The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-01-08
The Third Epis,le of Philos the Phllanthropist
10 the Potter Couni;ans.
ALLEGANY COUNTY, n. Y,

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DEAR SIR: Would you believe it? 10
this noble county there actually are men
ave, and women too-who u.anlteStly
sympa;hize much more with the Southern
rcbcllionists than with the majority of
the nation This seems to arise from two
principal causes First, those in the re-
bellon, nearly or quite TO man, voted
the so. called Democratic ticket iD 1860.
Second, the prrjudices of these against
the negro race ale as lnveterate rs they
are unreasonable. 1t is seen that If the
natoual forces should overcome the rebel
forces, The slaves must, in all probability,
become free, since nearly all the slaves
are held by rebels, who by their treason
able conduct forfeit their, claim to their
entire property and Uuclc Sam can not
be slave master, and hold them nor
can the old gentleman we'll turn slave
dealcr, and sell them they therefore seem
altogether likely to gain their freedom
an event which the sympathizers in men
ion have been accustomed to consider as
tue greatest calamity that could betall us.
Hence, although for obvious reasons, the
wish that the South may succeed is not
openly expressed, just now, the f,ct that
such a wish is ha, bored, is abundantly
manifest
1t is as plain as day, according to these
worthless, that the sayings and doings of
few at the North. have been the sole
cause of the rebellion. Slavery is not the
cauae-no, not by any means Antt-
slavery has brought the whole thing upon
US. The North, not the South, has
plunged the country INTO war. This puts
ne in mind of little incident which oc-
cured in farmers kitchen where, about
year ago, was stopping for the night.
1t was Il snowy, squally time. The
farmer ard his wife, five or six children,
dog, and cat, composed the household,
and were all gathered into the room atore-
said for the evening The dog was an
amiablc but active specimen of the shep.
herd breed, two or three years out of his
puppy hood. The cat was an old tabby
that | was told had been in the family
lever since the winter that Rachel was
Il baby" The cas was repoSng on 4
! lounge at the south side of the room but
! if she slept, it was in ''cat naps;' for
whenever the dog presumed to move
about at all, and not lie quietly in cor
ner, she would set up such a caterwaullng
as, when taken along with the woman s
talk about puppy, and the mans COM
mands to the dog, was quite sufficient to
prevent ANYTHING else from being heard.
For if you suppose that they blamed the
cat at all, or attempted to stop her noise
in any other way than by scolding the
dog. and compelling him to lie down galu
IN this or that corner furthere$t from the
south side of the room, you are greatly
mistaken | could not bat think that
they put the blame upon the wrong one
that not the north side, Tray, but the
south side, Tabby, was the culpable par
ty; but, Of course, | said nothing. do
not keep quite silent, however, in relation
to the cause os the present war; nor do
intend to-
n. B. TIE rebel sympathizers above
mentioned are certainly not very numer.
GUS here; (blcs> the LORD for that j but
they seem to be considerably mere SC
than they are up in Potter.
Youry truly, PHILos.