The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1859-05-05
The Presidency i'm 1860.

iterial upon this subject in the DaHy OF
April %, it uses the following language:
. As we desire the open and hearty CO.
operation of conservative Wings to help
as elect Republican President, should
such be nominated, we DO not begin by
notifying those Wings that we will not
support nor vote foY enc of their number,
should one be put forward as the Oppo
sition candidate. 1t seems to US consI t
elt neither with good policy, good man
ners, nor even good faith, to do so. Most
certainly, we should prefer an original
RepuDlican-Gov Seward or Gov Chase
/ for inst&nce-but we shall heartily and
zealously support one BIKE John Bell, Ed
ward Bates or john NJ R0ts, provided
we are well assured that his influence, his
patronage, his power, if chosen President,
will be used not to extend Slavery, but to
conine it within the States that see fit to
uphold 1T
Edward Bates is pro,slavery, old hunk
er, Fillmore wing, as his letter lately pub
lished in the Tribune unmistakably
proves. What assurance can be given
! that such a man would administer the
I Government in the interest Of freedom
any more than Mlllard Fillmore would ?
But here is another extract from the
same article of the TriLune, that we trust
will be noticed by every anti-slayery Re
publican:
As to oar valiant Repubican breth
ren, who keep relterating that they will
never support anv but = distinctive, essg
inal Republican, and that the Platform of
| 1856 must be re4fIrmed ser5atine in
1860, we simply say, 1t is not WISE to deal
in rash promises, rash threats, DOr rash
prophecies You Will doubtless do what
! is best in 1860, whatever you may think
or say now and it is not wise TO utter
hot words which may return to plagre
you hereafter If an original RepRblT-
can shall be our candidate in 1860, You
will want our Conser1 atfves 10 forges that
YOU ever threatened to oppose one of their
sort if nominated while, IF our nominee
should mot be Republican Of sc, you
will want to forcss those threats your
selves
"We say, then, to the exclusives on
either hand, Keep cool. Victory IS clear
/ ly within reach of the Opposition-a vic
tory over which both Republicans and
/ Conservatives will have ample reason to
rejoice. Let it not be fooled away by
/ childish strife about names When Speech
tends to irritate and distract, unspeakable
! is the wisdom Of Silence"
we are rot aware that any Republican
asks for any such thing as the adoption
of the Philadelphia Platform, WORD for
word. What is asked-nay, required, in
order to secure supports that the Plat
form adopted in 1860 shall be at least as
anti-slavery as that of 1856, and that the
candidate nominated, shall be known Of
all men to be in favor of Republican prin-
ciples.
If the Tribune will refer to the cam-
paIen of 1914 it ought to be able to COM
prehend that tt ere are large number Of
voters in every free State, whose support
cannot be had for any other sort of can
!. didate.
We believe there are nearl rly half a mill
ion of voters in the United States who
subscribe to the following position laid
down by CARL ScHuRz in his great speech
IN Faneuil Hal, the other day:
Another danger for the safety of our
institutions, and perhaps the most form
liable one, arises from the general pro-
pensity of political parties and public men
to act on a policy of mere expedieDcy,
and to sacrifice principle to local and tenn
. porarv success. And here, sir. let me ad-
dress a solemn appeal to the consciences
of those with whom am proud to strug
Gle side by side against human thraldom
: & You hato kingcraft, and you would
5 sacrifice your fortuuea and your lives in
order to prevent its establishment on the
soil of this republic. But let me tell you
that the rule of political parties which
sacrifice principle to expedieuoy, is no less
dangerous, no less disastrous, 30 loss ag-
/, gressiye, of no less despotio nature than
; the rule Of monarohs."
No anti-slavery man who believes these
h words. can bring himself to vote for Ell
ther John Bell, Edward Bates, or John
, NJ. Bolts. Because to do so, would be tC
: : sacrifice principle to expedionoy,
I Some men could see the Hon. Charles
!, Sumner brutally assaulted in his seat IL
the Senate Chamber. and "keep cool al