Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-01-18

euiiar problems. We have met them as best
we could. laboring with sincerity for Freedom
hs,s ial
President became the enemy OF Repu blican-
ism, and We have been called upon to de-
nounce and expose the treacleries OF dcgrad-
cd ADMINISTRATION. II was not without pain,
certainly not without much thinking, that we
made an issue with President Johnsun. The
people approved our course by returning their
radical representatives To power. The elec-
tions ofls65-as important 10 the nation as
strnction is now the duty of the country-po
litical OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in inan-
ices and tariffs. We are no longer pressed by
war necessities, and we must amend our war
experiments. The present condition Of the
currency is grtevots evil. Trade suffers;
rions state. A dollar does not mean a dollar,
but its fraction. Itmay be sixty cents. IT may
be ten. II is sentiment, not a fact. When
whether he has one loaf of bread or ten. All
business is feverish and unsettled. We think
this can only be remedied by n wise and in
trepid policy At Washington-by reducing the
currency to the specie basis Upon this We
shall insist. 5
presses upon us. We regret that on this most
important measure the Republican party is
divided. An honest but mischievous minority
In the West, particularly, are endeavoring to
create a policy which can only result In the
prostration OF American Industry. the degra-.
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OF our work We have struggled against this in
tcrcst: We believe Protection more necessary
now tllan ever before, and we shall insist upon
the broadest and wisest Legislation for the
Rights of Labor. mn e.. a-t D.. .
lii the perplexing question Of DEMONSTRATION
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 the
Black should be followed by Suffrage for the
Black. We did not see the wisdom of policy
of promiscuous confiscation and hanging.
in peace-even to crafty angry vengeance.
IL seemed important that the south should
concede Suffrage. and that the North should
proved of this; but Congress has followed our
advice, Amnesty has been approved by Con-
gress-to n greater extent than We claimed in
TIE TMBUSE. We have held that the men
who starved captives in Rebel dungeons, who
murdered surrendered prisoners, who violated
Of Mr. Lincoln. should he tried and ennis,ed
Congress and the Admin is;ration have agreed
tin,t no punishment should he inflicted even
and the only measure look ing like punishment
~ the amendment of acknowledgements from
holding office. which is merely sentimental
hand. the passage of the civil Rights Bill, the
Freedmans Bureau Bill, and the Bill for Suf-
fragc in the District of Columbia, show tina re-
will not be consummated without
suffrage and protection for the Blacks. The
nolicy OF THE TRIBUNE has been practically
its discussion. We never quarrel with friends
who are impatient with us. We do them the
Justice of believing they go their way to what
right. We work for the same object, but per-
aim than to secure peace to .his nation, and to
all nations-liberty, progress, happiness, vir-
the, md trc universal Brotherhood OF man.
And for this we snail continue TO toll in our
We have reorganized and strengthened
every, department Of THE TRIBUNE. We have
in every part OF this country
and in every country OF the world: resident
in every capital and CONNER
special correspondents who follow important
in all parts of the earth. This cs-
costs n great ceal of money, and
TO organize We have invested many thous-
onas Of dollars. When we state that there are
three hundred people directly or indirectly
with, the editorial department Of
TIE TRIBUNE charged, in q greater or lesser
degree, with writing for its columns and Civ.
lug IL news, and that for every item of news
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large these facilities, and not only to gather
news from all parts Of the world, but to ask the
our columns. With many OF them we have al
ready entered into negotiations which viii re-
suit in giving to the readers of THE TRIBUNE
series of essays that both for their intrinsic
value and the fame Of their illustrio nu thors
will long he memorable in the history ofjourn-
aiisni. We postpone for the present a more
definite announcement.
Friends of Impartial Justice and Progress
We greet yon on the bI light prospects before us.
Friends of yHE TRIBUNE! we appeal to those
who believe that en- increased circulation OF
TIE TRIBvSE would conduce TO the political,
intellectual. and moral well being of the
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