Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-08-21
THE EXPECTS OF FREmoN7'5 NOMINATION..

THE EFFECTS OF FREMONT ) NOMINATION..
1t is but a shorttitne SINCE the aneninati tieas
of the Republican party were made at Phila-
delphia and already the enthusiasm and popu-
lar feeling aroused by the names of FEE-
MONT and DAYTON has had glorious effect
Before the overwhelming tide of Freedom, the
Slavery eXtensionists have begun to bow
The arch traitor DotGI AS, forgetting his threats
of subjugation, stands up in the Senate Cham
Der and proposes to repeal few of the more
obnoxious of the barbarous code of laws, which
he once proclaimed must be respected and en-
forced
The shouts that go up from the people for
the cause and the candidates Of Freedom have
penetrated even the White House, and struck
to remove SHANNON, as a peace Offering to the
outraged people TIE Free State men in Kan
sas have asserted that SHANNON was unfit to
discharge the duties of the office of Governor,
and the President now confirms their position
by sunmarily removing him from that Office.
For months, the leaders of the Free State
movements in Kansas have been prescribed and
outlawed from the Territory, or languished in
prison, under indictments for high treason
Awed and rebuked by the popular voice, it is
now announced, by authority Of the Admins
tration, that these indictments are unjust and
cannot be maintained, and that the prisoners
are to be liberated, and the indictments set
aside.
The Territorial Judges appointed by the
President have been the head and front of the
Outrages upon person and property in Kansas,
pcrpetrating under color of law the most dis
graceful and lawless proceedings. 1t is now
announced that these agents for forcing Sla-
very upon the Territory are to be removed.
These movements are an acknowledgement
of all that the Free State men in Kansas have
ever professed. They have declared that the
laws of the pretended Legislature were bar
barous and tyrannical !; that Gov. SHANNON
was wholly unfit to be Governor that the
men under indictment for treason for crime
had committed no offense against the laws of
the United States and have arraigned LIE
coMPrE and his associates for the grossest dcre-
liction All this is now admitted to be cor
rect by PIERCE, DOUGLAS and their confede-
rates They have receded from the positions
formerly taken, and acknowledge virtually the
justice of the cause of the Free State men.
| That they are sincere in a desire to repair
the wrongs they have inflicted upon Kansas
no one will believe. They are alarmed at the
popular movement now making to elevate FRE-
MONT to the Presidency for the purpose of re
dressing the grievances under which the people
Of Kansas suffer. They see the handwriting
on the wall Defeat stares them in the face
Despair reigns at Wheatland and emissaries
from BUcHANAN hasten to Washington implor-
ing that some. measures may be taken, if pos
Sible, to arrest the tide Unpopular feeling. The
concessions made indicate the fear of the cleo
tion of Fremont. Does any one suppose that
if he had not been nominated, that DoUGLAs
would have given up his declared intention
to subdue the Free settlers Of Kansas, and pro-
posed any measure for their pretended relief !?
Or would SHANNON have been removed or the
prisoners indicted for treason had justice, much
less mercy, shown them?
Having already gained half victory-hav-
ing humbled the arrogant pretensions of the
nigger-drivers-it remains only for the people
to press on and secure the victory which is now
within their reach. The concessions shown by
the Oligarchy should satisfy every freeman of
the justice of his course and inspire him with
renewed determination and energy. Depend
upon it, that the offerings made by the slavery
propagandists are unwilling ones, wrcstcd by
the strength Of popular opinion. The purpose
to force Slavery upon Kansas is not given over,
bnt it is deemed necessary for the success of
the pro-slavery candidate to ulI the people in
to security The only safety that Freedom
has, is in the success of the Republican cand-
dates. Their triumph will be the triumph of
free Institutions The election of BUCHANAN
would be an admission On the part of the
North, of a willingness to have Slavery exten-
ded not only over Kansas, but over all the i'm
mcnse territory bordering on the South and
West. He would hardly be inaugurated, be-
fore the ruffian threat we will subdue you"
would be reiterated, the mask would be thrown
off, and the schemes for extending Slavery,
prosecuted with renewed energy.
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