The St. Cloud journal. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1866-1876, 1871-12-14
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siVu VI ku0 NOu' O'0a NVW Nue 0U0o1o
throne, and the substitution for the1
Of scion of tho most liberal anon,
royal houses; the virtual absorption
Of the Kingdoms Of Saxony,s Hanover
Bavaria, with Baden, Hesse, the Hans
Towns, 10 under the headship o
Prussia, into the triumphant and pow
erfal empire Of North Germany; aue
the armiug Of Russia to rcassert hel
preponderanco in the councils OF Eu
rope, or to prosecute her often post
poned but never relinqu,shed designs
on the great city founded BY Coustan'
tine and the vast but decaying and an
archical dominion of the Sultan, all
combine to invest with profound inter.
est and ever-changing phase Of our It'd.
ing from the Old World. Tho Erib.
une, through trusted correspondents
stationed at all points in Europe where
great movements arc in progress or i'm.
minent, aims to present complete and
instructive panorama Of events, on
that continent, and to mirror the pro-
longed struggle between middle.age
Feudalism aud Ecclssiasticism on the
one hand and Nineteen. Century. skep.
ticism and secularism on tho other.
Recognizing Divine Providence in al
that proceeds aud is, it looks hopefully
on the great conflict as destined like
our own resent convulsion) to evolve
FROM strife, disaster and seeming chaos,
fairer and happier future for the
toiling masses of mankind. -
In our own country war upon cor
1uption and rascality 10 Office has been
inauguratcd in our City, whereby the
government of our State has been rev.
olutlonised through an initial tri.
umph Of Reform which surpasses the
most sanguiue anticipation. 1t is NOR
aly' certain that the movement thus
inaugurated cannot, IN its progress, be
circumscribed to any locality or any
party, but th,t Its purifying influence
is destined to DO felt in every part o:
the Union, rebukiDg venality, expos
ing robbery, Wrestling power from pol
iticians by trade, and cor6ding it in
those worthiest and fttest to WELD it.
To this beue6ceut and vitality needed
Reform, the Tribune will devote its
best energies, regardless Of personal in
terests or purity predictions, esteem.
ing the choice of honest and faithful
men to Office as Of all New Departures
the most essential and suspicious.
The virtual surrender by the Demo-
cratic party Of its hostility to Equal
Rights regardless of Color has dlvested
our current politics of half their by.
gone intensity. However parties may
heuceforth rise or fall, it is clear that
tho fundamental principles which
have hitherto houorably distineuis he'd
the Republicans are henceforth to be
regarded as practicslly accepted by the
whole country. Tho right Of every
man to lis own limbs and sinews-the
equality Of oil citizens before the law
the inability of State to enslave
any portion Gifts peoplc-the duty Of
the Union to guarantee to every citi-
zen the full enjoyment of bis liberty
until he forfeits it by crime-such are
the broad and firm foundations of our
National edi6ce; and palsicd be the
hand which shall seek to displace
them Though not yot twenty years
I'D, the Republican party has com.
=pleted the noble fabric Emancipation,
and may fairly invoke thereon the
sternest judgment of Man and the be-
nignant smile of God.
Henceforth, TIE mission of our Re-
public is one Of Peaceful Progress. T
protect the weak and the humble from
Violence and oppression, to extend the
boundaries and ditfusc the blessings of
Jiv'lization-to stimulate Ingenuity to
he production Of new inventions for
'conomiziug Labor and thus enlargiog
Production draw nearer to each
'ther the producers Of Food and Of
fabrics, of Grains and Of Metals, and
bus enhance the grains Of Industry
y reducing the cost Of transpor,a ton
nd exchanges between farmers and
rtisaus- such is the inspiring task to
lhich this Nation now addresses it.
elf, and by which it would fain con-
ributed t, the progress, enlighten-
,eut, and happiness Of our race. To
bis great and good work, the Trt6-
ne contributes it's Jealous, persistent
Horts - frr-.'-s'" ''.'
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Agriculture will continue to be
lore especially elucidated in its
Weekly and SINH Weekly editions, to
hich some Of ablest and mos: sue
,ssful tillers Of the, soil will steadily
,ntributo. No farmer who sells $500
orth Of produce per sunum can afford
do without our Markets Reports, or
hers equally lucid and comprehen-
We. Ifhe should read nothing else
at whit relates to his ovn calling aud
- rewards, believe that nu farmer who
10 read at all can afford to do without
,ch a journal a. the Tribune. And
Q aspire 10 make i equally valuable
those engaged in other departments
Productive Labor. We spend more
I'D moro money on our columns each
.ar. a. lour fcountrvmen's generous