Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-02-17


men now and then, preferred. The aid OF such
was all well enough, to elect President, but
when inaugurated, they were to be prescribed
and outlawed The murmurs of disappointed
applicants began to arise. The sectional jeal-
ousy Of the South was appealed to-and not in
vain The arrogant and dictatoral spirit OF
the slaveocracy demanded that the best men OF
the North should give way to doughfaces and
servile tools, or its whole power and induerce
would be arrayed against his Administration.
The struggle was feeble one, between graft
tude and honesty on the one hand, and the ex-
acting requirements of powerful oligarchy on
the other The introduction of the proposition
to repeal the Missouri Compromise, by Wing
from Kentucky, decided the matter, and FRANK
LIN PIERCE outdid his predecessors in the depth
of servility
The disgraceful uses which have since been
made of the influence and patronage of the Go
vernment, are yet fresh in the memory of every
one. For dsreputable, open, unblushing pros
titution of the power lodged in its hands by a
confding people, this Administration takes pre-
cedence. Its members have gone in person in
to the halls of Congress, by their presence to
urge the passage Of measures obnoxious to the
country, and repugnant to every principle of
public integrity and fair dealing. Its organ
has boldly proclaimed, that traitors to North
ern sentiment if rebuked at home, would re-
ceive their rewards at the hands Of the Admin
istration And in pursuance of that declara-
ton, the moral sentiment of the country is out
ragged by the appointment of such men as AuGUs-
TUs CESAR DODGE. Forgetful of its pledges,
faithless to popular sentiment, disregarding the
plighted faith of the nation, this Administra-
ton has sunk to the lowest depth of public exc
Grafton and dersion-despised by those who
profess to be frendIy-and become the mere
adjunct and tool of the slavery interests of the
Nation.
Besides the public odium which is incurred
by such a course, the party which was victOri-
GUS and united in 1852, is now shattered into
thousand fragments, its banners trailing in
reunion. Such prospect is gloomy one, in
deed, but we are confident it" will eventually
result in permanent good The Democratic
party is not the natural ally of Slavery, what
ever may be the opinions of those who seek to
make it so. Whenever the dark flag Of hui
man bondage has been raised-whenever the
Shibboleth of slavery has sought to be estab-
lished, the party has been sundered and over
thrown. Justly and righteously it has met
with defeat and disaster. We trust that it will
ever be so, in all future time. Error may suf-
fer by it-but the principles of Democracy are
eternal and immutablc It's name may be used
for the basest purposes, but amidst the wreck
of parties the pure principles of Democracy will
shine as the polar-star to guide the storm-tost
mariner to haven of safety. If bad men use
the cloak of Democracy for corrupt purposes,
it is the duty of every honest lover of his party
to labor for their overthrow. Those who call
loudest upon its name, are not always the most
sincere. We have no fear for its principles
Founded upon Truth and Justice, and Morality,
they will survive the overthrow of dozen rot
ten and corrupt party organizations.
NEBRASKA TERRIroRY.-The first legislative
assembly of Nebraska Territory convened at
Omaha City on the 18th ultimo On the l 7th
ult. both branches of the Legislature were per-
manently organized, after desperate struggle
between the delegates from the northern and
southern section ofthe Territory upon the choice
of officers, which involved also to some extent
the question of the location of the capitol
The Platte river is the sectional line, and in
the struggle to secure preponderance of in
huence to the section north or south of this
division, and from the crude and loosely arrang-
ed method of conducting elections, unavoidable
in newly settled country, double delegations
were returned from some of the counties, and
in fact the seats of half the members were con-
tested The congregation of these aspirants
to legislative honors and their partizaus, all
fully armed and determined to maintain their
claims at every hazard, created an intense ex-
element, and at one time it was feared that
serious trouble might arise, to the extent even
Of defeating the organization of the Legislature,
and of a general and bloody fight. Happily
however, better counsels prevailed, and good
order was preserved. When the question re-
lative to the contested seats should be brought
up renewal of the excitement was apprehend-
ed But the expected arrival of Governor
lard in the meantime, would without doubt
put different and more peaceable aspect
upon these feuds, and lead to an adjustment
mutually satisfactory.
J Later accounts state that both Houses of