Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1859-10-06
Republicans of Bradford County

This being the last issue of the Reporter
previous to the election, We take the occasion
earnestly to press upon your attention the i'm
portance of the present election and the ne
cessty for activity during the short time that
intervenes AS yet the strife of the contest
has not been heard in this County. There have
been no notes Of preparation, no marShaIling
of forces, nor exhortations to awaken their en-
thusiaSm and zeal There has not been apart,
from the nominating Conventions, single po-
litical gathering in the County. All this 81
lence and apathy BODIES no good to the Repub
lcan Party, as its tendency is to dcpreciatc
our vote and lessen our majority.
AS light vote, which is inevitable without
exertion, reduced our majority proportionaIity
and thus affects the State Ticket, we are con
strained to address.yo to urge upon you the ne
cessty of activity for the few remaining days
which remain for action, in the work of sccur-
ing full poll Of Republican votes in each
election district.
Parties are already marshalng for the Pres,
idential contest before US, when decisive aud
it may be Il final battle, VIII be fought between
Freedom and Slavery for the mastery in this
Government. The position aud strength of the
respective parties are closely scanned
note of preparation, and every indication of
public feeling, watched with an anxiety, CON-
menSurate with the mighty interests involved
in the struggle The next Presidential election
will in truth be decided in advance, by the
moral and political forces displayed in the
movements aud elections, that precede the di-
rect vote. Pennsylvania is now to indicate her
position in the great conflict of 1860. She is
soon to pronounce to the country the judgment
of her people, either in support or in reproba-
tion of the uSurpations and outrageS against
liberty and law, of the Slave Oligarchy, now
firmly eutrenchcd in all the high places of in.
huence and power.
Republicans of Bradford! will you faler
In such an hour You occupy a proud posi-
tion in the ranks of the army of Freedom
The first thunder Of the battle, was heard up
on your hills, and in your valleys. You have
hitherto borne yourselves with aconstancy and
frmnesS, that commands the admiration of the
Country. When the history of these times
shall be written, your early and noble efforts
in the cause of Freedom, shall fill one of its
brightest pages. Let it not be recorded that
You faItered in the hour Of greatest need =
that in the very crisis Of the battle, you march
ed TO the field with weakened forces and i'm
paired strength.
The party of Slavery that installed the pres
ent administration in power, is now broken and
divided throughout the North The attempt
to force upon Kansas the Lecompton CcnSti-
tuition. provoked formidable and determined
opposition in the ranks of the Administration
party. The anti-Lecompton division of the
democracy is exhibiting great force in the
strong holds of the party, in the southeastern
part of the State. The Slave Power and its
administration at Washington, are greatly
alarmed, least Pennsylvania should desert the
black standard of Slavery-thus taking the
scepter of Power from the hands of the Slave
holding Oligarchy, and placing it where it
rIghtfully belongs, in the hands of the free
millions of the North and South A defeat
now in Pennsylvania will come with crushing
ana overwhelming effect, aud bury the last
hope OF perpetuating for another Presidential