The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-30
The Chicago Tribune.

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Republican journal, which supports Greeley
and Brown and the Cincinnati Platform. IL
believes that since all the distinctive princi-
pies Of the Republican party have been accom-
plshed and all organized opposition TO those
principles has ceased, there is something bet
ter to engage the attention Of the people than
to fight old battles over again. 1t holds that
the most important thing to be done now Is TO
effect complete reconciliation between the
North and the South. These two great Sec
tons of our common country nave Deeh IN
bitter hostility toward each other more than
quarter of q century in reference to the lnstl-
tution of slavery. Eleven years ago this hos
tility broke out i'm War. Seven years ago the
War terminated, the Rebellion was crushed,
and Slavery abolished botn by force OF arms
and by constitutional Amendment. since mar
time the Southern States have been recon-
structed Impartial Suffrage has been estab-
lished, the payment OF the National ueot Sc
cured, and the payment of the Rebel debt
prohibited by constitutional Amendments.
All the old obstacles to Permanent Peace and
Reconciliation between the North and the
South have been removed. To effect such
return of friendship and fraternal feellnS' 10
the end that there may no longer be any enc
mics of our Government in our own midst, Is
the principal mission of the Liberal Republic
can party which assembled at Cincinnati on the
1st of May, whose platform and nc minees nave
been wisely and periodically Endorsed by the
Baltimore Convention.
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Service of the Government has become an IN
strument of party tyranny, and an object OIL
selfish greed 1t it is the great corruption OF
public morals and legislation. The tederal
offices are openly used to control conventions
and elections.-that is TO say, the taxes col
lected from the People are employed to over
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fact is presented TO the public every day, and
the proofs of it were furnished Overwhelmingly
by the recent Custom House investigation III
New York. No Administration has ever ear
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as that of President Grant, and 1t Is now be-
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selves are strong enough to throw oil the yoke
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