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HRPUBEEqAS MEETING.

4 meeting of the Republicans of Pot
Ter County will be held at the Court
House, on THURSDAY Evening of Dec
Court week, to elect Delegate to the
Republican State Convention, to be held
at Harrisburg on Wednesday, the 22d CT
February next, which convention is TO
nonlinatea candidate for Governor, and
choose a Republican Electoral Ticket
for 1859. A f9li attendance is request
ed. .B3y order Of County Ec. Com.
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BY Senator Trumbull, In his great
speech at Sandusky, Ohio, made the fol
lowing appeal to popular sovereignty men
"Thc Republican policy is, to use all
the means within its power to keep Slave
ny from spreading into the free Terrific
ries; your popular sovereignty men claim
to be opposed to spreading Slavery. Do
you believe, if the Republican party had
been 10 power, there would have been any
effort to get Slavery into Kansas, or to re-
wye the African slave trade? Iol are
upholding and strengthening the hands
Of the party who are laboring in the slave
interest. Are yoH in favor of the equal
administration of the laws IF the country
DO you not know, if negro escapes from
n Southern State, the whole power of the
Federal Government is put in requisition
for his capture Is not the telegraph
used, and the army and navy put in re-
QUESTION, because negro is loose in Bos-
ton? How is it, when Congress declares
the African slave trade piracy, and that
the parties engaged in it shall be hung,
that a cargo Of slaves from Africa can be
landed on our Southern coast, and march
ed through a State in chaiDs? Where,
then, are your United States marshals,
your army and navy? Those Africans
eaupot be soon they cqpnot be found.
But single negro r4npipg away. if b
gets as far as Boston, can pc to4pd with
o4t any difficulty,
!" Go not say Mr.. Buchanan is in f.
vor Of tho African slave trade, por that
this is the case with the Democratic par
ty Of The North but DO gay, and do be-
liere, popular sovereignty men, that you
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To he Rcpudiiceas ~ Potter County ::
This is the most favorable time you
have ever had to commend your princi
Piles to those of your ncighbors who are
not wilIfully blind. The brutal attack
OH the Hon. Charles Sumner, the sack Of
free towns in Kansas. the attempt TO
force the Lecompton Constitution on pro-
testing people, the attempt to'revivc the
Slave trade in defiance of the Act of Con-
gress declaring that trade piracy; these,
and other acts in character with them,
prcdisposc all candid mzn in the Free
States to look to the Republicans party
for a roinedy Hence it is the especial
duty of all working Republicans, to make
an Immediate and energetic effort, 20 in
crease the circulation of Republican pa
pers.
Your associates in Coudersport and vi
cibity, have organized club for that pur-
pose. We intend to do that work thor
ougAy. We have already douLteef tie
number of Weekly 1ribanes taken at this
Office. We appeal to active Republicans
in each Township in this County, to make
an earnest effort to increase the circula-
tion of TIE POTTER JOURNAL and New
York 7ribNae Do it nor. Iico lun-
dred new subscribers to these journals,
obtained by the middle Of January, will
increase the Republican majority in this
county 200 pcxt fall
Shall we mike this the "Banner Coun-
ty" Of the State ? If so, we must begin
the york polo. We invite our associates
in each Township to correspond with us,
50 that vie shqn all ,corh inteIigently to-
gctheT JOHN S. MANN,
Chairman Central RrpuJhcaa CiuJ.
H J. OGNSTED. .SrcrcfarU.
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Popular Sovereignty Ana
lived.

On the first page Of this number we
present the best analysis of Douglas ''pop-
ular sovereignty" trat it has ever been
our fortune to read and we trust it will
be read By every popular sovereignty
democrat into whose hands it can be
placed. To this end we hope readers of
the JOURNAL who have neighbora of that
faith will pass it around. 1t viii go'far
towards convincing any reasonable think
er who ralys upon that loctrine for his
hope Of the modern democratic party, Of
the ipconsistancy-of his position, and may
constrain HIM to turn from the error of
his ways and swell the ranks of the Re
publican party-which is truly the party
of the people.
Read Gov. Chase's speech, all ye who
would know the truth about the great
" my doctrine" of the little giant. -,
1t dissccts that fallacy so thoroughly, ana
exposes its abuse of common sense so com
pletely, that we are constrained to a feel
ing of pity for theauthor Of my doctrine
and those persons which have expended
so much labor in trying to convince the
people that it is not what it is--a mon
strous humbug, begottep and displayed
With hHubug persistence, to coax the
people into forgetfuness of the great is
sues of 1860, and cheat them into another
reign of pro Slavery democracy. The
popular sovereignty" doctrine is all that
binds many men to the corruptions Of
the name democracy" To such We
prescribe the expose on our first page as a
MEDICINE which will cleanse them to fit
ness for the pure democracy Of the BE
publican platform.
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gSg~ No JOURNAL viii be issued next
week, as we arc SO pressed with job work
and other business that we are compelled
to suspend the paper. Next week being
Court We Will naturally have our hands
full of business, and We hope such as TiII
make rs liable 10 3 much larger edition
thereafter
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II. j. OhMsTED, Secretary.

