The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-18
THE
NEW YORK TRIB UNE.
For. 1872.

The CONSOLIDATION OF 1Ialy, so long rag
lnentary and impotent, into one powerful
State, with Rome as its capital; the humil-
ating of France through series of crushing
defeats, ending with the siege and capitula-
ton of her proud and gay metropolis; the
expulsion OF the Bourbons 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, Wurtemburg, Bavaria, with Baden.
Hesse, the Hanse Towns, etc., under the
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
her often postponed but never relinquished
designs on the great city founded by Con-
stantine and the vast but deeaying and an
archial 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 Eu-
rope where great movements are in progress
or imminent aims to present complete and
instructive panorama of events on that CON
tinent, and to mirror the prolonged struggle
between middle-aged Feudalism and Ecclesi-
astieism ON the one hand and Nineteenth-
Century s5epticism and secularism on the
other. Recognizing Divine Providence in
all that proceeds and is, it looks hopefully on
the great conflict as destined like our own
recent convulsionl to evolve from strife, dis
aster aud seeming chaos a fairer and hap
pier future for the toiling masses of mankind
In our own country, war upon corruption
and raseality in Office has been inaugurated
in our City, whereby the government of our
State has been reyolutioniZed through an in
itial triumph of Reform which surpasses the
most sanguine antieipations. 1t is morally
certain that the movement thus inaugurated
cannot, in it's progress, be circumscribed to
any locality or any party. but that its puri-
| flying influence is destined TO be felt in every
part of the Union, rebuking venality, expos
| ing robbery, wrestling power from politicians
| by trade, and confiding it in those wortlliest
and fittest TO WELD it. To this benefcent
and vitality needed Reform, The Ti,i5une will
devote its best energies regardless of per-
sonal interests or party predictions, esteem-
| 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 to Equal Rights regard
less of Color has Invested our current poll
ties of half their bygone intensity. However
parties may henceforth rise or fall, it is clear
| that the fundamental principles which have
hitherto honorably distinguished the Repnh-
licans are heneeforth to be regarded as prac-
tieally accepted by the whole country The
right of every man to his own limbs and sin
ews-the equality of all citizens before the
] law-the inability of State to enslaye any
| portion of its people-the duty of the Union
i TO guarantee to every citizen the full enjoy
ment of his liberty until he forfeits it by
| crinle-such are the broad and firm foundu-
items of our National edifice.; and palsied bn
the hand that shall seek to displace them
Though not yet twenty years old, the Repub-
hcan party has completed the noble fabric Of
! Emancipation, and may fairly invoke there
on the sternest Judgment of Man and tho be-
nignant smile of God.
Henceforth the mission of our Republis is
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 in
vehtions for econolnizing Labor and thus
enlarging Production-to draw nearer to
each other the producers of Food and Fab
ries, of Grains and of Metals and thus en-
hance the gains of Industry by reducing the
cost of transportation and exchanges betweeA
farmers and artisans-such is the inspiring
task to which the Nation now addresses itself,
andby which it would fain contribute to the
progress. enlightenment and happiness of our
race. 10 this great and good work, The Iri-
bune contributes its jealous, persistent efforts.
Agriculture will continue to be moro es-
peeially elucidated in its Weekly and Semi
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and most successful tillers of the soil will
contribute. No farmer who sells $500 worth
of produce per aIlnuIn can afford to do with
out orr Market Reports, or others equally
lucid and comprehensive. If he should read
nothing else but what relates to his own call
ing and its. rewards, we believe that no farm
er who can read at all can afford to do with
out such a journal as The Tribune. And We
aspire to make it equally valuable TO those
engaged in other departments of Productive
Labor. We spend more and more money on
our columns each year, as our country men s
generous patronage enables us to do; and We
are resolved that our issues of former Years
shall be exceeded in varied excellence and
interest by those of 1872 Friends in every
State help us to make our journal better
and better, by sending in your subscriptions
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before us
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