Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-10-16
From the Indiana State Journal of Oct. !
A Sight for Buchananites.

,yo saw n scene in the Union Depot yester-
-. morning. that, we think, preached a more
I'd! u"!.arfnI Fremont sermon than all the eloquence
tLa stump or the Senate has yet produced.
o I..otad along the wall, on bench, was fami-
" of thirteen, the father, mother and eleven
:b;I5rcn, weary dirty, destitute and wretched
Lorond all parallel in this prosperour city. At
on ono end was well grown boy of sixteen, with
o"t 't shirt his skin blue with cold, exposed,
o~cent o~ where scanty garments of thin and
eAv,E arie linen covered it. He had been sick
onJ was wrapped in coarse coverlet. Near
I,, T;,a sat Young woman, sister, with her hus-
inmd She was bareheaded and hardly decent
H. noyrrcd with rags that had not touched wa
;or opparcntIy since they were made. A pale
a.I 'n,i nnny baby lay in her arms Three or four
r I;,tIr lnys sat next, wan looking creatures, as
'nIito as their little wool hats, except where
,bc dirt gave an appearance of health to the
flesh. :, :,
bnt thew didn't speak nor cry SO utterly un-
rte the chcerfulness and vivacity of boys were
,bor ,i1 silence and quetude, that it made ones
La.rc ache to see them One of them passed
LS hand careIcsSly over the face of the little
Iobr which lay motionless in its mothers lap,
lnt there was no smile or glimmer of affection
!, his male face The mother was bare-head-
cd mwaShed and pale, as were all the family.
Sbe like her daughter, nursed a little sickiy
rbild that lay noiselesS, but staring with its
rmpd eyes at the crowd of pitying spectators.
A son. dressed or rather undressed, like all
tLe rest sat in the middle, shivering with
rbil He writhed from side to side, and
croaped sometimes, but never spoke. The fa-
tber, apparently a man about forty-five years,
had wrapt small quilt about his shoulders,
and either under the cheering influence of so
morb greater warmth than the rest cnjoyed, or
bccause he felt it incumbent on him rs the
head Of the family, was the only one that spoke
while We were within hearing. lie had been
e,,yya jrom hdmsaS, he said bg the Buchanan
men, As 20 many other poor settlers have been,
and rcbLe,i Of every dollar he had in the world
Ills cattle had been stolen by Buford's thieves,
and he expelled from the Territory because he
would not take arms against the 'traitor Lane"
as the .SRtinci calls him. He moved from
near Lexington, Kentucky, and his name was
Ritrhic They had no property, no money,
10 provisions no medicines though several of
them were slch- N1IfElSL RU CiulHCS- 80 lUrlOTD
and wrctchci family we never saw, and they
made Sn hv the Infamous scoundreis whom the
administration hired as Kansas militia" to
execute tie Kansas laws, They we're one of
the productions Of democratic policy.
The spectators contributed literally to help
them on their road to Lexington. Mr. David
Hays, one nf the city Iso|ice, cxerted himself
mo,t efficiently on their behalf, and raised some
ten or twelve dollars. Nearly every man or
t'y whe approached left some contribution for
'.cm We saw sturdy railroad engineers and
1-cmcn cutptying their pocket books news
byS gathering their coppcrS into a convenient
leap. kiHd-heayted citizens unrolIiug bills
everybody seemed touched by their silent un-
complaining distress Now aud thea We couId
lear men saving, There is something for an
I'D liner to look at - One little gentleman
# the Buchanan stripe paraded up aud down
the depot, with an Indignant strut, grumbling
and cursing bitterly as he could hear some
sturdy Fremontcr say, "Comc up here and see
what your party in Kansas have doue," 1t
vs quite 4 scenc-altogcther