The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-09-28

| lnentary and imp0tent, into one powerful
State, with Ro1ue as its capital the h,,nili-
atine Of France through a series Of crushing
defeats, ending Will, t1le siege and eapit,,la-
ton of her proud and gay metropolis the
expulsion Of the Bourbons from tho Spanish
throne, and the substitution for them Of q
scion Of the most liberal among royal houses !.
the virtual absorption Of the kingdoms Of
Saxony, Wurtemb,rg, bavaria, with Baden,
Hesse, the Hanse Towns, ETC., under tho
headship Of Prussia, into the triumphant and
powerful empire Of Germany and the arm
ing Of RUSSIA to reassert her preponderanco
in the Councils of Europe, or to prosecute
her often postponed but never reinquished
designs on the great city founded by Com
stantine and the vast but decaying 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 corr
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-agcd Feulalism and Ecclcsi-
asticism ON the one hand and Nineteenth
Century skepticism and secu1arism On the
other. Recognizing a Divine Providence in
all that proceeds and is, It looks hopefully ON
the great conflict as destined like our own
recent convulsion) to evolve from strife, dis
aster, aud seeming chaos, f:sirer and hap
pier future for the toiling masses Of mankind.
In orr own country, q war upon corruption
and rascality in Office has been ilaugnratcd
IN our City, whereby the government Of our
State has been revo1utionized through an in
itial triumph Of Reform which SURPRISES the
most sanguine antieipations. It is morally
certain that the movement thus inaugurated
cannot, in its 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 yenaiity, expos
ing robbery, wrestling power from, politicians
by trade, and confiding it in those wort1liest
and fttest to WELD it. 70 this bcilefcent
and vitality needed Reform, The Tribune will
devote its best energies, regardless Of per
sonal interests or party predil ection., 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 onr current poll
tics of half their bygonc intensity. However
parties may henceforth rise or fall, it Is clear
that the fundamental principles which have
hitherto honorably distinguished the Repub-
icans are henceforth to be regarded as prac-
tically accepted By the whole country. The
right OF every man to his own limbs and sim
ews-the equality OF all citizens before the
law-the inability of q State to enslave any
portion of its pe0ple-tlle duty of the Union
70 guarantee to every citizen the full enjoy
ment OF his liberty until he forfeits it Iy
crime-snch are the broad and firm founda-
tons OF our National eslifice and palkietl ba
the hand that shall seek to displace them
!, Though not yet twenty years old, the Rspus5
sHcan party has completed the noble fabrics f
Emancipation, and may fairly invoke thore
on the sternest Judgment of Man and the be-
nignant smile Of God
HencefOrth the mission of onr Republic il
one Of Peaceful Progress To protect tia,
weak and the humble from violence and op-
pression-tO extend the boundaries and DIFF
fuse the blessings Of Civilization-t0 stimn-
late ingenuity to the production of new in
vent1ons Tor .economizing Labor and thus
charging ProductiOn-fO draw nearer 4,
each other the producers Of Food and Fab
l1cs, of Grains and OF Metals, and TINS en-
nance the gains OF Industry by reducing thu,
cost OF transportation and xchanues between
farmers ana artisa1as-s1lch is the inspiring
task to which the Nation now addresses itself.
andby which it would tain contribute IL, fin. )
progress, enlightenment and happiness Of our
race. To this great and good work, The Til
batne contributes its jealous persistent efforts
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CT who can read at all can afford Ia ela( with.
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generous patronage enables us to do: and we
are resolved that our issues of former wears
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