The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-06-14

very into the Territories who don't
want TO crowd Slavery upon the people,
and the question will be settled very cas-
lily. The difficulty is now that the Fed
eral officers are the bitterest opponents
of Freedom. This has been the great
influence against which Liberty has had
to struggle for years. Rid US of that,
and we shall get along easily. We have
been called agita,ors long enough. ] im-
peach the agitators who forced upon Us
Texas, and who are now agitatlng to force
US to bay piece of Mexico, and to steal
Cuba Give US a Fedora! Adminstra-
tion. honest and tue, which shall regard
human rights as something, as we'll as
what they call property, and we shall have
no more Slave territory. | propose,
therefore to call your attention 10 the
other branch of the subject-that is, the
present relations Of the Federal Govern
ment 10 the cause Of honesty and purity.
Welive under ao Administration founded
in fraud They stole the October election:
in Pennsy ylvahla, by which they gained
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Americans, and ran an American ticket
t9 beat US The men are now known who
had their ST zoe or $1,000 to do it
7 ou know how they are here. The Viii
let's Point swindle was one Of the means
If papiDg off the men who furnished
money to buy and bride through the
election in Pennsylvania the Fort Smell
ling Swindle was another. Take the case
in Indiana 4 leading politician there,
calling himself an American, had claim
against the Indians for $4,000. In
Polk's time i. had been examined, and
secuted. But he was promised that
money in case he would take care that
indiana went against the Republicans
4 gentleman known as Live Oak Swift
Of New -Bedfor furnished good deal Of
money, and he had large contract given
him tor white-oak tiuibcr, under such cir
cumStanccs rs afforded no chance fer
competitions These were the means by
which Buchanan came into power. II
we can't carry the election without resort
to such means, | hope we shan't win II.
# Applause. If there is TO be another
four years of such corruption, would
rather it should be Democratic than Re
publican. | believe if we run our ticket
honestly, the men who try to get up third
tickets will lie marked and numbered -
heard a man say that the delegates to
the National Union or Constitutional
G.,,,,,,,i,n | l.nit l-pp-r lIy.l
laughter owned that their expenses
were paid by tae Democrats. The Dem
ocrats had to have an outside arrange
ment to tell the stories which it would
iniure them to tell-such as that about
Fremont bcinga Catholic We, of course,
!, shall have this machinery Of third party
running TO take votes from Us and give
them te our opponents. But | don't be-
lieye it Will pay expenses. " ho will
vote the Bell and Everett tickets here
The man had better vote direct the Dem
ccratlc ticket. If ANYBODY gets up Il Bell
and Everett ticket in this State, they
won t vote it themselves. Their votes
; vii! % plump for The Democratic ticket.
, In the investigation now going on before
; the Covode Committee, it appeared that
= llr. McCany, a large paper manufacturer,
= who makes large contracts with The Gov
: erDment, paid considerable sums Of mon
ey TO the Dehocratic party iii Pcnusyl-
vanil. And to keep M the Straight
American party in Philadelphia, he paid
= $4,000. They cot 500 or 600 votes
; for it. And next time it won't pay SO
, well as that. | believe that we have, by
our nomination, got rid Of the difficulty
: of giving a sort OF excuse % Americans
to run separate ticket. Some of those
r who nave been Americans may be going
to vote the Democratic ticket but the
; Bell and Everett ticket will be supported
by no honest man 1t is run as i stool
pigeon ticket. and grown men, with their
eyes wide open, are Gnt going to vote it.
: 1t was different in 1856. Then | knew
/ honest, good, faithful men, who really
| believed that Fillmore was gong to get
/ the vote Of this State, and they voted
honestly for him But to vote the Bell
. and Everett ticGct to-day in the State of
, New-Yo ork would be too foolish for any
man 10 be caught doing. We are going
to have straightforward issue this Fail,
. and while | doubt not the Slavery ques
ton will be presented, the irrcpresslble
, conflict between fraud and honesty in
Government will be still more important
, than that This people have bocn over
taxed and overriidcn by fraud and i'm,
f posture so long that there must come e
reaction. We all know how generally
the people resisted the &c ion of the Leg
isature last Winter, and we know now
, what is going on here Intelligent men,
not few, but many, have known for
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