The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1867-12-10
Tho Tribune fer 1863.


Ell for its settlement uf the hOun harry
question between Arislucracy Of Colon
and Impartial Human Liberty. The
War of the Rebellion heing closed, W,
have now To decide whether the lundr
mental idea which impellel AMI ju,t,fr,
the Rebellion shall dominate over Jui
whole country, olling her instiiulicn'
and shaping her dostin,. If it be true
that God has not created all men, but
only all White men. in His own image
and made them equal in political and
civil rights, then it ia world wide cal
amity that Grant did not surrender 10
Lee at Appomattux and " The Lost
Cause" trcddcn into mirc under the
hoois of Sheridans rough riding cavalry,
moi only should but will he regained in
Constitutional Conventions and at the
ballot boxes. If the Black race, berau~e
they are Black, should be excluded from
the jury box AMI repeled from the ballot
box, then St0newall jackson ought to
head ihe roll of American martyrs, cm
blazonrd high above the nlmcs Of War;
rrn and Mercer and puIa,ki; Of Els.
worth, Lyon, Baker, Reynolds, Wals-
worth, kcarney Selswick, and McpAer-
con.
1t is d iiicnlt 10 argue with bin !. be-
so!icd prejudice, grounded in ignorance
and fortified by sell,conccit. Devoid Of
reason, it Is hardly amenablc TO reason.
But millions who would listen unmuved
to appeals based on Justice AMI Human.
itY can be stirred by facts which affect
their own interest and safety. The naked
truth that every Southern State recon
strnctcd on the white bnss is to day Il
Rebel Staie-shapcd and ruled by men
who eXccrated Lincuin's reluctant aud
tar'y resistance TO the Rebellion as a
causeless and criminal aggression. and
profoundly r,joiced over Bull Hun as
their vlctory-wil prove invinchln, II
ension oi every loyal voter. There is no
paramount question Of good faith ur grat-
itule to the Blacks Their votes are
a. necessary to the prcprnlerancc OF
White loyalty as TO their own protection
and security. Reconstruct the South on
the White basis, and every one OF the
fifteen States which held slaves in 1860
will be intensely overwhelmingly Cop
pcrhead tllcnccIo:th and evprmore. Al
low lo-iay the plea that the Blacks are
ignorant and degraded, ami those whom
you thereby clo'he with power will take
good care that the plea shall be as valid
and well.Srounled century hence ~ it
now is. Public Educajion aud Civil
Rights for the Freedmen can only tie
achieved and maini ,incI through the
ballot eve are Tor Negro ;iuffiage-
"tie nuy ticy suffered ~ Nem O,L,as,"
was the inscription on Il banner borne in
a late Conservative or Democratic pro-
ce',on IN BalCinorc ami the spiri, which
dictated that avowal is sill rampant IN
the South Bat for what is si!ma;zad
AS Military Dcspou,m, it would daily
avrnge by outrage and inAlction what it
deems negro trcachery to the Southern
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THE TRIBUNE h IS dc,linrl to be ureI
or turned a~i lie from III" Main Qups in.
1t has prrsi,tcntly refused t. swell the
cIamor for vengeance on the d.f.at' d
Rebels, whether 10y execution or hy son,
ti-cnIion and one OF ITS s,rons reasons
for this course is n conviction lhag no
| 'irop uf Rebel blood cuul.l he cody, de-
'ibcratcly shed without essentially clou ling
the prospect of securing the Ri.ht Of
Suffrage TO the Blacks Dying the
madness uf passion an the blindness of
short sighted mscunception, it has de
manded Reconstruction on the bass 1t
Universal mncsty with Impartial Suf-
iragr, in perfect Consciousness of the fact
that il thereby nlienlted thousands who
had been its Jealous supporters AMI life
long patrons. The hour Of its complete
yindcati0n cannct be far distant
As for the man who is to be the chosen
standard bearer Of The Repnblican host in
the Impcntling contest, while we avuw
our deliberate preference OF Chief Justice
| Chase as the ablest and most eminent of
our living statesmen, TIE TRIBUNE will
render hearty, cheerful, determined sup
port TO Gen. Grant, or Sena or Wade, or
Speaker COliax, should he be nominated
and supported on a platform which aliirms
and upholds the equal political as well as
civil rights of all citizens Of the Republic.
We do not contemplate as possible the
support by Republicans of any candidate
who does not stand on this platform -
And we do not apprehend that the can
didates who, in our approaching struggle
shall represent genuine Democracy in
opposition TO the meanest phase Of Aris.
tocracy can be beaten it proper means be
Systematically taken, as they must and
will be, to enighten and arouse the Amer
lean people.
We will thank such frients as believe
that The TRIBUNE will prove an efficient
and cheap way to influence the undecided
to aid Ys in extending its circulation -
Though ours is eminently Il political
Journal, but a small portion of its space
is devoted to politics while an outlay of
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Cured in collecting and transmitting news
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Of the war in Crete, which is the precur-
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