The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-08-14


lively for " their cause" is not distinctly
stated here; but every loyal man knows
full well what it typifed during the last
five years.
The strictness with which the South crit
ieized its delegates eau bo witnessed in the
following;
RICHMoxD, July 25, 1866.
meeting of the people of Hanover county,
was held at the courthouse yesterday (court
day., to appoint delegates to the district con-
vention to select representatives OF this con-
gresalonal district in the Philadelphia conven-
ton. The four men who had been the most
active and prominent secessons,s III the coun-
try were selected. A motion was made to add
General Wickham to the delegation, General
w. had been a member of the convention that
passed the ordinance of secession and strongly
opposed it. He subsequently served in the
Confederate army, but since the termination of
the war, has been active and ardent for restora-
ton. The motion was opposed on the ground
that General Wickham chad written letter
denouncing secession" and he was rejected.
When Gov. Dennison saw that the ma
chinery of the government was to be pros
tituted to the vindication and restoration
of treason, he withdrew from Johnson's s
Cabinet, and raised the curtain before the
eyes of thousands who, without such testi
mony, would have remained incredulous.
Since his resignation, that which he saw
inside of the Administration is constantly
showing itself to the outside world, until
at last the Republicans who are taking part
in the mongrel convention are very small
percentage Of the copperhead and traitor
aggregate. The fact above stated is true
of every southern community from which
delegates to the grand rooSt Of the carrlon
birds of the rebellion have been selected.
Nothing else could have been expected
from Richmond. There is not day that
we do not hear of the implacable feeling in
the former capital of the crushed Couted-
eracy against the people of the loyal States.
Officers of the national government station
ed there in the discharge of their duties
testify not only to this feeling, but to the
offensive way in which it is exhibited.
Every door is closed upon patriotic citi-
zen, especially if he wears the glorious uni
form Of the Republic The very children
are taught to lisp maledicticns against the
yankees" and school books are being pre-
pared and printed in which the glories (f
the rebellion are exalted and the crimes and
tyrannies Of the National Government made
clear to the rising rebel generation.
But here comes the father of lies with a
song that will tickle the fancy of rebel
bully, and at the same time not frighlen
any one very seriously:
"The Hon. Montgomery Blair was the next
speaker. He said the only issue was whether
the country would continue to remain in a state
of disunion in order that political party may
retain power; or whether the old Union, as es-
tablished by our fathers, should be restored. 1t
had been his misfortune to differ with the
Democratic party; but it was composed ofhon-
est men, whom he always hOnored. They had
presented the spectacle of furnishing men and
means to defend the Government at the same
time that that Government was in the hands of
their political adversaries, thus proying,to some
eXtent,the intense feeling of devotion to country
which ever characterizes them; this too, when
as the speaker knew Che being member of the
| GoYernment,) that Government was welded in
Il most Inscriptions and unjustifable manner.
The speaker predicted that should the radicals
carry the elections in October, the result would
be the establishment of two Presidents and two
Congresses, for the Radical sectional majority
would then Immediately impeach President
johnson and turn him out, while on the other
hand the Democratic members of Congress
would unite with the regularly elected members
from the South. He also warned his hearers
that they were on the eve of another civil war,
the battle-fields of which would be in the north
while the south would remain united. He dis
claimed speaking for any sensational purpose;
but earnestly warned the people of the North
against the evil effects of tampering with the
fundamental law of the land.''
There was but one thing lacking in Mr..
Montgomery Blair's Speech, he should have
given his reasons for always endeavoring to
be on the side of those who have the dis
position of public plunder, after which he
might have told the story of the encountre
between Mrs. Jessie Fremont and the elder
Blair.
"And we shall feed like oxen at a stall,
The better cherished still the nearer death'
We have made these quotations to
show the spirit of the men who seek to re-
new the contest of four years ago. unless
they can rule Memphis, New Orleans,
and Georgia, testify the character of their
arguments.
CONGRESS.