Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-02-16

ory TO pass under the control of such an eX-
ecutive head ?"
This noble and gallant son of Virginia !"
who, in 1856, saw far in advance of his con-
temporarieS, who was ready, if Fremont had
been elected, " to seIze the arsenal at Harper's
Ferry" is now looking with hungry eye to the
Charleston Convention, and is now the applaud
ed and favorite hero of a class of men in the
North, who are stammerng into the ears of
doubling people their uxorious love of the Un-
ion ; and this democratic orator, who would
demand the impeachment of governor of
Virginia if he should permit the arsenal at
Harper's Ferry to pass under the coutrol of
William II. Seward, if elected to the Presi-
dency, is nominated by democratic President,
and confirmed by the united voice of the DEM
ocratic senators, to represent the republic at
the court of Louis Napoleon. This democratic
administration, and this democratic party,
which invokes the support Of the Union-lOving
conservative men of the free states, sent to
the prOudest monarchy of the Old World. the
man who uttered this inSurrectionary and dis
loyal sentiment. Yes sir democrats, with
the accents of Union upou their lips, sanction
the appointment of tfan who is atowedly in
favor Of civil war aud disuhion Let the real
friends of law, of order, of the unity Of the
Republic, mark and remembar this want of f.
deity to the Union by the administration, and
the men who lead the democratic party
Sir, the Richmond Enquirer, the leading
democratic organ south of the Potomac, dur
ing the canvass Of 1856, avowedIy advocated
diSnnion. That exponent of the slave democ-
racy said:
" Summer and Summers friends must be pun.
ished and silenced Either such wretches
must be hung or put in the penitentjary, or
the South should prepare at once TO quit the
Union"
eff Fremont is elected the Union will not
last an hour after Mr.. Perce's term expires
" If Fremont is elected it will be the duty
Of the South to dissolve the Union and form
a southern confederacy"
" Let the South present compact and un-
divided front. Let her, if possible, detach
Pennsylvania and southern Ohio southern In
diana, and southern Illinois from the North,
and make the highlands between the Ohio aud
the lakes the dividing line. Let the South
treat with California and, if necessary, ally
herself with Russia, with Cuba, and Brazil"
Sir, this journal, which, during the canvass,
had avowed the rankest dsunion scntin ents-
this journal, which had been the trumpet Of
the alarmiStS, after the election had been won
by the aid, the material aid, of alarmed and
quaking conservatism, very naively announced
to the victims of this disunion panic, that
Governor Wise threatened disuuion only to
save the Union y Yes, sir the valiant Wise,
ready to put the military force of his domin-
ions on a war footing ready to hew his bright
-,
seize Harper'S Ferry, " only threatened dsun-
ion to save the Union w Patriotic Wise =
Who, in view of the Sagacious patriotism of
that " noble and gallant son of Virginia" will
not accept the tribute of the admiring Fauk-
ner, that it is the fortune of some great and
gifted minds to see far in advance of their con-
temporaries Z" May not Shiverng, desparing
conservatism indulge the faint hope that other
" noble and gallant sons Of Virginia" and Of
the sunny South, may, i'll humble imitation OF
the far-seeing Wise, he " threatening dsunion
only to save the Union 2"
We are entering, Mr.. President, upon anoth-
er Presidential election I; another great strug-
gle for supremacy in the national councils be-
tween the opposing forces of slavery extension
and slavery restriction The nation once more
presents to mankind the interesting spectacle
of justice in conflict with avarice and oppreS-
sion" This conflict" IS stirring the country
to its profoundest depths. Conscious of their
waning power, the advocates of slavery expan-
sion are again haughtily menacing the disso-
luton Of the Union in the event of their de-
feat by the people. Again, in the public press,
in assemblages Of the people, in state legsIa.
lures, and in these chambers, dsIoyal and rev.
olutionary threats are made to intmidate the
people.