The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-12-16
THE
N I Wy ORK TRIBUN E
For 1869.
II II II

Within the last eight years our country
has trIumphantly passed through the great
fronted her RluCs her Independence AEns &C
knOWledged. She has viz dicatCd beyond
appeal her right to be regarded rs no mere
coz 4ierncy or league OF Jealous, enViOus,
diScUTdaut STATES, but as Substantially and
permanently n AVIATION, wherein the pre-
tensions of no pat can be admitted or up
held Ia opposition to the Integrity, the pnrn-
mount authority, of the One Republic.
The right of each man, by virtue of his
United states, TO the full enjoyment OF life,
liberty, and the pursuit OF bHEpneSS, until
lie shall forfeit the right by crime; is a's2 es-
TnnliShed on ImpreguRDle foundations. Our
fathers proclaimed II IN JuStItyluE their sep
araIiOn from Great Britain; II w.Is lett TO us
tirIned MS a principle WHAT the cannon Of
Saratoga aud Yorktown proclaimed as an
abstraction, the cannon OF Gettysburg,
living. embodied, enacted truth. Widely AS
our flag now floats, stIli "Orc widely az II
may Il IRt hereafter, there Is, there can
henceIorih he, no legal muster, no fetteIed
slave. Wrongs AMI abuses, HeTVillty and OPP
preston, msy still exist but the Federal
| tile folds OF our nag no icing cr emblRZon nor
| seek TO conceal a lie. Tie huInO!est Amert-
can, SO long as he violates 10 law, i5 master
| of his own limbs ami the sole owner of all
/ he can honestly earn.
| or these immense results the Importance
| and the benC II ceucc will become more pal
| pnble with every added nyear. Distano" Is
| required 10 enable us TO measure and appTe-
| ciR'e lie mag nltude OF the pyramid OF -Four
| Millions Of ShacRleS, stricken from the
SCARED limbs OF our countrymeu which
| from the enduring monument of our sirug-
| gle and our triumph. Rev arts, new Indus
| tries new developments Of natural wealth,
| too long uuheeded and unvalued, Will J ear
| 10y ear stand forth in Eticslation that none
| or u has yet Sdt qultely realized the magni-
| tude and the DenIguity OF or rational vic
| tory. .,..., --,,,..,
| effort or without cost. Four years OF p1tri-
otto struggle and sacrifice. I alf Million Of
me n sluiu in battle or dying 81 the priya'
| tionE and exposures Of war. Millions of be
| reaVe ones, Five Billions Of property de-
EtToye ANA nearly Three billions OF Eebl
| incurred, attest HE magnitude of The con.
| test and the uDSleldinS valOr OF the COM
At length. the smoke rises nom the hard,
| won field, showing that the lat intTench.
| ment has been carried. Thu election Of
| CHANT and toLFAN gives assurance thai
| the storm is overhaul the Bow OF Prom st
arches the sky. There are stilI obstacles &c
| EurmOunt, peTIls to avert, noble ends 10 be
achieved but the ship OF state has ridden
| cut the tempest aud hAs her haven full In
view. The seven states Reconstructed un.
| der the recent act OF Congress will stand, AND
will be followed by the three t6at have
hitherto stood HlOOf, the rights OF the Freed
men Will be Upheld anu respected. ana I'm.
| partial Suffrage throughout The lnnd Will
soon plant them on foundations that cannot
| he shaken.
THE TaIRuHE will contend, in the future
as IN the past, for Universal Amnesty as
well as for Impartial suffrage: II has nj
IaIIh In Vengeance, in prescription, In con
| nScatiOu, nor in the shedding of blOOa other
wise than In actual aud necessary war
"rhere Is time FIR War aud u Time fol
Peace" and the latter follows swiftly on th'
heels of the former. Whenever those who
fought against the Union shall have In gOot
| faish given up the contest, they are 10 lon
ger our fOel but our cOuntrymen.
| In the Joyful trust that Grants election
has given the death blow TO Ku-kIuI
Klans, anu ali manner OF OutrR3eS on Union
Its and Freedmen as such, and that Impair
tial Suffrage Will no longer be- seriously re-
sisted, We hope to see the next four year
sIgnaliZ I'd by an unprecedented expansion
OF the National Industry and a COnsequen
increase OF the National wealth. We hop
10 see new cabins dot the PRAIRIE, new clear
ingS chequer the forest, new mills, factories
furnaces, erected. North, SOuth, East aut
West, until .Our annual product than bI
Hundreds OF Millions EgTeRter than at pres
ent, while Mines OF Iron and OF Coal, o
Gold, silver, Copper. &c, shall he Opene;
and worked, with an energy and to an eX
tent that defieS precedent. Belle Wing tina
the Systematic. efficient Protection of nom
Industry is the COIL stone OF wise, be
nIgnant SationRl Policy, and that II Is eS
sentinl TO the rapid development CT on
latent resourCOs, 10 the prosperity of GU
county, tue maintenance OF her Credit, ant
the honest payment of her debt, we shall
iive it our most earnest and active SUPPORT
The Daily Tribune