Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1870-12-28
The New xoxk Tribune,
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Through stfu geie ana sufferIEg, at the cost
OF multjlotm agoniea, bereaE eIneuts, devasta-
ton the mexican Iden, emb odi cd in the pre-
amble to cur fathers' Declaration OF lndepen-
depce approaches It's complete realization. / he
noble, inspiring assertion that sail men are
created equal - and endowed by their Creator
with inaiienab rights to life, liberty, and he
pursuit of happi ness, is no longer glitterjDg
generaiity,a poets fancy philosophers spec
utation, but the recognized base Of our pollt
zeal fa oric. The benign Revolution which
dates from the Boston Massacre of 1910, finds
its log .aal completion, just one century Later,
in the XVIII amendment, which gives TO the
equal political and civil rights of every man
born or natural lied in our Republic, tn 9 shield
and defense OF the Federal Constitution. The
pillows Of Caste and Privilege may roar and
rage around that rock, and may transiently
/ seem on tho poi MT 81 washing it AWAY but its
foundations deep-laid and steadfast, and
| breakers o f Reaction and Slavery are hurled
ag ainst and dash their spray overit in vain.
" e do notunderrate the forces of Prejudice
and aristocracy. We do not forget that . worry
large minority of the American People still
| holJ in their Utmost hearts that Bac ks have no
| rights which w hites are bound to respect. We
! fully appreciate the desperation where with all
| the warning element OF hatred TO Republican
ae hievement will be combined and hurled
| against the battlements Of Republican ascen-
! dency in the Presld initial Election of1972. We
| do not doubt that local successes facilitated by
! Republican feuds and dissensions will inspire
| the charging host with sanguine hope of VIC
| tory such as nerved it to put forth its utmost
strength in he earlier stages of the contests Of
! 1854 and 1868. Yet our faith is clear and
! strong chat the American people still bless God
! that On tho red battle fields Of our late Civil
| War; the Union was upheld and Slavery des-
| troyed, and will naver consciously decide that
! the precious blood thereon poured out was lay
ished in vain.
THE TRIBUNE believes in tho prosecution Of
| +ba hv
efeent ends. TO State Sovereignty, it opposes
indissoluble National Integrity; to Slavery for
Blacks, Liberty for HI; 0 Prescription, En-
! Reinstatement; to Popular ignorance, Univer-
sal Education; to intensity and eternity of
| wrathful Hate, universal and invncible Good
| VIII It would fain do is utmost to hasten
| the glad day when the South shah vie with the
North in exuitation and gratitude over tn dis
appearance of the last trace or faint of that
spirit which impolled Man to exult in the
ownership and chattelhood of his fellow Man.
Profoundly do we realize that the contest IS
not yet endod-that Millions mourn, more or
less publicly the downfall Of the Shareholders
! Con federacy, and their children to hate
those by whose valor and constancy over
thu ow was achieved II we seem to differ
ess entialiy from other Repub iicans, our convie
ton that magnauimity is never weakness, that
vengeance is never polite, and that devils
not cast ont by Boe!zebub, must serve to.eX-
plain alleged eeGentrcltieS whose perfect Vi Il
dication weleavo to Time and Reflection.
THE TRIBUNE has been, is. and must be,
jealous advocate of Protection to Homo Indus
try. Regarding habitual idleness as tie great
| est foe to human progress, the bane of huns
happiness, we see k to win our countrymen in
masses from the ensnaring lures of Specula-
ton, Of Traffic, and OF always overcrowded
Professions. to the tranquil paths OF Produe-
| tive Industry. We would gladly dep!ete our
| overerowded cities. where thousands vainly
jostle and crowd in misguided gu st of .'Some-
thing to Dos" to cover praires and plains with
colonies absorbed in agriculture, Mechanics
and Manufactures, and constantly projecting
into the blank, void wilderness the homes and
the works of civilized Man. Holding the Pro-
lection Of Home Industry by discriminating
duties on imported Wares and Fabrics essen
tial to the rapid, bensfcent ditfus, on of Produc
ton in all its phases and departments, and SO
to the instruction of our people in allthe gal n
ful arts of Peace, we urge orr countrymen to
adhere to and uphold that policy, in updoubt-
ing faith that the true il terest not of elias :
ora section but of each section and every useful
class, is Jhereb subserved and promoted.
THE TRIBUNE aims TO be Ere-elnineHtly q
Ae20S paper. its correspondents traverse every
Sta te are present on every important battle
| field. are early advised Of every notable C&bi-
net decision, observe Che proceedings Of Con
grass, of Legislatures, and of Conventions and
report to US by telegraph al that seeIUsof gen
erai interest. W e have paid for one day g mo-
mentous adyices from Europe by Cable far more
than our emit re receipts fer the issue in whic h
those adyces reached our readers. If lavish
outlay, uns!eepjng vigilance, and unbOuuded
!, faith in the liberaIity and discernment Of the
reading public, viii enable us to make jour
nal which has no superior in the accuracy va
riety, and freshness of its contents. The THI-
BUNE shall be such journal.
To agriculture and the subservient arts, 9
have devoted, and shall persstently devote,
more means and pace th.n any Of esr rival .
We aim to make the WEEKLY TRIR UNE such 1t
paper as no farmer can Afford to do without,
however widely his politics may differ from
ours. Our reports Of the Cattle, Horse. Pro
duce and General Markets. are so full and &C
curte. our essay in education Of tie farmel Is
calling, and our regular reports of the Farmers
Club and kindred gatherings, nrese Interesting
that the poorest ia tmcr will find therema mine
of suggestion and counsel of which lie cannot
remain ignorant without positive and serious
loss. We sell The Weekly to Clubs for less
than its value in dwellings, for waste por; and
though its subscription is already very large,
we believe that ualf Million more farmers
will take it whenever it shall be commend TO
| their attention. W ak our friends everywhere
to aid Us n so commencing ii.