The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-02-26

| e nave before us mere TWO prOpOsltlOhs :.
One of them is O plain, concise resolution.
| will read it:
"Resolced, That our Senators from this
State, be. and they are here hereby inSnu tied
to vote for the immediate exclusion OF the
said Jesse d. Bright from his seat ir the
| United States Senate
That is a very plain and concise PROPOSE
ton. The other. which it is proposed to sub
stitute for it, is ambiguous and uncertain in
| its terms, Now, hold the case to stand thus:
/ if the treason of Jesse ID Bright is open to
question. is not plain and apparent, then this
amendment ought to pass it il is not ques-
tion tble--if it IL plain. open and apparcn TO
all then the more pointed the terms that we
Iuse in denuciation of his trea'op the better.
| Let us examine for a single mOmentthe ev-
idcuce of his treason that we have before Us.
Allow me again to refer to the letter winch
| has been already several times read. 1t begins
:. .Bv Deqr Sir" Had ii been a formal letter
between Jesse D. Bright and Jet1crS, Davis,
| it would have been Sir" Had ii been ii toll
cr,hly f;tmlidr letter, it would have been
Dear Sir" But it is almost an atfectinnate
letter, expressing on its very face deep and
tender regard for JEFF. Davis-"My Dear Sir'
Bnt what else do we find ? "Alow me to in
troduce to your acquaintance myf"iend Thorn
| as B. Lincoln of Texas Jefferson Davis and
Jesse ID. Bright were friends: so were Jesse
! d Bright and Thomas b. Lincoln it was a
mutual friendship between them. And. mark
You. do You suppose th It Jesse ID Bright
being II friend of Jefferson Davis, would have
/ introduced to hiH any other than a man who
believed as Jefferson Davis believed .:
course mo-. But let us read the letter fur
ther: 'He visits your capital maiaig To dis
r. = ,:,,l Iit,., 10, I,sc
d. Bril hits idea of the matter, had more than
one object in view. The great object per-
/ haps, is disclosed further on in the letter.
t :.He visits your capital mainly to dispose Of
what lie regrrdS us "A great impro" ement in
fire arns" Fire arms The very thing of nil
on the earth which the loyal people of this
! Union wished to prevent falling into the han Is
of Jefferson Davis. The plotters Of the rtb l.
lion had stolen onr arms and ammunition
through the in ,trumcEtality of the traitor
FIofd. Through his treachery valuable arms
had been removed from the a~SenalS where
! the, could be of service 20 the government in
an emerge lcy, and had been taken down south
To be used by rebels and traitors in battleing
against the sacred constitution of our country
and vet, notwithstanding all this, Jesse ID
| Bright with the facts before him recommends
this man To jefferson Davis us having ''H great
Improvement in irr-.uih~." which OF course
1 Davis would stand In need uf, as Bright well
knew But. as | have sid. tiIele was more
! thun one object in view. One object was he
| fire arms; bat there was something else which
| he had f.tiled to disclose to us.
But what does Jesse u. Bright acknowledge
! IN that letter? lie s,vs--'.Iie visits your cnD-
ad thus acknowledging that jefferson Da-
! Wis was the head Of an existing government
admitting. in TACT. the Independence OF Il de
E,c'o government of the confederate states.
Now mark the time st which this letter was
written 1t WAS written on The first Oh March
! Long before that the Star IF The West had been
/ tired into when it attempted TO provision IL be-
! leagured fortress belonging to this govern
m,nt-when NJ jor Anderson. wish less than
= hundred men had been hou>cu up there in
! Smttr and the traitors had forbidden him
! communication with hi, own government and
/ his own people say that when AZ unarmed
/ veS>el-harmIess in he face of the world. had
ATTEMPTED then and there TO provision that
/ brlca cured furI the rebels mad opened ire
upon ber. Furthermore. JeSSeD Bright knew
/ at that time that there were seven States that
/ declared themselves out of the Union--lhat
! had announced their determination 10 make
war upon this government Aye. nOtwith-
standing all this, Jesse d. Bright writes let
ter and recommends To Jefferson Davis n man
ready to furnish him with those very Things,
as | remarked before which we did not want
! him to haVe-;l mau " ho would assist IN CIV
! ing to that arch traitor aud his mini ms, the
means Of numbering our loyal citizens.
! Mr. Bright says u recommend him to yonr
tarorubie considerations" Well. no doubt if
Mr. Liucoln had succeeded i'll reaching the
capital Of the confederate states" he would
have been very acceptable visitor. lie re-
commendS him "a gentleman of the trSf
rexpectabaty." No doubt he was ore at the
+. +. V'S-one of the first families This was
great consideration, for the aristocracy that
has taken SO large Il part III This rebelllon-an
| ari>tocracy borne up as 1t Is, upon false syS-
TENS of government 1t WAS imp 'rtant that
he should be gentleman of the first respect
ability :" that he should be no "uIudSill,H
no greasy mechanic" but very re>pectnbI,
gentleman, besides being reliable i'll every
respect He says, in eiIect-''Jef Davis,
you can coufde TO him anything Of your treh-
son. Just as you have c0ntided it TO me. He Is
your and my mutual friend; understand him
10 be such He is a very respectable gentle
man, and withal, is reliable in every respect.
You may disclose to him all your ideas OF trea-
sou-all your plans. all your plots. lie Is re-
liable, and you can trust him"
Then to cnnclud' the matter-to cap the
climax- To make it doubly sure, he addresses
this letter 10 HIS Excelency. Jefferson Davis,
Prexide. t. President Of what? Or rebelS.ofI
traitors, of men who had taken up arms
against the government. NO, sir; Preside {
of the Contederote States Of 1mertc"." 1t Is
enough. Mr. Speaker, for a man to address
letter that way, no matter what It's contents
fora man sitting in his place as United States
Senator to address thus. one WI stood al
the head of Il rebellouS government, wicked
and niquitnus government, founded Tor the
purpose of breaking down this Union aud our
sacred Constitution. | say for mdn to ad-
dress letter in that way is enough to convict
him ut unce of treason.
Now, as remarked before, if this is plain
case, then the plain propcsition brought IN