Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-01-11
The New York Tribune,
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Through Stru ggle and suffering, ettbe cost
of multIol IN ugonies, bereavements, devasta-
ton the American Idea, embo ed in the pre-
aInbie to our father5' Declaration OF lndepen-
dJnce approaches lis complete realization. The
mob lie. inspiring assertion that "all men are
created equal, and endowed by their Creator
wi til inaien able rights to life, liberty, and the
pursuit OF happi ness, is no longer glitter y
generaiitY,a poets fancy, phiIosopher's spec
!ation, but the rec ognized base OF our polit
zeal ia oric. The benign Revolution, which
dates from the Boston Massacre OF l7fo, finds
its logical completion, just one century Liter,
in the XVIII amendment, which gives to the
equal political and civil rights of every man
born or na.ura lied in our Republic the shield
and defense Of he Federal Constitution. The
pillows OF Caste and Privilege may roar and
rage around that rock, and may traLsiently
seem on the poin of washing it away F.: but its
foundations are deep-laid and steadfast, and
breakers Of Reaction and Slavery are hurled
against and dash their spray overit in vain.
We da n0tunderrate the forces of Pre- JUDGE
and aristocracy. We oonot forget that very
large minority of the American People still
holl in their Utmost hearts THAI Blacks have no
ri hts which hites arc bound TO respect. We
fully appreciate the desperation whercwilh q II
the warning eene ns Of hatred to Republican
achievement Will be combined and hurled
against the baItlements of Republican ascen-
dency in the Presidential Election of 1872. We
do not doubt that local successes, facilitated by
Republican feuds and discussions, will inspire
the charging host with ii sanguine hope of vic
tory, such nerved it to put forth its utmost
trength in the earlier stages of the con tests Of
1864 and 1868. Yet our faith is clear and
strong that the American people still bless God
that, On the red battle fields Of our late Civil
Var, the Union was upheld and Slavery des-
troyed, and viii never consciously decide that
the precious blood thereon poured out was law
ished in vain.
THE TRIBUNE believes in the prosecution of
the great struggle by legitimate means to BEN
ehcent ends. To State Sovereignty, it opposes
indissoluble National Integrity to Slavery for
Blacks, Liberty for -4ll 10 Prescription, En-
reimbursement; to Popular ignorance, Univer-
sal Education; to intensity and eternity of
wrathiul Hate, universal and iByincible Good
Will 1t would fuin do lis utmost to hasten
the glad day when the South shall vie with the
North in exuitution and gratitude th e dis
appearance of the last trace or faint of that
spirit which impelled Man to exult in the
ownership and chattelhood of his fellow Man
Profoundly do realize that the contest is
not yet endod-that Millions mourn, more or
less publicly the downfall Of the sla veholders'
Confedcracy, and rear their children to hate
those by whose valor and constancy its over
throw was achieved. 1t we ever seem to differ
essentially from other Rel ublicans our convic-
ton that magnanimity is never weakness, that
vengeance is never polite, and that devils are
not cast ont by Bce,zebub. must serve to ex-
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dication we leave to Time and Reflection.
THE TRIBUNE has been. is and must be, q
Jealous advocate Of Protection to Home Indus
try. Regarding habitual idleness as the great
est foe to human progress, the bane Of hum an
happiness, we seek to win our country men in
asses from the ensnaring lures of Specula-
ton, of Traffic, and OF always overcrowded
Professions, to the tranquil paths of Produc-
tive Industry. We would gladly deplete our
overcrowded cities. where thousands vunly
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thing TO Do" to cover prairie@ and plains with
colonies absorbed in agriculture, Mechanics
and Manufactures and constantly projecting
into the blank, void wilderness the homes and
the works of civilized Man. Holding the Pro-
lection of Home Industry by discriminating
duties o n i'm =, rtcd Wares and Fabrics essen
tial to the rapid. i'cnofeent diffusion OF Produc
ton in all its phases and departments and 20
to hv Instruction of our people III ii II the gai T.
full arts of Peace. urge orr countrymen TO
adhere to and uphold that policy III undoubt-
ing faith that the true il tercst, not Of a class
or section but OF each section md every useful
class is thereby subscrved and promoted.
THE TRIBUNE aims TO be IRE eminently a
NelCS paper. Its sVendeLis tran erse every
State, are present on every important battle
field, are early advised of every notable Cabi-
net decision, observe the proceedings of Con-
gress of Legislatures, and of Conventions and
report to Us by telegraph all that seems of gen.
erai interest. We have paid for one days m D.
mentous adviees from Europe by Cable far more
than our entire receipts for the issue in w hic b
those adyices reached our readers. If lavish
outlay, unsleeping vigilance and unbounded
faith in the lberality and discernment Of the
reading public, will enable us to make 8 jour
nal which has no superior in the accuracy va
rety. and freshness of its contents. THE TR:-
BUNE shall be such Il journal.
To agriculture and the subservient arts, We
have devoted, and sholl persistently devote,
more means and space than any of our rivals.
We aim to make the WEEKLY TRIR UNE such a
paper as no farmer can afford to do without,
however widely his politics may differ from
ours. Our reports OF the Cattle, Horse. Pro
duce and General Markets, are so full and ac-
curate. our essaysin education Of the farmers
calling, and our regular reports of the Farmers
Club and kindred gatherings, areso interesting
that the poorest ia rmer viii find therein mine
of suggestion and counsel of which hecannot
remain ignorant without positive and serious
loss. We sell The Weekly to Clubs for less
than its valu' in dwellings for waste paper and
though its subscription is already very large,
we believe that Half Million more farmers
viii take it whspever it shall be commended to
their attent on " e ask our frien dis eveTyW here
to aid us in 50 commenting it.