National Republican., 1880-01-01
THE NEW YEAR.

THE NEW YEAR.
At 12 o'clock last night 1879 passed into
eternity with its freight of events, and gave
place to 1880, whose page is TO be Glled
with record unknown, save to Omnipo-
tcnce. Thus time rolls on, as SHELLEY has
it
"Uniathomable sea whose waves nre years
Ocean of time, whose waters Of deep woe
Are bmcklsh with the salt of human tears
Thou shOreless tloOd-which in thy ebb and aow
Caspest the limits ufmortalityl
And SICK Of prey, yet bowling on for more
Eomitest Thy, wrecks on IT'S inhospitable shore.
TrenCherOus in calm and terrible In storm;
Who shall put forth on thee,
UniathOmable seal"
The old year has now gone, with all its
joys and all its sorrows, which live alone
in memory, and the New Year takes up its
role in the race Of time, full OF hope expec-
tation andio It's fitting time, therefore,
to wish the readers and patrons of THE Ma
TIoNAL REPUBLICAN happy New Year, be-
fore the inevitable drop of bitterness invades
the cup pof the future. This is the season of
joyful greeting and ardent wishes for the
happiness Of all, without distinction of age
or condition What there is of the past
that is pleasant should be treasured in the
memory, while the bitter waters of n
twelye-month should be allowed to drop
quietly into the sea of oblivion.
In general sense the past year has been
propitious to us as Nation and ms indi-
viduals. The shadow of hard times has
been lifted from the field of individual eff
fort and enterprise, while the Nation has
resumed an honest redemption Of its prom
ises to pay in the standard money of the
world, thus relieving it's credit from all
doubt and uncertainty. This opens the
door of the New Year TO renewed confidence
and effort, inspiring a wise and prudent
people with hope aud happiness. Though
the shores Of time may be strewed with
commercial wrecks during the New Year,
its promises are now bright and cheering.
with not cloud to betoken a coming
storm. 1t is the part Of wisdom, therefore,
to be happy to-day, for its successor will
bear its own burdens aud sorrows; hence
let all be joyous until the storm shall
threaten and the prospect shall change.
Itafi'ords us unalloyed satisfaction to wish
the people of the National Capital, one and
all, a Happy New Year! coupled with the
| fervent hope that before 1880 shall have been
rolled fully from the reel of time, this peo-
| pie, who are now fiattered with the term of
citizens, may have the true badge and signet
of citizenship restored to them. 1t is mock
cry now to call this people citizens for they
are not such in the true American sense of
the term. True, they are permitted to share
some of the privileges that attach to citizen
ship, such as managing their business affairs,
bearing public burdens and paying taxes,
but these are imposed upon them by those
who do not help in any considerable de-
gree to bear or tighten their weight, while
those who are taxed are utterly deprived of
the poor privilege of having a voice in the
Government which lays its taxing hand
upon them. 1t is to be hoped, therefore,
that during the present year equity
will prevail, aud that the people
of the District of Columbia may he put
upon an equality with the citizens of all
other cities, towns and districts within the
United States, and be endowed with the
full badge of citizenship In the shape of
/ suffrage, No greater boon can be brought
to this people in the ensuing year than to
recognize them us American citizens in the
full sense of the term, instead of holding
them under vassalage scarcely removed
| from the estate of the slave in the South
before emancipation gave him freedom and
suffrage, Simple justice demands this, aud
he who does not demand it ut the hands OF
Congress, should cease all claim TO citizen
ship, and be content to live where vassal-
age is the ruling spirit and policy of the
country. Such, however, is not the legiti-
mate estate Of the American citizen.
THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN again takes
| this occasion to wish all its readers and
friends & Happy New Yearl hopiug and
trusting that each and all may lead pros
porous and happy liyes-he blest in basket
and store, and in every other relation and
interest in life share the choicest blessing
of Divine Providence.
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