Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1861-10-03

are raising the Macedonian cry come over
and help u.s. must feel their courage fail,
when they hear from their friends in the
north, that corruption, extravaganza, incom-
potency aud favoritism prevails in the Admin
strAton Of the war department of the Fed
eral Government"
From the proceedings Of your meeting, Gen
tlemen as shown in your resolutions, it might
be inferred thet you were strangers to the pass
ing history of our country or that you had
forgotten this civil war under which our coun-
try is struggling, had been planned by leading
political aspirants Of the Democratic party at
the South, and that they had taken advan
tage of the weakness and imbecty of your
party chief, of the last administration, and
while acting in the capacity of his cabinet
ministers, had robbed the national treasury.
taken possession of Forts, Arsenals, arms and
munitions of war, aud handed tnem over to
the keeping of traitors, and had dispersed our
noble navy over distant seas that it might
not come to the rescue of the Government in
its hour of need.
Yet, notwithstanding all this, and a hun
dred fold more in the same political connection,
your public nesting, by its first resolution,
with a strange infatuated devotion to veur
ancient name. calls the attention of the peo-
pie to the Democratic party as having pre-
served an almost immaculate purity, while
many oi It's memOerS IN the different capaCl-
ties of public office, aS President, Cabinet Min.
listers. Governors of States Representatives
OF the people IN the National and State Leg.
l>IatureS, and officers OF the Army and Navy,
| having long been planning the overthrow of
the Government, aud the Suhjugatlon OF the
people to military deSpotism. at any mo-
meut when, upon the democratic principle up
on which our Government was founded, they
should lose The control OF the Government 10y
an election; aud StlI You presume to charge the
! rebellion To misguided SectIonail>m, "ngen-
! dered by tanatIcaI agItatorS, North aud South.
/ But, IN spite OF all your efforts to surround
the democratic patty with IA h"I0 OF glory as
having, as you assert, at all times zcaiouSIy
coh'eh"v" 'or Nhe administration OF Tue Sehtr,
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| >"E 'ne'e "aH oeeh departure from us COO
'riheS, ana disregard o' lis warnings ana ad-
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',e caiani'''eS lhaJ nave resulted thaU Is Ior
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