The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-05-04
THE
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For. 1920
For 1879.

ating of France through series of crnsb;r.
defeats, ending with the siege and capit,,la
tion of her proud and gay metropolis. n.
expulsion of the BourboDs from the Spauisb
throne, and the substitution for them ~
scion of the most liberal among royal bonva.
the virtual absorption of the Kingdoms -
Saxony, Wurtemburg, Bavaria, with Baden
Hesse, the Hanse Towns, etc., under thu
headship of Prussia, into the triumphant ana
powerful empire of Germany and the arm
ing of Russia to reassert her preponderanes
in the Councils of Europe, or to prosecn,a
her often postponed but never relinquisbes
designs on the great city founded by Con.
stantine and the vast but decaying and AN.
arehial dominion of the Sultan, all conbips
to invest with profound interest the evs,
changing phases of our tidings from the Old
World. The Tribune, through trusted cor.
respondents stationed at all points in m
rope where great movements are in progress
or imminent, aims to present complete ana
instructive panorama of events OH that CON.
tinent, and to mirror the prolonged struvvla
between middle-aged Feudalism dlnd Eccle,,.
astieism on the one hand and Nineteeutb.
Century skepticism 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 conyulsionl to evolve from strife. dis.
aster, aud seeming chaos, fairer and han.
pier future for the toiling masses of mankipd
In our own country, war upon corruption
and rascality in Office has been inauguratea
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 inauguratsd
cannot, in its progress, be circumscribed to
any locality or any party, but that its puri-
Tying influence is destined to be felt in every
part OF the Union, rebuking venahty, expos.
ing robbery, Wrestling power from politicians
by trade, and eonfding it in those worthicst
and -fttest to WELD it. To this benefieent
and vitally needed Reform, The Tribune win
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 a..
sential and auspicious
The virtual surrender by the Democratic
party of its hostility to Equal Rights regard.
less of Color has Invested cur current poli-
tics OF half their bygone intensity However
parties may heneeforth rise or fall, it is clear
that the fundamental principles which hare
hitherto honorably distinguished the Repub-
Hcans are henceforth 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
iaW-tne inability OF State TO enslaye any
portion OF its people-the duty of the Union
to guarantee TO every citizen the full ENJOYS
ment OF his liberty until he fOrfeits it By
crlme--sueh are the broad and firm founde.
lions of our National edifice; and palsied be
the hand that shall seek to displace them
Though not yet twenty years old, the Repub-
Tcan party has completed the noble fabric OF
Emancipation, and may fairly invoke there.
on the sternest judgment of Man and the be-
nlgnant smile OF God
Henceforth the mission of our Republic il
one of Peaceful Progress To protect tina
weak and the humble from violence and on
pression--to extend the boundaries and dir
fuse the blessings of Civilization-to stimil.
late ingenuity to the production of new IN
ventions for eeenomizing Labor and thus
eniarglng Produeti0n-to draw nearer to
each other the producers of Food and Fab
RIGS, of Grains and of Metals, and thus en-.
nance the gains of Industry by reducing the
cost OF transportation and exchanges between
farmers and artisans-such is the inspiring
task to which the Nation now addresses itssif
andby which it would fain contribute to the
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