Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1872-08-28
The Campaign Tribune.

IHE CHICAGO TRIBUNE is an lndepend-
ent Republican journal which supports Greeley
and Brown and the Cincinnati Platform 1t
believes that since all the distinctive princi-
pies OF the Republican party have been accom-
plished, and all organized opposition to those
principles has ceased, there is something bet
ter to engage the attention of the people than
to fight old battles over again. II holds that
the most important thing to be done now is to
effect complete reconciliation between the
North and the South. Those two great sec
uons OF our common country have been in
bitter hostility toward each other more than
a quarter OF century in reference to the insti-
tuition of Slavery. Eleven years ago this hos
thty broke out in War; Seven years ago the
War terminated, the Rebellion was crushed,
and Slavery abolished both by force of arms
and by Constitutional Amendment. Since that
time the Southern States have been recon-
structed, Impartial Suffrage has been estab-
hshed, the payment of the National debt Sc
cured, and the payment of the Rebel debt
prohibited by Constitutional Amendments.
All the OLD obstacles to Permanent Peace and
accommodation between the North and the
South have been removed. To effect such a
return OF Friendship and raternal feeling, to
the end that there may no longer be any enc
MES of our Government in our own midst is
The principal mission of the Liberal Republi-
can party which assembled at Cincinnati on the
lSt OF May, whose platform and nominees have
been wisely and periodically indorsed by the
Baltimore Convention.
1HE CHICAGO TRIBUNE is an organ of Pro
GRs SIS. 1t believes that there are a multitude
OF abuses to be reformed, and that no time
should be lost in combating them. The Civil
Service of the Government has become an
instrument of party tyranny, and an object of
selfish greed. 1t is the great corruptor of
public morals and legislation. The Federal
offices are openly used to control conventions
and elect1ons,-that is to say, the taxes COL
lected from The People are employed to over
ride the Peoples will. The evidence of this
fact is pre- sented to the public every day. and
the proofs OF it were furnished overwhelmingly
by the recent Custom House investigation in
New York. No Administration has ever car
red this practice to such dangerous lengths
as that of President Grant, and it is now be-
coming question whether the People them
selves are strong enough to throw oft the yoke
that has been imposed upon them. The CHI-
CAGo TRIBUNE will labor for thorough Reform
of the Civil Service
The country also needs Reform in the Reve-
nue. system, whereby the taxes collected from
the People shall go into the Public Treasury
and not into the Golfers of privat individuals
and corporations. The CHICAGO TRIBUNE
holds that the doctrine of Protection is a de.
fusion, whereby millions of dollars are lost
each year both to the producer and the con.
sumner. 1t will labor, therefore, for such
Reform as will gradually reduce the Tariff to 3
may be as free as the revenue requirements o
the Government, economically administered
will admit.
In short, THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE proposes tt
act in the Living Present, and leave the Deat
Past to bury its dead. 1t claims for it,
course the merit of Honesty and Independ
encc. 1t has 10 affiliations with any class o
office-holders or ofice-seekers. Its relations
are with the People only 1t seeks to elevate
the standard Of political intelligence ant
morality m and to encourage independence
of thought among its readers. In this en-
deayor 1t has been amply sustained. From
this course it will not be swerved
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