The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1872-01-11

NEW YORK TRIBUNE.
FOR 1870. {.

InenIdTy anu lmpOlent, INTO one pOWerlul
State, with Rome as its capital; the hui
initiation Of France through a series of
crushing defeats, ending with the siege
and capitulation of her proud and gay me-
tropolis; the expulsion of the Burbons 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, Wurttemberg,
Bavaria, with Baden, Hesse, 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 to present a complete and
instructive panorama of events on that con-
tinent, and to mirror the prolonged strug.
gle between middle-age Feud-
aGsm and Ecclesiastcism 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, 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
confding it to those worthiest and fttest
TO WELD it. To this beneficent 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 oil New Departures the most essen
tial and auspicious.
The virtual surrender by the Democratic
party Of its hostility to Equal Rights re-
gardless 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-
pies which have hitherto hcnorably distin.
guished the Republicans are henceforth TO
be regarded as practically accepted by the
whole country. The right of every man to
his own limbs and sinews--Uhe 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 editice; and palsied be the hand which
shall seek to displace them Though not
yet twenty years old, the Republican party
has completed the noble fabric of Emanci-
patton, 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
difIuse the blessings of Civilization-to
stimulate Ingenuity to the production Of
new inventions for economizing Labor and
enlarging Production-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, enlightenment,
and happiness Of our race. To this great
and good work, The TRIBUNE contributes
its jealous, persistent efforts
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who sells $500 worth OF produce per an
mum can afford to do without our Market
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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;
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mer years shall be excelled in varied ex.
cellence and interest by those of 1872.
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