White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1867-03-14
THE TRIBUNE FOR 1851.

the TRIBUNE FOR 1851
The Tribune enters upon the year 1867 more
prosperous in business than ever before. The
expediency Of enlarging our pages-shus max
ing The Tribune the largest and The cheapest
newspaper in Anerica-sas doubted by many
We have found our account in it, The circs-
lation OF The Tribune is steadily increasing,
and our advertising patronage has increased so
much that 1t is more difficult 70 print our news
than when We used smaller sheet, and this
difficulty VIC can only meet BY frequently pub
fishing supplementary pages.
The close Of the war has imposed upon The
Tribune the discussion Of momentus AID pecu
liar problems. We have met them as best we
could, laboring with sincerity for Freedom.
Social Progress, Political Equality. Impartial
Suffrage-All Rights for All. A Republican
President became the enemy of Repuhlcanism.
and we have been called upon TO denounce and
expose the treacheries Of degraded Admins
tration. 1t was not without pain, certainly not
without much thinking, that We made issue
with President johnson. The people approved
our course by returning their radical represent
atives TO power. The elections OF lS66-as
important to the nation as Lees surrender
make new duties. Reconstruction is now the
duty of the countfy-political reconstruction
reconstruction in finances and tariffs. We are
must amend our war experiments. The pres
ent condition of the currency is a grevious evil.
Trade suffers our manufacturing interests are
in precarious state. dollar does not mean
dollar, but its fraction. 1t may be sixty cents,
it may be ten. 1t ia a sentiment, not a fact.
When a laborer earns his dollar, be does not
know whether he has one loaf OF bread or ten.
All business is feverish and unsettled. We
think this can only be remedied by wise and
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 regret that on this most
important measure the Republican PARTY is d.
yiied. An homes. but mischievious minority
in the West, particularly, are endeayoring to
create a policy which can only result in the
prostration OF American Industry-the degra-
dation of Labor and the aggrandizement Of
English capitalists. During the many years of
our work we have struggled against this inter
est. We believe Protection more necessary
now than ever before, and we shall insist upon
the broadcast and wisest legislation for the
Rights of Labor.
In the perpIexing question of Reconstruction
VIC see no reason to amend the policy which We
have asserted tince the close of the war. 1t
then seemed to US that Emancipation of the
BLACK snnaiu De ioioweu oy outrage Tor the
Black. We did not see the wisdom Of policy
of p' omiscuous confiscaiion and hanging. We
had too much h,od in war to ask Tor blood in
peace-even to crafty angry vengeance. 1t
seemed important that the South should con-
cede Suffrage, and that the North should con
cede Amnesty. Some Of our friends disapprOved
OF this 6rf congress mas followed our advice
Amnesty has been approved BY Congress-to a
greater extent thanw claimed in The Tribune.
We have held out That the men who starved
captives in Rebel dungeons. who murdered sur
rendered prisoners, who violated tie rules of
war, and aided the assassination of Mr.. Lincoln,
should be tried and punished. Congress and
the Administration have, agreed that no punish
ment should be ihtiictsd even upon men who
are charged with these crimes, and the only
measure looking like punishment is the amend
ment OF disfranchisemeut from holding Office.
which is merely a sentimantal ard not practical
penalty. On the other hand, the passage OF
the Civil Rights Bill. the Ffeedman's ireau
Bill, and the Bill for Sufifage in The District Of
Columbia, show that reconstruction will not be
consumated without suffrage and protection for
the Blacks. The policy of The Tribune has
been practically adopted BY those who differed
with US during its discussion. We never quar-
rel with friends who are impatient with US.
We do them the justice of believing they 90
their way 10 what Is right, Just rs We trust that
they will 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. We
have no higher aim than to secure peace to this
: Hiaion, and to all nations-liberty, progress,
happiness, virtue, and the universal brother
| hood of man. And for this We shall continue
In till in our best way.
We have reorrapized and STRENGTHENED every
department of The Tribune. We have cores
nonden,s in eyery part of This oouutry and il,