The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1872-01-11
THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE,
FOR 1879.

EOE 1879
The consolidation of Italy, so long
frsgmentary and impOtent, into one
powerful State, with Rome as its cap
ital; the humiliation OF France through
a series of crushing defeats, ending with
the siege and capituiati0n Of her proud
and gay metropolis; the expulsion Of
the BOurbOns from the Spanish throne,
and the substitution for them Of scion
Of the most liberal among royal hOusesi
the virtual absorption of the kingdoms
of SaxOny, Wirtemberg, Bavaria, with
Baden Hesse, the Hanse Towns, etc,
under the headship Of Prussia, into the
triumphant and powerful empire Of Ger
many; and the arming Of Russia to re-
assert her prepOnderance in the cOun-
ellis of Europe, or to prosecute her often
postponed but never relinquished do
signs on the great city founded by Con-
stantine and the vast but decaying and
anarchieal dominion Of the Sultani all
combine to invest with profound inter-
est the ever-changing phases Of our tide
.ings from the Old World. TIE TRIBUNE,
through trusted correspondents station
ed at all points in Europe where great
movements are in progress or imml-
nent, aims to present complete and in
structive panorama of events on that
continent, and to mirror the prolonged
struggle between middle-age Feudalism
and Eccl clesiastieism on the one hand
and ineteenth-CentUry skepticism and
secularism on the other. Recognizing
q Divine Providence in all that prOceeds
and is, it looks hopefully on the great
conflict as destined (like our own recent
eonvulsiOn) to evolve from strife, disas-
ter, and seeming chaos, a fairer and hap
pier future for the tOiling masses OF
mankind.
In our own country, war upon cor
ruptiOn and rascality in office has been
inaugurated in our City; whereby the
government Of our State has been revO-
lutionized through an initial triumph OF
Reform which surpasses the most san
guine anticipations. 1t is morally cer-
tain that the movement thus inaugural
ed, cannot, in its progress, be circum-
scribed to any locality OF any party, but
that its purifying influence is destined
to be felt in every part of the Union,
rebuking venality, exposing robbery,
wrestling power from politicians by
trade, and eOnfding It in those wOrthi-
est and ittest to WELD it. To this be-
neficent and vitality needed Reform, The
TRIBUNE will devote its best energies,
regardless of personal interests or party
predictions, esteeming the choice OF
honest and faithful men to office as Of
all New Departures the most essential
and auspiciOus.
The virtual surrender by the Demo-
cratic party of its hostility to Equal
Rights regardless Of Color has divested
our current politics Of half their bygone
intensity. However parties may hence
forth rise or fall, it is clear that the fun'
dameutal principles which have hitheE-
to hOnOrably distinguished the Republt-
cans are henceforth to be regarded az
practically accepted by the whole coun-
| try. The right Of every man to his own
limbs and sinews-the equality Of citi-
zens before the law-the inability Of a
State to eDslave any portion Of its peO-
ple-ths duty Of the Union to guar
antee to every citizen the full enjoy
ment Of his liberty until he fOrfeits it by
crime-such are the broad aud firm
/ foundations Of our National edihce; 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
benignant smile OF God.
HeneefOrth, the mission Of our Re-
/ public is one of Peaceful Progress To
| protect the weak and humble from viO-
! Ienee and Oppression--tO extend the
boundaries and diffuse the blessings Of
CivilizatiOn-to stimulate ingenuity to
| the production of new inventions for
/ IecOnomizing Labor and thus enlarging
1 Production-tO draw nearer to each
other the producers of Food and Of Fab
/ rics, of Grains and of Metals, and thus
I enhance the gains of Industry by reduo-
ling the cost of transportation and eI-
| changes between farmers and artisans
isuch is the inspiring task to which this
| Nation now addresses itself, and by
which it would fain contribute to the
| progress, enlightenment, and happiness
Of our race. To this great and good
work, THE TRIBUNE contributes its zeal
Gus, persistent efforts. .-
d, Agriculture will continue to be more
especially elucidated in its Weekly and
Semi-Weekly editions, to which some Of
the ablest and most successful tillers OF
the soil will steadily contribute. No
farmer who sells $500 worth Of produce
per aunum can afford to do without our
Market Reports, or others equally lucid
and comprehensive. If be should read
nothing else but what relates to his own
calling and its rewards, we believe that
no farmer who can read at all can afford
to do without such a Journal as THE
TRIBUNE. And we aspire to make il
equally valuable to those engaged in
other departments Of Productive Labor.
We spend more and more money on our
columns each year, as our cOuntrymen'l Z
generous patronage enables US to do
and we are resolved that our issues oi
| former years shall be exceeded in vart'
| ed excellence and interest by those o.
} 1872. Friends in every State help III
to make our journal better and better
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