The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-03-13

Vice PresidoitS-E. ". Capron, Of William,
port; Samuel Young, of ClearGeld Col TT
Worth, Of Lebanon.
Sscrclarje,-John Lutz, Of Bedford EB
Moore, of West Chester
Corresponding Secretary-H. NJ. jenkins. n
Norris town.
Trsasurer-J. A HeiStaud of Lancaster
On motion, adjourned.
Our Washington Correspondence
WAsnyGrox. March I. Isrc
In 1861, when Andrew johnson. n
Tennessee, was standing up SO manfur,
against the traitors in the Senate, be 5,i
so, as he said, in the belief that M.
South could secure Its ..rights" bef.,
in the Union than out out Of IT, In Viz,
of his many manly, and extremely radical
utteraDCes since that time, we have Been
led to suppose that this belief had ceased
to be the keynote of his Union SONG
we had hoped he had come up out Of the
narrow spirit of sectional pride, to patti.
otic solicitude for the welfare of the rlol.
Countrywide good Of all mankind,"-
but it seems we were mistaken. 1t !,
very hard 10 give up Que to whom va
have gwen our confidence; but Andres
Johnson's deeds and words Of late. shog
Conclusively, that be is sliIl lighting tAs
battles of darkness. and hatred and wrong
against liberty, equality, humanity ard
justice, merely choosing 10 fight them is
the Union and Hnder the Constitution og
account of the superior facilities offered
We have two lines Of policy, known
respectively as the policy Of the President,
and the policy of Coogtcss. If a division
must come, as it seems it mist. and has.
now, as in .Gl, frue men should be found
in the loyal ranks. The party whom the
President has called around him, is com.
posed of notorious rebels, with Yeyy few
deserrers from the onion ranks. They
are the identical men who have ever oD.
posed Andrew johnson, and who havg
ridiculed his humble origin. All his
noble and patriotic utte'anCes for the
past FIVE years they have persisteDtIy
characterized as the "dfivel Of drunken
fool, to use one Of their classic sx.
pressions.
The leading spirits among hrs endorsers
here are personally well known TO The
writer. Speaking of similar throBg Il
ex-rebels, met in Nashville, Tenn, to
endorse the Presidents veto, Patsou
Browulow says all he knows of them is
unfavorable, and going on to PartcuIarize,
of one be says: He has been a thorough
rebel throughout we know Of but one
thing IN his favor, and that, in justice to
him We will state. lie bad q son who
fought bravely through the war, IN the
Union ranks--a private in the 18th US,
Colo!ed Infantry" This much may be
said in favor of many here who DOW en-.
dorse JEFF. Davis and Andrew Johnson
but who hold the memory of the martyred
lincoln III uDdisguised execration. Not
d more Intensely disloyal, proAigate aud
vlllainouS set Of unmitigated rascals eau
be found either on this or the other side
of the Iufernal Wor.d than now curse the
city of Washington with their presence.
They are lntamy, malice and treason
boiled down and covered with the oily
scum of hypocrisy. But I cans do them
justice-it's of no use With This crowd
the President of the United States has
cast his lot. What a foolish lamb TO lie
down with such wolf! Many of bis
friends Yours Ttaly, among the number,)
have clpng to the fond hope that be would
get sober by and BY, and behave more
sensibly. John Sherman still cherishes
that fond hope with tenacity that Dor.
ders on desperation. The poble Senator
is barking up the wrong tree, beyond
doubs.
What is the Presidents policy? He
insists that Congress has none; and that
his is the only plan by which the insur-
gent States can be brought back to theit
Unconstitutional relations" In other
words, he proposes to legisIate, execute
and all to take the duties, and the Con.
stitutional powers of Congress and to
bring the rcbellious States back into the
Union bodily, with all their defective