Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1863-03-19

ernment, then our slaves are emancipated y
That was not the Presidents intention. You
may rely upon it that he did not emancipate
the slaves in any territory Of the United
States that is under the domination of the
United States. They are not emancipated in
Kentucky, in Missouri, in Tennessee, or in Ma
| ryland-(A A voice, They ought to be-" fol-
| lowed by hsses applause, and cries of order
and that was, 10 my humble judgment, no
part of his purpose. In my judgment bis sole
object was to declare, as general policy, that
as our armies advanced against the rebels,
when the rebels were conquered their slaves
should be legally free. There is no doubt about
| that, with or without the proclamation. Sla-
very exists by force, recognized by law; slaves
now are held in the so called Confederate
States by virtue OF the Confederate State Gov
ernment and the Confederate United States
authority. When our armies advance, aud
those Governments oVerthrown, the sla vehold-
erS who refuse to recognize the Constitution
of the United States lose their slaves by law
beyond preadventure. loud applause That
being so, it is not wise, in my humble judg-
meut, to continue such a declaration; but that
of course is matter of the past. | say, as l
have frequently said, that in my judgment, all
the good that could have been done by it has
been done.
THE DUTY OF THE PEOPLE TO THE president, AND
THE PRESIDENT TO THE PEOPLE.
Gentlemen, | believe that it is just as much
our duty to unite in a vigorous prosecution of
the war under the President of the United
States as it was when the war was first de-
clared, notwithstanding anything that may
have been done Nor am | one of those who
! IL; 4hat h.
in command of the army or any portion Of it.
| never suggested that be should make
change in his Cabinet, that one member should
be put out and some other person take his
place That belongs to him, and I am not
dispose to interfere. 1t is for him to de-
; termine how his responsibilities shall be dis
charged, and not me. But what | do say is,
that be had batter trast the people. I am
one of those who am not in the habit of speak.
ing of the people as something separate from
myself. very often meet men who tell me
that the people want this or that.
Well, l say, gness not. / am one of the
people, | don't want it and how do you
get at the result The only way l know of
is 10 determine what the people want is to
to make up your mind what you want your
SELF and then infer, in the absence of evidence
! to the contrary, that other people want it -
Prolonged laughter. Now, there is great
anxiety felt as to the course ef the Democrats.
Gentlemen, Democrat is peculiar nsttu-
tion. 1t does no good to drive the Democrats,
to bully, or to attempt to intimidate them
they will have their own, was always, as l
have found But never shall be made to
believe that the men who stood by George
Clinton, and their fathers before them, in the
Revolution who stood by Tompkins and
Jackson in 1912 who stood by Polk and
Marcy in the Mexican war, will be found
wanting in this. 1t remains to be seen whe-
ther they will or not.
WAR TO THE BITTER END"
But, fellow citizens, whatever | am doing
and whatever anybody else does shall sus-
tain the war to the bitter end, cheers and
the city of New York will do it after sending
eighty thousand men, and spending three hun
dred million of dollars, they will not hesitate
to go through and the State, in my humble
Judgment, will not hesitate to go through.
Why Was there anything even more prepos-
| ferrous than the idea that when we are told by
| the Southern men that we must recognize
their independence before they will treat with
as that We should be wasting time in under
taking to negotiate a peace When the
President of the Confederate Republic, as he
claims to be, denounced the best men of the
North, East, and West as pirates and hyenas,
and, what he seems to suppose worse than all,
| as Yankees, laughter, is it possible to make
| terms with him, or to listen with composure to
any arrangement for an accommodation
No" Why, who are the men that have
been sent from the State Of New York who
are thus denounced by the Rebel cheftain
l have differed from great many of them po-
| litically. | have differed from a great many
/ of them personally, but when you find the
| kearneys the Rensaelers, the Hamiltons, the
| Schuylers, the Dixes, the Campbells, the
Caubrellings, the Dewers, the Kings, the
! Wadsworths, the Howands, and the Vos-
| burgs, the best blood of the State of New
| York, who are thus denounced as pirates, why,
| submit that it requires more than ordinary
composure to listen to it. Yankees They
are the KnickerbOckers of New York they
are the best men Of the State of New York
and when they peril their lives and shed their
blood in defence of the Constitution of the
country and the Union of the States, be who
denounced them as pirates and hyeDas is as
forgetful of the principles of truth aud honor
that should govern the language OF gentle
man as be is tratorous to the aag under
which he acquired political fame. Loud Ap-
plause We have nothing to do but fight
this matter through. We can have no discus
sion in regard to it, and it behooves US to look
around and see what assistance we are to re-
ceiye, or what interference We are to meet
with.
WE MUST DEPEND UPON oURsELvEs-wE MUST
! UNITE-UNLON Is VICTORY.
But, gentleman, we must depend apon our.
selves if We can fgh. this battle 10 victory,
we shall-if we cannot; We shall De defeated
But, beyond all earthly considerations, We
must units--that is our highest consideration.