The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-07-23

| GUelr dluGIS duu hDtltUIS, I1G uueS'
toned tho patriotism of the man who ex-
alted Mcclellan, and traduced President
Lincoln and his Constitutional advisers.
The Convention then proceeded to
adopt series of resolutions, which reaf-
frmed the action of the loyal members of
Congress held at the National Capitol
July II, and expressed confidence in
President Lincoln, his Cabinet, Gov.
Curtin, and in the course pursued By the
Hon. David Wilmot in the United States
Senate The following resolutions were
also adopted:
Resolvea, That we acknowledge but two
divisions of the people Of the United States in
! this crisiS-those who are loyal to its Con-
stitution and every inch Of its soil, and are
ready to make every sacrifice for the integrity
of the Union and the maintenance of civil lib
erty within it, and those who openly or COW
ertly endeavor to sever our country, or to yield
to the Insolent demands Of its enemies-that
we fraternize with the former and detest the
latter; and that forgetting all former party
names and distinctions, we call upon all pat
riotic citizens to rally for one undivided cOun-
| LrY, one nag, one QeSunF
! Resoyced, That the Government of the United
States, and its people, with an occasional
exception among the reckless inhabitants
where this Rebellion was fOstered, have wisely
and studi0usly avoided all interference with
the concerns Of other nations, asking, and
usually enjoying, like non-interference with
| their own, and that such is and should con-
tinue to be it's policy; that the intimatons Of
a contemplated departure from this sound rule
of conduct on the part of some Of the nations
of Europe, by an Intervention in our present
struggle, is as unjust to them as it would be
to US and to the great principles for which we
are contending; but we assure them, with a
soemnity Of conviction which admits Of no
| distrust or fear, and from a knowledge of,
and a firm reliance upon the spirit and forti-
tude of twenty millions Of freemen, that any
attempt thus to intervene will meet a resist
anCe unparalleled in its force, unconquerable in
its persistence, and fatal to those whom it is
intended to aid, and that it will tend only to
strengthen and elevate the Republic.
! Resol0ed, That the skill, bravery, and en-
durance exhibited by our army and navy have
elected our admiration and gratitude that
we behold in these qualities the assurance of
sure and speedy success to our arms, and Of
TOuJ anu uISCOLuuIuTe TO Lle heDelS that we
urge the Government to aid and strengthen
them by all the means in its power, and care
fully to provide for sick and wounded and
disabled soldiers and their families, to prose
cute the war with increased vigor and energy.
until the Rebellion is utterly crushed, the
integrity of the Union in all its borders re-
stored, and every Rebel reduced to submis-
sion, or driven from the land and that to
accomplish these ends we pledge to our rulers
our faith, our fortunes, and our lives.
COL John W. Forney, in seconding
the foregoing resolutions, said that this
is but strugg lie between Freedom and
Slavery that all else has subsidized before
this one issue. He charged all who were
of different opinions as being disloyal.
He reviewed our troubles, and going back,
charged upon Ex-President Buchanan the
authorship of all our calamities.
He announced that the President had
told him, before leaving Washington, that
henceforth his policy should be as strin-
gent as the most enthusiastic could de-
sire. No longer need the Northern peo-
pie be frightened with the cry of negro
equality and emancipation. Applause.
He thought it proper to put arms in
their hands to save the lives of the whites.
[ Applause. He thought we might as
well terminate the war to-day if it was
not to be fought with the aid of the col
ored men Of the South.
He felt proud of the Republican party I;
that God in his Providence allowed a Re
publican President to be elected IN 1860,
when there was so much duplicity, so
much crime, so much falsehood, and so
many oaths disregarded by the Demo
cratic party,who had nothing but a ruined
country to leave as a legacy. He was
also thankful that the President had his
hands clear Of Southern traitors. He paid
a glowing tribute to the honesty, integ-
rity and patriotism of Mr.. Lincoln, and
was loudly applauded. We have been
quarreling among ourselves.
Is it possible that James Buchanan
shall 90 on instructing his instruments
to proclaim that this is war for the abo-
lition of Slavery? VIII he, or will any
one OF his instruments here or elsewhere,
inform me whether it was the Abolition
lists that framed the Lecompton Con-
stitutiOn.
Whether it was the Abolitionists that
penned the English bill, or that perSe-
cuted aud prescribed Walker, Douglas,
and Broderick that murdered Brod-
derick-that insisted upon the proscrip-
tlou which disgraced his own name and
that of the American people
Whether it was the Aboiitionists that
retained in the Federal Cabinet men who
were all the time in intrigue with South
ern traitors, and robbed tie Federal
treasury, or sent our army away or our
navy to distant seas Or that robbed
our armories, or that pilfered our arsenaIs,