G@g" Fred Douglas truthfulIy states
that the slave holacrs hunt their runaway
niggers in the South with days, and in
the North with Democrats.
Bf8e The Yankees, It is SAID, ara coin
ing money in the manufacture and sale
of rifles and muskets for the South. This
is the 'non-interaourse" we hear so m ueh
about since the John Brown raid.
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NESS" as premium to ecery subscriber.
1t offers also two other large steel cngrsV-
ings Of " "TffE FALLS OF NIAGARA, as a
premium to the getters up of Clubs. The
contributors to- the Post are not excelled
by those Of any other paper. See Pros
DecfHs
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are strengthening the hands Of party
who arc in favor of it, and the men in Of
fee who will not execute the laws of the
country against it. If you would stop
these things, and bring the Government
seack to the doctrine Of the Fathers, why
not pnitc with the Republican party, and
accomplish the object
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to the Prospectus of the SATURDAY
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pesg- When old Browns two sons were

Ra~ When old Browns two sons were
killed in Kansas, and his daughter made
a maniac, by Southern rufiians, James
Buchanan and supporters derided his suf-
ferings nay, they we're the oeeasioh Of it,
causativeiy. But so soon as Brown, div-
Ell to madness by the prosecutions to
which he had been subjected, made up
his mind to seek revenge by the most
desperate methods, Buchanan and hss
tribe comprehendea at once how unjusti-
fable a thing rufianism is. They are
themsrlges responsible for The insane pro
eeedipgs az HGrper's Ferry, for they con-
triycd and sustained the iufianism of
which this is the legitimate fruit,-Er.
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who are They T!

hes, VINO are the men in this commu
nifty that gloat over the execution of John
Brown, and take on airs as being the es-
pccial guardians Of law and the Constitu-
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fann contributed largely both in lands
,4nd money.
Now thcse facts will interest yaur Pot
ger county readers, and may also be in
Iteresting to p.ary il this county. | am
.always clad to refer to the old settlers in
hoth coupties, as few Of our farmers can
Aavc any idea OF the amount ef hardships
endured bv the pioneers. semen
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+
| pJ@ While we favor union, as far as
practicable, of the v.rious parties oppos-
ed to the National Administration, we
yet believe the sentiment Of the following
extract, from the Ohio State .Journal, to
be founded upon TRUTH. 1t more i'm
mediatcly refers to the late election in
Ohio, but. of course, has a general appli-
cation -
The rcturns Of The ciootion t0a2h an
important lesson. Wherever Republican
doctrines have been most boldly avowed,
and wherever the Republican oreanisa-
tion has recn most rigidiy maintained,
our success has been marked by the larg-
est maioritics Even Monroc-the
stronghold of Demccracy-has partially
yielded to oacompact Republican phalanx
which followed no divided command =
Wherever tho reverse is the case, with
few exceptions, We sec a different result.
fhe Republican party is strongest whore
its principles are maintained and avowed
in their greatest purity. One of the val
liable results of the last election has been
the demonstration of this truth. The
battle VIC have fought has not been one
Of coalition, and the victory has been
achieved by the power of Republican
principles, boldly and firmly avowed."
/ BED~ The :. lrrepressible Conflict was
commenced In Congress by the slave
holders on the first day of the session, be
i fore the House was organized, The Re-
publicans desired 10 proceed to the busi-
ness that called them together, but the
slave holders anu their Northern allies
preferred to engage in the discussion ol
John Browns seizure Of Harper's Ferry,
and Helpers Book, WHICH compares the
growth and prosperity of the Free States
with the poverty and staud-stil condition
/ Of the Slave States--an excellent book
by-tEe-way, which every freeman ought,
to read. And thus the slave holders have
given further proof of the "irrepressiblc
conflict between Freedom and Slavery
betYoen virtue and vice. This conflict
has prevented an organization of the
House for thirteen days. What it will
next prevent, or do, time will discover.
No Speaker had been elected up to last
Tuesday noon, at which time the House
had been in session thirteen days. The
probability is that no organization will be
effected until after the holidays, and that
then Mr.. Sherman will be elected. Re
publican members are wisely avoiding tc
answer the insane bleatings of Clark, Of
Mo, and tie other Southern blackguards
in the minority, who arc occupying the
time--not the attontion-of the majority
All will be right yet, for even liberal
minded Southern members are becoming
disgustcd with such rawlings as those.
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Slavery must Die.

