The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-05-06


waged against old and cherished friends.
Men are removed and illuminated not for
being opposed to democratic principles.
but for being too much in favor of them,
The humblest clerk, with his little Cami-
ly, who struggles along on his thousand
dollars year, must hide his Sspti.,.epts
or leave his place. For the bold and up.
right democrat, who dares to think aloud.
there is short shrift If he has an Office
he must be ready for the ominous cqrtsk
of dismissal on the instant. If he is an
independent citizen, he is excluded from
the departments and from the white
house like common lePcr. An qrng Of
spies are on tie alert, hsat,ng. J3,, eic>
TINS. We to the ungaar}cd geat!cma,s
,cho, en- the presence Of one Of these eager
eares-drqpPeTs, 2sGy let mi a free opjn-
ION us at oacc caMtRt up and carried,
rih no tack Of e,ra@Rra'!oa, to The ear
3 pocer.
TIE RACE OF INEoRMERS.
If there is on this round globe race
more despised in civilized society than
any other, it is the race of iatornsrs-
The nOblest invectife OF the nobiest, of
Irish orators has made them Immortality
infamous. These mercenaries now hold
high service in Washington, | could
name several of them from oUr own state,
but | forhear for the honor OF Pennsylva.
MIA. They glory in their shameless trade.
Broken in fortune, reckless OF their own
fame, laughing at conscience in Others
and rejecting it for themselves. they
swarm here anxious to earn their guilty
wages. Tie most of these creatures, hap
pilv, are the men who have pursued and
prosecuted the President with the same
venom which they now display towards
those who differ from his Kansas, policy.
1t is their vocation to make public opin.
ion here agsinst the intrepid sentiment
Of the people to bully in the hotels, to,
infest the rooms Of members, to "pump"
the new arrivals, to coax the doubtful, to,
intimidate the weak, to supply false NO.
tives for honest differences, to I'll the
town with rumors of detection among the
friends Of the right, t. aatter POKER, aud
to applaud to TIE echo everything that
falls from the lips of greatness.
REMOVALS from OFFICE.
Let ME give you the last instance Of
the way things are done here. One Of,
the best men ever sent from Western,
Pennsylvania to our state legislature was
Maxwell Nj 'Caslin. His very name is Il
household word ia Washington, Fayctto
and Greene. Everybody liked him dur
ing his long residence in The latter coun-
ty, Honest, faithful, Intelligent and
brave, ho is a fine specimen of that
Scotch Irish element which has infused
SO many sterling traits into our Pennsyl-
vania character. Well, Maxwell is not
over-rich and so, after having served his
constituents with honor, for many years,
he asked for and obtained an Indian
agency in Kansas. about two Yeas ago,
from President Pierce. He had been
Buchanan stapdard.bearer in Greene
connty for, think, some fifteen years.
VI CasEn saw the wicked and merciess
tyranny in Kansas. HIS honest nature
revoited at II, lie saw the man be mad
laborcd for about to be damaged by the
authors of this bold silainy. What did
lie do? Did he wait TO think Of himself?
No! Like the man who sees his brother
in perjl-for Maxwell M'CasIin is about
Mr.. Buchanan s age--he rushed IN to save
him. He wrote imploring letters from
the territory, telling the powers here that
| they were deceived, lie begged them
to halt In their career, He told them
that the people Of Kansas never would
submit to Lccompton, and that 1t was
cruelty 10 ask them IL submit to 1t. lie
appealed to the friends Of the President
to drive off ,he vermin from that terrific
rv, who were here besieging power, ana
! deluding and deceivipg the executive.
These letters, written in all the ardor OF
old friendship, and iu the credulouS be-
lief that no one wou!d questlon then SIN
oerity-alas. vain hope-cost hun MS
head. One of them got into the frsSs
through Mr. Kincsid, of Greene, now a
member of our legislature. 1t doomed
the writer. On Tuesday last he was re-
moved from his little place, and his sue
cessor appointed.
SILENCE A CRIME.
You will see that | am committing
qreat imprudepce by writing so plainly,
I | certainly do SO with no personal pur'
pose. My frankness may disturb some
scnsibilities-and may give some greedy
and aspiring gentlemen good chance 70
help themselves by abuse Of me-; and II
so, | shall not be sorry. But claim the
right to speak out on this grave subject
[ do it more in sorrow than in anger.
feel that We arc on the verge of fright
ful abyss and in my vocation as an IN
dependent journalist, and as one "ho
woula tomorrow serve james buchanan
! fl felt he was right, with all the ardoF
If the olden time, silence would be q
crime. But there is cheerful side 10