American citizen. [volume] (Butler, Butler County, Pa.) 1863-1872, 1867-01-23
The Tribune for 1867

The Tribune enters upsh the yesr 1897 prosper
in business than ever sssore The exp edicncy of
largest and cheapest Newspaper in Americawes dou.-
ed by many. We have found our srcouLt In It, Tha
circulation OF The TRIBUNE is steuiy increasing aud
our advertising patronage has Increased much that
It Is dfscut to print than when usat
ssnaler sheet and ihls dificuty onay meat By
frequently publishing supplementary pages.
The close Of the war has imposed upon THf TEi5cNg
tie discssslon Of rnomep,ous aud peculiar problcns.
csriiy for Prvedo sc.ai Progress polties al Eaaaity
la,paftsl su:fi ageAn Rights for All. a kspubll an
President became the oneniy Of Repubicinism, and
h1ye been called npont3 denounce and t
cries 0; degradcd Admnlstraton ~ae nut vthort
pain, certainly not without much thlnk.ngs jhs,
male an Is ue with President Johnscn, tbs pep lsEs
proved ou= oausie bs Isturuns ctr rsd
tiyes y power The eiectiei " 1se important to
construction nov he duty of The country peliiLal
rseonstruot enrseonstfueton in finances aud u.rtfs
nr Ms ho s'nssf pres ID y war nsseitiss, and
iheS snsnt or var expsrlmsnts The present oendi.
ton oftho enrrorey grisvous etu Trade suf,sr.
cur mantf cturing ntsfssts II prseas aus stats
usl 70 iistt rent. II nay be ia. 1t 10 asntIns.
not fnt When the labjrsr his dollar he avas
not know whether ha hai loaf ofbfsad oi ,so Al
busness fsveiish aud unsettled We think this am
only eereuaedied by wise and intrepid policy at Wasb
insonIoy retue ING the currency 10 tho speeIs basis
The necessity for Protection to Labor ssain prses
upon US We resret that 90 this uIpor,an, rasss
utschievous minority In the West part,enIspS. 20
eavortng to crsatea policy which can uniy fasnlt
in Tue pIoatrhtOn OF American 1nlustry--the
tion Of labor and tn aggrsnd of English ear
iasis During the many years Of oor work We have
struggle assns. ,hi; Interest We believe pracoen
sist upon the broaos ald wissst legislaison r the
Rights OF Labor
In the perpexing ques,oa of Reconciliation ws Al.
no 70 amend the policy which We have assa, ted
since the close Of the war h tAsa seemed I, NJ tha,
Emaneipa;on q the Black should be f9lowed by suf
policy Of promiseuous cJnhsoation and Eanslrsl We
bad ioo much blood ia war . ASK ior bsepd ssace-
even 10 graft fy Hngry vengeance II seemed Important
that the nth should cOnoeie Suffrage and That ths
North should conecde Amnesty. some Of friends
dsapproved Of this bat Congress has followed ad
vice Amnesty has been approved by Congress-tos
greater extent than we claimed in The Tribune We
have held that the who starved captive In rebel
tnnseom who murdered surrendered prisoners, who
Violated the rules OF and aided the VI
MIR. Line ol n should be tried and punished Congress
and the Administration have agrs ed that punshn en
should be inflicted upon who charged wt1
these crimes and the only measure looking like pun
shment is the amendment Of disfranchsement frUri
holding Office, whchis merely sent mental and q
practical penalty. On the other hand, the psssass Of
the Civil Rshs Bill, the freedmahs bureau BILL aud
the Bill for Suffrage ln.the District Of Columbia show
that reconstruction will not be eosunimatcd wihout
suffrage and protection foe tho Blacks. The policy q
The Trihui has been practically adopted by those who
differed with during ts discussion We never quar-
rel with hterds who aie impatient with Us. We do
them the justice Of believing they 60 their way whs.
is right just as ws trust they will do the justice Of
believing we 50 our way to what is ..sat We work
for the same object but perhaps In different ways We
have no higher aim than toteeuTe peace to this natoD
and the universal brotherhood of man. Aud Lr this
we sha'l continue to toll In our best way
We have reorganzed aud strength every depart.
nient Of The TTibuue. We have c5ffespu ntants in
every part of this country and In every eou Of the
world resident correspondents In every capital and
commercial centre In Europe and South America spe-
csl correspondents who follow important nou mah g
in all parts Of the earth The es sblishment costs
great deal of money aud to organize have nvssed
many thousands Of duars hen state that there are
three hundred people directly Indirectly CONNECTED
with the editorial department Of The Tribune charged
In greater or lesser degrse with writing Ur ts col
unnE anti IN giving II news and that for every item Of
news We pay money, the vast expense Of publication
may bs Imagined We nind TO enlarge these fcIllte1
and MT cny to gather from all parts Of thu world
bot TO ask The most gifted Of other Counties
write for our columns. With many Of them we have
already entered into negotiations which will result In
giving t9 ta eaders OF The Tribune series Of essays
that both for their intrinsic value and the fame Of their
lust-ous authors will long be memorable the his.
tory Of journalism. We postpone for the present a
m9Tg Debate anpouneemsnt, ..t-t.
Friends OF lnpaI lie and prsgressi greet
you on the bright prospects before Friends Of The
i,Il4ls We appeal 4 those who believe that ao in
crease circulation o The Tribune would conduce 20 the
political Intellectual, and moral weboing u thg Re.
public u aid Us IN enectug such Increase. .. -