Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1868-12-25
The New York Tribune
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Within the last eight years on
country has triumplantly PASSED
through the Rravsst aud most twin.
peflis which have confronted he
since her independence was ack nnsv |
edged. she has vindicated beynn,
appeal her right 10 be- regarded az q,
mere euntederarya lcatHeoi ic:fipus
enyinus, diseeTdaht Sthtes, but n,
substAl tally aud permanently Ma
tion, Wherein tie pre,cnsiuns Of n,
part can hc laduiltte,t1 or upheld il
hopposttioD to the integrisy, the para
mount authority, of tie One RupuB
| lie ~
The right of each ms;i, 'liy viru,
OF his birth or his naturuli sai ION ms ,
citizeh. OF the Uuitcd states, To III,
enjoyment of "lifr. lihertv M,
the pursuit OF happiness, until b.,
shall for'eit the right by crilne, j,
also established ON inprcgnshl,
FOUNDATIONS. Our fathers prbclnine,
IN justifyiag their separation flon
Great britain ; 1t WAS left 10 us [,
establish ASA 'act what they lncrtiS
Affirmed us Il principTr. What III,
cannon of Saratoga aild forl<tovt
proclaimed IA All abstraction Tile
cannon of dettysburg. Elcksburp
anu Five Forks established as q Iiv.
fhg enihodied, enacted truth. Wide.
~ as our flag now floats, still more
widely as II may ilnat hereafter,
there Is, there can liencefmth hc, ile
legal master. no fcttcred slave -
wrongs and abuses, servility aud op-
preston. iiruy still exist; but tie
Federal Constitution IL no longeI
their sheild, and the folds OF our iiag
no longer emhlazon nor stpk to con
ceal lie. The hunhlcst American,
So long as he yiolntes no law, IL the
master OF Ills own limbs und the sole
owner of all that he cnn honestly
earn. #a#a 1860 aEsf3
= No great good il ever achieved
without effort or without cost Four
years of patriotic struggle aud sarri
Hce. Half MillionGof men sluinfiu
hattie or dying Of tile privatious aud
exposures of War. Millions Of be.
reaved ones, Five Billions OF pioper.
~ destroyed, and nearly Three Bil.
Tons of debt Incurred, attest tll,
magnitude Of hecontest andthe un
yielding valor of the comhatants.
Al length, the smoke rises from
the hard -won field, showing tint the
last intrenchment has been carried.
The election of Graut and Col fax
gives assurance that the storm II
uver-that the Bow of Promise arch
es the sky. There are still obstacle,
To surmnunt. perils tu avert, noble
ends 10 he achieved; but the ship al
State has ridden out the temIiests aud
has her haven full In view The
seven States Reconstructed under the
recent acts of Congress Will stand
aud will he followed by the three
that have hitherto stood alOaf: thp
rights on tile Freedmen viii be up-
hrlh and ,re-pecied.' andffIn Iartial
Suiirng. throughout the land will
soon plant them on foundations that
crnnot hcshatcn. '@hs2 #s8 #'#
The Tribune will contend, in the
future as in the, past, for Universal
Amnesty M well as for Impartial
suffrage. IL has no faith ia Vel,
geance, IN prescription, M 1ontis,a,-
tiun, nor In the shedding of blood
otherwise than In actual ana nrccs.
sary war; There in n time for Wnr
aud time for Peace" and tile Int
ter tolluws swiftly on tile heels oi
the former. Whenever those who
Fought against the Union shall have
IN good faith given up the contest
they are 40 longer our foes tut oui
countrynen, "a ..a. ak tssaH
In The joyful trust hat Grant,
election llns gwen the death blow |,
Ku kluS klalls, and all ulanner ol
uutlnges oi UnioIlists aIii ErpctIuietI
as such, and that Impartial Suffrage
viii no longer he seriously resisted.
wehope io see the next four years sig-
nali2ed hy an unprecedented expau.
sion OF the National Industry AMI a
consequent increase Of the Eational
wealth. We hope TO see new oahins
dot the prairie, new ciearings cheq-
ucr the Unrest, new mills, factories.
iutnaces, erected, North, south, East
and West, until our annual product
shall be ilundreds Of Mllilons great.
er than AT present, white tniiits ul
Iron aud OF Coal, of Gold, silver,
Copper, DE, shalt be oluncd hn 1
warhed, with an eusrgy aud to an
extent that deiles prtcedent. Be
lipying thar the systclnnlic. cIiicie d
Protection of Home Iudiistfy IL tlie
corner stohc Of u wise, bcnienant
National Policy. AMI that IL IL essen
tial To The rapid developmont at GA,
latent resources, TO the prosperity al
oar country, the maintenance ~ IpT
credit, aud the hottest pay uI
her debt, we shall give IL our most
earnest and active support.