Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-03-04
The ,l1llllle for 1868.
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me Year 1868 wi
ts Settlement of tteag pc remem 9 ego lot
tween Aristocracy Of GU ndaly question be-
man Liberty The War and Impartial nv
closed, we have now "a the Rebelhep being
id en- which indie whether the
the Rebellion sh all domino tee leo ana suss,hsa
her destiny. q III 1T be true cha. ana Shaping
created all men, but only all woo has" es
His own image, and made them equs ~ go
cal and civil rights, then it is a WI 80
calamity that Grant did not surrende. - Ias
ut A ppomattox; and IS The Lost Canse - ~ hs0
cen into mire under the hoo ts9of Sherr.sn,a
rough. riding cavalry, not only shoulds,t
will be regalned in Constitutional Conventions
and Mt the ballot boxes. If the Black race, he
cause they are Black, should be excluded from
the Jury box and repealed from the ballot box,
then Stonewall Jackson ovght 20 head roll
of American martyrs, emblazoned high above
the names OF W arren and Mercer and Pulaski.
of Ellsworth, Lyon, Baker, REYNOLDS wv ads
wort II, Kearny Sedgwick and McPherson.s
II is difficult 10 argue with a blind. besottsd
prejudice, grounded in ignorance and fortified
by self-conceit. Devoid of reasSn. it is hardly
amenable to reason. But millions who would
listen unmoyed to appeals based on Justice and
humanity can be stirred by facts which affect
their own interest and safety. The naked
truth that every Southern State reconstructed
on the White bassis to-day Rebel State
shaped and ruled by men who execrated Lin
coins reluctant and tardy resi- stance to the Re-
bellion AS o -causeless and criminal agQres ion,
and profoundly rejoicsd over Bull Run as tl1e r
Vletory-wlll prove inyiDcble, if we can, but
bring it home to the apprehension, of every
loyal voter. There is no paramount question
OF good faith or gratitude to the Blacks Their
votes are rs necessary TO the preponderanee of
w bite loyalty rs to their own protecton and
security. reconstruct the South on the White
basis, and every one of the fteen States wbfch
he'd slaves in 1860 will be intensely over
whelmingly Cepperhead thenceforth and ever
more Allow IL day the plea that the b lacks
are Ignorant and degraded, and those when
you thereby clcthe with power viii take good
care that the plea shall be as valid and we'll
grounded century hence asitanow is.IGPablic
Education and Civil Rights for the Freedmen
can only be achieved and maintained through
the ballot. :" We are for Negro Suffrage Tbs
aoa9thegSufered IN Aeo Orleans,n was The in
serption'on banner bone in u late Conserv
atite or Democratic: proces sion i'm baltimore:
and the spirit, which dictated that. -avowalis
still rampant IN he South. But for what is
stigmatized Military Despotisin = it would
daily avenge by outrage and nf1ic ton what il
deems negro tfeachery to the Southern. cause.
The TRIBUNE has declined to be 'lured or
turned aside from the M ain Question 1t has
persistently refused to swell the c lamor for
vengen e on the defeated Rebels whether by
execution or by eontscation; and oone of it's
strong reas ons for this course is a conviction
that no drop of Rebel blood conid be & nTlv .
deliberately shed without essentially clouding
the prospect of securing the right Of Suffrage
to the Blacks. Dctying the mudnes of passion
and the blindness of short sighted miSconcep-
ton, it has demanded Reconstruction on the
pals OF Universal Amnesty with Impartial
Suffrage, in perfect consciousness of the faot
that it thereby ahenated thousands who had
been its jealous supporters, and lifelong pat
rons. The hour of its complete yindica ton
cannot be far Distant salt go -. ssbIls 9zsG
As for the man who is to-be the chosen
Of dow hnarr 80 D. l..
impending contest while NE avow our deliber-
ate preference of Chief Justice Chase SIS the
abest and n ost eminent Of our living statesmen
THE Tribune will render hearty cheerful, do
rmined support to Gen. Grant, or Senator
ade or Speaker lIoliax, sboul Id he be snomin-
ated and supported on platform which atfirms
and uphoids the equal political az wen ~ civil
rights OF all citizens OF the Republic We do
not contemplate as possible the support by Re-
puolicans OF any candidates who does nol stand
ION this platform. And We do not apprehend
that the candidates who, in our approaching
struggle, shall represent genuine Democracy in
opposition to the meanest phase of Aristoeraey
can be beaten Jf proper means be systematically
taken. as they must and will be5 to enhghtsn
and arouse the American people.
e We will thank such friends as 1eliey4 that
The TRIBUNE will prove an efficient and cheap
way to influence the undecided, to aid us in
extending It's circulate Though ours s ami n
emily political Journal, but small portion Of
It's space is Devoted to politics, while AN ontly or
more than SOC, 900 per annum is incurred in
collecting and transmitting news from all lpafts
OF the world. We have regular correspondents
AT nearly all the capitals of Europe with di-
rector at london, who is authorized to di 81 atch
special correspond ents to all puinss where i'm
portant events may at any time be ranspirinp
or imminent The progress oftfe war in Crete,
which Is the precursor oIastill greater var llss
Deen watched by one OF hose special correspon-
dent while another telegraphs from CONSTANT
nople each moved phase of the critical diploma
tic situation. Every step of Garibaldias recent
hcrole though unfortunate enterprise, fro >, its
Inception to It's close, vas noted by ourIc cores
pondenfs, who az also bis most trusted advisers;
"mle an esteemed member of our editorial staff
has just acccmp MED the Elnbassador OF Jugrez
TO Mexico to sean the Mexican problem closely
and under auspices more favorable to the Re-
publican CHIEF than thosewhich have colored
Inc adVlces OF our regular correspondents at
Y era CrnZ and the, Crpital. Another cer res
Dondent accompanied the first National expedi-
ionys 80 Alaska. Walrussa, 1or whate0er5 4our
Pllhter OF the North Pole may Le called land
S now repor ting Oh the aspects and capabilities
u that chilly region. Bayard Taylor is WI ting
is III ms own vein from Central Ecr.fpe: while
tole correspondents report to us from Colorado
Laano, montana, ETC., more copiousiy than We
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