Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-09-04
PUBLISHED

our remedy is in ourselves, in our own man.
hood, and that must be proclaimed in trumpet
voice next Nov, at the polls. (Great applause J
We have nothing but platform to fight,
for Mr.. Buchanan had lost his identity and
passed into platform, and the last stand of
that man is worse than the first What was
Mr.. Buchanan? First, a Federalist, an old
bluelight Federalist, which, according to the
voters of the present. is the very antipodes of
Democracy At one time tariff man, then
ant-tarf, opposed to the repeal of the Nilsson
ri Compromise, then again in order to scheme
a chance for the Presidency is willing to be
anything that the platform may choose to make
him. / have other objections to Mr.. Buchan-
an / havesnothing to say of him personally,
but only politically. / do not complain of in
consistency, but / would rather a man should
be right than consistent. Then again he has
been partizan too long, and he is too old
At his time of life he should be casting his
eyes to that bourne from whence no traveller
returns He is bachelor he is a sectional
list, for he has never been for union.
How strange it wonld seem for an old gou-
ty, grumbling, grizzly ghost of bachelor, to
be roaming through the lofty chambers of the
White House. Would you rather not see a
happy family there For that is Democratic
where you hear the prattle of loving infancy
1t is in keeping with our expansive institutions.
The ladies are all opposed to him as a matter
of course They ask how is it that the favor
| ite son. the statesman of seventy years stand
ing, has never been able to find companion
to share in his thoughts and to crown his ho-
uors with his smiles Can it be that his heart
| has been so cold and stony that the warm glance
of lovely woman has never yet been able TO
kindle affection for the gentle sex ? If So
| they will have none of him-he won't suit ;
| (anghter,) or can it be that he has yielded up
| to the fascinating charms Of one of Ewes fair
est daughters, and been rejected by his inamo-
rata ? renewed laughter) Oh such a
man would not suit them. They are for un
ion, to a man. (Shouts of laughter and great
appause) Single blessedness is no part of
| true woman's creed, and so wherever we GO,
! whether abroad or at home-on the highways
or in their dwellings-we find the women of
America repudiating this one-idea candidate
! for the Presidency. Great applause Their
| eyes naturally turn to Fremont, who had the
! pluck to run away with Old Tom Beuton's
| daughter" and to marry her. (Appause.)
| And it reflected honor on his manhood that
she could take him with her fair white hand
and lead him back to her fathers mansion and
make Old Tom Benton love him as ne'er fa-
ther loved son before Tremendous cheer
ing Fremonts whole history is like some
dream Of romance. Look at his life in the fens
| of South Carolina, how the poor boy struggled
upward-how the wealthy planter made him
set afar from his table, and how he worked
| upward His existence has been poetry in
| action. What man has ever raised the stars
| Of his country SO near The stars of heaven as
! he See how the scholars of Europe praise
him, not only for his scientific attainmentS, but
! because he bestowed Freedom on California.
! Our children study geography upon Fremont's
maps lie surveyed Uncle Sans farm, and
! who else ought TO be put in charge of il but he
who surveyed it? He described in vdid CO
| lors the meeting of the Geographical Society
of London, which bestowed the medal for the
greatest attachments in geography on Col. Fire.
mont at which the claims of candidates for
every country in Europe were presented and
urged A few evenings after | went to Egyp-
tian Hail. to see Panorama of the overland
route to California. One scene was a lady on
horseback and the lecturer announced it as the
wife of Col Fremont crossing the Isthmus of
Panama to meet her husband on the Pacific,
the man who had lifted the banner of Ameri
can rule over California. A shout went up
! from those cold John Bull hearts, aud above
all went up one Yankee cheer, and if those
sturdy Englishmen were so moved, how should
I We, of his own native land, regard the glorious
| exploits of Fremont He is a man of pluck
and principle. You can neither buy him nor
| sell him.
| The speaker eulogized Col. Fremont in the
most exalted terms, and then proceeded with
one of the most thrilling appeals We have ever
heard
He called on all Wings who reverrd the
memory Of gallant Harry Clay tremendous
| applause to rally to the support of Fremont.
| You who followed the white plume of Harry
of the West through disaster or through vic
tory who exalted over the glory of the union
with the old man eloquent" by all Your me-
mories of the glorious past rally to the support
of the great Pathfinder and strike one more
blow for Liberty (Loud applause
| call on all Eon-hearted Democrats-you
who boaSted in other days, that your right arm
was thicker than Wings waist you who
loved Sias Wright, and reyered Jackson and
JefFerson-ralIy, and protect your rights -
Enthusiastic cheering By all you love, and
by all you hold dearest, rally with you: old
Wing brethren to the cause of Liberty !
call on all those who carry the flag, and,
under all circumstances, keep step to the mu-
sic of the Union," to protect the cause of free
dom-support it when the South spits in your
face, aud spurns you and when even old Ken
tucky veerS away from your side. And final
ly appeal to our yonng brethren, (enthusas-
tic cheering, for in this contest We look to the
young men to bear the heaviest brunt of the
battle. | call on you to carry us on to VIC
tory Old men are naturally cautious and
timid, but youth looks forward eagerly-fuli
of hope aud confidence, and no danger can
daunt it-therefore | call on yOu especially to
follow the lead of the Pathfinder for all the