Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-12-22
THE
NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
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Through struggle and suffering at the
cost Of multiform agonies, bereavements
| devastations, the American Idea embodied
| in the preamble to our fathers Declaration
| Of Independence approaches its complete
! realization. The noble, inspiring assertion
that 'all men are created equal" and en-.
dowed by their Creator with inalienable
ris hts to life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
pines.. is no longer glittering generality
! poets .csncy, philosophers speculation
but the recognized o.se Of our political
fabric. The Ienign Revolution, which, dates
from The Boston massacre Of ITO, finds its
logical completion, just one century later,
in the XVIII Anne ndnient which gives to
the eq,ral political and civil rights Of every
han born or naturalized in our Republic
tie SHIELD and defense Of the Federal Con.
stitution. The pillows of Caste and Privi-
lege may roarrDi rage around that rock,
and may transieHtly seem on the point OF
washing it away; but its foundations are
deep-laid and steadfast, and Tie break rs
Of Reaction and Slavery are kErFsd azainst
and dash their spray over it in yai1..
We do not underrate tho forces Of Pre;u>
dice and Aristocracy. We do not forget
that very large minority Of the American
peo.>,e still hold in their Utmost hearts that
E,.,cks have no rights which the Whites nre
honn., to respect. We fully appreciate the
desnera, IN wherewith all the Warning ele,
meata Of Ia red to Republican achieveme ut
win he combin,d and hurled against the
battlemcnts Of Il. pnblican ascendcncy in
he Presidential Ele.. lion Of 1872. We do
not Doubt that local successes, facilitated by
Republican feuds and disc eLsions. will in
spire the charging host Wit. sanguine
hope Of victory, such as nerveo it to put
forth its utmost strength in the earlier
stages Of the contests of 1864 and .sGs,
Yet our faith is clear anu strong that the
American People still bless God that, On the
REQ battle fields Of our late 'Civfl War, the
Union vas upheld and Slavery destroyed,
and will Il ever consciously decide that the
precious blood thereon poured out was Law
ished in vain.
The Tribune believes in the prosecution
Of the great struggle by legitimate mans
TO beneficient ends. TO State Sovereignty
il opposes indissoluble National Integrity;
to Slavery for Blacks, Liberty for All; TO
Prescription, Enfranchisement; to Popular
Ignorance, Universal Education; to intepsi-
~ and eternity Of wrathfil Hate, universal
and invncible Good viii. It would fam
do its utmost to hasten the glad dry when
the South shall vie with the North in exul.
tat:on and gratitude over the disappearance
o! the last trace or faint Of that spirit
which impclled Van to exult in the owner
ship and eisAttehood Of this fellow Man.
Profoundly do we realize that the con-
test is not yet ended-that Millions mourn,
more or less publicly, the downfall Of the
avcholders' Confc1eracy, and rear their
children to hate those BY. whose valor and
consistency its overthrow was achieved. II
VIC ever seem to differ essentially from
other iepublicanl, our conviction that
magnanimity is never weakness, ttat ven
,eance is never polite, and that devils arc
not cast out by Beelzebnb, must serve to ex.
plain alleged ccccntric:tics whose perfect vim
dicalion We leave to Time and Reflection.
The Tribune has been, is, and must be. q
lsalous advocate Of Protection to Home In !.
dus.ry. Degrading habitual idleness as
the great foe TO human progress. the bane
Of human Happiness, We seek to win our
countrymen in masses from the ensuaring
lures ofEpeeulation, Of Traffic, and or 81 :
wsys overet0wded Professions, to the tran
gull paths Of Productive Industry. We
would gladly deplete our overcrowded cities,
where fhoiYahhds vanity jos,le and crowd
10 mise uidod itest az '.SomethiDg 10 Do. !"
TO cover prairies and plains With colonies
absorbed in Agriculture. heeAsnies and
Manufactures, and constantly projecting
inte, The blank, void wilderness the homes
and the works Of civilized Man. Holding
tile Protection Of Home Industry BY dis