Slavery must die because there is no
power that can keep it alive We have
heard much of the slave power, and it is
often treated Of &c though it were a Co.
losSus, striding the whole nation. In
some sense this is all true; it is indeed a
great and fearful power; fearful in might,
fearful in character, fearful in crime and
if there was no adequate opposing power,
il would be hopeless to contend against it.
What is the slave power? 1t is the pow
er Of error, Of falsehood, of a lie. It. is
tho power Of crime, zelishness and brute
force 1t is all these allied to a system
Of government, controlling and including
the administrative and judicial power of
this great nation. Can such a power be
resisted, and must its fostered pet, slave
~ die? What power can demolish
There is Q power opposed to it strong
or than error more subtle than false
hood, more efficient than a lie. IT. is
the power Of TRUTH The cause that has
trqtA on is side cannot be weak. There
y power opposed to 1t stronger than
Crime, selGshReas and brute force strong
Sc than armies. Its the power of jus
lice. right, bencyolence, religion and love.
What cen stand before the power of truth,
justice, and Christian philanthropy, of
enlightened goodness, pouring itself forth
in prayers and liberty songs, and persua-
siohs? pouring itself forth from the press,
and the pulpit and from the lips and
hearts of devoted men and women? All
other powers may find their match, or
more than their match and fail; but this
power has no match. 1t is the power OF
God working in the hearts Of men; it
can never fail, and slavery must melt
away and die before i'll Wesleyan
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embodied IN his Journal of the prominent per
sons and leading productions in the
FaShtcmaJic, 4irtistic and Intellectual
World
lIe will also giye more Of his pictnrings OF
home life and rural family sympathieS and in
teEests, outdoors aud in, and few more OF
the
MEMORANDA FOR INFALIDS
which his experience. CORES espondcnce with in
valids and practsed observation on this SUBJ
iect enable him to write.
BARRY GRAY Will sapp4y sEw SERIES OF
amusing sketches. drawn from real life, under
the title Of
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ae.g- A slemocratic Southc,

Bay- A Democratic Southern paper
says -
'.W1th the exception, perhaps, of apos-
tate Massachusetts-apostatc, as she was
designated by Mr. Jefferson, in a letter to
I'm Dearborn during the war of 1914
--theIe Is certainly not a op-sl2yehod-
ing State which would bestow her vote
upon Seward if she imagined flat his
election would, within itself, and in ad-
8ancc Of his Inauguration, cause an ever
lasting separation Of the .SoQth from the
North"
t}r, in other words, all the people Of the
Free States are co'rards except those of
Massachusetts, and, through fear, would
be deferred from e2ccting constitattoaoHy
whoever they choose TO the Presidency.
The cry of aisunon is to be raised BY all
the Dcmocf2tic press, under the |e2i Of
the South, in order to get up =" scare !"
against electing Republican President
It won't win, nor viii any State, nor the
whole SoQth, be allowed tG dissolve the
Ipion. They lQust stay in. The gal
lows and b2Y2nets were made for trait
.or<, The Constitution provides only for
States coming into the Cnion-not for
going out. Hence hose States that may
show disposition to kick cut Of the trac-
cs, must be cured, if needs be, of such
disposition by the application of sqme-
thing resembling a rod. The p4son MUST
be preserved in its intesrity.-Erte
Gazette.
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TIE HOME JOURNAL, FoR 1860,
MORRIS AND WILLIS, EDITOR

