WI.
had too much blood in war to ask for 6lool in
peace-evcn to CRAFTY angry Vengeance. 1t
seemed important that the South should con-
ccdc Suffrage, and that the North should con-
| ,c"c Amnesty. Some ofoiIr friends dj.;tpDroy.
| ed Of ti.i>: but Congress has followed orr a,l-
vice. Amnesty has been approved by Con-
SresS--io Il greater extent thac we claimed in
the lRiBt Ne. we have held that the men who
starved captiyts i'll Rebel dungeons, who nur
dered surrendered prisoners who Violated the
rules OF war, and aided the assassination of Mr.
Lincoln, should be tried and punished Con-
Sress and The Administration have agreed that
no punishment should be Indicted even mon
men who are charged with these crimes and
the only measure looking like punishment is the
amendment Of dsiranchisem from hoin.r
Office, winch Is merely sentimental and not u
practical penalty. On the other hand the pas
sage OF the Ciyil Right Bill. the Freedm;n,,, Ru-
reau Bill, and the Bill for Suffrage In the Dis
trct of Columbia show that reconstruction will
not be eolis1lnnl1ted without suffrage and pro-
lection for the Blacks. The policy OF the Ti,u-
uNE has been practically adopted by those who
tliIered with us during its disctission We
never quarrel with friends Who are inpatient
| WIN Us. c DO them the justice of believing
| they 90 Their way to what l.. right, lust lis w:
trust they viii do Us the justice of believing we
go our way TO what is right. We work for the
same object, but perhaps in different ways-
F, We haNt no higher ann than to secure peace to
this nation, aud to all nations-ibcrIy, pro-
sre>s, happiness. virtue, and the universal
brotherhood Of man. And for this we shall
continue to toll in our best Way,
| We have rror%inizrd and strcnrfJcd evor,.
department of The rRiBrNE. We have cor.
| respondents who follow important movements
i'll all parts of the earth. This establishment
costs great deal oi money. and to oryanize II
We nave invested many thousands of dollars.
| When we state that there are three hundred
people directly or Indirectly connected with tb,.
editorial department of fHE tribune charged,
| in greater or lesser degree, with writing for
its columns and giving II news, and that for
every item OF news We pay money, the y;,stcx-
pcnSc ofour publication may be Imagined
| We intend to enlarge these facilities and mot
only gather news from all parts Of the world
| but to ask the most gifted men of other conn,
| tries to write for our columns. With MANY Of
| them We have already entered into ucootia
tons which Will result in giving to the readers
oi liE IRibt NEa series of essays that. both
| for Their Intrinsic value and the fame OF their
iustrious authors. will long be memorable in
the history Of journalism. We postpone for
| the present more definite announcements
Friends of impartial Justice aud Progress,
we greet YOU on the bright prospect before US
| Friends of The Tribune. we appeal 10
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| ton of Tue IRiBi Ne would cond,lce to the no
litieai intellectual, and moral well being OF the
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