Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1854-12-16
Chase for Benton.


has just issued pronunciamenio in regard TO the
last. We welcome him back to the common
ground upon which we have fought Whatever
maybe The cause OF his returning saneness, we
will not stop 10 enquire. He is for BENTON, first
lasl, and all lhe lime (tie should have added
and ior SAM HusToN neXl") Glorious old BEN
TON, faithful among The faithful he stands, pre-em-
inent in The towering grandeur OF his moral and
political independence and integrity. The patron
age Of succeeding Administrations has failed to
corrupt him, or seJuce him from The path of prnci.
pie, nor have the attacks Of enemies daunied him
under circumstances when the bravest would have
quailed. With him for President, how the rascals
would ny fiom Washington, how thoroughly the
Aegean stables would be cleansed, how the moral
atmosphere of office would be purified. GdIphns
and Garays, GIrdners and Chickasaws would loose
their hold upon The Treasury, and give up the
ghost in very fright.
Next 10 him, our choice would be SAM llU>aoN
Perhaps, under all The circumstances, he is the
most available candidate, and availability in the
neyt comics; should only be second 10 merit. He
possesses many points in common with Old Bull
ion Wuh either for President, we could never
have cause 10 blush for The imbecilily OF HE Chief
Executive of our Republic.
Below viii be found CHAsE's remarks. We
place them ia our columns, that We may have them
handy We rust we shall never have occasion to
refer TO them. But We give him notice that wa
shall hold him TO his text and no dojgiag:-
"The country In It's present political condition,
now presents anomalous appearance. The next
Presidential campaign will solve mystery which
now rests as dark as gloom upon all In that con-
test men who have never before acted together po-
lcally, and who hold other opinions in com
mon save upon the subject Of Slavery expansion
will be found labOrng and voting together; and
this whether they form themselves into any distinct
i've organization or not There will be coming
together, because circumstances have so fixed it,
and whether they act under Pny political organiza-
ton we DO not regard as of i'm portance, because
such organization, composed of discordant ele
ments will have 10 essential element of perpeiuily
beyond the question Of Slavery Itself. w ,elher
such an organization be formed or not, the men
the voers-wlll act together so far as voting is
concerned until the question shall be settled, and
will act together no longer at any rate. The only
difference that the organization make, is in
possibly giving more force and efficiency to the re.
sistance Of slavery aggression, while it may con-
tinue.
$50 far we are concerned, our position
long ago taken, and this movement will not alter or
amend it. There will be no elections previous to
the Presidential election In SO, in which we feel
much interest. We regard the present the most
important and dangerous crisis in the history Of
this government, and we also regard the next Pres
idential election that which shall settle, for veal
or VICE. the destinieS of the government for future
years. For that contest our 1ag is unfurled, and
our action decided upon, if we shall be spared to
participate therein. Regardless of any present po-
lltical organlZatlon we are for THOMAS H. BENTON
for Pres ident, and expect 10 for him if
shall live TO vote at all. We have made up our
mind to do il, because we regard Mr.. BENTON as
the pureSt living embodiment OF those great princi
pies upon which the Democratic party was found.
ed, and which were exemplifed in the administrar
tons of jefferson Madison and Jackson. Those
great and bsler lights of the Republic have gone
out-while Benton who has placed the most pro-
found and consistent expostions Of their policy, in
its purity upon the history Of the country, during
his long public service, remains behind. We fol-
low him as light Of the glorious past, preserved
10 allume the more darkened present The very
qulnteSsPnce of radical American democracy is 10
be found in his doctrines. There is a substance
in them, and that substance we are after. It is
worth more to the nation and the world than all
the modern dogmas Of all our modern political phi
losophers. 1t is the vital spark of republicansm,
Of living, breathing, God-created Democracy. 1t is
the pure meal-lhe unalloyed '' Old Bullion
"This is the platform on which we stand and
where shall stand, and we therefore look upon
all organizations with very much of indiderence-
We expec: that the next Presidential campaign will
be pretty much Of "scrub race" in which every
body will be "on their own hook" We have start
ed on ours early-and those who are for Benton we
shall work with-thosc who are against him we
shall work against. We have not, nor shall we
abandon or compromise single democratic idea
H.
a distinctive article in the creed Of a Democrat
Benton embodieS them alive are for him and for
Them all. Those who have democratic prime pies
at heart have no excuse for not going for him, and
those who have not, we want nothing to do with
This is just where stanG-ust what we feel and
think. Others may make the best of tit is mat
ter of Indifference 10 u.s."