Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-04-27
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THE REBELLION ENDED.

The long agony is over, the Union is re-
stored.
We may now count the cost Of our late
unparalleled struggle for the end draweth
nigh, yea it is already attained The sur
render Of Lee necessitates that of Johnston
and also of all other bodies of rebels now
in arms against the lawful authority of the
government. We have conquered. Our ma
ton is, to-day, the most powerful nation
upon the face Of the earth
lst Because we have now better disci
pned army than any other power, and the
broad ocean bears not upon its bosom a
more gallant navy than ours. Whether
upon land or sea our stars and stripes are
borne upward by a power, invincible and
irresistible
2l Because we have the means to pay
every dollar of the debt we have made. 1t
is. to-day, but little more than one-half as
large as that of the first powers of Europe
and its entire eXtingushmert is only ques-
ton Of time With northern energy and
enterprise with our industry in the various
departments of business, our commerce
whitening the sea, our broad acres the Sa-
yannas Of the west, inviting cultivation
and capable of supplying the world with
food, the increased emigration which the
peace We have now will bring to our shores
with all these facilities Of paying off our
national debt, it must soon cease to exist.
3D. Because the moral courage we have
gained in the strife will go far to prove us
nvincibe in comparison with every other
ma ion Northern courage has conquered in
contest in which every other interest in
the world was arrayed against US. In the
darkest hour it has stood firm, yielding its
blood and treasure at the call of patriotism
and duty Defeat has but rendered it more
determined and disaster more willing for
4 the sacrifice. In Just cause we may defy
8 the world
4th. Because slavery is abolished. Slave
ry that dark blot upon our fair fame is
Il dead, dead We stand a free people, re-
deemed, regenerated, disenthralled. We
6 are men, all of US, not things. In the shape
& Of men with hearts, souls, thoughts, pas
q Sions, and affections, we are no longer
s chattles subject to the caprice of tyrants.
8 We may 30 longer blush that our land is
& diSgraced by system that outrages rea-
son and common sense, which strips man
8 Of his manhood and thrusts him without
the pale of humanity, and we may rejoice
that no longer need our countrymen bow
their heads in shame that they are Ameri-
can citizens.
Here, then, are SO many reasons why we
may consider ourselves so powerful peo-
& pie, and in arriving at such conclusions we
DO not draw upon the imagination. Let
the most sober and moderate among US
seriously consider the circumstances under
which we take this new lease of national
Ile, and in the light of what is, and is most
probable and likely to be, decide the ques-
ton. While slavery lasted it would always
be drag upon our progress. The good
q Hod could never bestow his most beneficent
smiles where his law was so openly trans.
gressed. But now, imagination can but
teebly express the high destiny which
awaits us. Politically, commercially, and
no doubt financially, we shall hold the bal
ance of power. Gold, cotton, petroleum
. IRON, bread, are the great staples with
which American labor is to supply the
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tropolis. Look north and south, look east
and west, and where do you see an empo-
rum commanding such facilities for growth.
50 many interests all centering there
Where the city absorbing the trade of so
vast an interior, and reaching that interior
" such system of communication. sit
'ated upon coast line of tens of thous-
anus OF miles in extent, each mile paying
Hloute, and receiving from it the produc-
H Won OF every other mile on the globe
lou see no where else such worlds CEN
"s' Europe can furnish no rival in natural
""dntageS. Her great emporiums are but
-" expressions of national interests, for
o 'ohhcrce mas nef general law OF
7'"'I'atlon, yet that same law loses much
II It's force by the rivalry of distinct ma
"'"alItles London diverts trade from
'F''' Amsterdam, and Hamburg; and they
" 'uFh from London. But New York has
p, competitor on the western continent.
Tue rebellion succeeded Charleston
'U'o have assumed certain commercial
n 'F' vance-as it is, it will ever be but
L suburb Of New York.
westward the star of empire takes its
hundred years will not pass be-
E Wv. s Ne" York has greater population
any other city upon the globe, and