Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-15

"hellhe Ill otnois ny Ito magnitude, Is one ne
freedom or slavery,-whether this government
shall hereafter fulfil the design of its foundar.
as set forth in the Constitution, "to estabraS
g Justice, to ensure domestic tranquility to -
I" vide for the common defence, promote ~
general welfare and secure the blessinrs &c
/" liberty to ourselves and our posteritvn VI VI
whether the chief end of it's existence baroo~r
ter shall be to extend and perpetuate in fra.
ter~ritory-the area and the curse of bum.nh ~
dage. JUL
Resolted, That while we claim no nowor
interfere with slavery in States wbere il
exists, we believe that the National CIV
ment should be relieved from all connect;nr
with, or accountability for it.
~-Resolred, That the repeal of the M;sSo,,;
Compromise was a violation, of the Nat;o"ai
faith, and a wahton outrage upon the rights of
the Free States and that it was the first Ston
of the conspiracy against freedom, which bopp
found its appropriate and intended seoueliD tho
lawless attempts of a Missouri mob instigataS
by a conspicuous friend of the National Adm;n
istration, and conniyed at and sanctioned H..
the same, to force the curse of slavery nno9
the free soil of Kansas (; and we not onlv
oppose the extension of slavery over onr
national territories, but also the admission Of
any new Slave states in the Union, belieyins
that, as our national domain is free from slavS'
ry, in the absence of any positive law establish.
ing it, we are justified in making freedom a con.
dition of their admission into the sisterbood os
States.
Resoi,ed, That we are in favor of the RENAL
of the present Fugitive Slave law, because il
virtually suspends the sacred writ of bahass
corpus, and takes away the right of trial BY
jury.
Resolred, That the recent attempt on the
part of the Federal judiciary to authorize, by
judicial construction, the holding of Slaves in
this Commonwealth, and the Imprisonment
without trial, Of citizens of the free States, BY
Federal judiciary, is a bold invasion of personal
liberty, a violation Of the guaranteed rights Of
States, and an assumption of federal lower
that should be resisted determinedly by every
friend of personal and civil freedom, and We
call upon our National Representatives soon
to assemble, to prefer articles of Impeachment
against the federal Judge who has thus Offended,
Resotced, That the gross neglect of the Ma.
tional Administration to extend its protecting
care over the law-abiding citizens of Kansas
and its having removed Gov. REEDER at the
request Of the slave power, ~evinces not only
disregard of the personal safety and lives Of
the inhabitants thereof, but a settled purnoso
to connive at the lawlcss invasion of her terri.
tory by bands of Missouri rufians and calls
loudly upon Northern Freemen to unite tocptb.
er Tor the purpose of placing in the PresideD.
tlal char a man who recognizes the rights Of
the North, and who will so administer the 90
yernment as to protect our citizens in the en-.
jOyment OF their rights, and restore our govern.
ment to the policy of its founders.
Resolred, That while we disclaim all copney.
ion with other political organizations. vet We
cordially invite all who approve of the primo.
pies set forth in these resolutions, without re.
gard to their former political associations. to
unite and cooperate with us for the purposed
restoring the administrator of this government
to its original purity, and directing its energies
to the accomplishment of its true object, asset
forth in the Constitution.
Resotrcd, That we hail the nomination Of
PASSMORE WILLIAMSON as Canal Com
missioner, by the Republican State Convention
recently assembled, as indicative of public sm.
pathy for bis unjust Imprisonment and ofd-
testation towards the representative Of the
slave power which placed him there and it
as every vote cast for PaSSmore VII
hanson is a whitening rebuke to that ofca,
anu a manly assertion Of state rights, be shall
receive our united and cordial support.
On motion, the resolutions were unauimOHI
and enthusiastically adopted.
JAMES H. WERE, Chairman of the Commit
tee to nominate Candidates, then reported that
the following ticket had unanimously been re-
to the Convention
FOR REPRESENTATIVES
BARTHOLOMEW LAPORTE, Of DwA