The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1861-09-04

world, we have the moral and material
! elements to do it all, and to insure victo-
ry. Rebellion has not the financial abil-
ity to stand long war, with all their
gains from privaseering and piracy, and
issuing Confederate bonds--made lien
upon the property Of people who were
never consulted as to their issue, and who
repudiate them-worlh as much as June
frost, or a cold wolf track, which no 6nan-
cier fit to be outside of q lunatic asylum
would give shilling peek for, They
may vex, they may harrass, they may de-
stroy, they may commit piracy, but the
reckoning is to come for all this. They
will be brought to the Judgment of the
American people-ot their own people.
They will be arraigned. and who is there
will be ready to stand up as their defend
ers in the name Of the Constitution ?
Il tell thee Culoden dread echoes shall ring
With blood hounds that bark for thy fugitive
king"
What a glorious Constitution we shall
have when it finds such glorious inter
prefers How strong our institutions
will be anchored upon such foundations
The Constitution will then literally
! Live through all time, extend through all
extent
Spread undivided operate unspent.o
| know there are some who fear the war
like power of the rebellious States They
had great deal Of power for good but
they have a great deal less than they
imagine or Is generally imagined for evil.
We are good deal slower in waking up,
but when walked up we are great deal
more in earnest The tcue OF the Rebel
press is exceedingly braggart II regard to
its men aud its victories. 1t reminds ne,
when | hear of their Self-lauded proves,
of the showmau who spoke of the great
capacity of the animal be was exhibiting :.
"LadleS and gentlemen" said lie, "this
is the Bengal tiger, measuring fourteen
feet from the tip of his nose to the tip of
his TAIL and fourteen more from the tip of
his tail back to the tip of his nose, ,makingin
all twenty eight feet Nov | think their
estimate about their forces and capacity
are just about as liberal. And they are
to be looked at accordingly. Noverthe- !
less, they have great elements OF mis- |
chief. And if Satan himself had been
sent on earth to scourge mankind and 10
cover the land with desoation, he could
not have performed his mission more sue. /.
oessfully than by assuming the shape Of
a Rebel demagogue, and preaching Seces-
sion. (''S0und") Now [ have clear
and weI!-defned, and distinct theory, Of
what would do with this matter to at
tain a peace I DO not know that this
Government ever can be brought back to
where it was before, In the enjoyment Of
all its relations; but believe it can be. |
In pop nation, wave succeeds wave 10 .
generations as wave succeeds wave upon
the ocean, and the men of today pass
away to-morrcw. | behegc it can be
brought back, but not by fostering repeI.
lion; but 1t IS by treating it as treason .
robbery and murder And if this Gov
er. ment ever can be saved IL &nst be BY .
summary chastiscment and overthrow
Of rebellion, so that the loyal people of
the Southern States can come forward
and administer the Government of these
States as before. Who IS the missionary
that is going with MS pence propositions? /
Nhat is he going to say? What will he
say to this party in rebellion? 1t is /
pretty thing to talk about, and for the
designing to dupe the North but it i
very awkward thing to practice If you
driv' ont rebellion. you viii have loyal
people South as well as Moth Then
they will do what Virginia, and Missouri, /
and Maryland are trying to do, and what
Kentucky. and Delaware are doing Are
there any 2nen here who want this Union
divided? ? C"No") Then DO not sym
pathize with treason in any form il gen
DER number, person or case in any Of its
ranlifcations. Hunt it like a ferocious
monster wherever you find it. Is there
any Wbo wishes THIS matter let alone to .
perfect the rebellion so causelesely ccm-
.,menced
"Who would be traitor knave?
Who would lill a towards grave?
Who so base IS be slave?
Let him turn and fee
Who for URion aa5 .tor Lar
Freedoms sword VIII strongly draw
Freemen stand or freemen fall,
Let hm toAo5C me "
And that is, fight for the Union, the whole
Union, and nothing but the Union Let
every American citizen, instead of cry
ing peace, peace, when there is no peace,
rally upon the Iamparts until Secession is
slenced; until the roar of artillery has
ceased. Then We shall have peace, en-
during, perpetual peace, and as monsters
are seldom born of the sage generation,
we shall have no more of this Secession