White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1871-02-02
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE

Through struggle and suffering, At the cost
Of multiform agonies, bereavements. devasea-
tons, the American Idea embodied in the Pre-.
amble t. our fathers Declaration Of Indepen-
dsnce, approaches it, complete realization.
The noble, inspiring assertion that "all men
are created equal" and endowed By their
Creator with inalieuable rights TO life. liberty,
and the pursuit Of happiness. is no longer
glittering generality. p ,et's fancy, phi'oso-
piers speculation, but the recognized base Of
our political fabric. The benign Revolution.
which dates from the Boston Massacre Of ITO.
fuds its logical completion. jast one century
later, in the XVIII Amendment, which gives 70
the equal political and civil rights Of every
uan born or naturalized in our Republic, the
shield and defen-e of the Federal Constitution.
The bilows Of Caste and Privilege may roar
and rage around that rock, and may transient
ly seem On the point Of washing il away; bu:
its foundations are ceep-laid and steadfast, and
The breakers Of Reaction and Slavery are huri-
ed against and dash their spray over il in vain.
We do not underrate the forces of Prejudice
and ..ristocracy. We do not forget that
very large minority Of the American People
still hold in their Utmost hearts that Blacks
have no rights which Whites are bound to re-
spect. We fully appreciate the desperation
where sith all the wsrrins elements Of hatred
to Republican achievement: will be combined
and hurled against the batilemrnts Of kepub'
lican ascendency in the Presidential Election
Of 1872. We do not doubt that local success
es, facilitated by Republican feuds and di-sep
sions. will inspire the charging host with
sanguine hope Of victory, such as nerved it to
put forth its utmost strength In the earlier sta.
gee Of the contests of 1854 and 1868. Yet our
faith is elea, esd sassSsrtha the American
People still bless God that. on the redsbattle-
fields Of our late Civil War. the Union was up.
held and Slavery destroyed, and will never
consciously decide that the precious blood
thereon poured out was lavished in sain.
The Tribune believes in the prosecution OF
the great struggle BY legitimate means 10 be.
neficent ends. To State Sovereignty, it op-
poses indissoluble National Integrity; tn Sla-
| very for Blacks, Liberty fer All; to Proscrip-
ton, Eufrauchisement; to Popular Ignorance,
Universal Education; to intensity and eternity
| of xrathful Hate, universal and invinciole
Good Will. IL would fain 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 trace OF
faint of that spirit which inpelled Man to ex.
| ult in the ownership AMI cha,telhood of his
fellow Man.
|
| not yet ended-that Millions mourn, more OF
less publicly, the downfall of she Shareholders
Confederacy, and rear their children to hate
| those BY whose valor and constancy its over.
throw vas achieved. If We ever seem to diff.
fer essentially from other Republicans, oul
| conviction that magnanimity 10 never weak
| ness. that vengeance is never polite, and tina,
| devils are not cast out by Beeizebub, must
serve to explain alleged eccentricities whose
feet vindication 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 idIeness as the great.
| est foe to human progress. the bane of human
happiness, We seek to win our countrymen il
masses from the ensnaring lures of Speculation,
Of Traffic, and Of always overcrowded PROBES
| sions, to the tranquil paths of Productive In
dustry. We would gladly deplete our over.
| crowded cities, where thousands vainly jostls
and crowd in misguided quest of " Something
to Do" TO cover prairies and plains with col
onies absorbed in Agriculture, Mechanics and
Manufactures, and constantly projecting into
| the blank, void wilderness the homes and the
works Of civilized Man. Holding the Protec.
| ton Of Home Industry BY discriminating duties
OH imported Wares and Fabrics essential to the
rapid, benefcent diffusion of Production in all
| its phases and departments. and 50 to the in
struction of our people in all the gainful arts
Of Peace, We urge our countrymen to adhere
to and uph I'D that policy. in uudoubting faith
that the true interest, not of Q class or a sec
ton, but Of each section and every useful
class, is thereby subserved and promoted.
The Tribune aims to be pre-eminently
Newspaper lts correspondents traverse eve
~ State. are present on every important bat
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Cabinet decision, observe the proceedings Of
Congress, Of Legislatures, and of Conventions
and report to US by telegraph all that seems Of
general interest. We have paid for one day,
momentous advices from Europe by Cable
far more than our entire receipts for the issue
in which those advices reached our readers
| If lavish outlay, unsleeping vigilance, and un
bounded faith in TIE iiberality and discernmeni
of the reading public, will enable US to make q
| Journal which has no superior in the accuracy
variety, and freshness Of its contents, The
Tribune shall be such journal.
| To Agriculture and The subservient arts, We
have devoted, and shall persi-tently devote,
more meas and space than any Of our rivals
We aim to make The Weekly Tribune 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 Hisrkets. are SO full and
accurate. our essays in calculation Of the far.
mer's calling, and our regular reports Of the
Farmers Club and kindred gatherings, are 90
int esting. that the poorest farmer will find
therein a mine Of suggestion and counsel, oil
| which he cannot remain ignorant without pos.
tive and serious loss. We sell The Weekly
to Clubs for less than it's value in dwellings foi
waste paper; and, though its subscription is
already very large. We believe that . Hall
Million more farmers will take IL whenever il
shall be commended to their attention. We
ask our friends everywhere to aid us 10 &C
commendingit.
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