Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1865-09-07
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

Some of the democrats appear to be very
much concerned about the future of the re-
publican party, and are urging, that mas
much as it was organized to resist slavery,
and that institution being now dead, the
purpose its organization is accomplished,
! there can, therefore, be no longer need for
It's existence We regret to see too, that
one or two weakminded, or half sincere
editors, who have been therefore,. counted
with us, have fallen into the same error.
This is a very grave mistake, and is design
ed for our ruin. 1t is not at all likely that
it will accomplish this, but it shows up the
desperation Of our opponents. They have
no hope of success so long as the republi-
can organization remains intact and that
the salvation Of the country depends upon
/ this no sane man can for moment doubt
Indeed, there never was a time when the
necessity for full and thorough organiza-
ton Of the republican party was more i'm
! pcrativcIy called for than at the present
moment; and for the paramount reason,
| that our beloved country was never in
greater peril than at this time This arises
/ from various causes, but the chief reason
! springs from the apathy we have fallen in
/ to. We have still the numerical strength
to beat our opponents at the polls, and the
country's open enemies in the field but
the continued effort for four long, weary
years TO save the Union, in a most desper-
ate conflict, when every nerve was strained
to the utmost tension, and anxiety, and
gloom hung over ALL at last, when victory
/ came the nation sank exhausted not dream
/ ing that further watchfulness was required.
and hardly caring to learn, or believing
when they learned that the enemy was
only defeated, and not conquered. From
| this lcthargy it is high time to arouse. For
every days experience adds new proof that
the rebellion still lives The rejoicing over
! its overthrow had not subsidized before hints
! reached us, that we were not yet done with
. the rebelS-that the defeat of their armies
/ only proved that they could not conquer
us but it did not prove that they could
not out-wit us, and divide the Union at last
/ by strategy. And from the hour it was
well settled that the rebel armies were dis
/ banded, a movement was set on foot to Sc
cure the political control of the respective
States which composed the bogus confeder-
/ acy.
! To this end, there sprang up suddenly in
these States thousands of good Union men,
who hastened to Washington to make
known their loyalty, and to urge on the
President the immediate reorganization of
their State Governments, all slightly hintiag
plan that seemed feasible, and that had
before been agreed upon. The unanimity
which appeared to prevail among these
newly found loyalists, in the manner of the
reconstruction of their States, led the Pres
ldcnt into the appointment Of some one of
their number to an Office, which neither
statutes, or the organic law of the country
recognizes. While this was a mistake. it
is not necessarily fatal and the President,
who is right on all questions effecting the
integrity Of the Union, begins to see through
the schemng devices Of the enemy Thanks
to their early boastings, and their great
haste to ovcr-reach Now it comes to light
that the object Of getting a speedy re-or-
ganization of the rebel States, and in their
own hands, is to get them into managing
and voting trim for the next Presidential
election, when to man the rebels are to
vote for the democratic candidate
Meantime, JAMES BUCHANAN. the base old
traitor, is to write book, which shall be
devoted to proving that the federal govern
ment has no legal power to coerce a refrac-
tory State. All the democrats, those late
ly in rebellion included are to be freshly
indoctrinated with this old heresy: and
then, when they elect their President-if
the good Union people will ever again al
low them to do so-the democrats of the
South can inaugurate a new movement for
division of the Union, this time with GER