Litchfield enquirer., 1868-12-24
TH NETWORK TRIBJJNE
FOI. 1869.

Within the last eight years our countrv h., .,
 antly passed through the gravcst and most irvine i which have confronted her since her peIls acknowledged. She has vindcated bevopd onnaal va va
 ao oe reearaed as no mere confederacy or league of and permanently Nation wherein the nretcnsons os ny part can be admitted or upheld in opposition to inc % tegrty, the paramount authority of the One RanuLI;
 The right of each man, by virtue of his Lirth n i; naturalization as citizen of the United States to th f enjoyment of life, liberty and the pursut of han,,; ness until he shall forfeit the right by crma ;S , tabshed on impregnabe foundations Cnr CatLr ,-o @ m m }astifyng their separation from Great Brit an, was left to us to establish as fact what tbey merely affirmed as principle. What tine cannon of S atoga ana 6orKtown proclaimed abstraction thc oi dettysDurg, Eicksburg and Five Forks csta tablished as living. embodied enacted tr,1tb Welt, as our flag now floats, still widely as it may g; hcrea1er, there IS, there hcnceforth be mo lga master, no fettered slave. Wrongs and ases scriIi, and oppression, may still exist but the Federal Cons tuition is no longer their shield and the folds of ,r % no longer cmbazon nor seek to conceal a Iio ,iT htmDiest American long he violates no law is mas honestly earn. ~ VA "'i n' VaH
 Of these immense results, the importance and thu b nehcence will become more palpabe with every added year. Distance IS required to enable us to mcasY,r s appreciate the magnitude of the pyramid of Fonr Mil
 lions of shackes, striken from the scared mbs of % struggle and our triumph. New arts new indnstris new developments of natural wealth. too long nnheiG and unvalued wily year by year. stand forth i'm that none of us has vet adeouateIv rc.i1nd t% | tude 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 sacr
 Half Million of slain in battle or dying of fine ri vatons and exposures of War; Millions of hereaycd once Five Billions of property destroyed and nearly Three Billions of Debt incurred, attest the magnitude of inc contest and the unyieldng valor of the combatants At length, the smoke rises from the harlXop 6cI5 showing that the last intrenchment has been carried The election Of GRANT and COLFAX gives that the storm IS overthat the Bow of Promise arches tL sky There are still obstacles to surount pcriIs to avert noble ends to be achieved but the shin of State has ridden out the tempest and has her haven fI in Vlew Ihe seven States reconstructed under the regent acts of Congress will stand and will be followed Inv inc three that have hitherto stood aloof the rights o tn freedmen will be upheld and respected and Impartial Suffrage throughout the land will soon plant them on foundations that cannot be shaken
 THE TRIBUNE will contend in the future as in the past for Universal Amnesty well for Impartial Sufrarc
 It has no faith ill vengeance in prescription in confs
 tlon nor n the shedding of blood otherwise than in tual and necessary There is time for War and time for Peace" and the latter follows swiftly on hc heels of the former Whenever those who fought against the Union shall have in good faith given up the contest they are no longer our foes but countrymen.
 In the joyful trust that Grants election has given c death-blow to KuKx Klans and all manner of outraOos on Unionists and Freedmen slch and that Impartial Suffrage will longer be seriously resisted we hope to sec the next four years signahzed by unprecedented expansion of the National Industry and the consequent increase of the National wealth. We hope to see new cabins dot the prairie cearngs chequer the forest and Vest until annual product shall be Hundreds ci of Millions greater than at present. while Mines of Iron and of Coal of Gold Silver, Copper &c shall be opened and worked, with energy and to extent that cfeO precedent. Believeing that the systematic efficient tecton of Home Industry is tho cornerstone os ITO rapid development of latent resourr~ htla to tn perity of our country the maintenanS> @ o the pros the honest payment of her Debt Ui Hcr earnest and active support, SL"H siNc !" our mos