Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-29

He is also vigilant in hunting up every man
so circumstanced as to be persuaded that he
has a pecuniary interest in his election. To
those whose lands are crossed by the cut OF
the Canal, he promises large compensatory
damages, Notwithstanding they executed re-
leases to the State. If he learns that two
~neighbors are at difference, he will make him
self a party to the quarrel, hoping thereby to
get the vote of the one, in exchange for the
abuse he heaps upon the other. Such are the
low and mercenary influences upon which he
relies for success. His strong hopes, however,
rest upon the division vote of the West. In
Troy township and borough, he expects, and
will probably receive, nearly or quite a unani-
nous vote but outside of these districts, we
do not believe men are prepared to sacrifice
their cherished principles to the question of q
division of the County. We appeal with con-
fdence to the friends of Freedom in the Yves
tern townships-we ask of them in this cri-
sis to stand by their principles with manly
III iilNS IL It'll vi ~ thiouShou'
the North are now preparing for the decisive
battle of 1856. Then the momentous issue
will be tried, whether the principles of Liber-
ty, Justice and Humanity are to live in this
Republic, or whether our country and posteri-
ty is to submerged in the hopeless night of
slavery and barbarsm. Upon this generation
rest weighty responsibilities. The decisions of
to-day are to effect our country's remotest flu
ture. In the present are the issues of life
and DEATH" Again we appeal to you, not to
dishearten by your detection, the friends of
Freedom. Do not ~paralyze the efforts now
making to redeem this land from the rule of
as cruel and lawless a tyranny as ever cursed
the earth. Do not strengthen the arm of the
oppreSsor. You Justly rcproach your public
servants with treachcry, and a base betrayal
of the rights of the North. How can you
Justify yourselves, if guilty of a like dereliction
from the path of principle and honor? How
reproach them for accepting the glittering
brides of Office, if for a comparatively paltry
interest, you betray the cause of Freedom p
Think not that you can elect a willing tool of
the Slave Power, without i~nficting a serious
injury upon the principles you profess. You
may say that You supported him on the ground
that he was in favor of q division of the Coun-
ty but if elected, it will 60 forth Throughout
this broad land, that the candidate of. slavery
has t%riumphed in Bradford. Such he will claim
to be the victory, for in this aspect would it be
value to to him. The result will be held up
as a guarantee that BUCHANAN can carry the
State for the Presidency, and is therefore, the
available candidate for the South to adopt
Reflect, we intrcat of you, as becomes men i'll
tercSted with the sacred duty of guarding for
poSterity the institutions of Freedom. If you
f%alter, in view of your supposed interests, who
will stand firm under pressure and temptation i?
If Freedom is to be sacrificed for every local
question that may arise, then we may as we'll
abandon the struggle, and surrender our conn
try into the grasp of the Tyrant. We call you
to the performance of a high duty. Shrink
not ignobly from it. There can be no gain,
worth the sacrifice of principle-no compensa-
ton for duty unperformed.