The Waynesburg Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 1867-18??, 1868-01-08
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The year 1888 viii long be remembered for It's
| settlement OF the boundary question between
| AristOcracy of Color and Impartial Human Lib
| erty. The War Of the Rebellion being closed, We
have now. TO decide whether the fundamental
Idea which impelled and justified the Rebellion
| shall dominate over our whole country, molding
| her institutions and shaping her destiny. Ii II
be true that God has not created all men, but
only AL White mon, in His own image, and
| made them equal In political and civil rights
| then 1t Is worldwide calamity that Grant did
not surrender to Lee at Appomattox and 'The
Lost Cause trodden into mire under the hoofs
of Sheridan's rough-riding cavalry, not only
should but will be regarded in constitutional
Conventions and at the ballot boxes. lf the
I'BiacS race, because they AkE Black, should be
excluded from the jury-box and repelled from
the ballot-box, then Stonewall Jackson ought to
head the roll OF American martyrs, omblazoned
high above the names of Warren and Mercer
and Pulaski of Ellsworth, Lyon, Baker, 1teyn-
olds, Wadsworth, Kearnoy, Sedgwick, and Me-
1t is difficult to argue with blind, besotted
fprejudice, grounded in ignorance and fortified
by self-conceit Devoid of reason, II Ia hardly
amengble to reason. But millions who would
| listen unmoved to appeals based on Justice and
Humanity can be stirred by facts which affect
| their own interest and safety. The naked truth
| that every southern State reconstructed on the
White basis Is to-day Rebel State-shaped and
| ruled by men who execrated Lincoln's reluctant
and tardy resistance to the Rebellion as cause
| less and criminal aggression and profoundly re-
joiced over Bull Run as their yictory-will prove
inyincible, II we can but bring II home to the
apprehension of every loyal voter. There Is no
| paramount question OfgOOd faith or gratitude to
| the Blacks. Their votes are as necessary to the
preponderance OF White loyalty as to their own
| projection and security. Reconstruct the South
on the White basis, and every one of the fifteen
States which held slaves in 1850 will be intense
| ly overwhelmingly Copperhead thenceforth
and everlnore. Allow to-day the, plea that the
Blacks are ignorant and degraded, and those
whom you thereby elothe with power, win take
good care that the plea shall be us valid and we'll
| grounded century hence as 1t now Is. Public
Education and CIVIL Rights for the Freedmen
can only be achieved and maintained through
| the ballot ave are for Negro Sutfrage--rHE
WAY THEY SUFFERED IN NEW ORLEANS" was
| the Inscription on banner borne In q late
Conservative or Democratic procession in Balti.
more and the spirit which dictated that avowal
Is still rampant in the South. But for what is
stigmatzed as Military Despotism, 1t would
daily avenge by outrage and intiiction what 1t
deems negro treachery to the Southern cause.
THE TRIBUNE has declined tobe lured or turn
sistently refused to swell the clamor for VEN
geance on the defeated Rebels, whether by exc
Cution or by contlscation and one of Its strong
drop of rebel blood could be cOoly, deliberately
shed without essentially clOuling the prospect
ofsecuring the Right of Suffrage to the Blacks.
DCfying the madness of passion and the blind
ness of short-sighted miscOnception, 1t has de-
manned Reconstruction on the basis of Cniyer-
sal Amnesty with Impartial Suffrage, In perfect
consciousness of the fact that II thereby alicnat
ed thousands who had been its Jealous suppor-
tiers and lifelong patrons. The hour OF its COM
plete vindcatiOn cannot be far distant.
AS for the man who Is to be the chosen stand
ardbearcr of the Republican host in the i'm
pending c0nte:t, while we ayow our deliberate
preference Of Chief Justice Chase as the ablest
and most eminent of our living statesmen, THE
TRIBUNE will render Il hearty cheerful, de-
termined support on platform which atiirms
and uphOlls the equal political as well rs civil
rights of all citizens of fthe Republic. Wedo not
contemplate as possible the support by Republic
cans sfany candidate who does not stand on this
platform, And we do not apprehend that the
candidates who, in our approaching struggle
shall represent genuine Democracy In opposl-
tion to the meanest phase of Arlstocracy can be
beaten ifproper means be systematically taken,
as they must and Will be, to enlighten and
arouse the American party.
We will thank such friends as believe that
The TRIBUNE will prove an efficient and cheap
why to influence the undecided, to aid us In eX-
tending its circulation. Though ours is emf
nently II political Journal but u small portion
Of Its spaeeis devoted to politics. while an outlay
Of more than S2H,OOO per annum Is incurred in
collecting and transmitting news from all parts
Of the world. We have regular correspondents
TO all points where important events may Mt
any time be transpiring or in minent. The
progress Of the war in Crete which is the pre- |
cursor ofa stiil greater war; has been watched
by one of these special correspondents, while
another teegraphs from COnstantinOpe each
novel phase ofthe critical diplomatic situation. |
Every step of Garibaldis recent heroic though |
unfortunate enterprise, from its inception to It's
close, was noted by our Correspondents, who are |
also his most trusted advisers; while anesteemd |
OF our editorial staff has just accom-
panied the ambassador of Juarez to Mexico to |
scan the Mexican problem closely and under |
auspices more favorable to the Republican chief
han those which have colored the advlces Of
lur regular correspondents at Vera Cruz. and |
he Capital. Another correspondent accopanied |
he first National expedition 10 Alaska, Wal |
'ussla, or whatever our splinter OF the North |
Poll may be called, and is now reported on the |
,spects and capabilities of that chilly region |
3ayard Taylor is writing us in his own vein |
rom Central Europe; while able eorrespond-
IN, &C., more copiously than we can find room
% publish. Our Reviews OF Books and Library.
Department are in charge of one of the ripest |
american scholars while Agriculture, under
editor, claimsa leading place In our
,emi- Weekly and Weekly issues, In short, we
iave for years spent n large portion of the In
ome of our business In efforts to render THE
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