Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1868-12-25
NEWSPAPERS.
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NEW-Y0RK TRIBUNE
Tor. 1000.

Within the last eight years om country has
triumphantly passed through the gravest and
most irving pcrils which have csnfronted her
since her Independence was acknowledged .
She has vindicated yond appeal her rigbtte be
regarded as no mere cunlcdtracv or lcngne et
Jealous. enyious, discordant States, but as Sub
siauually and permanently Nation, wherein
the prctcnsiuns ur no part can be admitted or up
held in ovpusuon TO the integrity thc paramount
authority, OF the One Republic. .,
The rght uf each min, by virtue oi his b.rtn
or Ills naturalization as citizen Of the United
States, tn the full enjoyment of lnc' liberty ,
and the pursuit uf happiness, until he snaIl iur-
felt the right by crime, Is also eslaulisneu ON
imprcgnabe foundations. Our fathers pro-
claimed ii in iustiiyin their separation from
Grrnt Britain II was LEFT 10 w To establish as a
fact what thrv merely affirmed as ntinciple.
What the cannon NJ Saratoga aud Yorktown
proclaimed ns IN abstraction, the cannon oi uel-
tysbutp, Yicksbn <, and Five Forks established
as a living, embodied, cuuctrd trnth. Wihcly
ns our nIg now floats, sUll more widely as
II NAV float hereafter, there Is, there can hence
/ forth be, no legal master, no tcttercd slave.
/ Wrnuos Z an 4 abuses, scryilty aud Oppressiun,
| NAV sfill exist but the Federal Constitution is
no longer their shield, aud the folds ot our hig
| no longer rmblN N nor seek to conceal no
| The buublcst Am.ricau, 50 long rs he yln'alvs
| no law, is mhstcr Of his own limbs ana inc soV
owner Of all he eau honestly earu -..,
OF those immense results, the Importance an
| the bppnrpucr will become mnre phpnble WIN
every added year. Distance is required tn ena'
| bic us 10 measure and appreciate the lnagnlluue
/ or tbc pyrtn,id Of Pour Millions Of shack'cs,
stricken from the Scared limbs Of our cnun'ry-
| mon. which lurm the enduring m nunent nl our
| ,truiralo aul our triumph. New arts, ne" m
| dustrics new developments OF natural wcauh,
Too long unhccdcd and unvaucl, VIII year by
| year stand forth IN attcstntion That none I" US
/ has vet adequately realized the magnitude add
] Al. al pttr Mammal
| No great rood is ever achieved without effort
! or without cost Four years of patriotic struggle
and sncritice, HALF Million Of mon slain in bat
| he or diving Of the privations and exposures OF
! War, Millions ul bcrraved ones, rive niiuons OF
, uropcrty DESTROYED, and nearly Three Billions o
belt incurred, nttrs; the magnitude Oi the con
tcst and the unvicding valnr of the combatants
Atl.urth the smuke rises from the hard won
hc,d, showing that the last intrcnchment ha'
bprn carried. The cl tction Ot GRANT and COL
FAN rivcs assurance hat the storm is over
that The Bow ol Promise arches the sky. There
are still obstacles tO surmount, uerils to avert
unblc ends to be achieved hut The shtp nl stat
has ridden out the tempest aud has her havel
full in Wow. The seven States rccnnstructc,
und ,r the recent It's OF Congress will stand, am
> will be followed by tn, three that have hlthert
stood uloOf the rights uf the Freedmen WIZ
upheld anil respected aud Impartial Snlrag
, throughout the land will soon plant them o
foundations that cannot be shaken.
g TuE TRiBrNE will contend, IN the future n
in the past for Universal Amnesty MS well a
! for Impartial Suffrage. 1t has no faith in ven
i geancs, in prosciipti, n, in cnniscation, nor !
the sh ,ddiug or blood otherwise than IN ncluo
and II ,ccssnry war. "Thcre is time for Wa
n and Il time for Peace :" aud the latter follow
= swiftly IN the heels of the former Whenevc
a those who fought against the Union shall hav
4 in good faith given up the oontcst, they are II
n longer our foes but our countrymen,
n In the joyful trust that Grant election Ia
n given the deatl- blow to ku-klux klans, and a
manner of nutragcs on Unioniss and Freedmc
ns such mud that Impartial Suffrage will n
y lonpcr hc seriously resisted, we hope n see til
. next Tnur Years sipualizcd byu uuprecedenle
: expau sion Of the National Industry and a consC
uurnt Increase OF the National wealth. w
hone ~ see new cabins dot the prairie, new ccal
inss chcuucr the forest, new mills, factories, tuT
: naccs, erected North, South, East and Wcs
! until our annual product shall bc Hundreds {
, Millions greater than at present, while Mines q
Iron aud Of Coal, ot Gold, Silver, Copper, &c
shall be opcued and worked, with an energ
and To- an extent that deRes precedent. belle'
j. irp thatthh SvStnm tic, ELI ciGut Protection q
, Home Industry is the cornerstone OF wise b'
niouant National Policy, aud that It is essentlr
: ~ the rapid development ol our latent resource
r. to the prosperity oi our country the mAlntenanc
n. nt her Crrdi, and the honest payment OF h(
a Debt, We shall give it our m st earnest aud ac
A | i've sunnOrt.