Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-09-24
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PENDING CON.
TEST

Wetrust that every Freeman in this County
is dulyimpressed with the responsibilities which
devolve upon him as an elector, and fully
aware of the mighty issues depending upon the
result on thesecond Tuesday of October. The
voter who fails to exercise the inestimable
privilege of declaring his sentiments through
the ballot-box fails in his duty to his country and
himself. While he who does not exercise that
privilege einteligently, fearlessy and honestly, is
still more culpable
Never in the political history of the country
did there ever exist, such a necessity for an
expression of popular opinion as at the present
moment 1t is no exaggeration to say that
the priceless liberties of our country are in
eminent danger. The dearest rights secured
by the blood and toll of our forefathers, are
threatened, for the purpose of extending and
aggrandizing Slavery. All the safeguards
erected for the personal security of the citizen
are broken down to add to the value of slave.
property. The occurrences of the past few
years should alarm the patriotic every where,
and arouse Northern Freemen to action If
we are supine while SIavery-Propagandsm
forms its schemes, and employs the patronage
and treasure of the country to consummate
them how long will be before the white la
borers of the North will be in the mercy of
that heartless oligarchy, which looks upon
Slavery as the natural condition of the poor
laboring man without regard to color, and ''free
society" as a failure
Are the Freemen of the North prepared to
give up this Republic to the purposes of the Sla-
-Propagandsts Are they prepared to
lay in supineness while the great olgarchy
perfect the schemes which shall Nationalize
Slavery, and crush out the last vestige of Free
| Speech and Free Thought? Did our forefathers
pour out their blood in the Revolution for no
nobler purpose than to raise up nation which
, should devote its energies to the breeding of
| niggers? Have we no higher duties, no lof-
tier aspirations, than to raise the price of the
peculiar property? Are not white men wor-
| thy of some consideration ? Is it not an OBJ
ject of desire with you, what shall be the con-
dition of your descendants, and what privle-
ges they shall enjoy in this Republic ?
LabOring men! And who of all those
sturdy farmers who make up our country's
wealth and pride, is not truly laborer, and
looks upon ideness and sloth as a crime. Free
LaborerS, who till your own lands with your
own hands, and experience no feeling of deg
radiation, but rather exult in the pride of in
dustry and independence Are you ready to
inaugurate an era which shall degrade your
labor, paralyze your industry, and bring You
within the control Of capital? Are you rea-
dy to lnfict upon Kansas an institution which
you would not permit in your midst In the
providence of God, you may be turning YOUR
| eyes westward to secure home for Yourselves
or for your sons growing up around you The
fertile plains of Kansas invite you, with ca
pacity for fire millions Of inhabitants. Will
yon doom it to Slavery, and deny yourselves
and your childrens children any participation
therein? If you would not, vote to save it
from the dangers which now environ it.
In our Judgment, the decision of the people
on the Second Tuesday of October next, is of
more moment than any election ever held in
this country. 1t settles the question of the
predominance Of the Slave power, if after the
bred Scott decision, and Mr. BUcHANAN's
avowals in his late letter, the Freemen of this
State are ready to vote for Mr.. PACKER. The
question which was evaded and denied last
fall is now openly avowed and boldly met
There is no longer subterfuge or lodging. En-
couraged by success last fall, the Democracy
have placed themselves upon the ultra Southern
ground that the Constitution carries and pro-
tects Slavery wherever it extends.
Pennsylvania was last fall, the battlefield of
the Presidential contest, and has now become
the battlefield of the cause of Freedom
With the Keystone attached to the car of Sla-
very, our Southern brethren become our mas
ters and the schemes of Slavery propagation
and aggression will be successful. With Penn
sylvania Repubcanized, the banner of Free
dom streams in victory, and the cause OF Equal
Rights is triumphant. Pennsylvania on the
side of Freedom and the Presidential contest
in 1860, is not questionable.
Freemen of Pennsylvania Have you no
interest and feelings Identical with the people
OF New Hampshire, of Maine, of New York,
and Ohio? Are there any reasons why those
old Democratic States should be now be strong
ly and permanently Republican, which do not
bear with equal force upon you? Have you
less interest in preserving intact the rights and
privileges guaranteed by the Constitution p
Have you less of interest in the Territories of