The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-12-07
THE TRIBUNE FOR 1879.


THE TRIBUNE FOR 1879.
The consolidation of Italy, so long
fragmentary and impoteut, into one
powerful State, with Rome as its capt.
tai; the humiliation of France through
q series of crushing defeats, ending
With the siege and capitulation Of her
proud aud gay metropolis; the expul>
sion of the Bourbons from the Spanish
throne, and the substitution for them
of scion of the most liberal amonk
royal honses; the virtual absorption
Of the Kingdoms Of Saxony, Hanover,
Bavaria, with Baden, Hesse, the Hanse
Towns, &c under the headship Of
Prussia, into the triumphant aud pow
erful empire Of North Germany; and
the armiug Of Russia to rcassert her
preponderancc in the councils OF Eu-
rope, or to prosecute her often post.
poned but never rclinqulshed designs
on the great city founded by Constan.
tine and the vast but decaying aud au-
archical dominion of the Sultan, all
combine to invest with profound inter-
est and evcr.changing phase of our It'd
ing from the OLD World. The Trib-
une, through trusted correspondents
stationed at all points in Europe where
great movements are in progress or i'm
minent, aims to present complete and
instructive panorama Of events on
that consileut, and to mirror the pro-
longed struggle between middle-age
Feudalism and Ecclesiasticism on the
one hand and Nineteen.C Century skep-
ticism and secularism on the other.
Recognizing Divine Providence in all
that proceeds and is, it looks hopefully
on the great conflict as destined (like
our own resent convulsion) to evolve
from strife, disaster and seeming chaos,
fairer AMI happier future for the
toiling MASSES Of mankind.
In our own country a war upon COR
ruption and rasca'ity 10 Office has been
inauguratcd in our City, whereby the
government of our State has been rev.
olutlonized through an initial tri-
umph Of Reform which surpasses the
most sauguine anticipation. 1t is NOR
aly) certain that the movement thus
inaugurated cannot, IN It's progress, be
circumscribed to any locality or any
party, but that Its purifying influence
is destined to be felt in every part o:
the Union, rebuking vcnality, expos
ing robbery, Wrestling power from pol
iticians by trade, and cor6ding it in
those worthiest aud fittest to WELD it.
To this bene6cent and vitality needed
Reform, the Tribune will devote its
best energies, regardless Of personal in
terests or party predictions, esteem
ing the choice Of honest and faithful
men to Office as of all New Departures
the most essential and suspicious.
The virtual surrender by the Demo.
cratic party Of its hostility to Equal
Rights regardless Of Color has Invested
our current politics of half their by.
gone intensity. However parties may
henceforth rise or fall, it is clear that
thej Fundamental principles which
have hitherto honorably distineuis he'd
the Republicans are henceforth to be
regarded as practically accepted by the
whole country. Tho right Of every
man to lis own limbs and sinews-the
equality Of all citizens before the law
the inability Of State to enslave
any portion ofits peoplc-tho duty of
the Union to guarantee to every citi-
zen the full enjoyment CT his liberty
until he forfeits it by crime-such are
the broad and firm foundations of our
National cdifcc; and palsicd be the
hand which shall seek to displace
them! Though not yet twenty years
old, tho Republican party has COM
pleted the noble fabric Emancipation,
and may fairly invoke thereon the
sternest judgment of Man and the be-
nignant smile of God.
Henceforth, tire mission of our Re-
public is one of Peaceful Progress. T
protect the weak and the humble from
violence and oppression, to extend the
boundaries and diffuse the blessings of
Civllization-to stimulate Ingenuity to
the production of new inventions for
economiziug Labor and thus charging
Production-to draw nearer to each
other the producers of Food and of
Fabrics, of Grains aud of Metals, and
thus enhance the grains Of Industry
by reducing the cost of transporta ton
and exchanges between farmers and
artisans such is the inspiring task to
which this Nation now addresses it.
self, aud by which it would fain con-
tributed to the progress, enlighten-
ment, and happiness Of our race. To
this great and good work, tho zri6-
une contributes its jealous, persistent
efforts.
Agriculture will contlnu. to be
more especially elucidated in its
Weekly and simi-Weekly editions, to
which some Of ablest and most sue
cessful tiIlers of the soil will steadily
contribute. No farmer who sells $500
worth of produce per onnum can afford
to do without our Markets Reports, or