Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-09-01
lFrom the Independent Republican,
The Republican Convention.

desired to obtain Abundance who could not
The meeting was organized by the election of
the following officers:
President, ORANGE Mort, jr., of Forest Lake;
Vice Presidents, Robert Grifis, of Jessup j..
W. Cargill, of jackson l.. o. Blandin, of
Thomson Benjamin Comfort, of Harmony !;
John W. III. Bradford, of New Milford HI.
Fl. Frazier, Of Montrose j.. b.. Scovill of Sus-
quehanna Depot, and Charles Tingley, of Har-
ford; Secretaries, Charles. F.. Read and Benz.
Comfort.
The following persons were appointed a
| Committee on resolutions ID. ID. Warner,
Vim. T. Case, o. G. Hampstead, DIR. /. La
throp, j. C. Bushnell, j. w. Cargill, Stillman
Fuller.
The committee having withdrawn, and Judge
WnMor not having come in, l.. p. HINDs, Esq,
of Susquehanna Depot, was called upon and
responded in a brief speech, earnestly and for
ciby advocating Free-Soil principles. Judge
WILMor, although "not in the spirit for max
ing a speech" as he remarked on coming for
ward, soon became so, and made one of the
most lucid, argumentative, and instructive
speeches to which we ever listened. He was
received with great enthusiasm. We are sorry
not to be able to furnish a report.
After Judge Wilmot closed, the following
resolutions were reported by the committee and
adopted with great unanimity =
Whereas, The aggressive policy of the Slave
Power which has been recently manifested in
the wanton a~brogation of that time-honored
compact, the Missouri Restriction" by which
a vast territory coded to Freedom has been
opened to the curse of human slavery-its bold
and defiant attempts to control the affairs of
Kansas, against popular will and sentiment
there, and in utter disregard of law, evince a
determination on the part of that Power to
acquire and hold, at every hazard, the suprema-
cy in the government of the United States
to transform this boosted " land of the free"
into a great slave-holding confederacy And
whereas, i'll the crisis that is upon us, and in
the struggle between the opposing principles
of Liberty and Slavery, it becomes the friends
of Freedom everywhere to take counsel togeth-
er, that they may act in concert upon the great
question which SO nearly concerns the interests
of all. Therefore,
ReSOlrcd, That while we erect no new land
marks, and enunciate no new doctrine, we
declare our conviction that the government of
the United States was formed to establish
Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for
the commOn defense, promote the general well
fare, and secure the blessings of Liberty =; that
the institution of Slavery is directly opposed
to all these ends, inasmuch as it violates the
first principles of justice, is a fruitful source of
domestic discOrd, an element of national weak
ness, trampling under foot not only the rights
of the slaves but endangering the liberties of
the Free States ; that it is local and not a
national institution, and it is therefore the duty
of the General Government, wherever it con-
stitutiOnally may, to exert its power against its
extension, and to rid itself of all connections
with it.
Res@red, That the passage of the Nebraska
and Kansas bills, and the whole course of
policy pursued by the administration of
Franklin Pierce, including the election outrages
in Kansas and the removal of Governor Reeder
at the demand Of the lawless slave propaganda
of Missouri, show the great wrongs to the
country that a corrupt tool of slavery may
commit in the Presidential Office, and demon
strate the necessity of our electing a true
Democrat-that is, a friend of freedom and
foe of slavery, for the next President.
ResOlred, That the Imprisonment, without
bail or mainprize," of Passmore Williamson,
for no crime but telling a woman that by the
laws of Pennsylvania she was free, was an act
of judicial tyranny unparalleled in the history
of our country, and an unwarrantable encroach-
ment on State rights, and worthy of the days
of Jeffreys and his compeers.
ReSolred, That, reafirming our attachment
to the principles of the Republican party put
forth at the time of its organization in this
county, we rejoice at the rapid success of that
party in every Free State, till it now bids fair
to unite all the friends of freedom in one
great and inyincible party, that shall redeem
our country from thraldom to the slave-drivers.
Rcsolred, That the perfdious reputation by
congress Of a solemn compact with the North
whereby the Territories of Nebraska and
Kansas were forever consecrated to freedom,
has absolved lis from all compacts and compro-
misses with Slavery outside of the Constitution.
We now demand the restoration of Kansas,
Nebraska, and all other Territories to Freedom.
and soIemnly declare that we never will consent
to the acquisition of another Slave State into
the Union.
Rcsoired, That THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF
S~CsQCEHANNA COUNTY disavow all connection
with Democrat or Wing, Know Nothing or
know-Something, but cordially invites all
parties to unite with it on the broad platform
of Free-Soil, Free-Speech, and Free-Men.
The following persons were then chosen
delegates to the Republican State Convention
to be held at Pittsburg September 5th Robert
GrifllS, John Dung, II. II. Warner, William
Jessup, Charles +. Read, Albert Bushnell,
Simeon B. Chase, III. II. Frazier and John f.
Deans.
Tn County Republican Committee were
authorized to call a Convention for the nomi-
nation of candidates, and to appoint Township
Committees to superintend the primary meet
ings in each township.
1t was resolved that the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the County papers, and
thereupon the Convention adjourned.
TIE WAvERLY BANK.-This institution is
fully organized and the stock Zone hundred
thousand dollars) is all taken. The Hon. j.