The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-10-25


to the influence Of the 1yitator then, we
have only to say that it was ten told
greater thar it is now, and was greeted
by the sincere confidence and esteem Of
Its readers and contemporaries alike.
But we fear we are doing the former
editor of the Agttutor injustice by insti-
these comparisons though they are
always in his favor but those who read
now and also read it in 1856 and pre-
v~iously, will readily acknowledge that we
have made from the "negative Of the
Agiator's past an Enthusiastically "posi-
tive picture of its present.
The AJitator of to day has lost its in
hueuce through its W mistakes and
hort-comiags, rather than because the
people Of Tioga county fail to appreciate
its Iabors-or rather because Of its neg
lcct Of principles and devotion to petty
schisms, personalities and selfish ambi-
tons. When it shall forsake its inordl.
nate practice of pusilIanimOus egotism,
grovelIing witticisms and contemplate
personal harangues; when it gives the
public some evidence that lis political
sentiments are sincere and not tlme-scrv-
the people of Tioga will con-
fide in it and give it a generous support,
and its contemporaries will respect it as Of
old. But it viii have to make a very
marked change fom its present charac-
ter 10 effect even the beginning of such
4 reform.
It should first cleanse itself Of its own
impurities before 1t prescribes for its CO.
temporaries-and first of all should it
drive of those scorbutic affections which
it claims to have discovered upon US.
We have already devoted more
space to this matter than we at first con-
tcmplated, but it is almost impossible to
take up such a subject as this and treat
it thoroughly without occupying much
more space than it is deserving of. Let
this, however, suffice for all time, for we
shall not soon again SO far forget our self
respect and the rights of our readers as
tonotice the personalities Of the Ayitator.
Personally and socially we have great
respect for the editor Of the Agitator,
and we have known him for about four
years very intimately. We only Object
to his professional and political career
whiyh we cannot regard in any other light
than as extremely unfair, and as calcu-
lated to make him ten enemies where he
gains one friend. 1t has been no pleasant
task for US to write this article, and we
regret the necessity Of doing it for there
is nothing So distasteful to US as u con
tfoVcrSy OF tAlS nature.
Ia conclusion, we have a word to say
to all concerned IN reply to the i]asinua.
tions in the above extract with regard to
the JOURNALS party standing. Like
every other point discussed in the article
from which it is extracted, it is reflected
from this place We heard every argu-
ment contained in that article discussed
here more than a week previous to the
election, and two week before We saw the
article in the 4gitator. We have never
been the organ Of a faction, nor will We
be-and it is only because we Will not be
that We are charged with being SO. We
claim to advocate the principles Of the
Republican party as We interpret them,
eschewing all cIiques aud factions III
county politics, and laboring for the sue
cess Of each and every ticket regularly
nominated by the party conventions Of
this county. It is for this, and because
we will not be f%actional, that we are de
nounced as a " factionist" by a few here
who find a ready and willing mouth piece
in the Agtator.
The Final Charge.
Never was campaign more nobly con-