Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-01-16
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NEW YORK TRIBUNE
For 1869.

Wihn the last eight years our country has iumphany
passed thogh the gaves ard rnost trying perls which
have confronted her since her was scknoy-
edged She has vndcaed beyond appeal her right TO be
regarded us no mere ccnfeeeracy league OF jealous
ehVous dscordant Staes, but as substantially aud per-
maneny Naton wherein the pretensons Of no pat oan
be admitted or upheld IN opposition to the integrity, the
paramount authority, of the Que Republic
Inc right OF each man, by vihce Of his birth OF his
NATURALIZATION as citizen T the United Sates to the full
eypymeni OF me, liberty, and the pursuit OF happiness
uu he snal, ofiet The right by crme is also established
on mpegnable foundations Our fathers proclaimed il in
,os,iyns their separation from Great Britain left
10 us TO establish as fact what they merely affirmed
principe Whit the cannon Of Saratoga and Yorktown
Poehiined as an abstraction, the Of Gettysburg
Veksoutg, and Five Forks, established LIVING EN-.
bodied, cted truth. Widely as our Gag now Aoas ,i
more widely as may float hereafter there is there can
hencefoh be, legal maste no fctered slave Wong,
and abuses, servty and oppression may st exist hi
the Federal Constitution is longer their shield and Tho
folds of ag longer embazon nor seek IN
ne Inc hunbest American, long he violates no nw
master of his own limbs and the sole owner Of all he ca
honestly earn. ~
hcence VIII become more papable with every added year
Distance required to enable appreciate
he magnitude o the pyramid Of Four Millions of shackles
stricken from the SCARED limbs of our euuntrymen which
form the enduring monument of struggle and our tr
umph New arts, new industries, developments Of
natural wealth. too long unheeded and unvaued will year
by year stand forth in attestse that Of has vet
sdequatey realized the magnitude and the benignity
National victory.
No gtca, good ever achieved without effort or with
out cost Four years patriotic struggle and sacrifice,
Half Million OF men shin in battle dying of the pya.
ons and exposures Of War; Millions uf brreaved ones
Five Billions OF property destroyed, and nearly Three
Billions Of Debt incurred, attest the magnitude Of the con.
| test and the unyieldng vnlor Of The combntants.
At length, the smoke rises from the hardwon field,
showing that the last ihtrenchment has been carried The
election of GRANT and CoLFAx gives assurance that the
storm is overthat the Bow Of Promise arches the sky
There still obstacles to surmoun perils noble
ends to be achieved hut the ship of State has ridden
tho tempest and has her haven full in view The seven
States Reconstructed under the OF
sand and will be followed by the three that have hitherto
stood aoo the rights uf the Freedmen will be uphed and
respected and Impartial Suffrage throughout the land will
soon plant them foundations that cannot be shaken
The TRIBUNE will coLtend, in the future in the past,
for Universal Amnesty as well as for Impartial Suffrage
II has faith in vengeance proscIpt OH,
IN the shedding uf blood Otherwise than acu6 and
necessary "There is a time for War and a time for
Peace;" and the latter follows swiftly the heels Of the
farmer. Whenever those who fought against the Union
shall have in good faith given up the contest they
| longer our foes but our countrymen
In the joyful trust that Grants election has given the
death blow to KsKlux Klans and all OF outrages
on Unionlsts aud Freedmen such, and that Impartial
Suffrage will no longer be seriously resisted hope to
see the next four years sgnazed by unprecedented
expansion of the N1Iona Industry and consequent in
crease ot the National wealth. We hope to cabins
dot the prare, new ceaings chequeI the foiest,
mills factories, furnaces, erected, North South East and
West, until our annual product shall be Hundred of Mil
lions greater than at present while Mines OF Iron md OF
Coal o God, silver, Copper, &c, shall be opened md
worked with an energy and to extent that dehes
cedent Believing that the systematic efficient Protection
o Home Industry ls The stone OF wse benennnt
National Policy, and that it is essential 10 the rapid devel.
opment oil our latent resources to the prosperity Of
country the maintenance Of her Credit and the honest pay
meat Of her Debt we shall give 1t most earnest and
active support.