New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-04-20
n. Y. TRIBUNE.
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multiform agonies, bereavements devastatons
the American Idea embodied in the preamble
to our fathers Declaration of independence
approaches its complete realization. The no
BILE, inspiring assertion that " all men are created
equal and endowed by their Creator with
inahenable rights to life, liberty, and the pur
suit of happiness, is no longer glittering gen.
| erality, poets fancy, a philosophers specula-
uon but the recognized base of our political
| fabric The benign Revolution, which dates
from the Boston Massacre of 1870, finds its
| logical completion, Just one century later, in
the WITH Amendment, which gives To the equal
| political and evil rights ot every man born or
naturalized in our Republic the shield and de
| Tense of the Federal Constitution. The pillows
| of Caste and Privilege may roar and rage around
that rock, and may transiently seem on the
point OF washing II away; but It's foundations
are decp-laid and steadiast, and the breakers Of
Reaction and Slavery are hurled against and
dash their spray over il in vain.
We do not underrate the forces of Prejudice
and Aristocracy. We do not forget that a very
large minority Of the American People still
hold in their nmoSt hearts that Blacks have no
rights which Whites are bound IN respect We
fully appreciate the desperation whcrewith all
the warning elements of hatred To Republican
achievement will be combined and hurled against
the hattcmcnts of Republican aScendcncy In
the Presidential Election of 1872. We do not
doubt that local successes, facilitated by Re
publican icUds and diSSeuSIonS, will inspire the
charging host with a sangune hope of victory.
such nervcd it to put forth its utmost strength
in the earlier stages of the contests of 1861 aud
1865. Yet cur faith is clear and strong that the
American People still bless God that, on the
red battle fields of our late Civil War, the Union
was upheld 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
tba str rla nv a.,
gent ends. To State Sovereignty it opposes
indissoluble National Integrity; to Slavery for
Blacks Liberty for All to Prescription, En-
franchisement; to Popular Ignorance, Uniyer-
sal Education; to intensity and eternity OF
wrathful Hate. universal and invincible Good
Will II would fain do its utmost to hasten the
glad day when the South shall vie with the
North in exuI,ation and gratitude over the dis
appearance of the last trace or taint OF that
spirit which mpellcd Man to eNult in the owner
ship and chattelhood of his fellow Man.
Profoundly do we realize that the contest Is
not yet ended-that Millions mourn, more or
less publicly the downfall of the shareholders
Confederacy, and rear their children to hate
those by whose vaor and consistency Its over
throw was achieved. If we ever seem to differ
essentially from other Republicans, our convic-
ton that magnanlmity is never weakness, that
vengeance is never polite, and that devils are
not cut out hy BeelZebub must serve 10 explain
alleged eccentricities whose perfect vindication
We leave to Time and Reflection.
THE TRIBUNE has been, Is, and must be,
Jealous advocate of Protection to Home In
dustry. Regarding habitual idleness as tho
greatest foe TO human progress, the bane OF hui
man happiness, We seek to win our countrymen
in masses from the ensnaring lures of Specula-
ton, of Traffic and of always over-crowded Pro
fessions, to the tranquil paths of Productive
Industry. We would gladly deplete our over
crowded cities, where thousands vainly Jostle
and crowd in misguided quest of " Something
to d." to cover prairies and plains with colo
MES absorbed in 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, bcnefcent diffusion of Production IN all
its phases and departments, and SO to the IN
strucion Of our people in all the gainiul arts ot
Peace, we urge our cOuntrymen 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 -eminently a
Ne,CS paper. Its correspondents traverse every
State, are present every important battle field,
are early advised of every notable Cabinet deer
sion, observe the proceedings of Congress, Legs
latures, and of Conventions, and report To us by
telegraph all that seems of general interest. We
Europe by Cable far more than our entire re-
ceipts for the issue in which those advices
reached our readers If lavish outlay, unsleep-
ing vigilance. aud mbouudcd faith in the hber-
ahty and dsccrumcnt of the reading public, will
| enable to make Journal which has no supe
| rior III the accuracy, variety, and freshness of
| ITS contents, InE TRIBUNE shall be such Jour
nal
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