White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-03-30
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
1871. -

Through struggle and suffering. at the COS
Of msltiform agonies. bereavemenis, devaets
tons. the American Idea embodied in the pre-
amble to our fathers Declaration Of 1ndepen
denee, approaches its complete realization
The noble. inspiring assertion that "sh me-
are created equal" and endowed BY thei
Creator With inalienable rights to life. liberty
and the pursuit. Of happiness. is no longer I
Offering generality, q p vets fancy, philoso
piers speculation, bat the recognized base o
our political fabric. The benign Revolution
which dates from the Boston Massacre of ITO
6nds its logical completion, just one centur!
later. in the XVIII Amendment. which gives 4
the equal political and civil rights OF every
man born naturalixed in our Republic. the
shield and defen-e Of the Federal Constitution
The pillows Of Caste and Privilege may roaI
and rage around that rock. anu may transient
iy seem on the point Of washing il away; but
its foundations are teep-laid and steadfast, and
the breakers of Reaction and Slavery are hurI.
ed against and dash their spray over it in vain
We do not underrate the forces Of Prejudice
and Aristocracy. We do not forget that q
very large minority Of the American People
still hold in their Utmost hearts that Blacks
hare no rights which Whites are bound to re-
spect. We fully appreciate the desperation
Where~ith all the warning elements of hatred
I
and hurled against the ba.tlemcnts of Repub-
lican ascendency in the Presidential Election
OF 1872. We do not doubt that local success
es, facilitated by Republican feu,is and dssen
sions. will inspire the charging host with q
sanguine hope OF victory, such as nerved it to
put forth its utmost strength In the earlier sta
ges of the contests of 1864 and 1868. Yet our
faith is clear and strong that the American
People still bless God that. on the redstattle
fields Of our late Civil War, the Union vas up
held and Slavery destroyed, and will never
consciously decide that the precious blood
thereon poured out was lavished in vain.
The Tribune believes in the prosecution of
the great struggle BY Legitimate means TO be-
ne6cent ends. To State Sovereignty, il op-
poses iEdssoluble National lutegrity; to Sla-
very for Blacks, Liberty for All; to Proscrip-
ton. Enfranchisement; to Popular Ignorance.
Universal Education; to intensity and eternity
of wrathfnl Hate, universal aud invincible
Good Will. IL would fiiu do its utmost to
hasten the glad day when the South shall vie
with the North in exultation and gratitude
over the disappearance Of the last trSce or
faint Of that spirit which impelled Man to ex-
ult in the ownership and chattelhood of his
fellow Man.
Profoundly do We realize that the contest is
not yet ended-th.t Millions mourn, more or
less publicly, the downfall Of she Shareholders
and rear their children to hate
those by whose valor and constancy its over.
throw was achieved. If We ever seem to dit.
Ter essentially from other Republicans, our
that magnanimity 10 never weak.
ness, that vengeance is never polite. and that
devils are not cast out BY BeeIxebub, must
serve to explain alleged eccentricities whose
pei feet v:ndication 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 human |
happiness, we seek to win our countrymen in |
masses from the ensnarins lures Of Speculation,
Of Traffic, and OF always overcrowded PROBES |
sions, to the tranquil paths of Productive In |
iustry. We would gladly depletc our over
crowded cities, where thousands vainly tostls |
and crowd in misguided quest Of Something |
70 Do" to cover prairies and plains with col
,nies absorbed in Agriculture, Mechanics and |
Manufactures, and constantly projecting into
he blank, void wilderness the homes and the |
works Of civilized Man. Holding the Protec-
ion Of Home Industry BY discriminating duties
,h imported Wares and Fabrics essential to the
'apid, bene6cent diffusion of Production in all
ts phases and departments. and so to the in
If Peace, we urge our countrymen to adhere
% and uph I'D that policy, in undoubting faith
hat the true interest, not of q class or sec.
ION, but of each section and every useful
class, Is thereby subserved and promoted.
The Tribune aims to be pref minently |
Newspaper. Its correspondents traverse eve
Y State, are present on every important bat
lie field, are early advised Of every notable
Cabinet decision, observe the proceedings of
Congress, OF Legislatures, and Of Conventions,
md report to US by telegraph all that seems of
General interest. We have paid for one days
nomentous advices from Europe BY Cable,
ar more than our entire receipts for the issue
n which those advices reached our readers.
{ lavish outlay, unslceping vigilance. and IN
ounded faith in the liberality and discernment
4 the reading public, will enable US TO make a
,urnal which has no superior in the accuracy,
ariety, and freshness of its contents, The
tribune shall be such journal.
To Agriculture and .he subservient arts, We
ave devoted, and shall persistently devote.
nore meas and space than any Of our rivals.
We aim to make The Weekly Tribune such a
aper rs no farmer can afford to do without,
owever widely his politics may differ from
urs. Our reports of the Cattle, Horse, Pro- {
nee, and General Markets, are so full and !
our essays in calculation Of the far !
,er's calling. and our regular reports of thu |
armets' Club and kindred gatherings, are SO =
lter esting. that the poorest farmer will find 4
herein mine of suggestion and counsel, of ,
hich he cannot remain iguorant without pos.
i've and serious loss. We sell The Weekly
, Clubs for less than its value in dwellings for
aste paper; and. though its subscription is
lready very large, we believe that a Halt
iilIion more farmers will take il whenever it
hall be commended to their attention. We
* our friends everywhere to aid Us in 50
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