, 1870-11-13

THE PRESENT And THE FUTuRE.>

SUNDAY. NOVEMBER Is. 1870 !
1HEPREsEHT And TIE FUTURE
II has never been the habit Of TIE CH1-
c.co Tk1BrsE-to defend its course as a !
rallic journal, because if its course does
nes ,ir:icnse itself. The mere nnltiplica-
tr:, If words wi}l not DO so. The policy
which it advocates. Is frequently iu ad:
saace of Hnhlic oSirion- II would not be
with r,nch il it were otherwise But in
H.. catalogue Of events which the past If
teen ears t7iaclnse, il will be fouud that
tie great public measures which It has ad-
v"c.led. have. in alnHst every instance.
l-en ultimately ratified by the people.
a,re reer ago, We stated that with the
hnll adoption Of the Fifteenth Amend
mart, Mi the issnes growing out Of
slavery. and the rebellion would have
l~sn settled, and that, although old
r,,i,;c=@ parties might hold together
f..m The force of habit for time, il WAS
il. vi,a1,le thet new. issues would soon
,.,i>e. and new parties would he formed
ui~.u them, taking their. line, Of division
upon principles appealing less and less to
ti:r past. and mors and more 10 the present
asl future. We held that there was no
puu,r in the Dcn"cratic or any other par
ty ,c restore sl-3ely, Of t, deprive the col
orel nau al bis right to vote, or to re-.
,e1.s. any Of the reconstruction MEASURES
OF the Republican party The event has
1ruvfn. nut ., " that the Democratic par
" cannot do 50. l.u', az Senator Trumbuu
tr7,lr remarked in his Springfield speech,
...a. co considerable number Of Democrats
dr>irv to do ac. Is it likely then that the
people p1u long continue. to w1angle
over husks from which the .ke1:
pe!s have heen altogether Il
t.actea: slanifcssly not! However il
n.y be with those- in Office or seeking
Office, alt intelligent and rejecting persons
feel that rrsolution in politics is iuopend
ing. They see that it has already swept
over a neighboring State, carrying both
the Republican and Democratic parties
down before it, and that il holds now, il
the person OF B. Gra,z Brown, the entir'
government OF Missouri, both executive
md Legislative. That the work Of 1isin
tegration bss commenced in this Stat
in both parties, without any concare'
effort to bring it about, is abun
dantly shown in the reoen
c,ection-cld Republican counties, Nk
Lake, Stephenson, Livingston, Lasal}t
and St. Clair, having elected independe1
or Democratic candidates for the 1egisl
tutr, while old Democratic counties, III
RicLland, MAconpin, Wayne, and Moultri
have elected Republican members.
spirit of Independence has broken ou
wkich is hut the foreuuner Of great
change. This spirit is rather more ripe
the Republican thtn in the Democrat
to the exercise Of an independent judgme'
EFon public measures
Those who choose 10 ignore the curre1
OF events, can do so. We prefer to kee
up with the timex. We shall support sue
measures as we think are right, and oppos
such as We believe to be wrong. We sha
oppose in the future, rs in the past, q
special interests which are autagonistic
the general interest TEE TRIBUNE is th
declared enemy Of nonopoIies and Ia:
thieves in national and State politics,
Lolds that every man has the right to h
own earu,ngt, md that all laws whle
seek to deprive him Of portion of Ii
fruiss II lis LIT OF, for the benefit Of ar
other person y class, a1e infzingmen
urcn his liberty, nnd are akin to slavel
and rt,bberv in their operation. We belis7
that the tlel.est right of property is Il
right to e1chsnge it for other propert
subject an;y TO such taxation as 1nay
S2alltd tteE. k:x> ::As seyepue reguizements
Through reform in tie civil service Of t
government, L+li.ying that the prese
system of Federal appointments il prodr
Tive Of RHste. rrnption, and demoralii
tioc :oa frig ghs ful extent We are in far
OF return to spt@ie payments by the !
ti:en:t1t + the greenbacks, and the subs
tuition vf National Bank notes, under. |
operation Of free banking law. Y
IRE opposed to plugging the country intt
foreign war to furnish political issue
men Who hare not the Teit to compIehe,
or the hopeay to spp1y to public a1s
the principles necessary to . -success
and peaceful administration of 3t6s gora
ment. We are opposed to the aequisit
OF foreign teHito.x, axeept npon The
coasens Of tbs spe6prs prbpposed 70 be
ne1ed, and :then only :ia easaEyhesa
acquisition is clearly useful md I'd.
IliTSsss saa assataie6s = = III 8 come @ bsfoxe
ctess AID .t{xa ppeo1e-tox NHuaxiop din