Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1860-08-09
EVERY THURSDAY TOWANDA

of the Missouri Restriction was but part of
a general and welImaIured plan of operations,
at the head of which stood the self-crowned
chief of popular territorial government. Mr..
Douglas term of Office was now approaching
its close 1t is not unlikely that desire for
reelection, and knowledge of conviction
forced upon his State by the examination allu-
ded to, induced him to look with different eyes
upon Kansas, and created an anxiety on his
part to take up the cause of her robbed and
wretched people. / cannot certainly say how
this may have been, only state a sudden and
miraculous change came over him, and for
while he seemed to glory in the name of re-
bel" He opposed the admission of Kansas
under the Lecompton Constitution with SEEM
ing seriousness and then announced his deter
mination to vote for the greater iniquity, the
English BILL" 1t was then the honored and
heroic Harris, who now sleeps in DEATH shed
tears of anguish, and gave utterance to his
despair Over this again the veil has been
carefully and closely drawn by the guardians
of Mr.. Douglas fame His admirers have
acted wisely as it has prevented, doubtless,
many unpleasant snrmises and suggestions
To that bolde>t and truest, and greatest, of
all the warriers in the battle for the right
David c. Broderick, is Mr.. Douglas indebted
for his rescue from whirlpool which would
certainly have engulphed him-from a stain
which would have obliterated his heroism in
connection with the cause to which he has so
ostentatously professed to devote himself. /
withhold the words in which the scathing re-
buke was clothed And yet this noblest and
most self-sacrEcing of men, Mr.. Douglas
protector, the martyr to truth who in the full
ness of his heart and on his dying couch ex
claimed, "they have killed me, they have
murdered me, because | was opposed to the
extension of Slavery and corrupt Admins
tration" upon bis return home, aud n the hour
of his earnest trial, when fighting like Spar
tacus, upon his bended knees, against the pen
stoned hordes of the present dynasty, aud at a
time when he had q right to expect all posi-.
sible aid from the man whose interest he had
made his own, found all the sympathies of Mr.
Douglas extended to his opponents, and him
self treated as an enemy and an offcast If
we would respect the memory of Broderick we
can never support Douglas it would be a
mark of baseness and servility If ever there
was true son of the North, inhumanIy bro
| ken in spirit, and who had reason to exclaim,
Save me from my friends that man was
David c. Broderck
hdu CIEfHEN n. DOLbLAS Uub QIScUdTRPu
the duty he sacredly owed him, he would have
gained a victory for freedom in California and
would today in my opinion, be living in the
land, and acknowledged as one of the foremost
men in the Republic. He laid down his life to
attest his sincerity many who profeSsed to
love him well, in wild revel and reckless ex-
nltation, utter the name Of him who could not
find time or opportunity to speak word IN
eulogy over the grave of the departed votary
Inscrbe the name of BRoDER1CE in fiery charac-
ters upon your lbanners-he was your cham
pion-and you, at least, can afford 20 do him
justice. He rests in peace on the heights of
the proud city of the Pacific, where no ngrat
tude can longer wound him, relieved from the
warfare between heartless factions, and where
his ashes will remain an eternal memento of his
faith and his confidence in the ultimate triumph
of a downtrodden humanity.
These references have been made for single
purpose, to satisfy, if doubts exist that in the
great struggle between the South and the
North to secure the long lost equality of the
latter, Mr.. DOUGLAS is against us Should
more recent evidence be demanded, then let
an examination be made of the Congressional
Globe containing the ballots for Speaker and
Clerk during the last session of the House of
Representatives. Ascertain what the action
of Illinois, Western aud Northwestern Demo
cracy was during the protracted contest for an
organization. Every vote that Mr.. DOUGLAS
could influence was invariably cast for such
candidates as the South presented, including
those of the most extreme and revolutionary
character. He could afford no assistance to
any one not recognized by the propagandists as
orthodox upon all questions which concerned
them. And | very well remember when the
name OF Col. FoRNEY was mentioned in con-
nection with the Office he now occupies and
his fate was to be decided, how diligently "the
great advocate of Popular Sovereignty labor
ed for bis defeat every devoted of Mr.. DoUG-
LAS voting against him with one exception. Mr.
MORRIS, of Illinois, in whom have great cor
fdence, declined to vote at all COL FoRNEY
who never hesitated to advance the fortunes of
Mr.. DoUGLAS when he could properly do so,
was elected in spite of Mr. DOUGLAS Col For
NEY, presume, was not indorsed by the De-
mocracy who swear by the peculiar institution
Others may choose to forget all this, and |
will not criminate them for doing so, but
promise never to forget it, ! am for my friends
and against those who oppose my friends. If
| am wrong in this let charity lie extended to
mel cannot help it.
have said all desire to say OF the Pepresen-
tatives of the two Democratcs. There is a
preference between them. The one is ont
spoken and evident the other is concealed and
tricky. Of the two / must prefer Mr. BRECK-
INRlDGE, and yet cannot imagine the circum-
stance under which could be induced to sup
port him. He asserts the Supreme Court has
decided that Slavery is an existing coustitu-
tional institution in all our Territories aud that
is the duty of the Government to sustain it
where it thus legally exists