The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1862-07-16
LATrER-DAY DEMOCRACY.

AS there Is no organ OF the SO called
Deuo cracy in this county We publish the
Resolutions of the late Convention Of poll
teal hacks and broken down Office seekers,
assembled at Harrisburg on the 4th inst
We make no comments, but only give as
an explanatory preface one Of the resolu-
tions adopted by the same clique in 1861.
We leave it to the people to judge if the
Rebels had not cause to believe in a>sis
tsnce being offered them from the North,
when men are permitted to meet and pass
resolutions as full of treason as those we
give below t Read carefully the following
resolutions, passed at a tlme when the Ma
tion was Just beginning to realize some
of the agouies of civil war:
18th. That they will, by all proper and
legitimate means oppose. dsscOun-
ienanCe and prevent any at
teffsps Gfa the pssrt 0Gshc Etepnb-
l5CasaS tEa power to make any armed
aggression upon the Southern States, eSpec-
tally SO long as laws Conlrdvruing their rtghtS
shai remain unrcpeaed on the statute books
of Northern States. aud so long as the just
demanRs Of the South shall continue to be
unrecogniled by the Republican majoriues
in these States, aud unsecured by proper
ameudat0ry explanations the Constitution
| Says The report The reading Of the Res
oiutons caltsd fork much applause. and when
th i declaring the DEI ERMiNED OPPDSI-
! TIuN Or THE DEMOCRACY OF PENNSYL-
VANIA TO An ARMED AGGRESSION UPON
TIE SECEDING STATES was read lie
| WHOLE con FENI ION r0se en- a5asSe, and
NTH RHE wAvI*G OF HATS AND THE VIOLENT
SHOOTS OF ENTHUSIASM. shook the very walls
Of the building that held thcm &kzg~THEI
WERE ADOPTED By ACCLAMATiON." ~
RESOLUTIONS OF 1867
Hon Arnold PIunmer Chairman OF
the Committee GA Reolutlons, presented
to the Convention thc following:
Fbreas. The American Constit, ton was
ordtnad ana established by our tatE ers in
order 10 form "a more perfect union, establish
Justice iasUrc domestic tranquility, provide
for couaon defense promote the genera; wei
'arc aHi cure tag blessings Of liberty to
Po,lefity; therefore
Resolcad. l. That lbe only object fthe Dem
ocratic party j, the restoration Of ne Union IS
it was, and the preservation OF the CoAstitu-
ton it,s.
R,solrea. > That. t, the end that the Union
my be restored, aad the Constitution aud
avs "utJrerd throughout its whole exteal
ne plrd-" our hearty ana unqualified suppurti
to tie Feoevsi Government ia the prosecution
I + azl H.s,.. me-.
Heso5cra. Tha. the true and only object
Of the war is 10 restore the Union an enforce
the laws; such "A purpose alone is worthy the
awful sacrifice which il makes Of lie and
treasure: with sach purpose alone can W.
hope for success: aud those who. from sec
tional feelings Of party or private motives
would give any other direction to the efforts
OF cur armies, are unjust. and unworthy to be
inrusted with power, and would cause AL
on. txertious. extraordinary and unparalleled
as they are, t. prove futile IN the end.
ReS0iCca 4. That we Justly view with alarm /
the reckless extravaganza which pervades |
some OF the Departments Of the Federal Gov /
ernment, aud that Il return to rigid economy !
aud accountability is Indispensable to arrest
the systematic piunler OF the Treasury by /
favored partiSans and that in view OF the |
recent startling Developments Of frauds and /
cGrruPtions at the Federal metropolis and
throughout the country, we hold an entire /
change Of the Administration to be imperra-
ticeiy dsmdndcd
Res0kged, 5. That the party fanaticism, or
crime, whichever it may be called, that seeks /
to turn the slaves of the Southern Ststes
loose to Overrun the North. anu enter into
competition with the white laboring masses
thus degrading ana insulting their manhood /
by placing them on an equality with negroes
in their occupation, is insulting to our race
and merits our most emphatic aud unquali-
fed condemnation
ResolDea s. That ,ge denounce Northern 40
0titi0Hlsna end SoHi6eTR Secession as the coop
Grating sources of our present calamities,
alike reasonable to the Constitution amt m
jmicat TO the Union. The only way to res.
tored Union and a respected Constitution. with
returning peace and prosperity, is through
the overthrow of BOTH.
Res75red, = That the Democracy of Penn
sylyan;a is equally opposed to ali sectional
legislation and geographical parties which
base their hope for continued partisan success
on the Agrarianism Of emancipation and hyp-
ocritical philanthropy Abolition, because
neither is known To the Constitution, and
both are intended 10 aid disunion and sub
vert the Constitution and prevent the rest)r-
alton Of amity, peace, and concord among {
States and people.
Resoioed, s That the Constitution and the 2
laws are sufficient for any emergency, and
that the suppression of the freedom of speech =:
and of the press, and the unlawful arrest Of
citizens, and the suspension of the writ Of
labeas corpus in violation of the Constitution
in States where the civil authorities are un-
impeded is most dangerous to civil liberty,
and should be resisted ut the ballot box by /,
every freeman OF the land.
ResoiU,d, 8 That this is Government of
white men, and was established exclusively /
for the white race; that the negro race are
not entitled to, and ought not tO>be admitted |
to poi'ical or social equality with the white !
race, but that it is orr duty to treat them with +,
kindness and consideration, as an inferior :
and dependent race that the RIGHT of the [