The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-19
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Fol. 1872
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atine of France through series Of crushipo
defeats, ending with the siege and capitula-
ton of her proud and gay metropolis the
| exnt,Jsion of the Bourbons from the Spanish
throne, and the substitution for them Of i
! scion Of the most liberal among royal houses.
the Virtual absorption of the kingdoms Of
saxony, Wurte1nburg, Bavaria, with Baden
Hesse, the Hanse Towns, etc, under tba
headship of Prussia, into the triumphant and
powerful empire Of Germany and the arm.
ING Of Russia to reassert her preponderance
in the Councils Of EUROPE, or to prosecute
The often postponed but never relinquished
| designs on the great city founded by Con
stantine and the vast but deeaying and an.
arc; ial dominion of the Sultan, all combine
! to invest with profound interest the ever.
changing phases of our tidings from the Old
| World The Tribune. through trusted cor.
respondents stationed at all points in En-.
| rope where great movements are in progress,
or imminent, aims to present a complete and
instructive panorama of events on that cor.
tinent, and to mirror the prolonged strugs,e
between middle-aged Feudalism and Eecles;-
| astieisIn on the one hand and Nineteenth.
Century skepticism and secularism on thu
other. Recognizing Divine Providence in
all that proceeds ant. is, it looks hopefully ON
| the great conflict as destined like eur own
recent conyulsioni to evolve from strife. dis
aster, aud seeming chaos, a fairer and han
| pier future for the toiling masses of mankind
| III our own country, a war upon corruption
and rascality in Office has been inaiigurated
! in our City, whereby the government of our
State has been. rev olationized through an in
| itial triumph of Reform which surpasses tie
most sanguine antieipations. 1t is morally
certain that the movement thus inaug,rated
cannot, in its progress, be :eireun.scribed to
any locality or any party, bue that its puri-
| flying influence is destined to be felt in every
I part Of the Union, a1,buking yenality, expos
| ing robbery, WI stang power from politicians
| by trade, and confiding it III those worthiest
and tittest to WELD it. To this benetieept
and vitality needed Reform, Tie Tribune will
/ devote It's best energies, regardless of per-s
senal interests or party predictions. esteen-
| ing the choice of honest and faithful men to
Office as of all New Departures the most es-
| sential and suspicious.
| The virtual surrender by the Democratic
| party OF its hostility y Equal Rights regard
/ less Of Color has Invested our current pol;-
ties of half their bygoHe intensity. However
parties may henceforth rise oT fall. it is clear
that the fundamental principles which have
hitherto honorably dist;n guished the Reput-
hcans are henceforth to be regarded az prae-
| ticaiiy accepted by the whole country Tho
right OF every man to his own limbs and sim
cWs-the equality Of all citizens before the
| law-the inability of State to enslave anr
portion of its people-tlie duty Of the Union
TO guarantee to every citizen the full enjoy
meIt of his liberty until he forfeits it bT
crIme-sueh are the broad and firm fuunda-
tons Of our National editice; and palsied be
thu. hand that shall seek to displace them!
| Though not yet twenty years old the Kepub-
leah party has completed the noble ia nric u
Emancipation. and may fairly invoke theret
| on the sternest judgment Of Man and the be-
nignant smile Of God.
Henceiorth the mission of our Republic il
one Of Peaceful Progress 70 protect the
weak and the humble from violence and OPP
pression-to extend the boundaries and DIFF
fuse the blessings Of Civilization-to stimu-
late Ingenuity to the production of new III
ventlons tor econonlizing Labor and thus
charging Producton-to draw nearer to
each ether the producers of Food and Fab
ries. of Grains and of Metals, aud thus ell.
nance the gains of Industry by reducing thu
cost OF transportation and exchanges between
farmers a'>d artisans-sueli is the inspiring
task to which the Nation now addresses ITSELF
andbF which 1t would fam contribute to the
progress. eniightenmenta and happiness OF our
race 10 this great and good work, Tie Ir-
basae contributes its zealons. persistent efiorts
Agriculture will continue to he more es
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ont our Market Reports, or others equally
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