Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1878-06-13
Twenty thousand Dollars Worth
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to the front, and to lead in great enter.
prises of reform, which would proba-
bly, never have been dreamed of by
those great statemen who fill the pub
lie eye TO such an extent that they
have little time to attend to anything
else than their own visual angle.
Now, this Mr.. Potter, whoever he is,
is an example of this good thing" in
parliamentary custom. That he is a
great philosopher who has for years
been secluded from the public gaze,
day and night profoundly meditating
on this great scheme for "vindicating
the nations honor" there is no ques-
tion; for heis certainly great patriot;
witness the motive! He is as certainly
a great statesmen; witness the scheme!
Now, il he is great statesman and a
great patriot, how has he SO long es-
capped the public nOtiee-escaped being
lionized, even-without he has pur-
posely hidden himself? The conclu-
sion is irresistible; Potter is profound
statesman, who has hidden himself
away from the public gaze, lost in the
intricate mazes of profound thought,
brooding over the wrongs of the ma
tion and their remedies, till he per-
fected his scheme, and then burst full
upon the public gaze with a dazzling
brightness, like the sun In the world
of chance. A few short weeks ego,
and his name was known only on the
roll of the House, on his boarding
house register, and to some fond con-
stituency in the interior; now the
name of "Clarkson n. Potter" flashes
with the speed of lightning from city
to city, from State to State, from con.
tinent to continent; it appears in bold
faced type at the head of newspaper
columns; it is heard at club meetings
and conventions. The Potter Reso-
LUTON" is the chief theme in every
considerable gathering, from the eau
Gus which meets in the national Sem
ate chamber, to that which holds its
sittings on the store-box in the front of
the country grocery. He who but yes.
terday, like far-off planet, was vague
ly known, and only as name, is to-
dayas notorious as Dom Pedro or
Cr0nin's nose. None 80 humble, none
so ignorant as not to have heard of the
Potter Resolution"
"Elijah," says the good woman of
the house, shortly after her husbands
return from his semi-monthly visit to
the postoffiee, ''what is this Potter
Resolution that the papers is talkin'
bout so much?'. swell, Hammer,
don't know certain. They was all
a talkin' bout that up to the postofice,
and some said it were one thing and
some said another. Squire Sne0d an
me thought it must be one of them
Roosian Generals what is goin' over to
drive them blamed turkeys out of
Urope. But when the schoolmaster
come along they askt him, and he said
it was one of them moo inventions, like
the funnygraff and the dynamite fend,
only it wasn't to blow things up with;
it was only to make soap bile quickern'
better. And I expect that's of course
what ii Is" "Wel1, I'll declared" re-
tnrns the wonder-stricken woman,
"What won't they have next! "Well,
i jist thought it must be something OF
that sort" Thus it goes-all hear of,
but few comprehend the nature and
extent of the great President-maker's
work. 81
But ifsuch is the fame of this mighty
man OF state craft now, what may we
expect it to be when he and his com
mittee have accomplished their self
allotted task? We may fairly hope
that his name may be little less far
reaching and deeply-rooted than that
of the Centennial itself. The country
will be flooded with Potter hats,'
Potter Shoes .sPotter Resolution
skirts, ruffies, frills, founces, furbe-
lows, patterns, pins, plates, pitch forks,
soap, satin, saleratus and.sundries. The
farmer will use the Potter plow, aid
obtain better crops. The merchant
will sell Potter underwear and grow
rich. The invalid will take Potter
Resolution pills and recover. Nor
will his fame be circumscribed by even
the broad borders of our own conti-
nent. The English journalist will
leave his editorial on 1.-The Treaty of
San Stifano," or "Tbe Probabilities of
an European Coalition in the Event
Va w al W Luo SILL kIo6L6E
probabilities of Potter. The French
man, by tie banks of the historic Arar,
will re-echo the voice of the Swiss
peasant from the borders of Lake Con-
stance, "Vive La POtteurp The Turk
will cease for the moment his bloody
struggle for existence, and toss his fez
into air in honor of Potter, or will
blend his praises with those Of Allah.
The Russian will forget for time the
wrongs of Christians in Bulgaria in his
zeal to right the wrongs of Democratic
America. All will blend the name of
our great stateman with. the names OF
their own Who shall be able to num-
Der the testimonials to his greatness,
which the next generation will pro-
duce: the George Washinton Potters'
of America; the William Pitt Potters'
of England; the Napoleon De tBroglie
Potters' of France; the tsMobammed
Ali Potter Pashas' OF Turkey, and the
'Gortsehakoff Alexander Schowvaloff
POtters' of Russia? Verify, it will
surpass the power of man to compute!
We have no idea that all this atten.
ton is agreeable to the retiring dispOsi'
ton of Mr. Potter. Doubtless he would
like much to escape again from the
public gaze. into the cool precincts of his
philosophers cell; bat not till bis great
work is accomplished will the public
permit him to seek again bis scholarly
ease and his classic seclusion. Having
once permitted himself to become fa'
mous, he must submit to renown for q
season. There is mighty work to
be omplished, and who is so we'll
qualified to accomplish it as he who,
through patient months, has pondered
deeply on all the bearings of the great
scheme? But TO the theme itself.
There are, it seems, some twenty
thousand, dollars worth of val.
liable facts, which, properly belong to
the people, hidden away in the secret
thoughts of certain citizens of Florida
and Louisiana. These citizens should
be made to shell out.' so think. Mr.
Potter, and so think we. This great