Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1870-12-21
Tho New York Tribune for 1871.

10 the preamble TO our fathers Deciaratlon
of Independence approaches its complete
realization. The noble, inspiring assertion
that 'all men are created equal. and en-
dowed by their Creator with inaiienable
rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit OF
happiness, Is no longer glitterins generali-
ty, a poet's fancy, philosopher s specula-
ton but the recognized base Of our politi-
cal fabric. The benign Revolution, which
dates from the Boston Massacre of l710,
fluids its logical mpleIion, just one century
later, in the XVIII Amendment, which
gives to the equal political and civil rights
of every man born or naturaiiZed In our
Republic the shield and defense of the Fed
eral Constitution. The pillows o: Caste
and Privilege may rotr and rage around that
rock, and may transiently seem on the point
OF washing it away but its foundations arc
deep laid and steadtast, and the breakers Of
Reaction aud Slavery are hurled against and
dash their spray over 1t IN vain.
We do not underrate the forces of P..ja
dice and Aristocracy We do not forget
that a very large minority of the American
people still hold in their inmost hearts that
Blacks have no rights which Whites are
bound to respect We fully appreciate the
mcnts of hatred TO Republican achievement
battlements of Republican asccndancy in
the Presidential Election of 1872 We do
not doubt that local successes. facilitated by
Republican feuds and dis-ensons, will in
spire the charging host with sanguin.
hope of victory, such as nerved 1t to put
forth its utmost strength IN the earlier sta
ges of the contests of 1864 and 1868. Yet
our faith is clear and strong that the Amer
lean people still bless God that. on the red
battle fields of our late Civil War, the I'm
ion was upheld aud Slavery destroyed, aud
will never consciously decide that the pre-
cious blood thereon poured out was lavished
in vain.
The TRIBUNE believes IN the prosecution
Of the great struggle by legitimate means to
| benehcent ends To State Sovereignty, it
opposes indissoluble National Integrity !; TO
Slavery for Blacks, Liberty for Ali to Pro-
scriptiOn, Eniranchisement; to Popular lg-
norance, Universal Education to intensity
and eternity of wrathful Hate, universal
| and inyincible Good VIII. 1t would fain DO
its utmost to hasten the glad day when the
South shall vie with the North in exultation
and gratitude over ne disappearance Of the
| lasJ trace or taint of that spirit which Inn
| PEELED Man 10 exult i'll the ownership and
chat,clhood of is-.vllow Man.
! Profoundly do We realize that the contest
| il not yet ended-that Millions mourD,
more or less publicly, the downfall Of the
| shareholders Coniederacy, and rear their
children to hate those by whose valor and
cons.sncy it's overthrOww as achieved. II
we ever seem to differ essentially from other
| Republicans, our conviction that magn1ni-
nifty is never weakness, that vengeance Is
never politic and that devils are not cas-,
out by Beelzcbub, must serve to explain al
! h. fpcf n
ton We leave to Time and Reflection.
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| Industry Regarding habitual idieness as
the greatest foe to human progress. the ba ne
of human happiness, we seek to win our
countrymen in masses from the ensnaring
lures of Speculation, Of Trah:, and of al
ways oyercrowdci Professions, to the tran
gull paths of Productive Industry. We
would gladly deple,e our overcrowded cities
| where thousands vainly jostle and crowd in
| misguided quest Of Something to DO, to
cover prairies and plains with colonies alb
sorbed in Agriculture, Mechanics and Man
uiactures, and constantly projecting into the
works of civilized Man. Holding the Pro =
lection of Home Industry by discriminating
duties on imported Wares and Fabrics es
setial to the rapid. benfcent diffusion of
Production in all its phases and depart
ments, and so to the instruction of our pco-
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