The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-11-30
TIE TRIBUNE FOR 1879.

tai the humiliation OF france tnTouSu
q series of crushing defeats, ending
with the siege and capitulation Of her
proud aud gay metropolis; tho expul
sion Of the Bou, bons from the Spanish
throne, and tho substitution for them
Of q scion Of the most liberal amouh
royal honses; the virtual absorption
Of the kingdoms of Saxony, Hanover,
Bavaria, with Baden, Hesse, the Hanse
Towns, 10 under the headship OF
Prussia, into the Triumphant and pow
erful empire Of North Germany; aud
the arniug Of Russia to rcassert her
preponderancc 10 the councils Of En-
rope, or to prosecute her often post.
poned but never reliuqu'shed designs
on the great city founded by Constan.
tue and the vast but decaying and an
archioal dominion Of the Sultan, all
combine to invest with profound inter-
est and ever-ohauging phase Of our It'd
ing from the Old World. Tho TriL-
~ne, through trusted correspondents
stationed at all points in Europe where
great movements are in progress or i'm
minent, aims to present complete ADD
instructive panorama Of events on
that continent, md to mirror the pro-
longed struggle between middle-age
Feudslism and Ecclssiasticisn on the
one hand aud Ninetcen-C Century skep'
ticism and secul.rism on tho other.
Recognizing a Divine Providence in all
that proceeds aud is, it looks hopefully
On tho great conflict a, "cstined (like
our owl resent convulsioo) to evolve
from strife, disaster and seeming chaos,
fairer AMI happier future Tor the
telling masses Of mankiad.
In our own country = war upon COR.
ruptiou add rascaity ia Office has beeu
inauguratcd 10 our City, whereby the
government Of our State has been rev.
olutlonized through an initial tri-
umph Of Reform which surpasses the
most sanguiuc anticipation. 1t is NOR
aly, certain that the movement thus
inaugurated cannot, IN ITS progress, be
eircumscribed to any locality or any
party, but that ITS purifying influence
is destined to be felt il every part o:
the Union, rebuking veoal''y, expos
ing robbery, Wrestling power from pol
iticians by trade, and cor6ding it IN
those wolthiest aud 6ttest to WELD it..
To this beue6cent and vitality needed.
Reform, the Tribune will devote it's
best energies, regardless Of personal in
forests or party predictions, esteem
ing the choice Of honest AMI faithful
men to Office as Of all New Departures
the most essential and au*picious.
The virtual surrender by the DEM
cratic party of its hostility to Equal
Rights regardless of Color has dlvested
our current politics Of half their by.
gone intensity. However parties may
hepceforth rise or fall, it is clear that
thei fundamental principles which
have hitherto houorably 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 sincws-the
equality Of all citizens beforo the law
the inability of a State to enslave
any portion offs peoplc-the duty of
the Union to guarantee to every citi-
zen tho full enjoyment CT his liberty
until he forfcits it by crime-such are
the broad and firm foundations of our
National cdifce; and palsi>d be the
hand vhirh shall seek to displace
them! Though no: Jet twenty years
old, tho Republican party has com
plcted the noble fabric Emancipation,
and may fairly invoke thereon the
sternest judgment OF MN and tho be-
nignant smile Of God.
Henceforth. TIE mission Of our Re.
public is one Of Peaceful Progress. T
protect the weak and the humble from
violence and oppression, 70 extend the
boundaries and diffuse the blessings of
Civllization-to stimulate Ingenuity to
the production Of new inventions for
ec"nomizing Labor and thus cnlarcioe
Production Ito draw nearer to each
other the producers Of F"d and Ct
FnbrioI, If Grains and ut Metals, and
thus enhance the grains If industry
by reducing the cost Of Transport, lion
and exchanges between farmers and
artisans SUCH Is tn: inspiring task to
which this Nation now addresse, it.
self, and BY which it would fain con.
tributsd t, the progress, enIightca-
mcnt, and happiness Of our race To
this great and Aood wo,k, the Tri1.
anc contributes its Jealous, persistent
efforts.
Agriculture will contlnu. to be
more especially clucidated in its |
Wee*ly and SINH eokly editions, to
which some of ablest and most sue.
eessiul tillers Of the soil will ste IDLY
contribute. No farmer who sells $500
worth Of produce per onnum can afford
to do with out our Markets Reports, or
others equally lucid and comprchen.
sive. fine should read nothing else
but what relates to MS own calling aud
its rewards, believe that NJ farmer who
can read a. ali con afford to do without
such journal as the Tribune. And
We aspire to make it equally valuable