The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1857-07-16
TL9 Herald Of FrGGdOTG Comes
Down Ola the Journal.

" cA{D 49, 4AL 1880 ~i~ 4 W
ter Pa, Journal has taken pains, on one
or two occ92ions lately, TO give us back
handed compliments, indicative, doubt
less Ct the feelings OF the editor towards
us. They and their autnor are CT so lit
tie consequence, that VIC would not have
noticed them, except TO an;Wer the en-
ire class 3f his calibre and mental pro-
portions. The inuucndo that we lave
ever been, ars now, or ever will be, un-
true to Frsa srate principles, is 80 base
SANDER tha, il would be 4 work Of super
eyrogation to retu;a it. That Republi-
can journal should make such assertions
without any evidence but the mere lpsc
atzit Of & disappointed political huolster,
and his satellites, the pepny-a-liners, is not
only surprising, but j; also shows want
OF fairness which every member OF the
fraternity Of editors deserve at the hands
Of each other.
"When JouN S. MANN, Esq, edited
the Jo4rnnl, We should have felt hurt at
such an insinpation. For many years
when the Free Soil party was in seem
ingly hopeless minority, that gentleman
and the principal editor of this paser
'did battle shoulder to shoulder" in north
orn Pennsylvania, against slavery and in
temperance, long years before the present
editor Of that paper had any political feel
ings in common with ours. But John S.
Mann is robleman-one Of natures
own, and when he retired from the press,
the fraternity lost one of its very best
members. Success to him.
"All we ask of our brethren Of the
press, Of whatever party or clique, is fair
ness. We are willing to stahd by our
opinions always, as they are stated by
ourselves, but We are not willing to stand
BY the misrepresentations of others"
We find the above in the Kansss Her
aid Of Freedom, Of the 4th inst., as an
editorial. az and its author are of so
| .littlc consequence, that VIC would not
"have noticed them except to put our
readers in possession Of the real position
Of the paper, But before we go any fur
:her, wo will give our hearty appreciation
to all that our censor has said of Mr.,
JQHS S. MANN, promising, however, that
Mr, n. fully sqbscyihes to any ilnucn-
does against the Herald Of Freedom
which may have appeared in the columns
of the JOURNAL, to call out the above
NOTICE in the Hsrald, But as be is fully
competent to give expression to bis SEN
timcnts, we recommend that the "assoei-
ate" Of the HeratR call upon him and,
after obtaiping them, compare the same
With our oEn.
Every true friend Of the cause of Free
Kansas will bear with US when we as
sumo that We have had good reason to
doubt the sincerity ofthe Herald ofFree-
dam and no reader of the number Of Ju-
ly 4th will longer regard it as an honest
exponent of the policy of the Free State
party in Kansas. We have watched with
much interest the course of that journal
for the past few months, and each sue
ceeding issue diminishes our respect for
its opinions aud position. When the ed
itor Of a public journal, engaged in what
ever cause, VIII permit question Of per-
sonal veraoity to stand between it and
the PRONUNCIATION of a great principle, We
are Of the opinion 1t is no longer entitled
to the respect Of honest men and such a
Journal at once forfeits all claims upon
the courtesy Of co-laborer with it in that
cause. The Herald, not satisfied with
making the question of Its editors yerac-
ity detriment to the Free State cause,
has, to crafty its personal spleen towards