4 NEW YEAR ofthis popular family news
n paper will DC commenced Oh the ,.tst
dag Of January nc&t-Rrin.ed on fine paper
and clear type.
With the January number will begin the
publication of a new and beautiful ORIGINAL
WORK OF FACT AND FICTION, written expressly
for the Homo Journal entitled.
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THE LITTLE PIlGRIM.-We are in
receipt of this charming little Monthly
compendium of boy and girl literature,
which Grace Greenwood has the training
of. 1t is published at 1872 South Third
St. Philadelphia, by Leander X. LppiR-
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ing every year for the low PRICE of Fifty
cents a year. The new volume COM
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the amount of reading will be raised to
nearly 24 pages more in the year than
now. The club terms are as follows;
5 copies for 81 90
II and one to getter mp of club, 500
24 " {! " 4" 500
so copies for 1900
Large premiums in books arc also Of
frred for larger clubs. Specimen copies
will be sent free of charge, on application
to publisher, addressed as above.
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Gsg Since 1856 tie following dough
faces have .becn Displaced from the Unit
ef States Senate, tiz Isaac foucey o
Connecticut, George W. Jones of Iowa
d.ewis GasS and Chas. i. Stuart Of Mich
igan, John T. Thompson of n. Jersey
Richard Brodhead, Jr., of Pennsylvania
Cha<. T. James and Phillip Allen OF
Rhode Island, and Henry Dodge of WIS
cunsin. All the seats of these gentle
man arc now filled by Republicans. l.
mot that pretty good cleaning qt?-r-
Free Press.
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Gbe 4lotttfr 9ournal.
G0UDERSPOE2T, PA,

Ihgtsosy 7Bofq,0g, Dec. I5, 1853.
IT. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND PUBLISHER.
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Roulet, Nov 20, 1859.
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EeD= Read the Address of the Central
Republican Club in another ool1mn-and
not only read it but consider it well, and
circulate it among your neighbors.
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THE EAfL'S DATGHTEHS
By the Author of FIFE RED CC.t.TT FARM, "
THE ROCE the " HESTER HAILIWFI.L"
Stories, THE SIX GRAY Pow DEBS, THE
DIAMOND BRACELET" ," Sc, So,
In this story, written expressly fog THE
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SKETCHES, SONGS, BALLADS,
etc, suggested by the history and events of
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y. T. Willis will give a continuous series OF
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE HOUR,
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Author of"The Red
Court Farm"
Author of EARN Of
-Four Acres.
Grace Greenwood.
Miss Pardoe.
Florence Percy.
Amelia Backwards.
Enl a Alice Brown.
Author of" The Eb
ony Casket.
Mrs. VI. 4. Denni-
son.
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Nora Perry.
Isa Craig.
Miss 4iartineau.
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B3 OCTAVE FEUILLET,

the celebrated author of q The Romance Of p
Poor Young Man" the success and circula-
tion of which, both in the New and Old World
have been unprecedented, and given him a
place amongst the first of Lying novelties
The tale is one of surprising interest, replete
with incidents, and highly descriptive of Ital-
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JENNY PROUDFOOT.
RY A DIsrINCUIsHEp AUTHon
)MANCE OF AMERICAN

BY A DISTINGUISHED AUTHOR
The romantic events on which this beauti-
ful story is founded, occurred in the troubled
times of 1882, Immediately before the close of
the Revolutionary War, aud the recognition
Of American Independence-a time when
strange events brought out strong character,
and mighty trials corresponding hsroism.
The most romantic imagination never invent
ed fiction more exciting than the historical
passages of these times-(strange to say. un-
til now urappropriated by the novelist J
Manly hcreism and womanly devotion are
wrought to the highest degree, through a
chain of events not less exciting than strange
not less strange than true.
This charming story will be succeeded by
\ BRILLIANT VENETIAN TALE.
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THE EAEL's DAUGHTERs.

= = -
G.. p. Il. james.
Charles Dickens,
Alfred Tennyson.
Charles Readc.
Ii. " Longfcllow.
Charles liackay.
like Collins.
Dr.. 0. W. Holmes,
7. 5. Arthur.
Author of " The
Scout" &c.
Alexander pum9s.
John G.. " hitter.
Owen Meredith.
P. j. Bailey, (Au-
thor of FestuS")
Lieut.. IIabcrshalll.
Mary IIowitt.