The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-18
THE
NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
FOR 1879.
THE

The consolidation Of Italy, so long frag-
mentary and impotent, into one powerful
State. with Rome as its capital; the hu.
initiation Of France through O series of
crushing defeats, ending with the siege
and capitulation of her proud and gay me-
| tropolis; the expulsion of the Burbops from
| the Spanish throne, and the substitution
for them of scion of the most liberal
| among royal houses; the virtual absorption
of the Kingdoms of Saxony, Wurttcmberg,
Bavaria, with Baden. Hcsse, the Hanse
| Towns, &C., under the headship of Prussia,
, into the triumphant and powerful empire
of Germany; and the arming of Russia to
reassert her preponderance in the councils
of Europe, or to prosecute her often post
poned but never relinguished designs on
| the great city founded by Constantine and
the vast but decaying and anarchial do
minion 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 correspon-
dents stationed at all points in Europe
where great movements are in progress or
| imminent, aims 10 present q complete and
| instructive panorama of events on that con-
tinent, and to mirror the prolonged strug.
| gle between middle-age Feud-
aljsm and Ecclesiasticism on the one hand
and Nineteenth Century skepticism and Sec
| ularism on the other. Recognizing a Di-
vine Providence in all that proceeds and is,
it looks hopefully on the great conflict as
destined Cike our our recent convulsion)
to evolve from strife, disaster. and seeming
chaos. a fairer and happier future for the
toiling masses of mankind.
In our own country, n war upon corrup
| ton and rascality in office has been inau-
gurated in our City, whereby the govern
ment of our State has been revolutionized
through an initial triumph of Reform which
surpasses the most sanguine anticipations.
, 1t is morally certain that the movement
thus inaugurated cannot, in its progress, be
circumscribed to any locality or any party,
but that its purifying influence is destined
to be felt in every part of the Union, re.
buking venality, exposing robbery, wrest-
ing power from politicians by trade, and
contiding it to those worthiest and fittest
to wie'd it.. To this benefcent and vitally
needed Reform, THE TRIBUNE will devote its
best energies, regardless of personal inter
ests or party predictions, esteeming the
! choice of honest and faithful men to office
as Of all New Departures the most essen
tial and auspicious.
The virtual surrender by the Democratic
party of its hostility to Equal Rights re-
gardess of Color has divested our current
politics of half their bygone intensity.
However parties may henceforth rise or
fall, it is clear that the fundamental princi-
| Piles which have hitherto honorably distin.
guished the Republicans are henooforth to
be regarded as practically accepted by the
whole country. The right Of every man to
his own limbs and sinews--the equality of
all citizens before the law-the inability of
a State to enslave any portion of its people
the duty of the Union to guarantee to
every citizen the full enjoyment of his lib
cry until he forfeits it by crime-such are
the broad and firm foundations of our Ma
| tional editce; and palsied be the hand which
shall seek to dispiace them! Though not
yet twenty years old, the Republican party
has completed rhe noble fabric of Emancl-
pation and may fairly invoke thereon the
sternest judgment Of Man and the benig-
| nant smile OF God
Henceforth, the mission of our Republic
| is one of Peaceful Progress. To protect
the weak and the humble from violence and
| oppression--to extend the boundaries and
ditfuse the blessings Of Ciyilzstion-to
| stimulate Ingenuity 10 the production OF
new inventions for economizing Labor and
enlarging PI Ioduction-to draw nearer to
each other the producers Of Food and of
| Fabrics, of Grains and of Metals, and thus
enhance the gains of Industry by reducing
the cost of transportation and exchanges
| between farmers and artisans-such is the
inspiring task to which this Nation now
addresses itself, and by which it would fain
contribute 20 the progress, enlightenm ent,
and happiness Of our race. To this great
and good work, The TRIBUNE contributes
its Jealous, persistent efforts
Agriculture will continue TO be more es-
pecialy elucidated in its Weekly and Semi
Weekly editions; to which some of the
ablest and most successful tillers of the
soil will steadily contribute. No farmer
who sells $500 worth o. produce per an
mum can afford to do without our Market
Reports, or others equally lucid and COM
prehensive. If he should read nothing
else but what relates 10 his own calling and
| it's rewards, we believe that no farmer who
can read at all can afford to do without such
journal as The TR.BUSE. And We aspire
to make it equally valuable to those en-
gagged in other departments of Productive
Labor. We spend more and more money
on our columns each year, as our country
mems generous patronage enables US to do;
aud we are resolved that our issues of for
mer years shall be excelled in varied ex.
cellence and interest by those of 1872.
Friends in every State! help us to make our
journal better and better, by sending in
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