Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1858-06-17
A UNION CONVENTION.

LENuEL ToDD, Esq, who signs himself as
Chairman Of an American Republican Com
mittee,' has withdrawn the call, which we pub
lshed, for State Convention, and now unitcs
with the Peoples Committee of Superinten-
dence of Philadelphia City. II. BEEcHER
SwoorG, Chairman Of the American State
Committee, and WM B. Thomas, Chairman of
the Republican State Committee, in recon-
mending a Convention to be held at Harris
burg, on Wednesday, the l4th day of July,
1888, to nominate candidates for Canal Com
missioner and Judge of the Supreme Court.
The course marked out by the action Of
these Committees, is SO papable judicOus and
correct, that we wonder at the late appearance
of the recommendation-for the maadmns-
tration of public affairs by the general govern
ment has become so grievOus and intolerabe,
that he who puts an obstacle in the way of its
political overthrow, is worse than traitor
The great object to be attained, this fall, is a
rebuke of an Administration which has falsi-
fed its pledges covered US with national dis
honor, and brought bankruptcy upon the Trea
,ury. In these days of official proGigacy, par
ty names are not worth sticking for, and mi
nor questions arc of no consequence.
The following carefully prepared and sensi-
ble article from the Susquehanna Republican,
50 exactly expresses our sentiments in regard
to the present position of parties. and our fu-
ture course of action, that we adopt its senti-
ments as our own, giving them cordial ap-
proval -
"In Pennsylvania there are three parties
rposing the national Administration the Re-
publican. the American. and the Douglas De.
mocracy and it is proposed to unite these in
to one party, Several reliable RapubIjcan pa-
pers do not favor this project They fear the
arranoement wouId necessarily involve n sac
riGcc Of nrncinle The Americans and the
DonrIas Democrats believe that the Copstitn-
tfon does not Give 70 Congross tha RIGHT to
eyclude Slavery from tbc Territories On the
contrary Rcnubcons boIieva that under tho
| Const:tntion if i not only tbo rigbt I'm. tba
dutv Of Congross 50 70 ovcIndn SI,vcrv Iaro
i Fundamental nrircinIo diriding tha mar
ties RennbIicans cannot and will not rocrda
from their nostioo They not only danv tho
validity of the Dred Scott decision h,t tbev
also denv tho nrincinle unon which il is hoscd
II will Inc useless ia ask the RanpbIicap nortv
| TO ioin opv oyoanization or 70 take anv nosi.
ton. that will require them to give nm the
principle that Slavery is sectionaI-tbe crca.
ture of State laws.
Many of the Republican papers are in favor
| Of stondinr unon tho nI,tform of 1874 Tbov
know the nrincinles r. bn corroct and tbor ho.
licve the platform GOOD enouoh and stronr
enough for another campaipn, We too he.
pears to rs, if we stand upon that pIatform
without addition or modification we must close
our eyes TO some mnleosant trntbs yVo must
make ourselves ignorant Of the fact tbot-oc-
cordiny to the party which now administers
the government, and nracticaIly-Slayery is
already established in the territories and ner.
suade ourselves to believe that a slave cannot
exist outside of the slave States. we must
teach ourselves to forget that the one prsot
question now before the American pcopIe is.
How can Slavery be driven ont of Kansas?
Shall we wait for Congress to accomplish
it? 1t will be long term of years before
the L. S. Senate can be so much changed -
Even if it could be done by Republican Presi.
dent and Congress elected in 1860, it would
then be too late Slavery, under the foster
ing care Of the federal government for three
entire years, would become so fastened upon