The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-10-09

! of the slough Of despond and IS now set as
shining temple upon a hill where all may
look and be instructed. Cheers. 1t Isl
to such a country that this missionary
comes! Laughter. Was | not right in
saying that some inscrutable providence
directs these men, when they would destroy
their country, to use words that would
only destroy themselves9 Was not right
in Saying that Andrew Johnson, and Mont
gomery Blair and William H. Seward seem
to be unconscious instruments IN God S
hands to help forward the salvation OF the
Republic they are trying to break down Z
If this man had been instructed by wisdom
he would have turned his footsteps any
where than here. Why does he come?
1t is because he has been reared in that
same atmosphere of slavery with the mas
ter he lives to serve. 1t is because he can
not understand the extent Of this great
controversy, nor the height and depth and
breadth of the villainy and infamy of the
man who is now seeking to betray the
American people. When such a man
comes among us to threaten civil war, he
ought to recollect that the men who saved
the country once can save it again; and
furthermore that the demand he is making
of us in the name of his master can only
meet one response-that Of Indignant and
instant refusal. Cheers. What is this
demand? Why are we threatened with
civil war unless we comply with it? 1t Is
simply that the authors of the rebellion
shall be restored fulLhanded, and more than
full handed, to power! That is the whole
end and aim of Andrew Johnson, and that
is to be the text of the man who is coming
here to address you. You are the Radl-
Gals. TCheers. He comes here to declare
war against the Radicals. When the Pres
ident started upon his mission to the tomb
of Douglas, sowing the land from Wash
ington to Chicago deep with calumnies and
falsehoods, these Radicals were believed to
be few men, two hundred and odd men
in the Congress of the United States, and
it was to destroy these few men that the
! President started upon his mission. And
10! they have swollen into millions; the
Radicals are here and everywhere, and
wherever they speak, in majorities, where
ever they vote, they vote with vigor,
which proves that, having saved the coun-
try from armed rebels, they are determined
to be its masters. Cheers. Civil war
is declared by Montgomery Blair, because
we will not consent that the "Boys in Blue"
in Pennsylvania who fought for, and Sc
cured the maintenance Of the Republic,
shall have one vote less than the rebel trai-
tor in South Carolina, who tried and failed
to DESTROY it. We are now threatened
with civil war, because we say the baffiei
assassins of American liberty cannot be
restored to full power in the Congress of
the United States. We are threatened
with civil war because we will not say
amen to Andrew Johnson's Reputation Of
his ten thousand pledges and promises
because we will not consent to an Admin
istration policy, the effect of which will be
the complete overthrow Of our financial
system, and the final destruction of the
Government itself. We are threatened
with civil war, by the agent of Andrew
johnson, because we will not desert the
candidate of the Republican party in Penn
sylvania, and vote for the candidate of a
party which sympathized throughout the
rebellion with the enemies of the Repub-
lie This is the mission of the man who
will appear among you in a few days. |
refer to him with 70 special purpose. /
have no object in calling your attention to
! him, because so far as he is concerned, he
is nothing to me. I select him simply as
the Interpreter of the policy Of Andrew
johnson, President of the United States.
There is nothing surer than that the cause
which be opposes and we sustain will tri-
umph. Cheers.
Passing from the more important ma
tional issues, let us come to the considera-
ton of the canvass in Pennsylvania, which,
in the more overriding consequence of the
national question, we are too apt to over
look. The nominee of the National Re
publican party, General Geary, hes a pecu-
liar history. [Cheers. 1t entities him
not simply to your confidence, but to your
enthusiastic support. His record is, in
many respects, marvellous for so young a
man. l have no doubt you have all read
it With the interest it deserves. His op-
ponent is fit embodiment of Andrew
JoAnson's policy, No other man could
have been so well selected to typify at once
the Inconsistency and desperation of the op-
posing party. You know that they are
now addressing themselves to the soldiers,
and are trying to induce the people to be-
lieye that they are the best friends Of the
brave men who saved the Republic. 1t is
we'll to refer to the manner in which Heis
ter Clyner was nominated in order to ex-
pose this miserable plea. The Democratic
Convention assembled at Harrisburg the
9th of March. At that time, as nowhere
unrni n,a,U soldiers in PennSvlvania who