The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-01-09

queStion between Aristocracy Of Color
and ImQaff5 Hn91l& Liberkysv The
War Of the Rebe1lfon being Closed, we
havo now to decide whether the funda-
men1Ai idea which impelled and tnsti-
tined the Rebellion shall dominate over
eur whole country, moulding her insti-
tutions 6ed Jshaping her destiny. II "
be true that God has not created all mon,
but only all White men in his own i'm.
age, and made them equal In political
and civil rights, then II 10 q Worldwide
calamity that Grant did not snrrender
to Lee at Appomattox and THE lost
hoofs of Sheridan's 8 rough riding cavalry
not only should, but will be regained in
Constitutional Conventions and ut the
ballot boxes. If the Black race, because
they are Black, should be excluded from
the jury-box and repelled from the ball
lot-box, them 6tpleNsAll jackson ought to
head The roli or American nfasty n, enl-
blazoned high above the names of War
rem and Mercer and Pulaski; of Ellis
worth, Lyon, Baker, Renolds, Wads-
worth, Kearny, Sedgwick, and McPher-
son.
1t is difficult to argue with blind
besotted prejudice, grounded In igno-
rance and fortified by self-conceit.--
Devoid Of reason, it is hardly amenable
to reason. But millions who would lis
ten unmoved to appeals based OH Justice
and Humanity can be stirred by facts
which effect 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 a causeless and Grim
inal aggression, and profoundly rejoiced
over Bull Run as their victory-will
prove iuvincible, if we can but bring it
home to the apprehension Of every loyal
voter. There is 10 paramount question
of good faith or gratitude to the Blacks.
There votes are as necessary to the
preponderance OF the White loyalty as to
their own protection and security. Re-
construct the Houth on the White basis,
and every one Of the fifteen States which
held slaves in 1860 will be intensely,
overwhelmingly Copperhcad thence
forth and evermore. Allow to-day the
plea that the Blacks are ignorant and
degraded, and those whom you thereby
clothe with power will take good care
that the plea shall be as valid and well
grounded century hence as it now is.
Public Education, and Civil Rights for
maintained through the ballot. 1--WE
are for Negro Snfiiage-thc ,oay they
suffered in "Ne,C Orleans,h was the in
scription on a banner borne in late
Conservative or Democratic procession
in Baltimore and the spirit which die
tated that avowal is still rampant in the
South. But for what is stigmatized as
Military Dcspotism, it would daily
average by outrage and infliction what
it deems negro treachery to the South
ern cause. E.as
THE TRIBUNE has declined to be lured
or turned aside from the Main Question.
1t has persistently refused to swell the
clamor for vengeance on the defeated
Rebels, whether by execution or by con-
fscation and one of its strong reasons
for this course is a conviction that no
drop of rebel blood could be coolly, delib-
erately shed without essentially cloud
ing the prospect of securing the Right of
madness of passion and the blindness of
short-sighted misconception, it has de-
manded Reconstruction on the basis of
Universal Amnesty with Impartial Suf
frage, in perfect conciousness of the fact
that it thereby alienated thousands who
had been its Jealous supporters and life
long patrons. The hour of it's complete
vindication cannot be far distant.
AS for the man who is to be the cho-
son standard bearer of the Republican
host in the impending contest, while
re avow our deliberate preference of
Chief Justice Chase as the ablest and
most ,,mincnt of our living statesmen,
TIE TrlBuAE will render hearty,
cheerful an 4 determined support to Gen.
Grant. or Senator Wade, or Speaker
Colfax, should h e be nominated and sup
ported on platform which affirms and
upholds the equal p>olitic.a as well as
civil rights of all citizens Of the Repub-
lie. We do not contemplate as possible
the support by Republicans ct any man
who does not stand on this platform. -
And we do not apprehend that the can
didates who, in our approaching strlg-
gle, shall represent genuine Democracy
in opposition to the meanest phase of
Aristocracy can be beaten if proper
means be Systematically taken, as they
must and will be, to enlighten and
arouse the American people.
We will thank such friends as believe
that THE TRIBUNE will prove ali etii-
cient and cheap way to influence the
undecided, to aid US in extending its
circulation. Though ours is eminently
a political journal, but a small portion Of
it's space is devoted to politics, while an
outlay of more than S2OO,O per annum
is incurred in collecting and transmit
ting news from all parts of the world
We have regular correspondents at
nearly all the capitals of Europe, with a
director ut London, who is authorized
to dispatch special correspondents to all
points where important events may at
any time be transpiring or imminent.-
The progress of the war in Crete. which
is the precursor Of still greater war,
has been watched by one of these special
correspondents, while another tele-
graphs from Constantinople each novel
phase Of the critical diplomatic situation.
Every step of GaribMdi's recent heroic
though unfortunate enterprise, from its
inception to its close; was noted by our
correspondents, who are also his most
trustful advisors; while an esteemed
member ofou editorial staff has just ac-
companied the ambassador of J uarez to
Mexico to scan the Mexican problem
closely and under auspices more favor
able to the Republican Chief than those
which have colored the advices of our
regular correspondents at Vera Cruz
and the Capital. Another correspond
ent accOmDanieu the first National px