New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-12-28
THE
New York Tribune


The consolidation of Italy, so long frag-
mentary and impotent, into one powerful State, /
with Rome as its capital; the humiliation OF 4
France through series of crushing defeats, /
ending with the siege and capitalization of her |
proud and gay metropolis; the expulsion of the |
Beurbons from the Spanish throne, and the sub |
stitution for them of scion of the most liberal |
among royal houses the virtual absorption of |
the kingdoms of Saxony, Wurtemberg, Bavaria, |
with Baden, Hesse, the Hanse Towns, &c, |
under the headship of Prussia, into the triumph |
ant and powerful empire of Germany; and the
arming of Russia to reassert her preponderance
in the councils of Europe, or to prosecute her
often postponed but never relinquished designs
on the great city founded by Constantine and the
vast but decaying and anarchical dominion of the |
Sultan, all combine to invest with profound in
terest the ever-changing phases of our tdings
from the Old World The Tribune through
trusted correspondents stationed at all points in
Europe where great movements are in progress
or imminent. aims to present a complete and in
structive panorama of events on that continent,
and to mirror the prolonged struggle between
| middle-age Feudalism and Ecclesiasticism on
| the one hand and Nineteenth Century skepticsm
and secularism on the other. Recognizing q
Divine Providence in all that proceeds and is, it
looks hopefully on the great conflicts destined
| like our own recent convulslon) to evolve from
strife, disaster, and seeming chaos, fairer and
happier future for the toiling masses ofmankind.
In our own country a war upon corruption and
| rascallty In Office has been inaugurated in our
| City, whereby the government of our State has
been revolutionized through an initial triumph
OF Reform which surprises the most sangune
anticipations. 1t is morally certain that the
movement thus iaaUgurated cannot, in its pro-
gress, be clrcumscrbed TO any locality or any
party, but tina. It's purifying influence is destined
to be ielt In every part of the Union, rebuking
venality, exposing robbery, wrestling power from
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worthiest and fittest to WELD it. To this benef
| cent and vitality needed Reform The Tribune
will devote its best energies, regardless of per-
sonal interests or party predictions esteeming
the choice of honest and faithful men to office
as of all New Departures the most essential and
suspicious.
The virtual surrender by the Democratic party
OF It's hostility to Equal Rights, regardless of
Color, has divested our current politics of half
their by gone intensity. However parties NAV
hencetorth rise or fall, it is clear that the funda
mental principles which have hitherto honorablv
distinguished the Republicans are henceforth to
be regarded as practically accepted by the whole
| country. The right Of every man to his own
limbs and sinews-the equality of all citizens
before the law-the inability of State to ensave
any portion of its people-the duty of the Union
to guarantee to every citizen the full endowment
of his liberty until he forfets it by crime.such
are the broad and firm foundations of our Ma.
tional edihce and palsied be the hand which
| shall seek to displace them! Though not vet
twenty years old, the Republican party has com.
| pleted the noble fabric of Emancipation, and
| may fairly invoke thereon the sternest Judgment
of Man and the bsngnant smile of God
| Henceforth, the mission of our Republic is
one of Peaceful Progress. To protect the weak
and humble from violence and oppression-to
extend the boundaries and dffuse the blessings
| OF CivIllzation-to stimulate Ingenuity TO the
| production o. new inventions for eco nomsing
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OF Fabrics, OF Grains and of Metals and thus
| enhance the gains of Industry by reducing the
cost OF transportation and exchanges betw zen
| farmers and artlsans-such as the inspiring task
| to which this Nation now addresses itself, and
10y wnlch would IAN contribute to the progress,
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