Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-09-04
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HON. A. BURLINGAME,
nslivsred at the Republican Mass Meeting, held
at Philadelphia, August 19, 1856.
OF MASSACHUSETTS.
from the Philadelphia Daily Times

From the Philadelphia Daily Tmes.l
,,., Mr. B-RIl INC AME was announced a scene of the
Ma, enthusiasm prevailed. The entire auditory rose
.,ir f,t waving their hats, handkerchiefS and um-
ti.. above their heads. and exhibiting every mark of
n-Eelinr. Cheer after cheer given with great
,,s,, and several minutes elapsed before even COM
,r,, 9riet could he restored. This was soon broken
t~,rry-. Three groans for Bully Brooks" This was
-,y responded to. and another scene of enthusiasm
3 Sach a spectacle it has seldom been our province
tnc<s and all attempts to convey an idea of its num-
. features would fall short of the scene on the occa
., Order baing restored, Mr.. B. said:
Gentlemen. thank you from the.bottom of
arateful heart for this kind greeting. There
+. 4 heart in it, and right down honest good
MIL do not take it as a personal tribute,
irf as one guSh more of enthusiasm for those
m.I principles which shall survive when we
Ar. IN the dust (ApplauSe.) You will bear
me frl.ow-citizcuS, this evening, while |
address vou Ny voice is almost gone, and |
a.. much exhausted but while | am phvsi-
ay pro>trated, my republican spirit is warmer
lau ever.
Wrv If. fgow-citizenS, that in this in
clement weather, YOU gather together in such
rarted Numbers 1t is because the worst
rnmy that ever trod on the nccks of men,
taken possession of this great government.
v viii. came from the brains aud was supported
18th. uuroNoUcrabie arms of our fathers If
r.a.fc .tt free in this government to work
practice up to its high theory we should
. INT Two great parties One would be
y 80 ,>iye. and one would be conservative and
q. world h>oug to these according to age
-.Narrautut
Do. there is a disturbing clement which
A .0 TO Interfere with the fair play of the
! s- %. oUr institutions What is that eIe.
III nat, In one word, it is lorcrg-and upon
A cct / shall be brief What is this >la-
NJ u-r hat now dominates so like master in
4li, or whence came it Not from the
n +.., tents Of \ Abraham-not from Laccde
II where it is said slavery was invented
from Old Rome, but from modern Rome
A -an". Ike Il spider. from the brain Of Pope
N Martin the Fifth who, in 1850, issued Papal
giving authority to the Kings of Portu-
II ".a,o III all Guincamen and other negroes,
A .y force Or by barter to bear thcm into
M ~na service
VI l,.4t distant papai bull we fnd the first
a-,y in all the world for negro slavery
ugt trace its history down mighty
D. human tears to the present time. l
--.r Y say it came to this country in the
II humanity. 1t was welcomed 10y TIE
OF the South it was SternIy rejected,
1U,i, by the Pilgrims of the North
sc1 What is it? In one word the
methodist, Wesley, denomiuated it the
al y,.ajnieS. \ voice, " So ii IS
H>e. 1t is that system which denies
'g' Of a man 10 himseIf-to his wife-to
-.. which reduces man born in the
,jS God. with a soul as immortal as
..- na'c, burn above rs this night. be-
Ie condition Of the beast of the field
'-". il reduces him beneath the condition
.Ha>t Of the field, it holds him as against
~.n - The RS, ,oH>.hilititS of q human being
@'. las nothing in all the world which
t-A ms own save master, who may
-1 oraise him. blister him. burn him, do
,-Ter he will with him This is slavery,
t4 sorry 10 say it is what is called Amcri-
5v.-y.
81 GOES i do , When our fathers met
-| 10 form the Constitution of our coun-
deemed slavery an evil. They thought
->'h expire Could those fathers who
10 fern that Constitution have fore
a, would have been the effect o; the
2oa ol is virus iH;o il, believe those
-.a vo-G have fallen in their places be-
"9gIa have admitted ii in the reno
Ho the Constitution. You remCm-
Madison would not stain the ConSti-
'.i III" word slave. but by the accident
"rcame pecuniary power, and
-.', clause in the Constitution giving
I2Fer-it became political power,
t9"a'-pccuujary and political, thro'
,.,7ate has at length passed into few
-N more than three hundred thousand,
.N n,n have had possession of this
a 1ear'y from its beginning TO the pre-
Iaey have welded all the machine
.A 10 foster slavery. Still so per-
system in itself, that while it has
-1 "en, 1t has made the land where
hi poor indeed. Freedom and slavery
svT started together on their race
continent. Freedom taking the
.ua t"a which it first placed its iron feet,
UampIIng down barbariSm and
r'1'e> raising the symbols of its faith
y "a ana every river, until it has pass
.aller OF waters, the great Ameri-
H. gamhed the stony mountains, and
ceuf v" all the institutions of the pill
30 Na' Of tie Puritan, stand by the
" '' The peaceful Pacific. Such has
ties o4iy march of freedom across the
,rey - n egais- y
r y save driver on any Southern
9,r % -. ever a recreaut. mean Yankee
SosAter.) 1t has furnished its re-
n -'.-5. '.-gn TO supply Southern pulpits-
np ~ -! It's PedlarS OF clocks and its
"Ie r.e-the latter far worse than
sss !. has furnished meaner men than
of @S furnished Northern dough-
). .'--s. -men who dare to stay on