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

S0uIU bIldJ uGuldUuS GHG ptOlSCItOu VI liilo
Government, then it is our duty to pro-
tect the Government of the Union fer his
sake. And when there is none, it is our
duty to maintain it, for politically, geo.
graphically, socially, and commercially it
is one in every sense-lt Is utterly i'm
possible for this Government to be divided
without its utter destruction to both sec
tions. When you attempt to divide
North aud South, you must do it East
and West. Then all will 90 TO pieces,
and our country will be u Mexico-worse
than Mexico, because we have ten times
more material for mischief and destruc-
tion. A military despotism will be nau-
gurated whenever you permit this rebel
lion to triumph. But some cry we are
in favor Of peace Yes, we are all for
peace now. | was for negotiating peace,
until a fortiGcation was fred upon by
Rebel artillery, and then bade adieu to
all expectations Of peace until conquered
over rebellion. / say there is no peace
until you can put down rebellion by force
Of arms and when every other man, wo-
man, and child in the United States has
acknowledged the independence of the
reyolted States, to those with arms il
their hands [ will still oppose it, and !
will talk for my own qualification when
no others will hear me We musr stand
by this Union Fellow-c tizens, the Ian
guage Of Andrew Jackson was, The
Union must and shall be preserved y
What would Gen Jackson have done had
he been at the helm to- day? He would
have hung the traitors higher than Ha-
man. You may make peace with the ley
al men of the South, and there is the
place TO make it. But how will you do
lit with rebellion Go with an agree
ment in one hand and revolver in the
other and ask the Confederacy to take its
choice If there is any one you can deal
with, 1t is the loyal citizens Of the South
those that are prosecuted for the sake
Of their G0vernment-those that love
their Constitution, and are willing to die
iu its defence, when they are restored to
position by conquering Rebellion. All
should strive together for this good end
men should bare their bosoms in battle,
women implore in the name of heaven
that the blessings of the Union should
return, and children raise their little
hands to curse this Rebellion as a fero-
cious monster that has come hithar to tor
ment them before their time, and dim
With blood and tears tie tustre of their
bright star. | believed, when the eve
ming Of the last Presidential election had
closed down, that [ should claim exemp
tion and an honorable discharge from the
active d. cussjons of the day. Ieongrat-
ulated myself that | should once more
enjoy repose in the quiet Of my home
and in the pursuit | loved But this
question Of Government or anarchy has
arisen, and ! End it my duty to raise nv
voice at the demands of my fellow-ci
zons, until turbulence is hushed. or is
crowned with triumph. Are you in fa-
vor Of war? No; but I am ia favor Of
putting down war by force Of arms am
opposed to war, and in favor Of obtaining
peace by putting down the authors of the
war. | am IN favor Of peace, but am
n favor Of the only course that will in
sure it-driying out armed Rebellion, and
negotiating with loyalty. When this
country commences to die, it will die rap
idly. When this nation is given up to
disruption, 1t will 90 to swift destruction
Rome, TO be sure, was three hundred
years dying but then its physical pow
ers were greater than ours, its moral force
less, its nervous energy less acute than
ours. When we fall we shall 90 down in
blood and darkness but not in tears, for
the dying never weep. Nero, the last
aud worst Of the Caesars. sung to his harp
while his capital was in flames, Tanner
lane, to signaiize his brutal forocltv, rear
ed monument Of seventy thousand hu
man skulls-AttiIa declared that the
grass should never grow where the hoof
of his war-horse trod Hydor Ali left the
Carnatic black with ashes aud desoiation :;
but he who destroys the American Union
will be greater than all or either. And
"the foe, the monster Brant," who fell
upon and slaughtered the defenseless
women and children of this valley, will
be more approved in history BY men, and
be an honester man in the sight of God,
than the despoiler of our late happy
Union. Shall the fell destroyers of tins
beautiful fabric be permitted to accom-
pllsh their rternai errand, and shall they
be aided in this work of evil by the cry
.ot peace ! Let none escape under this
shallow pretension Soloman, the wise
King Of Judea, spared not the murderous
Joab though he fed for refuge to ;be in
closures Of the Tabernacle and clung for
projection to the horns of the altar-he
slew him there. And a cry of qaace to
be negotiated with armed traitors should