New-York tribune., 1873-01-04
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France a Republc-Engand and Germany gradually
permeated with Republican idess-Spain swaying in the
nerveess grasp ruler too good for King and TOO
weak for a Republican, who is unable TO govern the
sreat island that blocks the entrance TO our Gulf OF
Mexico and equally unable to give II upthe German
speaking peoples agitated by new Professionalism,
separating from the See of Rome the dogma of Papal
Infaibilty and assuming to reorganze the "Od Catho
lies the whole Continent pcrvaded by the intellectual
Torment that comes Of the conflict between old ideas
philosophical, theological material and the advances OF
Physical Science-RusSa and Great Britain running
race for the final gains that shall determine Asauc su
premacy-China seeming ready 70 abandon ner ad'
vances and reclose her balfopened gates-Japan abo
fishing feudasm and inviting Western civilization to
irradiate Western commerce to enrich her lOnghdden
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Al home the struggle for Freedom seems over. The
last slave has long been citizen the last opposition to
emancipation. enfrancbisement equal civil rights, has
been formally abandoned. No party. North or South
longer disputes the result Of the War for the Union all
declare that these be undone and
with whole people thus united on the grand platform
OF All L ghts fer ALL whereto bloody struggle, and
the prolonged civil contests that followed. have led us,
the Republic closes the records Of the bitter hateful
Past and peacefully hopefully. 10 the less alarm
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