The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-11-30
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NEW YORK TR1BUNE
For. 1872.

1 The eOnSOiuusiOH ~ A.aly ~ long ffag
mentary and fahposest, into one powerfa,
State. with Rome As its capital the hutgi,s
i ating Of France through series Of crushdna.v
i defeats, ending with the siege and capit.ls.s
ton of her proud and gay metropolis IN
lexp,lsion Of the Bourbons from the Spsn;.t1
tl,roie and tile Substitution for them ofks
scion Or the most liberal among royal lIo,tse.
the virtual absorption of the kingdom, e
: Saxony, Wurtemburg, Bavaria, with Baden.
Hesse, the Hanse Towns, etc, under tke
headship Of Prussia, into the triumphant and
powerful empire Of Germany; aud the arm.
] ing of Russia to reassert her preponderanco.
i in the Councils Of Europe, or to prosecuts
| her often postponed but never relinquishcd.
designs on the great city founded by Con.
stantine and the vust but decaying and an
| archial dominion Of the Sultan, all cornbines
4 to invest with profound interest the eyer5
changing phases Of our tidings from the Old
World. The Tribune. through trusted cor. !.
respondents stationed at a1l points in Eu-
rope where great movements are in progress
or imminent, aims to present o complete and
instructive panorama of events ON that coua
tinont, and to mirror the prolonged struggle
between middle-sgcd Feudalisln and Eccles;.
asticism Oh the one hand and Nineteenth
| Century skeptieism and secularism Oh the
! other Recognizing Divine Providence in
all that proceeds and is. 1t looks hopefully o.,
| the great conflict as destined (like our OWE
recent convulsion) to evolve from strife, dis
aster, aud seeming chaos, fairer and hap,
pier future for the toiling masses Of mankind.
| In our own country, a war upon corruption
| and rascality in office has been inausnfated
in our City, whereby the government Of orr
State has been revOlntionized through an in.
itial triumph Of Reform which surpasses the
most sanguine anticipations. 1t is morally
certain that the movement thus inaugurated
| any locality Or any party, but that its puri- !,
flying influence is destined to be felt in every
part Of the Union, rebuking venality, expos.
ing robbery, Wrestling power from politicians
by trade, and eonfding it in those worthiest
and fittest to WELD it. To this beneficeDs-
and vitality needed Reform, The Tribane will
devote its best energies, regardless Of 1es-s
sonal interests Or party predictions. esteem
ing the choice Of honest and faithful men to
Office as of MI New Departures the most es-
sential and suspicious. .3..
The virtual surrender by the Democratic
party of its hostility to Equal Rights regar,l-
less of Color has Invested our current poli.
ties of half their bygone intensity. However.
parties may henceforth rise or fall, it is clear
that the fundamental principles which have
hitherto honornbly distinguished the Repul-
licans are henceforth to be regarded as prae-.
tically accepted by the whole country The
right OF every man to lis own limbs and AIMS
sws-tlle equality OF all citizens before the,
iaw-the inability of u State to enslave any
portion OF its people-the duty of the Union E
to guarantee to every citizen the full enjoy
mcnt of his liberty until he forfeits it by
crlme-such are the broad and firm founda-
tons OF our National eaffce and ps1siesl BE-, :
the hand that shall seek TO displace. them !.
Though not yet twenty years old, the RepuI,-
llcan party has completed the noble fabric o.
emancipation, and may fairly invoke therct
on the sternest judi sment Of Man and the b. !
nignant smile of God. ;Ia9xs,. IF s.. -,
HencefOrth the mission of our Republic il
one of Peaceful Progress. To protect the
weak and the humble from violence and Oh
pressien-@to extend the boundaries and dit
fuse the blessings of Civilizati0n-to sti,nu-
late Ingenuity to the production Of new In
Ventlons Tor economzing Labor and thus
cniars!ng Produetion--to draw nearer to
each other the producers of Food and Fab.
rcs, OF Grains and of Metals, and thus en-.
nance the gains of Industry by reducing the
cost OF transportation andexch;,nges bet weeIi!
task to which the Nation now addresses itself'a
andby which 1t would tain contribute to the
progress, enlighteHmenta and happiness of our
race. 10 this great and good work, The Tri-,
oNac contributes its Jealous persistent efforts
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