White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1870-12-29
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
1871.

" muitiform agonies, oereasements, cevasts.
ions, the American Idea embodied in the pre.
mble 70 our fathers Declaration of lndrpeu.
lence, approaches its complete realizatou.
The noble. inspiring assertion that "all men
ire created equal" and endowed by their
Creatos With inalienabls rights to life. libert,.
md the pursuit Of happiness. is no longer :
ylstesins generality, pets fancy, 4 philoso.
oher's speculation, but the recognized base of
DUR political fabric. The benign Revolu,ic,-
shich dates from the Boston Massacre Of I770
6uds ies logical completion, just one ceptu,v
later, in the XVIII Amendment, which siyes n
he equal political and civil rights Of eyerv
man born or naturalized in our Republic, The
shield and defen Of the Federal Constitution.
The billows Of Caste and Privilege may roar
and rage around that rock. and may transient.
y seem on the point Of washing il away; but
its foundations are teep-laid and steadfast, snd
the breakers OF Reaction and Slavery are huri-
ed against and dash their spray over il in vain.
We do not underrate the forces of Preiudiee
and A,istocracy. We do not forget that q
very large minority Of the American People
still hold in their inmost hearts that Backs
have NO rights which Whites are bound TO re.
specs. We fully appreciate the desperation
where~iih all the warring elements Of hatred
to Republican achievement will be combined
and hurled against the hattlemcnts of Repub.
lican ascendency in the Presidential Election
Of 1872. We do not doubt that local success
es. facilitated by Republican feuds and di-sen-
sions. will inspire the charging host. with .
sanguine hope Of victory, such as uerved is 10
put forth its utmost strength in the earlier ~
ges Of the contests Of 1864 and 1868. Yet our
iaith is clear and strong that the American
People still bless God that, on the red bs ttle.
fields Of our late Civil War, the Union vas un.
held and Slavery destroyed, and will never
consciously decide that the precious blood
thereon poured out was lavished in ain.
The Tribune believes in the prosecution of
the great struggle BY legitimate means TO he.
nefcent ends. To State Sovereignty. il on.
poses i6dissoluble National lItegrity; to S,s.
very for Blacks, Liberty for AL; to Proscrip.
ton, Eniranchisement; to Popular Ignorance.
Universal Education; to intensity and eternity
of wrathful Hate, universal and invipcibje
Good Will. IL would fain do its utmost to
hasten the glad day when the South shall vie
with the North in exultation and gratitude
over the disappearance Of the last trace or
taint of that spirit which impelled Man TO ex
ult in the ownership and ehattelhood of his
fellow Man.
Profoundly do We realize that the contest in
not yet ended-tlist Millions mourn. more or
less publicly, the downfall Of she Slav eholders'
Confederacy, and rear their children to hate
those by whose valor and constancy its over.
| throw was achieved. If We ever seem to diff.
fer essentially from other Republicans, our
conviction that mngnanimiiy is never weak :.
ness. that vengeance IS never po'kic. and that
devils are not cast out by Beeixebub, must
serve to explain alleged eceentricities whose
perfect vindication We leave to limo and
Reflection.
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and crowd in misguided quest Of " som.ri;nr n
to Do" to cover prairies and plains with col,
oI.ies absorbed in Agriculture. Mechanics and
ths hs"I rsa ana projecting into
works Of civilized Man. Holding the Protec-
.,on OF home ~ 1ndrs'ry oy discriminating duties
Oh imported Wares and Fabrics essential to the
its phases and departments. and 50 to the iu.
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