The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-12-18
THE
NEW YORK TRIBUNE
Tor Is 90.


Within the last eight years our country
has triumphantly passed through the
gravest aud most trying perils which have
Confronted her since her Independence
was acknowledged. She has indicated
beyond appeal her right to be regarded as
no mere c0nfederacy or league OF Jealous,
enVfouS, dt scOrdant States, but as substan-
TALLY and permanently q Nation. wherein
the DretensIOns of no part can be admitted
Or upheld u Opposition to the integrity,
the paramount authority, OF the One Re-
Ths right of each mar, by virtue OF his
birth or MS uatura IL ,tiOu as a C Zen OF
the United states, The full enjoyment Of
: lfe. liberty, an the pursuit OF nappi-
ness" uaIf ne shall forfeit the right by
crime. is also established on fmpreg able
uudatipns. Oar fathers pr Jciained a. In
JustftytDg heir paraiion from Great
Bcltaiu 1T a as left 20 AS to establish a. a
fact what the merely am rnsd As a prin-
cIple- W nat the cannon of saratoga aud
Yorktown prgclstmrd a. an HbStractton,
the cannon of Gettysburg VickSburg, and
Five FOf ks established as q living, embOd-
led. enacted truth Widely as our IA now
floats, still more widely as IL may hOas
hereafter, there is. there can henceforth
BE-, no Legal master, no fettered slave.
wrongs ana abuses serytiiJy and oppres-
sfcu. may stili exist; but the Federal Con-
stitutlOn Is no Ongsr their shield. and the
seek to conceal a lie. The humblest Amer
lcan, so long as be violates no law, i mas
ter OF his own limbs and the sole owner OF
ali he can honestly earn.
OF these immense results, the Inn port
ance sud the ipenefieeneeNTffi become more
palpaple with every added year. Distance
rs required 10 enaDfe rs TO measure and
appreciate the magnitude OF the pyramid
OF -Four Millions OF shaCkies stricken fro "A
tine scarred limbs OF our eountrymen,
which Form tile enduring monument OF
our struggle and ouI triumph. New arts,
new Industries. new developments Of nat
uEal Wealtn, too long uubeeded and un-
valued, WiHs y ear by year, stand forth In
attestatIon that none of us has yet ad =
quatei y realized the nnagnltn e and tine
benfgnIty OF our National victory.
No great good Is everac1ieyed without
effort or without cost.A -Four years of
psatriotic struggle end sacrifice, Hat 2
the privations and exposures Of War,
Millions Of bereavea oaes, Five Billions OF
property destroyed, and nearly Three Biz
lions OF Debt ihcu rred, ATTEST the magni-
tude of the con est ana the unyieldtng
valOr OF the combat ants.
At length me SMOKE rises from the hard
won neld, showing that the last tAtrench-
ment has been carried. The election of
GTtTFat and C0Lfar gives assurance that the
storm is oyer-that the Bow OF Promise
arches tue sky. There are still obstacles
be achieved; but the ship oil state has rid
den out the tempest and has her haven
full IN view. The seven states reconstruct
ed under Tue recent arts OF Congress Will
stand, and VIII be followed by the three
that have hitherto stood aloofi the rights
OF the Freedmen will be upheld ana re-
spected, aud Impartial suffrage through
out the land Will soon plant them on
foundations that cannot be shakens
The Tribune Will contend, IN the future
as IN the past, for Universal Amnesty as
wei as for Impartial Suffrage. IL has no
faith in vengeance, IN prescription, in con-
fiscatIon NORM the shedding or blood Their
aGVfSe than ia actual and necessary war.
There is a fme for War and lime for
Peace" aud the latter follows swiftly on
the heels Of the former. Whenever those
who fought a sainst the Union shall have
in good faith given up the contest, they
are no longer our foes but our country
men.
IN the joyful trust that Grants election
has given the death-blow To Ku Kiux
Kians, ana all manner of Outrages on
Union lists and Freedmen as such. and that
Impartial Suffrage will 10 longer be seri-
ously resisted, we hope to see the next four
years siguaIized by an unprecedented ex-
pansiOn OF the National Industry and
consequent Increase OF the National
wealth. We hope to zee new cabins dot
the prairie, new cieartngs cnequer the for
est, new mills, factories furnaces, erected,
North, south, East and w est. until our an
nuaf prod ct shall be Hundreds Of Millions
greater than 1T present, while Mines OF
Iron and Of Coal, OF Goid, Silver, Copper,
&C. shall be opened and worked, with an
energy ana to an extent that dehes prece-
dent Believing that the system attic, efft-
Client protection of Home Industry is the
cornerstone of a wise. benignant National
Policy, and that. it l. essential to the rapid
develOQmeht Of our latent resources, to
the prosperity of our country, the mainte-
nance of her Credit, aud the honest pay
M 1T OF her cd We snail give it our mos5
earnest and active support.