The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-07-07
From Forney's Press.
Doctor Bailey.

We Gud the Ndtt0edt Era of this week,
ms usual, among our exchanges. The pa
per went to press the day before the Per
na brought the intelligence ofitS editors
death, on board the Arago on his way to
England. Accompanied by his eldest
sou, he went abroad to recover the lost
blessing Of health Those affections of
family and friends, whose nature it is to
hope against hope, induced him to un-
dertake the voyage, and this is the end
lie will return to them no more! The
shadow of this sorrow has fallen heavily
upon multitude of time-tried friends,
and the light of life has gone out in the
homestead of bereayed family.
We were never personally acquainted
with the deceased; politically we have
ever been an opponent. We believe that
we have never held an opinion or advo-
Gated single public measure in common
with him; but we have never underval-
ued his qualities, worth or work, lie es-
tablished an anti-slavery paper ip Wash
ingtop more than twelve years ago, when
the discussion of the question was prac-
tically prohibited in the District-Hhen
ADAMS aud GIDDINGs were the only rep
resentatives of his party in the House of
Representives, and when HALE had not
yet entered upon his solitary career in
the Senate. lie lived to see the third of
that Senate, and majority of that House,
maintaining in their places the doctrines
and policy which he advocated. Impair
tisl history will record this as triumph,
snd impartial justice will acknowledge
his share of the achievement as honora-
bly, won.
We hazard n thing with either friends
or foes in saying that the Era has for
twelve years been the best conducted
weekly paper of this or any other country.
The talent employed in its literary de-
partment has always been of the bast
grade; at least half a dozen of volumes
have been republished from its columns,
and some of them hold high rank in
the literature of the times the political
news and Congressional reports which
specially concerned the party for which it
we're entitled to permanent record. The
miscellaneous and general departments of
the paper always bore the marks of care
ful supervision, and were we'll and scru-
pulously kept up to the tone of the high
est style of Journalism. In word, all
outside of the editorial columns was uni,
formly well done. affording such paper
as gets itself read through by its subserib-
ers, and well repays the time devoted to
its perusal
OF the Doctors own articles, it would
be saying little to call them well thought
oft and effectively presented; it is say
Gga great deal more, yet not too much,
that they were diacoys so. His leaders
were really entitled to the name. They
compelled attention, and always opened
their subject so that dissentlents felt they
had its most authoritative array before
them, and, if we may Judge by their &C
ceptance in their own party, friends and
partisans held them in the highest est
nation. He was ever candid, cautious,
earnest, fully convinced, and even as mod
crate as his courage and concomitants
could allow. We do not recollect to have
seen or heard him charged with reckless
pass in statement, or disergenueusness in
discussion; he was, doubtless, too well
persuaded ef the right and truth of his
position, and he was certainly too well
furnished with the ability and with the
judgment required for its direction, t.
fall into the common vices of partisan ed
itorship. The example Of his conduct in
the Office of journalist and advocate could
not fail to command the respect of thos,
who held him to be in the wrong aud re
sisted his opinions. No paper could be
ILore courteous, confederate, respectful
aud just to opponents, SO determined and
sven embittered as his were. An Abo-
tionists had much to bear and forbeai
IN his day. The evidence of his courage
snd prudence, of his skill and force
RboundR in the history Of tho lonr sfrur