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

10 you, anu an lDSul[ TO tnem w neu yo
are told that safe and prosperous men shell
not pay the tax that is to support the soldier
of the Republic, that the property of the tral
tors shall not be seized and used to sustain th'
army. that their farms and persons shall b.
protected by Union bayonets, that the stou
arms OF the Southern negroes shall not be in
voked TO save your own sons from the dread
full work of the camp, the trench, and the fort
and above all, that sordid sympathzers with
this bloody treason shall he permitted TO re
vel in luxury under the sc gs of Government
they are seeking to destroy, do you not lee
that the day of vengeance must come to al
who, 10 this dread crisis, remain Indifferent t
their country's call
Mau of toll ,-mech n c,-laborer-hear mo
Shall this great, free people be broken up and
destroyed, only to crafty your natural enemies
to satate the ambition of those who de-
nouuce you as an inferior class The world
has its aristocracies, but none SO base and
baIeful as the eristocracy Of Secession. Its
soul and body ARE compound of hatred and
contempt for Northern industry and toll
Born OF slavery-resting upon slavery-iving
upon il, iii luxury laZlnesS and ease, the race
thus panpered has become a race of tyrants,
regarding you as its foes, and clutching 10 its
embrace as natural allies, the despots of the
old world. There is not traitor in the South
to day who does not believe, or has not said
that the ultimate desi 5n of this great con-
spitacy is to establish upon these shores o
monarchy, or, failing i'll that, TO drag the
R.puolic TO a dshonorel grave; aud either
result is your degradation.
Farmers of Pennsylvania word with you!
Come with Us and perfect the work of popu-
lar unity ! Happy in your quies homes,
blessed in the midst of abundant harvests.
heretofore more Independent than any ether
class, do not be deluded by the hope
" That trenchng war will not channel your fields,
Nor brui.e. yo noweEets with the armed hoof oi
hyte pc ;"
Unless, indeed, now as ! speak and as you
hear, you send you. sons to hold back the
invader. If rebellion is uot crushed by
Northern concentration and courage our bor.
derS vii! soon be baptized in blood the fairest
OF our valleys will shake under the thunder
GUS tread of mighty squadrons. Now that
your crops are gathered in,-yoGr barns filled
10 bursting. your broad acres shorn of their
bonuteOus burdens, ,-now let your young men
advance t. gather glorious laurels on other
fields, aud TO crowd the national archives with
the names Of other heroes In the oden time
when the forci gn foe sent his myrmidons among
Us, the plough was left standing in the furrow
the sickle ruSted among the ripening sheaves,
aud the husbaudman few TO battle to follow
the train OF artillery, aud to exchange the
+, aping hook for the sword. o rouse ye,
then, tlerS of this golden soil, and swear by
the memory Of Putnam. and Morgan, and
Wayne, the farmer heroes of the glorious
post, that you will preserve and defend the
egacies they have bequeathed to you.
Men Of wealth, wlI you hold back p
Every dollar of your money has been accumn-
lated under the fostering care Of That good
Government, whose lite is now at stake
You have prospered beyond example. You
have been fortunate as Others have been fortu-
nate. What value would attach to your heaps
Of gold ii the Republic were goue In that
hour your houses, your bonds, and hidden
stores would pass away, as the clouds before
the storm. or the miSts before the sun Come
forth, o DIVES, aud help your country Ap-
pear, D Midas, with your shining tributes
for, Of all your investments, none have re-
wGrded you so much, or returned such solid
premiums, as will tnut speculation which
proves your trust in, and gratitude for, the
Government which has protected you.
I now address the pnlitcians-the leaders
of parties-the controllers of Conventon-thc
creators of Presidents and Governors. You
have one Divinity that you worship-the Di-
vinitg of Public Opinion. Easiiy swayed and
moulded in peace, it is eagle,eyed keen scented
and Jealous in time of war The ordinary
tricks of the partIzan will not pass curraRt
now 1t is in AL in9ui:ng and suspicious
mood. 1t seeks TO know for itself-to weigh
every assertion in the scales OF most exact
ing Judgment Deceived on former occasions,
it remembers the adage, " Cheated once, it is
my enemy's falt but cheated second time,
the falt is mine" Whatever may be said of
the fckleuess of public opinion, in Que thing it
has always been steady and unchaugeable-
aud that is in love Of country. Public opinion
has something been compared to great ocean
tossed by contrary winds and torn by many
currents Faction may disturb it-miSrepre,
seatations of measures and men may convnlse
it, hut. beware, gentlemen politicians, of the
other sea that rolls beneath the tempest-the
tranquil deep, ana eternal Hood that hnds It's
source in every loyal heart-love of country
and devotion to the American Union. Aud
it ey er this emotion existed before it exists
now. II ambitious men desire place or pro
motion, let them carefully consul the angures
before they offend their chosen idol. would
not in this presence revive party names but
| will appeal to The politicians to come forward
and assist in combining and consolidating the
people in favor of the war Is there before
me one who was Breckenridge Democrat two
years ago To him do address myself
Your candidate has gone into the rebellion /;
but many who acted with you are now leading
the hosts in the army and firing the public
heart in civil lfe-standing like heroes by the
flag, and deuouncing every man who dares to
be indifferent to the cause of the country and
to sympal h,ze with the traitors. Let me came
in this connection Governor DicEenson, of
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