Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1862-08-14

"chttcmcoi TIC occasion tnat mas calleQ YOU
here to-day Is to contribute of your pecuniary
and physical wealth to the maintenance of the
Cn on and the protection OF the Republic, aud
l propose. III The few words shall say. to de-
Vo myself to the Object of securing unity
among "li the people of the free States to
these eudS. Our trouble is not that we have
not good cause not that we have not q
gallant army not that the wishes of all pa
triouc meu are not with us; ut that with all
| these advantages, We conceive we can go on
discussing the various issues involved, em5ar-
rasSng critclslng, and interruplug the opera
tloLs OF our constitutional leaders precisely as
II We were 10 the midst of profound peace
| Aud many honest men fall into this bluuder
without thinking that they are being mlsed
from high public and conscientious duty by
partlsans, who desire to create division
among the people Of the free States, in order
to bring a out q di>gracefu pence, and
reinstate 10 power the men who are now fight
Ing against the Federal Government
! III the veil that conceas the secrets Of every
household could be lifted, MIR President, we
should iud that one lesson Of life, frequently
taught TO ourselves. has eS frequently been
Impressed III lasting characters upon other
hearts. Differences between brothers and
sisters; between wives aud husbands; between
parents and chldren-dlfferences that have
! run like bitter stream through many years.
are checked and closed forever, wuen the
Angel OF Death passes over the stricken
| threshold. As the long-alienated kindred
meet at the bedside Of the dying father, moth
er, brother, or sister, aud benaId the tranquil
spirit preparing to wing its way 10 the throne
| VI God, that spirit often implureS, with dying
accents, that peace may descend upon the d.
Vlded circle may reHght the fires of love on
the CHILLED heurthstone, anu warm the hoSoms
too Ious es'rapged Rlrely is lis nov
ton int tectuaI. The 10. rs shed for the part
lug soul inIngie with those that reconcile the
separated living. aud the family, long lacerat-
I'd by its own strifes, joins hands in token of
perpetual affection over the bed Of death
Mr.. President, our country is not dead. nor
| let US hope dying but she is tied like
ma tyr 10 stake, aud is surrounded 10y a
Wild many weapoued throug" There is
u shade OF grief upon her brow her suffer
| lngS are great, for her wounds are many
She sees with agony that those who plunge
the dugSer into her side and try TO light the
| fagsot at her feet, are her own children
! cnl dren she has nursed and nourished at her
own generous breast, aud, i'll imitation of
| Him Who hled upon The cross eighteen hun
dred aud sixty TWO years ago, she exclaims,
through all her acts and 81 gus. Father, for
give them. for they know hot what they do"
turning from tneSe degenerate children, she
appeals 10 U.s. She tells US that her reliance
noA Is upon those who have been aiwavs 10y al
aul tue; who have returned her bounties aud
| uiessiuSs with ii constant gratitude and have
rewarded her Trials aud tolis for them by
spreading before her eyes the trlumphS Of their
genius aud the t:oph eS Of their Industry. But
as she calls US TO the Rescue, she bids US first
OF all, be al peace with each other. MethIukS
| hear her divine accents now ! "OOedient
you have been to the, my children you have
made yourselves u wonder AIN u 6 I; e nations;
yUa have buIded government unparalleled
| upon Garth, but you have not been united
| amUug yourselves; you are not united how
Oh let your blecu:nS country. your mother
aud your friend, your guardian aud your stay
let your country, IN THIS her darkest hour
aud her direSt strait, npOre you 10 cease all
dlssen>lumS, To seal up forever lhe pestllentlal
| fountains vi party, aud TO move in serrled ar
| ray to her deieuce. There Is only one other
! power. sir that eau make more irresistible
| apleui-that power which speaks III thHnders
| from the skies. Shall We, then, be deaf to the
voice OF our country, when We feel that that
country is almost commissioned to speak the
voice of God himself
Sir, plead tor the unity of the free people
Of the freeStates. Great Heavens why should
they not be consolidated into one vast, over
pOwcring mass Look at the rehelilOuS
South The atrociIus crimes, and the in-
human Objects of the constirators so far from
creating divisions among them, have produced
IL unity not u unity OF conscience, bnt unity
Of organized aud savage fanaiCSm. They
seem to be inspired by The demon desperation;
which made Macbeth eXciaim
| I" am blood
epped IN so far, that should wade no more
| Returning tedious go DER"
These uad men fight against good Govern
ment as if it had not been their best aud most
constant benefuctor They are driven upon
our bayonets in drunken aud nfuriated thou
sands Our f ,g to them is the emblem of in,
| fanny, and our Uuon covenant Of crime
From their hearts they have blotted the glor
iouS memories Of the past. Every battle field
of the Revolution fills them with remorse.-
The tomb of every patriot is monument of
rcproach. The tffigies of Washington. aud
jackson, and Jefferson almost speak through
their marble lips in rebnke of their Sacrilege.
Aud yet, Mr.. President, these people are uui-
ted.
Behold, sir, what q heritage we are fight
ing for T! No people ever had such Il canse,
Not the Myriads who went forth centuries
ago to recover the Holy Sepnlchre-not the
iegions who followed Ca,ar Alexander, and
Napoleon. Never-never, sir, has such
creed and such country appealed to human
hearts
Mother, over the grave OF your only son,
who died of the malaria or the murderoas
bullet in the swamps of the Chickahominy, as
you weep for the loved and The lost. do not
gonr prayers ascend for the brave boys he has