Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-09
The Responses to the Nominations.
From the Philadelphia Bulletin.

bc III ltSulu 10 the uOllISS vi tHt OpI'ooi'Ioh
conI Ienton, there can be no disputing the fact
that they have nominated strong ticket, and
one that truly and fairly represents the senti-
mcntS of their constituents. With David VIII
mot as the candidate for Governor, there can
be no evasion Of the great question of the eX-
tension of slavery into free territory The
man identified with the opposition to such eX-
tension, from the moment of its commence
III mt, cannot be considered as holding doubt
ful position on the subject. The people will
have the issue fairly presented to them. The
Democracy will Tot be permitted, as they were
in the Presidential campaign, to pretend one
thing and to intend another. Both candidates
for Governor will be expected to take their
nositions fairly and SqRarely, and there will be
10 evasions or tricks created which may be de-
signed to deceive the people as they have for
merly been deceived.
1t is satisfactory to know that the question
of the day is to be thus distinctly presented to
the people of Pensyvania They will now be
able to say plainly whether they desire that
slavery should be extended and that they and
their state should be associated with new gov
ernments, on the same level of latitude
their own, designed for the perpetuaton and
spread Of the baFbarous institntion. They
assent to, or dissent from, the late decision Of
the Supreme Court; to state whether they be-
hcve that Congress has no right to determine
npon the existence of slavery in the Terrific
ries to declare whether slaves may brought
into Pennsylvania, and other free States, and
remain slaves, in spite of our own laws ; to
give their decision upon all the astounding
points declared to be the law of the land by
the slave-holdng majority of the United States
Supreme Court There will be no opportunity
of evading the issue now, and if majority of
the people of Pennsylvania, after having it
thus plainly presented to them, shall decide in
favor of the Southern side of the question, the
minority will have to submit to the decision
and wait patiently for more enlightened pub
lie sentiment, which is inevitable to the com
mon progress of civilization and intelligence.
From the Philadelphia North American.
The Opposition State Convention yesterday
did some important work at Harrisburg the
effect of which uron the politics of PennSyl-
vana remains to be seen. A Union ticket has
been made of about as good materials as such
things can be. David Wilmot has been nomi-
mated for Governor. He is clearly, and be-
yond all peradventure Republican, pure and
simple In him that party stands up erect
without halt or stumble. He is no obscure
man merely picked up to represent its princi-
plcs-no half way parsonage, with here a
but" and there however" standing upon
the fence and looking both ways for fear of
losing votes or influence. In all the essentials
of Republican party man, he is the proper
standard-bearer in the present crisis, and tho
we were not among his advocates, We cannot
otherwise than rejoice that so fit candidate
has been found to rally the great mass of the
Republican opposition. Originally Demo
crat of the straightest sect, Mr.. Wilmot ad-
hered to that party as long as he could do so
without losing his own sense of self respect,
or being false to the great principles of human
freedom and Democratic Republicanism, which
he was SO ardcntly attached to-. He only left
the Democratic party when he found he must
do so or give up his creed. Among the few
early and steadfast opponents Of slavery ex-
tention, he was the leading and most active
spirit. The Hales, Summers, ChaSes, and Sew
ards who now flourish as the heads of the
Republican party, were but the followers in the
movement initiated and persevered in by him.
For this he was prescribed by both parties,
but his constituents at home have always re-
manned faithful both to the man and his prin-
ciples. To his influence may be attributed in
great measure the revolution in Northern
Pennsylvania. 1t will matter to US very little
whether he be elected or defeated, though we
most ardently desire his success. The nomina-
tion of such candidate will he q tower of
strength to the Republican party.
From the Pittsburg Gazette.
THE NoMINATIoNs-We have chronicled
from day to day the responses of the Phila-
dephia, New York and other presses to the
nominations which were made in Harrisburg
last week, but have scarcely alluded to the
manner in which they have been received at
home. We wished to learn so far as We
could, what the feeling among the people is on
the question. We think we can say among
the friends of free institutions in Allegheny
county there is but one voice, and that is,
that the nominations were the best which
could have been made. This people, so many
of them as remain
'Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain,
have fixed their eyes upon DAVID WuMoT as
the proper candidate for the Office in connec-
ton with which he is now named. In him we
see the perSonfcaton in this State, Of opposi-
tion to the extension Of Slavery into the Ter
ritorics. In his nomination we fling down the
gauntlet at the feet of his enemies, and the
enemies of the Constitution as it was expouu-
ded by the Fathers. Ay we challenge his
foes to fair trial Of strength ! We invoke
anew to our rostra and our stumps the indefa-
tigabe Bigler, who voted with the whole rank
and file of the Locofoco marty in favor of the
principles of the Wilmot Proviso in lS4I.-
We invite him to stullify himself in another
campaign-f that operation in his case be
either necessary or possible. The name of
Wilmot is tower of strength to the gallant
Republicans of Allegheny County, and we
can assure our friends wherever they may be
be, that she can, and will, do better in Octo-