Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1872-02-07
The New York Tribune
FOr1S72.

The consolidation of italy, so long Fragment
tary and impotent, into one powerful State,
with Rome as its capital the humiliation of
France through series Of crushing defeats,
ending with the seige and captulation of her
proud and gay metropolis the expulsion of the
! B0urbons from the Spaish throne, and the sub
| shtutl0n Tor them OF Il scion OF the most liberal
among royal houses the virtual absortion of
the kingdoms OF Saxony, Wurtemberg, Bavaria
with Baden. Hesse, the Hanse towns et, I'M
der the headsbip Of Prussia, into the triumphant
and powerful empire of Germany and the arm
ing OF Russia to reassert her preponderlnce il
the councils of Europe, or to prosecute her often
postponed but never Ienquished designs on
the great city founded by Constantine and the
vast but decaying and anarchcal dominion of
the Sultan, all combine to invest with profound
interest the eyer-chahging phases of our tidings
from the Old World. The Tribune, through
trusted correspondents stationed at all roints
Ill Europe where great movements are in pro-
gress or imminent aims to present complete
ana Instructive panorama ofevents on that con-
tneht, and to mirror the prolonged stru ygl e
between middle-age Feudalism and Eeclesi.s =
ticlsm on the one hand and Niueteenth-C Cen
Jury skeptclsm 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 con-
yulsion) to evolve from strife, disaster, and !
seeming chaos, a firer and happier for the |
tOling masses of mankind
In our own country war upon corruption |
and r,scality in office has been inaugurated in |
our city, whereby the government Of our State
has been revolutionized through an initial
triumph of Reform which surpasses the most
sanguine anticpations. 1t is morally certain
that the movement thus inaugurated caunot.
in its progress, be circuscribed to any locality
or any party, but that its purifying influence
IS destined to be felt in every part of the Union,
yenality, exposing robbery, wrestling
power from politicians by trade, and confiding
i IN those worthiest anr httest to WELD it. To
his benefcent and vitality decided Reform, the
Tribune will devote its best energies. regard {
ess Of personal intercs or party predilections.
ssteemng the choice of h nest and faithful
men to office as of all New Departures the most
ssential and auspicous.
The virtual surrender by the Democratic mar
J of its hostility to Equal Rights regardless Of
jolor, has Invested our current politics of half
heir bygone intensity. However parties NAV
lenceforth rise or fall, it is clear that the fun
amental principles which have hitherto hon.
raoiy distinguished the Republicansare hence
orth to be regarded as practically accented by
ne whole country. The right Of every man to :
u. own limbs and sinews--the equality of all D
lnzens before the law--the inability of State j
ehsnve any portion of its people-the duty 3
!he Union to guarantee to every citizen the Il
I'll enjoyment of his liberty until he forfeits 1t il
J, crime-such are the broad and firm found r,
tons Of our National edifce; and palsied be y
ie hand which shall seek to displacc them =