Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1867-02-08
THE TRIBUNE FOR 1867,

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Tho Tribune enters upon lhs year 1867 more
prosperous in business than ever before, Theex-
pedieney OF enlprging eur pages-thus making
the Tribune the largest md the cheapest news
paper in America--Was doubted by many. We
have found our account in IL Tbs circulation Of
The Tribune Is steadily increasing, ard our adj
verifying patronage has increased mucs that 1t
is more dilieult 70 print our news than when We
used smaller sheet, and this difficulty We can
only meet by frequently publishing supplemental
Ey pages.
The close Of tho war has imposed upon The
Tribune the discussion Of inanentons and pecu-
Iiar problems. We have met them as best we
could, laboring with sincerity for Freedom, Social
Progress, Political Equality, Impartial Suffrage
All Rights for All. Republican President be-
came the enemy Of RspublicanisIn, and We have
been called upon to denounco and expose the
treaeheries of a degraded Administration IL was
not without pain, certainly not without much
thinking, that we made an issue with President
johnson. The people approved our course by re-
turning their radical representatives 10 power.
The elections of lsG6--as important 10 the nation
as Lees surrender--make new duties. Recon
struction il the duty Of the conntry-political
onstrueti0n--reconEtructio 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 o griev-
Gus evil. Trade suffers; our manufacturing inter
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mean dollar, but its fraction. II may be sixty
cents, it may be ten, 1T is sentiment, not fact
When the laborer earns his dollar, he does not
know whether he has one loaf Of bread or ten.
An business is feverish and unsettled We think
this can only be remedied by a wise aud intrepid
policy at Washington-by reducing the currency
to the specie basis Upon this we shall insist,
The necessity Of Protection TO Labor again
presses upon us. We eregret that ON this most i'm
portant measure the Republican party is divided.
An honest but misohieYous minority in the West,
particularly are endeaYoring 10 create policy
which only result in the Prostration Of Amer
lean Industry-the degradation Of Labor and the
aggrandizcment Of English capitalists. During
the many years of our work We have struggled
against this interest We believe Protection more
necessary than eyor before, aud we shall insist
upon the broadest and wisest legislation for the
Rights Of Labor.
In the perplexing question Of Reconstruction
we see reason To amend the policy which we
have asserted since the close Of the war. 1t then
seemed to US that Emancipation Of the Black
should be followed by Suffrage for the Black. We
did not see the wisdom Of a policy Of promiseuous
hanging. We had too much blood in war 70
ask COR blood in peace-eren to crafty angry ven
! geanee. 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 Congrcs.
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bme We have held that the men nho. starved
| captiyes in Rebel dungeons, who murdered uF
rendered prisoners, who violated the rules OF wHr,
and aided the assassination Of Mr.. Lincoln, should
| be tried and punished. Congress and the Admin
| istration have agreed that no punishment sh"nld
be inflicted even upon men who are charged with
these crimes, aud the only measure looking like
punishment is the amendment Of disiranehise-
ment from holding Office, which is merely renti-
mental and not practical penalty On tho ON
CT hand, the passage of the Civil Rights BIT the
| Freedman's Bureau Bill aud the Bill for Suffrage
in the District ofColumbia show that reeonstruc-
tion viii not be consummated without suffrage
| and protection for tho Blacks. The policy OF
| The Tribune has been practically adopted by
those who differed with us during the diseussio
! We never quarrel with friends who are impatient
with us We do them the justice Of believing
they 20 their way to what is right, just Us we trust
they win do us the justice Of believing 60 our
way to what is right. W. work for the same OBJ
iect, but perhaps in different ways w have no
higher aim than 20 secure peace to this nation,
and to all nations liberty, progress, happiness,
virtue, and the universal brs thcrhood OF man.
And for this VIC shall continue to tell in our best
way.
We have reorgsniz,d and strengthened every
department of The Tribune. We have CORES F9u-
donts in every part Of this country aud in every
country Of the world; resilient correspondents in
every capital and commercial ccuto- ef Europe
a nd South America; special corrrs srnnlcuts who
follow important movements in all parts of the
earth. This establishment costs great deal Of
money, and to organize it we hays invested many
thousands Of dollars. When VIC state that there
are three hundred people directly Indirectly
connected with the editorial department u The
Tribune, charged, in greater or lesser degree,
with writing for its columns and giving Il Lcws,
and that for every item Of news VIC pas mouvy,
the vast expense of publication mpy be ina
gncd. We intend 10 enlarge these facilities, and
not only TO gather news from all parts of the
world, but to ask the most gifted men Of other
countries to write for our columns. With many
ofthcn we have already entered into negotiations
which viii result in giving to the readers oi The
Tribune a series of essays that, both for their in
trinsic value and the fame Of their ilnstrpus au-
thors will long be memorable in the history Of
Journalism. We postpone for the present more
definite announcement
Friends Of Impartial Justice aud Progress! we
greet you On the bright prospects before US
Friends Of The Tribune! VIC appeal % those who
believe that an increased circulation of Tie 1ri-
5t,nc would conduce to the political intellectual
and moral we'll being Of the Republic, to aid us in
efecting such increase
Terms.