Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-03-12
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THE TRIBUNE FOR 1851.

The Election is past and its results proves that the
pleed In all the Eastern and Northern portions of the
cnnEtrv-n NevEnCland. New York Ohio and the North
West-thc Republican banner loats in triumph while in
Southern Jersey. Pennsylvania, Indiana and ilnGisH
short wherever few newspapers are taken, and where
schools too and too feeble to have edu
Gated the present generation of votersthe black flag o
Slavery olstrucs the sunshine stranger to America
might i'~tngn~h those portions OF our country most
blessed with Education Intelligence Thrift and Virtue,
by scanning the returns Of the Presidential contest of lSG
We have failed OF present success not because the fG
pie against hnt because that large portion who did
not hear read the argument and do not Know what
the real questions at issue went almost soma against
us reversing the verdict which the great majority OF the
edGcatet ard Intelligent endcaynred to pronounce.
These facts indicate the path of pressing duty. With
no unmanlv repinngs what is irreI Ocabewith no
abatement of heart hope because the triumph of Ler
in her ordeal is not won at the Long Island and
White Plains of her StruEgle-wh no shadow of regret
that the responsibility of governing is not conded to her
champions before the People fully ready to sustain
them-wc begin afrrSh the work of dfsing that vital
truth which in regard to the of this world as
we'll of the next makes Free indeed Now, in the
Slave Powers heyday of victory when IFS ministers and
@evtorS gathering and plotting to make the most OF
their triumph and crush ont the spirit which they vain
w believe tn he crucitcd and entombed-n0w, when the
f1irtbca~tcd or co-hcartcd who lately baskcd in the
sun-hne OF premature hopes hauling off to repair
damages and talking of abandoning the rugged arena OF
Politics for more qHct and howary helds-now III this
hour of weariness and shadow. THE TEIEUNE its
Of eternal hostility to every form of tyranny over
the bodies souls of men-to the shameful assumption
that the hcnghted ard feeble whether in soul body,
are be regarded agd treated the convenience the
prev of their wiser stronger brcthrento the d0mina
ton Of dego and "%archs whether of empires plan
the enSavers of cities and Kingdoms in Europe
or the breeders Of children for the auctolock and the
, cnttpr-ficd in Virginia Alabama.
The doctrine that human being created for
the benefit advantage of anOthcrthat all service he
tween man and should he free and recprucal-that
the aborer should rot toll and to papcr others
pride minister to others luxury bn for the sustenanCc
and comfort Of those near and dear to hS destined to
certain triumph 1t must prevail, for God rcgns, and
Earth not created to be theatre of injustice oppres
sion and misery for ever 1t must trumph Tor all true
urophcry aIirIS ana the vndcaon of the Divine benig
titv ia'reTatively requires it, Il must triumph; for De
ia0crac America cannot always remain tie sco of ars
tocaG and the shame of eiorucrs and liberals through
out the Old World. II must triumph for Mans history
is not chaos a riddle, but everywhere instinct with
meaning and no heroic effort ever failed of its ecctno
! Iran of mart yr blood was ever shed in vain.
Bet if We Republicans disposed to fold our
arms in Sumhcr our adycrsares would not permit it. They
busy to-day in lcnghenng their cords and strength
cnDg their stakes with vigilance and activity which
vcalS consciousness on their part that their dominion
must he made sure forthwith or their scepte will have
forever departed. To-day. myrml0ms of the Slave Pow
| er threaten and harasS Northern Mexico encampcd
in the heart of Central America and wagng war of eX-
termination on TIE distracted inhabitants of it@ petty Re
pul,S while it by turns eers and scowlS at Cuba while
It's most ruthless bands pecpitated on devoted Kan
Sas under the protection and smiles of the Federal Adj
minstrati0p. Even as we write, the telegraph informs
Us that twenty Free-Stae guilty of attempting to
defend their homes against the rapnc and violence of Bu
ord and Titus bo0dthrsty bandits have been convc.
ted by Lecompe Court of manslaughcr! and sentenced
five years Imprisonment at hard labor elons. This
IS bu; fair specimen of what has long passed for jus
tce in Kansas Justice which takes the criminals into
pay and aids them in hunting down, plundering and
/ " Wping out the innocent whom it cOnsigns to the
State psnn they are ever g0aded into the madness of
resisting their oppresSorss Such crimes and wrongs
unhappy Kansas has for twelve months endured even
Hungary Poland has known and the Power at
whose istigatinn these vaines and perpetra
ted sits cnhroncd in the White House, and has just
achieved another four years asccndancy in the Federal
Government. Who, in view of these facts say that
Republicans nay pile their arms, for hour
THE TRIHNE will be, a. it has been Political Jour
nalavawedly though not exclusively so. 1t recognizes
the truth that Freedom ard Slavery here gapped in
deadly conflict, and that in the result of them must
lose all control the Federal Government But, while
it gives prominence and emphasis to the discussion and
Hrcdaon o the great issue of the day. it sinks none OF
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The proceedings OF Congress- like those in Kansas will
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fit be deemed desirable by Republicans that THE TRI
Rune should be circulated in their several localities we
urge them sec that Clubs be made up and forwarded
in due season. The Postmasters are semi-ofIiciay adj
monshcd not to aid our circulation but to ure instead
that of journals deemed sound and NATIONAL by The
cUmpatrots of Atchson ard Strngfclow. We ask live
Republicans everywhere take that these efforts b
not cectua to quench the light of Freedom in the
Ky mists OF Slavery.