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A ,Plea for Minnesota. •
S For tile Potter Journal.
1:. 'l74er, LAKE, DODGE Co., MIN.,}
writni 28th, Iss B .
Mn. EDITORS YOll will perhips'be sur
prised at receiving a communication from
a stringer, in so remote a country as Min,
pesotai but beipg a reader of your Jour
iudy-and havieg. read therein several arti
cles eulogizing potter Co.; end endeavor
ing to discourage emigratioti to the west,
I thought I would write a few thoughts
uhout western emigration and westernex
perienee as it appears to me. I would
say at the commencement, that I am, an
old friend cif many of your readers 5441 a
ferirtjr resident of your vicinity, therefore
lily eastern friends can judge from this
letter whether I am discontented or 'dis
satisfied with the west. I will however
in this letter confine myself to a descrip
gots of Minnesota, because I am a little
better aequainted with this portion of the
west than any other,
The general opinion in.the eastern and
*Diddle states is, that Minnesota is too cold
e asntry in whieb.te live with any cam ,
fort, or in which to follow successfully the
business of agriculture; that but a limited
variety of farming, products can be raised
here, and therefore many who would make
their , homes here are tempted to settle in
lowa or Kansas, when in truth, the same
and even a greater variety of crops can be
cultivved successfully in Minnesota than'
van he le Pennsylvania. It may seem in
ereable but it is' nevertheless true, that
nor nine mouths in the year the average
mean temperature of St, Paul is greater'
than at Chicago, although the former is
over 2 degrees farther North. For six
months in the year it is 21° greater. It
is true that the average temperature in l i
winter is lower, but this difference is more
thaecompensated by a much less amount!
of snow, raid and wind. One grand argu
ment against emigration west, is the dread
ful bugbear of bilious complaints, Fever
and-Ague, &e. Now, statistics show that
the average of deaths in a given number
of inhabitants annually is much less in
Most of the western cities than in New
York, Boston, Philadelphia, or any other
eastern cities. The• absence of lung oona
plaints, consumption and inflammatory dis
talEeS more than compensate for the pres
ence of bilious disorders. Minnesota
however is free even from this objection,
as there is positively no prevailing disease
here. The whole country is greatly ele
vated, being a vast table-land with a, sur
face gently rolling, containing no, exten
sive marshes or stagnant water, consequent
ly the atmosphere is •clear, dry, bracing'
and exhilarating. For this-very reason
(if for no other) Minnesota merits the at
tention of emigrants from the Northeru ,
and Middle States ; but there are . other
Important reasons. , .
\ Its soil is unsurpassed in fertility by any
ortion of our Union. It is of a limestone
formation resting anon the magnetitin
lituestone, beneath which is found a sand
stone. The decomposition of the lime
stone when exposed to the atmosphere
forms a remarkably fertile soil. TU . gen
eral surface-soil is a black, nch mold, like
most western - prairie soils, with this dif
ference, it contains more particles of tine
sand and is, therefore, a warmer and quick
er soil, rendering it of much greater value
by making the properties it does possess
far more active. This Recounts for the
fact that even the Ohio Derit corn perfects
itself here, and also how it is that vegeta
bles attain such an enormous size and ex
tra flavor, mid why they produce in such
remarkable quantities. For a wheat-grow ,
lug country I think .Alinnesota, will stir
pass any otherportion of our Union ; 25
bushels of Spring wheat per acre on coin.
mon land, unmanured, is an average crop
in this partf the country, and farmers
I
often get 30 nd even 35 bushels per acre.
Another fact for the emigrant westward is; ;
is no tate or Territory, at prese4
levities' emigration, so well timbered or
which comp sex such an excellent variety
of woodfla.nd as Minnesota. There is ,
plenty ofg,ood timber aeoessible:from every , '
lI
part. As to water, even New ngland, ,
the land of water-fails, can boast of no,
superior manufacturing advantages upon
a water-power basis. Commandina, as we
do, the head-waters of the largest lake and 1
longest river in the world, our geograph- 1
ical position is such as will make an early
and thorough, development of our mighty' '
resources certain ; especially when' we con-
eider the character of the inhabitants, which ,
presents au anomaly in the history of west
ern settlements, as no more energetic, en 1
terprising, refined, intelligent and moral'
people can be found in so a large an aggre-1
te than are to be found in this new soy
ireignty. Our provisions for educational
Interests are unparalleled in the history
of the world, There are already four UM
'
versifies chartered, also an immense fund
donated by the Wend government for the
maintenance of common schools, consist
ing of . 2 sections in each township, or one
eighteenth of the area of the State,
worth perhaps from twenty to thirty mil
lions of dollars.
These are a few of the advantages Min
nesota possesses, and I would like to say
more, but wishing to be brief, a feet re
marks will close this epistle. In view of
the n.hpyg filets, let oar eastern friends
consider; Should this vast country, this
naturally 4eljghtful portion of our beset'.
fill earth remain comparatively unsettled
audits resources undevelepedf or did the,
Almighty
,d‘sige these beautiful flower
eovered prairies, these crystal lakes and
beautiful streams, this fine climate and,
productive soil for the Ilse and enjoyment:
(.11 mane If so, I ash, What is the privi-:
MEI
I,tge, yes, what is the duty of al Osterb
people. I know from my own experience
that many ofYou aro, and have good reason
to'he', discontented; yet, from souse mo,
tire (I will ;not say, what I think it is,)
you are sagelradvised to "stay , where
you are;" and wear out your constitu
tions; and destroy your patience in clear
inn, farms and working muong the , hein
leas, and stones of your almost' barren
eastern mountains; exhausting all your
energies in attempting to eke out a scanty
subsistence at the expense of your whole
nature, physical, intellectual; and Moral.
