The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1860-09-20

have to cover thousands and thousands OF
vulnerable points, for every plantatian is
an open wound, every negro cabin sore
Every border or seaboard slave State will
need her own protection; and where Will
be the material for the concentrated army!
Scattered over thousands of miles with
out the possibility of concentration.
Besides, the slave States harbor dan
gerous enemy within their own bounda-
ries, and that is slavery itself. Imagine
they are at war with an anti slavery peo
pie, whom they have exesperated by their
own hostility. What will be the effect
on. the slaves? The question is not
whether the North will lnstigate slave
rebellion, for suppose they will not; the
question is, whether they can prevent 1t,
and | think they cannot. But the mere
anticipation of negro lnsurrection (and
the heated imagination of the slaveholde'
will discover symptoms of rebellious
spirit in every trife.) VIII paralyze the
whole South. Do you remember the ef-
feet Of John Browns attempt! The { G.
yerest blow he struck at the slave power
was not that he disturbed a town and
killed several citizens, but that he reveal
ed the weakness of the whole South. Let
Gov. Wise Of Virginia carry out his threat
ened invasion of the free States, not with
123, but with $500 followers at his heels
what will be the result? ? As long as
shey behave themselves We shall le, them
alone; but as soon as they create any dis
Iturbance they will be put into he station
house aud the next day we shall read IN
the newspapers Of some Northern city,
among the reports of the police court
g Henry A Wise a-d others, for disor-
derIy conduct, fined 50 and costs. =
Loud laughter and applause Or, il
he has made an attempt on any man S
life, or against our institutions, he will
most certainly find Northern jury proud
enough to acqult him, on the ground OF
incorrigible mental arrangement, C1n-
tinued applause and laughter.
i Our pictorial prints will have material
for calicatures for two issues, and uni
versal peal of laughter viii ring to the
skies from Maine to California. And
there is the end of it, But behold jog
Brown with % men raising row 8,
Harper's Ferry the whole South frantic
with terror; the whole State of Virginia
in arms troops marching and conner
marching as if the battle OF AuSterllt2
was to be fought over again; innocent
cows shot as blood thisty invaders, anc
even the evening song of the whippo
J wills mistaken for the battle cry of re
! belIion IIncessant laughter. Anc
those are the men who will expose them
selves to the chances of war with any an
ti-slavery people? Will they not look
upon every captain as john Brown, anc
every sergeant or private as Coppic o.
) Stevens? They will not have inen enough
to quiet their fears at home, what vii
, they have to oppose the enemy? Evely
| township will want its home regiment
every plantation its garrison; and wha
will be left for the field army? No soon
er will movement of concentration b.
r attempted than the merest panic will TN
: ! do ana frustrate it forever. ThemlStocie
/ might say that Greece was on his ships
D French general might say that the he
, public was in his camp; but slavery vii
+ be neither on the ships nor in the camp
e it will be spread defeuceess over thou
; sands of square miles This will be, thci
j. situation either they concentrate thel
i. forces, and ,lavelY will be exposed every
e where or they do not concentrate them
: and their strength will be nowhere. -
. They want war Let them try it The.
n will try it but once. Great applause.
I And thus it turns out, that the yer
same thing that would be the cause Q
$ the war, would at the same tune rende
e them unable to carry on the war. Th
+ same institution that wants protection
t will at the same time disarn its protec
> tors. Yes, slavery which Can no longc
t be defended with arguments, can no ion
g ger be defended with arms.
+ There is your dissolution of the Union
i The Southern States cannot desire it, TO
n it would defeat the very objects for whicI
i it might be undertaken they cannot at
: tempt it, fer slavery would lay them help
I less at the feet Of the North. Slavery
!. which makes it uncomfortable to stay j
5 the Union, makes i, impossible Tor ther
d to 90 out Of it. What then, will til
e South do. in case of a Republican victory
V answer that question with another QUE
!. What can the South do in case of Re
!. publican victory? Will there be dis
IT iurbance? The people of the Sout
e themselves will have to put it down
n Will they submit Not to Norther
a dictation. but 10 their own good sense
=. They have considered us their enemies a
v long as they ruled US they will find ou
: that we are their friends as soon as W
e cease to be their subjects. They hav