The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1858-02-04

The President of the United States is
at present in the very peculiar position
of a nan i'll power without the power to
exercise it. First the Illinois, Indiana,
Ohio AL New Hampshire democracy
discyuatenlncs his pet policy /; aud how,
to .'cap the climax" We have the democ-
facy Of his own Statc-those who, lit
q tie less than year ago were SO proud vi
MS accession to the Presidential Chsir-
. htcGed b. the G ,ye.aJr his oaiy iniuen-
tisl advocate waJ WIS 1 resident Of the
northern tier TURN their back upon
nin, and spun ais f1ste:.;l Child aud
bl>tarl soaan1 from their e1nhittee AID
legislative support. Poor l1luIel Hl1!; !,
We pity yol wa is tlu' receiving
.the Ll1st uakind st cat of ali '--the
stab from the dt5 ,ercl haal of your
friends. - ...
| In the Pennsylvania House of Repre-
scntatives, Oh Thursday last, Nj. MILLER,
of Crawford, Republican, offered the fol-
loving preamble and resolution The
preamble is in the exact language OF Mr..
/ BUCHANAN in his instructions to Gov
/ Walker when he assumed the executive
office of Kansas s#ta#
WHEREAS, it i, the imperative and in
/ Indispensable duty of the government Of
/ the United States, to secure every lnnab-
liant of Kansas the free and independent
expression of his opinion by his vote to
! leave the people of the Territory free
from all forei@l Interference, to decide
their own destiny fur the ,nsclYeS; and to
protect them in the exercise vi their right
pf voting to1 and against their constitu-
/ tion without the fair expression OF the
popular will being Interrupted by frauds
| or yiolence-and whereas the organic act
under which tue Territory Of Kansas is
now governed, expressly declares its true
intent and meaning to BE- ITO leave the
people thereof perfectly free to form and
!
their own way, subject only TO the Con
stitutiou Of the United States: therefore,
Rcs0yced By the .SeHotc and Ho~sc "
Representatives. IN General Assembty
met, That our Senators in Congress be
and they are hereby instructed, anl our
! Representatives requested to resist the
admission Of Kansas into the Union as q
! State until 4 constitution is presented
I that has been fully and fairly submitted
to the people, and received the unquAIl-
lied sanction OF majority OF the doItu
! file citizens Of the territory. .
! Mr. CALHOUN, OF Westmoreland,
/ Dem, moved that the SAME b. referred
to Coz: 1.ttcc Of three, when several
amcndMents were offered and voted down,
ana some very silly resolutions offered BY
administration mea, for substitution. Mr
Calhoun's original motion finally PIE
vailed .
Mr., RAMsDELL (Rep~) Of Yenanso,
offered the loiiowng:
Reso{eed, That this House approve Of
the postioa taken b; Hon. Stephen \.
| Douglas, i'll reference to the illcgalitJ ot'
the heco nptoa Constitution, and tha. w
request our Senators to 60 and d. Ike.
wise. .. ........... ........
This resolution was referred t. tho Sc
lect co nittco to waojn the prca ub'a a,il
resolutions OF Mr., MILLFa were referred.
The proceedings do not contain any
mention OF the nanes of the members Of
the committee appointed, but We presume
it will consist of a Douglas and an dnin-
istration donoc;at and republican, in
which case there will be majority and
a minority report-the latter by the Ba-
chanln democrat In any event the dis
eussion of it in the Senate and House
will make exciting times there and also
/ il Washington The action of the Penn
sylvaEia democracy in respect to this
matter is receiving the watchfnl attention
Of the eatire country, and we nave no
doubt that all the National Executives
patronage and personal prestige will be
brought to bear upon democratic mein-
bers to effect the defeat of the above rc>-
olutlGns. '" q s42.... b." 3. "f.
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/ ID Kansas at Harrisburg.
! We fear that Kansas is doomed to still