The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1871-03-02
PHE N. Y. TRIBUNE
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Through strugg and suT, ring. nj
the cost of multiiOrm agonies, bereave-
ments devssiatious, the American
Idea embodied in he preamble to our
fathers Declaration o! Independence
approachc, its complete realization
The noble, inspiring assertion that
all men are created equal, - and en-
lowed nv their creator with inaicn.
able right TO lite, liberty. and The pur.
suit OF h,ppinesS, is n longer gilt
rering generally, poets fancy phi
lusopher's speculation but the rerog
nized basis ofour political fabric. The
benign Rcvolut on. which dates from
the Boston Massacre Of l770. finds its
legicsl completion. just one century
later, in tho XVII Amendment.
which gives to the equal political aud
civil rights OF every nan born or nat
urallzsd in our Republic the shield
and defense oi the Frdoral Con.riru
ton. The biluas Of Caste and Priv
icge may roar aud rage around that
rock, aud may transiently seem on tho
poiut OF washing it away hut il.
foHhdations are deep laid and stead
fast, aud the breakers Of reaction ami
Slavery are hurled against and dash
their spray over II in vain
We do not undcrrato the forces Of
Prejudice and Arsi0cracV. We do
not forget that very large minority
OF tho American People still hold ia
their inmost hearts that Blacks have
no right which Whites are bound to
respect. We fully appreciate the
desperation wherewi,h all tho war
ring clements of hatred TO the Rppub-
llcan achievement will be combined
and hurled against tho battlemenrs Of
Republican ascendancy in the Presi
dental election OF 1872 We do not
doubt that local successes, saciitutcd
by Republican, feuds and disseusions,
will Inspire the charging host with
sanFuiuo hope Of victory, suchus ner-
we'd il TO put forth its utmost strength
in the earlier stages of the Conquest
of 1864 and 1868. Yet our faith is
clear aud strong that the American
people still bless God that, on the red
battle fields Of our late Civil War. the
Unisn was upheld and slavery de-
destroyed, aud will never conscio usly
decide that the precious blood thereon
poured ont was Iarished in vain.
The Tribune believes in the prose.
cution OF the great struggle by legiti-
mate means to beneicent ends To
State sovereignty, 1t opposes indissol
ublc National Iltegrily; to Slavery
Tor Blacks, Liberty for All TO pro-
scriptiou, Enfranchisement to Pop
ular Ignorance, Universal Education;
TO intensity and eternity of wrathful
Hate, universal and invincible Good
Will. Ii would tain do it's utmost to
hasten the glad day when the South
shall vie with the North in exultation
and gratitude oversize disappearance
OF the last trace or taint of that spirit
which impelled Man to exult in the
ownership aud chattlehood OF his fell
low Man.
Profoundly do we realize that the
contest is moi yet ended--that Mill
ions mourn, more or less publicly, the
downfall Of the slaveholders' Confed-
eracy, and rear their children to hate
those by whose valor aud coDstancy
its overthrow was achieved II we
ever seem to differ essentially from
other Republicans our conviction that
magoanimity Is never weakness, that
|vepgence is never polite, and that de.
wills are never cast out by Beelxebub,
must serve to explain alleged cccen.
tricities whose pc, feet vindication We
leave TO Time and Reflection.
TuE TRIBUSE has been, 10. aud
must be, Eealous advocate Of Pro.
lection 70 Home Industry Regarding
habitual idleness as tho greatest foe
TO human progress, the bsns uf human
|happinsfe, ~ ~ 20 win our cons-I
|trymep 10 nso9eoe ffpm ths snsnarina
lures Of Speoule,lop, ~ Trade, ~ a
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