The Potter journal. [volume] (Coudersport, Pa.) 1857-1872, 1866-08-14
[Corresp ,ndence of the Potter Journall
Letter from the Capitol,
HARRIsRuRG, Pa, AUG. ]

HARRISBURG, PA, Aug. 10, 1865.
DEAR JOURNAL : The loyal Sons of Pennsvl-
vania in this section of the State held grand
mass convention at York on the 9Th inst. t
was decided success i'll favor of Gen. Gearv
aud did honor to the loyal people of the great
commonwealth. There were at least twenty
thousand true soldiers on the grounds, soldiers
who have fought and suffered for our country; :;
soldiers whose scars tell of their undying hero
ism for the protection of the Republic soldiers
who have stood undIsmayed at the shock and
carnage of battle. Such were the men who rail-
lied from the hillside, and from the valley, in
the old Keystone State, and assembled IN York
on Thursday, and spoke in tones which will re-
celve the sanction of every true soldier.
The number of tickets sold in this place alone
amounted to over one thousand, and the train
from here was the largest passenger train that
ever passed over the Susquehanna bridge, it
numbered twenty five passenger cars. His
Excellency, Gov Curtin accompanied the party,
as did Gen. J. W. Geary, who got on the train
at New Cumberland The table at York which
was spread in the grove, was half mile long,
and was covered with forty wagon loads of pro-
vision, and all had a free dinner thus showing
the sentiment of York county which the "cops''
of this place say can never be redeemed but is
true to Hester Clymer. But the soldiers who
have been Clymer's friends are fast leaving him
strongly against him. In April, 1861 he voted
against putting Pennsylvania on a war footing.
he voted against increasing the pay of soldiers,
and also against the right of sailors and seamen
to vote He voted against the bill to regulate
the elections held by soldiers in the fieldin or
der to disfranchise them. Still he said in his
18th of July speech at Reading,that his HISTORY
is the history of the State, and that he would
not alter it if he could. Such being his record,
and such his principles, now, he cannot dupe
the soldies who fought to put down Rebellion.
The watch6res burn brightly over every
portion of the old Keystone and nothing but a
miracle can turn the election against Gen Gearv
The loyal people of the Commonwealth are
massed in one grand phalanx, and bear their
banner aloft with the inscription, "Gcary and
Vict0ry"
But while Pennsylvania rests in comparative
security, we must not forget the brave Union
Fmen of the South, who are, and have been be.
trayed by modern "Moses''-or | should have
said a modern Judas The Republican party
has been betray ayed-grOSSiy,d daStardly, BETRAYED!
AS soon as Andrew Johnson began to slaughter
his solemn pledges,by programmed and pre-
concerted plan, the slaughter of Union men in
in the South begun. The city of New Orleans
Is reeking with the blood of Union men, muir
dered by Rebels, instigated by Andrew John
son, His course is condemned by every loyal
paper and loyal man in the land He insolently
overuled the authority of Gov. Wells, and con-
ferred with subordinate State officers who are
in sympathy with the traitors. Such a course
looks black and heinous. Is not such actions
on the part of Andrew johnson, ,engendered bv
the same spirit that plotted the Rebellion Is
he not in secret cOnclave with the traitors of
this government? The issue is upon u.s. The
death gurge of more than thirty Union men is
borne on the breeze from N ew Orleans, speak
ing in terrible tones of "the deep damnasion of
their taking off," The scenes of a martyred
President looms up to our vision, and all cry
in this calamity of our nations betrayal, COP
SAVE THE RFprRTrc prprrrry