Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1866-08-23
OUR CONGRESSMAN.

1t is very evident that Judge MERcUE,
who faithfully served this district in the
last Congress, will have to bear the assault
OF the combined opposition Of democrats,
copperheads and johnson renegades from
this on to the election. By his fidelity to
the cause Of human freedom, to his country,
and to his constituency, he has aroused the
bitter hatred of traitors and their abettors
and their envenomed wrath is poured out
against him without measure. We confess
that we Ike this No man can have bet.
ter recommendation than the enmity and
abuse OF the enemies of the country. If
they howl and fain would bite him, one
may be sure that he has done his country
service, and Judge MERcUR can give the
loyal men of this district no better proof
Of his devotion to the true interests of the
nation, than the hostility his course in Com
gress has awakened among rebel sympa-
thiZers. We hope the leaders, and the pa
pers Of this party, will keep up the fire at
him until the day Of election-indeed, we
beg Of them to let him have "a broadsde of
their peculiar slang every week-for it
Will so arouse the zeal of the Republicans
OF tie district, that not a loyal vote will
be left out when the returns come to be
counted. Come then, gentlemen democrats,
copperheads and Johnson rcnegades. do
your best against Judge MERcUR, for we
want him elected, and the more you slash
away at him, the more votes he will get.
You know very well, that if the Judges
course in Congress had been dubious. or
such as to secure your praise, the loyal
men of the district would have been shy of
him, and perhaps dropped him altogether,
and nominated another, and so, by parity
of reasoning, if he has awakened your ire
and abuse, it is pretty good proof that the
Judge has gone right and the more too,
he gets from you Of this, the stronger the
evidence ill his favor, and the more he de-
serves reelection from the hands of the
Judge MERCUR, gentlemen grey-backs And
then too, we like to see the game Of per-
version so we'll practiced as it is in the
case Of Judge MERcUR When his enemies,
when speaking of his public acts, are
obliged to hide important facts connected
with them, it looks as if they We're hard
run and the Republicans know the whole
story, and are always ready to tell it, so
that Misrepresentation of our congressman
generally come to bad market Hence,
when copperheads, democrats and johnson
men tell that Judge MERcuR voted to en-
franchise the negroes Of the District of
Columbia, when seven thousand out of sev-
en- thousand and seventy, of the white vo-
ters of the District, voted against it, they
carefully avoid telling the fact, that the
seven thousand who voted against the en-
franchisement of the blacks, were rank
rebels, and the abettors of the murder of
LINCOLN, while the seventy were the only
loyal element of resident voters in the Dis
trict To be sure, with copperheads this
Is strong argument against the Judges
action IN the premises, but with loyal men,
Union-loving people, it is a strong argu-
ment in his favor.
So also, when talking about the increase
Of pay which Members of Congress voted
themselves, we are right glad that the
Judges enemies try to hide the fact that he
voted against this increase, although the
proposition was attached to measure he
favored, but he would not be tricked into
its sapport. His loyal supporters know
this, and to see an INSCRIPTIONS opposition
striving to deceive the people in this par
ticular III order to iDjure the Judge, only
tends to stir up the just Indignation of all
men, who from thence out be-
come Jealous in the exposure of deception
and unfairness. SO we repeat, crack your
whips over Judge MERcUR, all ye who are
opposed to freedom to all-who acquiesce
in rebellion-who love traitors better than
loyal men, and who approve of riots and
rioters
E.oRE,eS.-Foreign news by the Atlantic
cable seems TO be one of the regular insti-
tutions Of the day. The chief interest, of
course centres in Germany, where Prussia
has still the upper hand The King of
Prussia has appointed one of the generals
Governor Of Hanover and the Queen of that
country has been notified that her further
stay in the Hanoverion capital is undesira-
Ole The probabilities Of the renewal of |
he war between Prussia and Bavaria is
at the termination of the armis-
ice on the 22d inst, should no change
AXE place in the aspect Of affairs A Gov
'rnor has also been appointed to control
affairs in the conquered territory Of Mas