Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1868-02-05
The Tribune for 1868.
PROSPECTUS

tween Aristocracy ofColor ana tueo.!on oe-
man Liberty. The War of the RahpiI;s ia liu-
closed, we nave now TO decide Ehettar ~
fundamental idea which mpenel y, "A a,,e sA9
the Rebellion shall dominate over 80 ing1
cotlt ~ ,.noiding her institutions and shanir.,
her destiny. If it be true that ca 4 h,ps
created all men, but only all WMfo me- :;
His own image, anal made thenlequAl IN poIiti-
cal amt civil rights then it is ;s-worI -w;Ia
calamity that Grant did not surrender - ~,
at Appomattox; and 81 he Lost Cams y tsT.I.
cen into miro under the hoo is Of SberlEsn,.
rough riding cavalry, not only -Sho,,l3 b,,t
| viii be regalned IN constitutional Conventions
and at the baIlot-bcx 1.-THE BlacIlyaae no,
cause they gre Black, should be excluded iron,
/ the Jury box and refelleI from the ballot HOY
then Stonewall jackson oyght TO- head tie roll
Of American martyrs, emblazoned high above
| The names of Warren and Mercer and P,Iastr;.
/ ofElawo nth, Lyon, Baker, Reynolds, Weds-
worth, Rearny sedywick and Mcpherson. EEs.
| 1T Is difficult to argue with a blind, -besotted
! TJudice, grounded in Ignorance and fortified
! by sclf-conceit. Devoid of reassn, it j. hardly
amenable to re;i$ons But millions who would
listen unmoved to appeals based on rstce and
| Humanity can be stirred by facts which affect
I their own interest and safety. The naked
/ truth that every Southern State RECONSTRUCTED
on the White basis is today Rebel State
! shaped and ruled by men who exeerated Lin
coins reluctant and tardy resistance to the Re
. belI0n as causeEess and criminal aggrcssi GU,
AID profoundly rejoicad over Ball Bun as their
| victoiy-wiH prove, ipvipcible, if We can but
| bring it homo 10 the apprehension Of. every
| loyal voter. -Th9ie ~ no paramount Guestion
of good faith or gratitude 20 the Blaeks Their
votes are as necessary to the preponderance Of
White loyalty as to their own protection and
security. Reconstruct the South on the White
basis, and every one Of the III teen States which
he'd slaves IN 1850 will be Intensely, ove,-
wheinipgly Copperhead theneeforeh and ever
moro. Allow TO day the plea that the Hlac Ks
are ignorant and degraded, and those h ia
you thereby clcthe with power win axe good
care that the plea shall be rs valid and we'll
grounded a century hence "a it now is Public
Education and Civil Rights for the Freedmen
can onlysbe achieved and mainta ned through
the ballot. : We are for Negro Suffrage fie
cagtbey safert4 III 4Ye10 Orleans )" was The in
scripton OH 4 banner bone in late Co,lscrs-
ativo or Democratic procession in Baltino,f:
and the spirit which dictated that avowal is
still rampant in he South. But for what j.
stfgmatized as Military DeaPotisn, it would
daily avengc by outrage and ihfic ton what it
deems negro treactery to the Southern cause.
THE TRIBUNE has declined to be lured or
turned aside from the Main Question 1t has
/ pefsistently re fused to swell the clamor for
yengon. OF the defeated Rebels, whether BY
execution or by c9nfscation; and one Of its
strong reas ons Tor this course is q conviction.
that no drop of Rebel Blood could be eoolly.
deliberately shed without essentially cloudi6p
| the prOspoc tot securing the right Of suffrage
to The Blacks. Dctying the madnes Of Passion
and the blindness of short-sis hted nisconcep-
ton. it has demanded Reconst friction on he
basis of Universal Amnesty with IrnpartI.i
Suffrage, in perfect consciousness Of the fact
chat it hereby allenated thousands who had
been it xealous supporters and lifelong pat
rons. The hour of its eompletc viniientiytl
Cannot be far Distant
As for the man who is to be tho chosen
standart-beaSer Of the Republican be st III the
impending contest, willie NC ayow our delibsr-
ate preference of Chief Justice Chase a. tho
abest and most eminent Of our living Statesmen.
The TRIBUNE viii render hca rty cheerful de-
tyrnined support to Gen. Grant, or Senator
W ade. or Spca ker Colfux, should he be noYlff-
ated and supported OH platform which .tftrrns
and uphoidS ne equal political as we'll Ia CIV.
ri gifts OF aHeitfzcns OF TIE Republic Te.do
| not contemplate as possible the support By Re
publlcanS of any candidates who does not stand
on this plat form. And We do not appryl.c}itj
that the candidates who, in our app,oacliD..
struggle, shall represent genuine Deoer,ss.f IN
opp0s1tlon to the ineanest phase Of Aristouraey
can be beaten'I proper means be systematically
taken, as they must and Will be, to euliv!rc7
and arouse the A merican people. $3.50,
we will thank such friends as ocliere that
IRE fE1BUNlsz viii proYoan efficient and cheap
way to influence the undectod, Is atd "a in
extending IS eircal&tion. THoagh ours is cInin-
emily political Journal but small portion Of.
It's space is devo-ed to politics ~Aje an outly OF
more than 100000 per annua. is Incurred ia
collecting aud transmitting news from III! parts
|
at nearly all the Capitals Of Europe, With a Ii
rector ut London, who is authorized to 1lfslate,,
special correspondents to all pomss where inn
portant events may at any time be tTanspiring
| or ininiheht. The progress of the war in Crete.
which Is the precursor UIastill greater war has
/ boen W&tched by ono Of these special c0rrespon-
dent W ElIe another teleg aphs from Constant
nople each moved phase Of the critical diploma
tie situation. Every step Of Carl baldi's recent
heroic though unfortunut c enterprise from it,
q q we H.
pondents, who are also his most trusted yisers-
while in esteeed mem Der Of oyr editorial 8tn #
has just accompanied the ambassador of laarcZ
to Mexico to scan the Mexican probloai closely
ah1lpnder a1spicesrnore favorable to tie Re-
publican Chief than those which have co!oyeds
The adVlces OF our regular correspondents Ut
era Crnz and The grpital. Another cor res
pendent accompanied the first National expe,ii-
lon TO Ataska. Walrussia, or whatever our
bspllntor OF the North Pole may be called and
Is now reportngon the aspects and capabilities
I Of that chilly region. Bayard Taylor is writing
rs IN his own Vein from Central Eur be; while
able correspondents report to us from Coorado,
idaho, Montana, ETC.. more copiously fhan we
can find room to publish. Our Reviews of Books
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