Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1867-12-04
NEW ADvERfIsHMENrs
THE TRIBUNE FOR ..s,
PROSPECTUS.

now to decide whether the fund d.m.n,,i Ns
which impelied and justified the Reb.lI;oa Iass
dominate over our whole country mouldip, bai
institutions and shaping her destiny III 1T
true that God has NOT created all IN en- bu, -, %
White men, in His own image and u.d. - Az
equal in political and civil rights tb,s sea
world wide calamity that Grant aid not ssrr.,s..
to Leo at Appomattox and The Lost C,f
trodden into mire under the hoofs of Sbs,;s.'
rough riding cavalry, not only should bn, H.
be regained in Constitutional Convention, .,sn IN
the ballot boxes. II the black race bscau,. I'
are black, should be excluded from tn. my
and repeiled from the ballot box, then S,o.!0i
Jackson ought to head the roll Of Ameriean
tyre, emblazoued high above the nams, ~ w
rem and Mercer and Pulaski; of Ellsworth I,a @
Baker, Reynolds, s,Wadsworth Ksarney SeTg,;ssI
and Mcpherson. A""A'
1t is difficult to argue with . blind h....e
prejudice. grounded in Ignorance and fc,tis.S ~
seifconceit. Devoid of reason it is hardI, "
able to reason. But millions WIN would ii.,.r
unmoved to appeals based on Justice and Hrr.a
ity can be stirred by facts which AFFECT ,h.;r ar.
interest and safety. The naked truth that go
Southern State reconstructed on the hit. h.!
is to-day a Rebel State-shaped and ruled b, M.
who execrated LiRcoln's reluctant and t.rdy %
sistance to the RebeIffon rs q csu.eIe,. and er;r
inal aggression md profoundly rejoicsd over BsI,
Run as their victory-will prove inripeibl, !,
we can but bring il homo to the apprshsp,on q,
every loyal voter. There is NO paramospt ou..
tion of good faith gratitude to the blacks he,
votes are AS necessary to the preponderauc. of
white loyal to their own protsction and seer.
rity. Reconstruct the South on the white bs,i.
and every one Of the fifteen States which held
slaves in 1860 will be intensely, oyerwhelmirsl,
Copperhcad thenceforth and evermors Alio.
to-day the plea that the blacks are ignorant ana
degraded, and those whom you thereby eloth,'
with power will take good care that the plea shall
be as valid and we'll grounded . century ier,,
As it now is. Public Education and Civil Right,
for the Freedmen can only DO achieved and msi,
tained through the ballot We arc for Negrs
" Suffrage ,oay thy ,nfersd. IN Nt.c Orl,ans"
was the inscription on banner borne in . I.,.
Conservative CT Dem ocratic procession in Balti.
more; and the spirit which dictated that aysvsI
Is still rampant, in the South. But for what i,
stigmatized as Military De.potism. it would daily
ayeDge by outrage and inhiction what il deem,
negro treaehery to the Southern cause.
The Tribune has declined to be lursd or turned
aside from the main question Ii b Hs -psrsists ally
refused to swell the clamor for vengeance on Il.
defeated Rebels, Hhet.Sr by execution or by s.n.
fscation and one of it. strong reason, for thi,
course is a conviction that drop Of Rebel hlssa
eosId be cooly, deliberately sh, without essen
tally couding the prospect Of securing III, right
of suffrage to the blacks DefyinS the nsdnsu
of passion and the blindness of sh ort sixkt.t'
misconception. it has demanded Roe0nftructien
ON the basis of Universal Am nssty with I'm partial
Suffrage in perfect consciousnsss Of the fact ths,
1t thereby sliensted thousa nds who had been iu
Jealous supporters and lifelong patrons Ihs
hour OF its complete vindIcation cannot be far
distant
As for the man who 10 to be the chosen standard,
osarer Of the Republican host a the impending
contest. while We avow our deliberate prefsrssss
of Chief Justice Chase As the ablsst and mot
eminent OF our hvlns statesmsn,th the IrIbnsf will
render a hearty, cheerful, determined snpporfs
dsn: Grant or senator wade or Spsaksr Ceifai,
should he be nominated and supported plat
form which afdrms and UT holds the equal poIity'
cal well civil rights Of all sitsens Of the Re-
Puohc. We 90 not contem plate ~ possible shs
support by Republicans of any candidate rhs
does not stand on this platform And ~'d0a-s
spPfeheha that the candidates Who IN ssr.p
Pfoaehing struggle, shan represent genuine De.
hocIacy IN oPposiion 10 me meahst Fhas "
ars'oefacy can oe oeaten u proper means &c gr
'emaueahy tshen- NJ tney mutt And ~lIl De-
mgheen anu arouse the American people
:, we VIII tnank such friends as osIsrs that he
!. ir,o"Ae "ili prove an emoient ana ehs'P WEs
innoence the undectdeo 10 AID US In extending us
circulation. Ihough our. 10 eninentiy Poitiest
journal: put sm an portion OF i' .p.ss Is ssss
wv per annum isincuIred IN collecting and ua.f
mitting neHs from all par. OF the "erla ne
nave regular correspondents al nearly all ines.I-
itais OF Europe, with director at London' vac
to all points where important events may 81 aay
time DO transpiring or imminent. The pregTsh
of the war in Crete, which is the precursor Of
stun greater war, has been watched by ons S
.sos so,. ps.
the critical diplomatic situation. Every step
Garibaldis recent heroic though upforsuuss sr-
terprise, from its inception to its close ns'es
oy our correspondents who are also hii n'n
trusted advisers; while an esteemed member sF
our editorial staff has just accompanied the sn-
bassador of Juaiex to Mex co to scan the heIissa
problem closely and under auspices more faroti-
bic to the RsPubliean chief than those "niaa
have colored the advfces Of our regular eorre,pan
dents at \ era Cruz and tho Capital Another
correspondent accompanied the first National I.
Pedition TO Alaska, Wslrussia or whaterer ost