The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-11-05
NJ. w. McALARNEY, EDITOR.
THE ELECTION.

THE ELECTION.
Hunkerism is jubi!ant over the late
election in this State, Ohio, and Indiana,
but not as much so over little Iowa. This
Huuker party is as mean as the word sig
ni6es-Hunho, mean, sordid, niggardly
fellow, miser who holds on to what he
gets for selfish qualification and baseness.
And IN this instance it cannot but prove
true to it's Specification. Already is IL
venting its spleen in threats as to what il
will do when the Legislature meets. CARY
ing for itself success by disfranchislng
the men who are shedding their blood for
the life of the Nation, it Low threatens a
couater-revolution in the North if the
''aboltionistS" dare TO contend for this
Iinalienable right of free Americans Base
in all its aspirations, with its sole aim
and hope stayed on treason and plurder
it would sacrifice the country for parti
zan success. But yet it mistakes Its In,
fueuce greatly when thinking that the
soldiers have no power because of the de-
cson of the Supreme Court.
According to statement in the Har-
risburg Telegraph the next Legislature
will stand as follows:
Senate, Tn. Rep. 90 Dem. l3
House, Tn Rep. AS Dem. 81
On joint ballot 66 CT
This gives the Democrats majority of
1t counts upon this Que majority being
able to accomplish wonders declare
void the loans made by the different coun-
ties and dictate to the Governor policy
contrary to the Que he has thus far patri-
oticaly pursued, Admitting its viieness
to be As foul as it desires us to believe.we
yet know that there must be among this
majority some true, honest men who Will
battle the designs of these northern dough
face traitors and not suffer their iniqul-
tops purposes to prevail To say that tie
masses of Pennsylvania endorse the SEN
timents of their leaders. was to most uD-
righteously judge them. They have been
Influenced into voting for these ''things"
by representations that in case they were
elected and the Union Republican ticket
defeated there would be no draft, no more
taxation, no bloodShed. How avoid the
draft? By refusing to reinforce the right
arm of the Nation! No patriot would
listen to such suggestion. How avoid
taxation I? BY reputation No honest
man would hear of it. And how avoid
bloodshcd BY Withdrawing our aimy
and saying to the South, as John Van
Buren, says in New York, "wayward Sis
ters 90 in peace! y None but traitors
would dare suggest such course. No!
After all their rejoicing over supposed
endorsement by the people they will find
their power to be but myth, bubble
of IYes that must soon burst. The war
will be prosecuted to successful issue
The falsehoods that may carry an election
cannot change the determination of peo-
pie. They prefer organized war TO tonl
and llood-red anarchy. There must be
choice of one of these evils. The Gov
ernment must be sustained, or Mexican
tomb stone will teach our children its
fate Chick ahomiuy Swamp and the
braves who fell at Pea Ridge have written
upon the wall our glory or our shame
They commenced the work which must be
completed We must yet prove that
They never fail who die
In great cause"
O, all ye tribes of bastard freemen. be-
ware that you rouse not spirit that will
send you headlong into ignominy's grave,
So long as the soldiers voted Demo
cratic, it was constitutiona-bu when
they begin to vote against that party, the
Democratic Supreme Court decides the
law to be unconstitutional A law made
by Democrats, taken advantage of bv the
Democratic party during Slavery's War
against Mexico, and exercised under a
Democratic Supreme Court, is it not a
little queer that they should just row
discover it to be unconstitutional The
motive for this course speaks loudly from
the following figures:
HOW DID THE SOLDIERS VOTE?
PennsyiUanid-1S6l Winois-1862
Rep. Union lI,3 Rep Union 10,l9S
Dem. l73 Dem. 1857