Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-08-07
ARE THEY SINCERE ?

: INTO Free territory, IS ih every uay Felharh
of the BUCCANEERS. Do they mean what they
say, or are they insnccre and dishonest ? To
determine the question, letus appeal to facts.
In the first place the party that put Mr..
BUCHANAN in nomination endorsed the policy
of PIERcEs Administration fully, and without
reserve. In 1854, through the influence of
policy, the Missouri Compromise was repealed.
The consequences of that repeal are unparal-
|, lced in the history of any civilized nation.-
Its declared object in the South, was to ex-i
tend Slavery into Kansas and Nebraska. Mr..
PIERCE, as exhibited in his public and private
acts, knew the object of that repeal, if he had
not even gone further, and promised to the
Slavery to give up at least Kan
sas to their designs TO carry out the plot, of
the twenty-one officers of the General Govern
ment, in that Territory, nineteen are slave state
men. These were appointed by the President.
He has stood quietly by and permitted crimes
of every grade and character to he committed
against the freestate settlers Their lives have
| been sacrificed by. the fury of border rufians,
their property DESTROYED. they have been dis
armed, shut up in prison on frivolous and un-
lawful pretexts, indicted for high treason while
exercising the privileges of freemen their wives
and daughters outraged, and civil war and an
archy has usurped the place of law and order
To carry out the object of that repeal he
removed REEDER because he would not degrade
himself to the condition of tool for the Sla-
yery-extensionists, and appointed SHANNON
Governor, who has shown himself totally un-
fit for any station except to adorn the "gam-
ing tables of San Francisco, with Mexican
greasers, escaped convicts of the British penal
colonies, and the desperadoes of the old world
and the new" To carry out the object of this
repeal, the President stood by, and saw train
ed bands of marauders go into the Territory
FIVE different times, take possession of the bal
lot boxes and drive the actual settlers from the
pOlls-elect proslavery men to fill all the i'm
portant offices-saw Draconan code of laws
enacted, and attempted to be enforced by his
emisaries, and did all he could consistently with
an idea of securing a denomination for the
Presidency, to force Slavery upon the settlers
of that Territory.
Such are some of the acts of Mr.. PIERcE-
Was there man in the Cincinnati convention
raised his voice against these acts of violence
Not one ! on the contrary they were fully en-
dorsed. The repeal of the Missouri Compro
mise which was the foundation of all these ex-
CesseS, was incorporated into the PLATFORM
When and where has a selfstyled Democratic
Convention been held, in which the policy of
this Administration has been condemned p
The Democratic convention Of this State, en-
dorsed the administration. In the Buchanier
meetings in this County, not one word has ever
been uttered reprobating the " Crimes against
Kansas" but they are ready to censure all
those who are opposed to those crimes, as alb
oltionists, fanatics and disunonists What
supporter of Buchanan, either on the stump,
or through the press, dare utter a syllable
against the outrages perpetrated in Kansas,
the assault upon Senator, or any of the bru-
tai and unjustfabe doings of which Slavery
has been the cause Not one. They are con-
stantly engaged in contriving excuses for all
these enormities, and if not directly sanction
ing and applaudipg, are endeayoring to palli-
ate them.
When a'northern Buchanier disclaims PIERCE
and his Administration, (Which was and is the
supple tool of Slavery he puts himself in O
position to have his honesty doubted and does
violence to his party. lie is not so honest,
though perhaps not so wicked as LLOYD GAR
RIsoN, WENDELL PHILIPs, & Co., who. desire
the election of Mr. BUCHANAN, on the ground
that his administration will be continuation
of PIERcEs policy and thereby by continual
aggressions upon the North SO enrage it, as to
cause disruption of the Union-believing that
the abolition Of Slavery in the States can only
be thus accomplished.
In the South, as we have already shown,
Mr. BUCHANAN's election is urged on the ground
that he has always been true to the interests
of Slavery. In l848, he was in favor of ex-
tending the line of the Missouri Compromise
to the Pacific, in order that California, and the
large proportion of the Territory acquired from
Mexico, might be given up to Slayery-which
measure was regarded at the time lsays the
Richmond Emquirer) as extreme concession to
the just demands Of the South" He then be-
lieyed that Congress had power to legislate on
the subject of Slavery in the Territories In
1885, he does not believe any such thing
Why? Because he does not wish to do any,
thing that would pain the most sensitive
Southern heart.'