New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-05-04

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muitltorm agonies, bereavements, devaStations
the American Idea embodied in the preamLIs
to our fathers Declaration of Indepepdenco
approaches ITS complete realization The no.
oie inspiring assertion that all men are created
/ equal, and endowed by their Creator ,r;,G
/ inalienable rights To life, liberty. and tho mn
suit OF happiness, is no longer a glttering cor.
eraity, poet fancy, philosopher Specula.
/ ton, but the recognized base of our roliticsl
fabric. The benign Revolution, which Jatcs
| from the Boston Massacre of l-.O. finds -,
logical completion, Just one century later IN
the Nv IN Amendment, which gives to the equal
/ pohtcai and civil rights of every man horn or
naturalzed in our Republic the shield and 10.
tense ct the Federal Constitution. The biIlovs
OF caste and Privilege may roar and rage around
| lhat rock, and may tranSientlv seem on the
| point of washing II away; but It's foundation
are deep-laId and steadtast. and the breakers Of
Reaction and Slavery are hurled acans, AMI
I dash their spray over II i'm vain.
We do not underratc the forces of Prei,d.,
and ArStocracy. We do not forget that a va-,
large minority of the American People still
| hold IN their mmoSt hearts that Blacks have no
rights which Whites are bound to respect. W.
FULLY appreciate the desperation whrrewitb all
, me warning elements of hatred 10 Republican
achievement Will be combined and hurled asaips,
me hattlements of Republican ascendency in
/ me Presidential Election of 1872 We do NOT
doubt that local successes. facilitated bv Ra
| publican ieudS and discussions, viii inspire the
charging host with Sanguine hope of victory
such as nerved IT to put forth It's utmost strength
IN the earlier stages of the contests of 1864 and
1908. ct our faith Is clear and strong that the
| American People still bless God that. ON the
red bait fields of our late Civil War. the Union
was upheld and Slavery DESTROYED, and will
never consciously decide that the precious blood
| thereon poured ont WAS laviShcd in vain
LIE tribune believes In the prosecution af
the great struggle 10y legitimate means to bench
cent ends. To State Sovereignty it opposes
indiSSolube National Integrity; to Slavery ior
Blacks, Liberty for An: to Preservation. En-
reimbursement; to Popular Ignorance, Univcr.
sal Education; to intensity and eternity of
wrathful Hate, universal and invincibe Good
| VIII. 1t would fam do its utmost to hasten the
glad day when the South shall vie with the
North in eNultation and gratitude over the dis
appearance of the last trace or faint of that
spirit which impclled Man to eNult in the owner
ship and chattelhood of his fellow Man.
Profoundly do we realize that the contest is
not yet endcd-that Millions mourn, more or
less publicly, the downfall of the shareholders
Contedcracy, and rear their children to hate
those 10y whose yalor and consistency It's over
throw was achieved If we ever seem to differ
essentially from other Republicans, our conyic-
ton that magnanimity is never weakness that
vengeance is never polite, and that devils are
not cut out by Beezebub, must serve to explain
alleged eCcentricitcS whose perfect vndcaiion
We leave to Time and Reflection.
The TRIBUNE has been, is, and must be- n
Jealous advocate of Protection To Home In
dustry. Regarding habitual idleness as the
greatest foe to human progress, the bane of hu-
man happiness, we seek to win our cOuntrymen
IN masses from the enSnaring lures of SpcCula-
ton. of Traffic, and of always over-crOwdcd Pro
LESSONS, to the tranquil paths of Productive
Industry. We would gladly deplete orr over
crowded cities, where thousands vainly iostlc
and crowd in misguided quest of /" Something
TO DO, to cover pr:tirieS and plains with colo
MES absorbed i'm Agriculture. Mechanics and
Manufactures, and constantly projecting into
the blank, void wilderness the homes and the
works of civilized Man. Holding the Protection
of Home Industry by discriminating duties on
imported Wares and Fabrics essential TO the
rapid, beuehcent diffusion of Production in all
ITS phases and departments, and SO to the in
structlon of our people in all the ganful arts of
Peace, we urge our countTymcu to adhere to
and uphold that policy, IN undoubting faith
that the true interest not Of class or a section,
but of each section and every useful class, Is
thereby subserved and promoted.
The TRIBUNE aims To be pre-eminently u
NewS paper. Its correspondents traverse every
State. are present on every important battle field
are early advised of every notable Cabinet dec,
sion, observe the proceedings of Congress, Legs
latuTes, and of Conventions, and report To rs by
telegraph all that seems OF general interest. We
have paid for one days momentOus advces from
Europe by Cable far more than our entire re-
ceipts for the issue in which those advicpg
reached our readers. If lavish outlay, unsleep-
ing vigilance, and unbouuded faith in the hber-
ality and dsccnmcnt of the reading public, will
enable us To make "A journal which has no supe-
nor IN the accuracy, variety, and freshness Of
Its contents, InE IRHuNE shall be such Jour
nal.
To Agriculture and the subservient arts, We
have devoted, and shall persiStently devote, more
means and space than any of our rivals. We aim
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eIucdatIOn OF the farmer 5 calling, and our reg
lar reports of the Farmers Club and kindred
gatherings, are so interesting, that the poorest
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