New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-12-16
THE
NETWORK TRIBUNE
For 1869.

Within tho last eight years our country mas
trpphantly passed through the gravest ana Trying
ers which have confronted her since her Independence
asacknowedged She has indicated beyond appealher
right TO be regarded mere coederacy or league OF
Jealous envous dseordaRt States but as substantially
rd ,ernapently Nation wherein the pretensons Of 10
not can ma admitted or upheld in opposition TO the In
terity the paramount authority Of the One Republic
Tho right OF each man. by virtue Of his birth or his
naturalization as a citizen Of the United States 10 the
fn enjoyment of ne liberty, and tho pursuit Of happ
until he shall forfeit the light by crime, is also es
tablishod Oh mpregnable foundations Our fathers pro-
claimed It IN justifying their separation from Great
Britain It left to TO establish fact what they
merely affirmed principle. What the cannon OF
Saratoga and Yorktown proclaimed Gs an apsacuon'
the cannon Of Gettysburg Vicksburg aud Five FOrEs'
established a living, embodied. enacted truth "ldey
az our flag now floats, still widely as II may noat
hereafter there IT, there heneeforh be- no legal
master no fcttered slave. Wrongs and abuses serVIy
and oppression may still exist but the Federal consul
tuition IL no longer their shield and the folds OF our nag
no longer embazon nor seek to conceal he Ihe num-
best Amercan so long nc violates no law Is master OF
his own limbs and the sole OF all he can hOneeuy
earn
or these immense results, the Importance and the
benencence will become palpabe with every added
year Distance required to enable us to measure ana
appreciate the magnitude OF the pyramid OF Four Mil
lions OF sackes stricken the SCARED limbs OF our
struggle and our triumph New arts, new Industries,
new developments of natural wealth. too UNDECIDED
and unvaued will year by year stand forth in atesta-
ton that none OF us yet adequately realized the mag
uitude and the benignity Of our National victory
No great good is ever achieved without effort or with
out cost Four years OF patriotic struggle and sacrifice
Half Million OF men slain in battle dying of the pri-
vaons and exposures Of War Millions of bereaved ones.
Five Billions of property destroyed, ind nearly Three
Billions OF Debt incurred attest the magnitude OF the
contest and the unyieding valOr Of the combatans.
Atlength the smoke rises from the hard-won Deld.
showing that tho last inrenehment has been carried
The election GRANT and COLFAX gives assurance that
the storm over-that the Bow Of Promise arches the
sky There are stl obstacles TO surmount, perls to
avert noble ends 10 acheved but the ship OF state
has ridden the tempest and has her haven ful IN
view The States reconstructed under the recent
acts OF Congress will stand, and win be followed by the
three that hitherto stood aloof the rights OF the
Freedmen will be upheld aud respected and Impartial
Suffrage throughout the land will soon plant them on
foundations that cannot be shaken
TUE TRIBUNE viii contend in the future as IN tho past
for Universal Amnesty well for Impartial Suffrage.
1t has faith In vengeance in prescription, in confsca-
ton in the shedding OF blood otherwise than IN ac
tual and necessary There is time for War and
time for Peace" and the latter follows swiftly on the
heels Of the former Whenever those who fought against
the Union shall have In good faith given up the contest
they longer our foes but our countrymen.
In the Joyful trust that Grants election has given the
deathblow to KuKux Klans and all manner of outrages
on Unioniss and Freedmen such, and that Impartial
Suffrage viii longer be seriously resisted, We hopo TO
the four years sgnaled by an unprecedented
expansion of National Industry and q consequent in
crease Of the National wealth We hope to see new cabins
dot tho PRAIRIE clearngs chequer the forest new
mills factories furnaces erected North, South East and
West until our annual product shall be Hundreds OF
Millions greater than present while Mines Of Iron and
OF Coal OF God Silver Copper, 30, shall be opened and
worked with energy and TO extent that dehes pre-
cedont Believing that the systematic efficient Protec
ton OF Industry is the cornerstone Of wise, be-
ngnant National Policy aud that 1t is essential TO the
rapid development Of latent TO the pros
perty country the maintenance OF her Credit and
tho honest Of her Debt shall give 1t our most
earnest and active support