The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-01-11

rolled up q majority moro than twico
as large as any We havo given at any
State election since that Of 1866.
And that majority, won 10 q contest
as warmly waged and as honcrably
aud fairly conducted upon both siiss
a, any we have ever had that majori.
~, won by the unwavering Union men
Of Pennsylvania, we tender an ear
uest Of tho 4), 900 minority they in
tend to give, when called into action
by the Republican busle blasts iu next
November. Yes, sir. | repeat, tho
great State OF Pennsylvania, which
In it. patriotic arlor, sont into tho
war, for the suppression Of the REBEL.
ion AMI for the defence of tho intcg.
rity Of the nation, 100000 as brave
men as ever drew the sword or fr1d a
muskct that State, which you have
so truly and eloqucotly ssil always
stands firmly by tho Union, warmed
BY the samc impulses, ssanli ready
and eager to give 10 tho great CAPITA 10
Of tho war, her already designated
and chosen leader of the Rcpublicau
hosts in 1872, 10000 as loyal ballots
as were ever cast by Intelligent fros-
men, az testimona Of their uuaba.
ted and increased confidence in his
sterling into gritty, tried patriotism,
snd approved statcsmanship, aui Of
their unqualified endorsement oil his
most successful administration.
You may well speak proudly, sir,
Of our grand old State, anil Of her
matchoSs history
Lees than two centurio, hsvJ elaps-
ed since tho colony was founled by
deeds Of poacc since William Penn,
the Proprietary oil tho Province, and
his provincial assembly, established
aud promulgated those wiso and be-
nefccnt laws, under the happy and
healthy influences Of which tho com
monwcallh has lourished aud grown
into magnificent proportion, aud i'm
portsacc Of au Empire,
Disrogarjing tho political systcms
and govern mental theories Of the old
world, AMI reverontly trusting that
under the favor and guidance Of Di.
vine Providence, the great and essen.
tal principles oflib,rty aud fre, gov
ermcnt might be recognized and unal-
terably established, in their new home
the colonists united 10 n former de.
claration of universal cnfranchsemeut
and universal liberty, Involving the
princi pie adopted as part OF the
fundamental law. and as cardinal
doctrine in their political faith, that all
meu are born equally free and inde-
pendent that all power is inherent
in the people, aud all free goyern-
monts arc founded in their authority,
and instituted for their pecace, safety
and happiness.
And there, sir, eXilcs as they virtu-
ally We're, driven from tho land Of
their birth by religious and political
persecu tions, their great leader, Penn,
him self, having undergone imprison-
mont in the Tower, for refusing to
abandon his advocacy Of tho liberty OF
conscience and freedom of speech tho
door of his fathers house having beon
closed upon him because Of his refu-
sal to take of his hat to tho King Of
England aud the Duke of York /;
there, in the wilderness, these pioneers
in tho march Of civilization and frss-
dom, in tho fall Of lGs2, moro than
ono hundred years before the consti.
tutisD Of tho United States was fran.
cd, rising above all unworthy foclings
Of resentment, and promtcd by the
noblcst principles their nature, even
in the moment Of their absolute pow
er, and reaching almost tho sublimity
of Inspiration, declared that all men
have a natural and indsfoasiblo right
to worship Almighty God according
TO tho dictates of their own cousoieu-
ces that no human authority can cou-
troll or interfere with tho rights of con-
science, and that no pre- assaoe should
over b,~ givon, by law, to any religious
Establishments or molcs ofworship,
They declared too, that elections
should DO free and equal, and oentu-
rics in advance Of the civilization Of
Europe, aud in defiance of what was
then regarded by statesmen phiIos-
opbcrs ss 'ths, ripo wisdom of the
ages" they declared that no one sho'd
10 imprisoned tor debt /; they softon-
ed tho ssyeritios of tho panal code,
abolishiog the death psnel,y in every
case, except that Of wilhl aud delih-