I do not wish to be understood as trying
to persuade those that have good !Oceanus,
and tvho eau content themselves there, to
emigrate to -the west; but to the great
mass who are. not well situated or 'pros
pering, and 'especially to the young who
would wish to . build up, for themselves
hoineseto aid in constructing society and
to exercise all their powers profitably, and
to distinguiSh themselves: to all such we
would say come to this glorious field of
labor. ' And to those who come, and
after staying a short time are dissatisfied,
I would say return, we do not' want you;
we Want men who delight in activity, and'
rely on theinselves, and do not go sighing,
aid groaning because fortune does not
smile on them and enrich them without
effort on. their part. But I must close by
saying, that should you think this worth
publishing, and would accept of "more of
the same sort," I will give it in shorter,
and perhaps more interesting articles.
Your obedient servant,
13URTI.S"
, [Our correspondent is doubtless sincere
in his efforts to build up western emigra
tion—indeed, we can not but admire his
ardor for his cause, inasmuch as - -he has
settled in Minnesota for life, he, no doubt,
being one of that class of men for whose
immigration he makes so strong an appeal
--.vbist we cannot agree with him that the
West offers superior advantages to those
presented by Potter minty for setters.
The present population, of this county is
just such as he describes as those - desired
for hls locality, else many of,:them would,
have long since• been residents of the
West;. and we are sure that they are none
of them dissatisfied at the result of their
disinclination to emigrate. They are men
---realnotive, persevering and contented
men---who will find little enticement in
the voluntary eulogies of the west put
forward by Mr. Roosa. We think that
our correspondent has forgotten to con
sider that it is our duty and desire to
build up the prosperity of this county be
fore any other section-tnevertheless we
give his letter the benefit of our eircula
tion.--.En. JOURNAL.]
l eroutunitatico.
For the Potter Journal.
V S s "Questioning, the. Art of
Teaching 1"
I know, Mr. Editor, that a first rate
essay published in the Journal of the 3d
inst. said it was, and I suppose proved it
too; but I admit I aui so dull that I must
make a few inquiries before .1 can fairly
"see through it."
In the first place, I most wonder, if
such is the case, why somebody hasn't
told of it before; but as this is a day of
events, I suppose it is to be expected that
the boundary line in the wide "field of
knowledge" will occasionally be over
reaehed and the wonders beyond brought
to view; and may this ever characterize
"Young America." .
But perhaps I do not understand what
is meant by the "Art of Teaching."—
Though it may be considered as having
a very broad meaning and ex.tending to
every vocation of life—still, as commonly
used by '"Teachers," I suppose it means
skill or aptness in giving instruction and
developing' the mind of the pupil, and if
so, he who can best do this would of
course be considered the most efficient in
in the "Art."
Common sense would no doubt be the
first thing required of a person aspiring
to a knowledge of this art—then suffi
cient literary attainments, and a lenity
to "read characters" and a knowledge of
human nature which would guide him in
adopting such a course with each scholar
as would be-most advantageous to his or'
her benefit. A large -proportion, too, of
ingenuity, which would suggest a variety
of methodsand guide in "management"
would, - in my opinion, be quite indispen
sable.
If the "Art" then includes all this, can
it be said to consist entirely in "question- .
ing ? " fs no; tiiis . questioning one of
the memo lin ingenious teacher would
employ to "discipline" the mind, to train
it "to act?" or, other words, is it not
one of the essentials .to the art rather
than the art itself? - • !
Some scholars need to be urged along,
to have their ideas "started" every day
and at every recitation ; others again are
very ambitious laud need careful and ju
diewas quidin only—mhile a third class
may be a little 'more obstinate and unwil
ling to learn, and need occasionally a lit
tle severe management, Some are
quick; others dull ; some' active, others'
slow; some okbdient, others willful, and
a host of otherl differences in a 'school of
thirty or forty scholars—about as many,
probably, as there are members in the
school—,-and the teacher who can discoyer
and check pelt error, who can adopt a
Isystem to enga,..ae, interest and enlarge
the faculties of pelt mind, rooting out
I .
the &it and - good ;4144,
checking the wayward, chee.ing the die
courage3, helping the needy, and rEene
fittingthe whole, in both au intelketttat
and moral" point of view—such, an one,
I say, understand the "Art ofTaching:"
And- how would a person tua4ge tb'
suit instructions to each of these,difFerent
characters? 10 it done in - all cases
• 'questioning,": or- by any other one meth
od _ls it not rather by an ingenious and
judicious course, adapting a variety of
ways, and managing each ease as its pe
culiarities way retinae? • •
But at the recitation, we are led: to in
fer, the practice of -qntstioning -is -partip-:-
ularly applicable. That such is-,gener
ally the casomy own experience confirms
in my mind,-but - suppose it is always
so; is that the only place to teach? The
recitation seat may be occupied one half
of the time durinn•scliool hours, initprob
ably no one scholar is reciting more than
one-fourth of his time at , schoole.-and
though thatfourth may be more *mpor
tant than the same amount spent other
ways, yet it is hoped he , is learning some
thing from the "living book" the remain
ing three-fourths of his time. Because,
then, "questioning" l ean be suCcesfully
employed so large a proportion of the time
during - recitation, is it Tai "Art •of
Teaching?"
But I will not continue my ill-nrrutigetV
arguments further. Though making , oc
casional exceptions, yet would I be very
glad to see the young gentleman's essay
gain for him the reritaiien to which he
is so hetiestly entitled. Not only is there
much display of talent in the article ; but
an evident familiarity with the most pop
ular theories, and much practical knowl
edge, gained, no doubt,, by personal ob
servation and experience. Particularly
should the idea of training the mind to
become a "radiator" i ute,airof a "reflector"
—a "self-acting, self-adjusting" machine
,—be duly considered by every teacher,
and he should most ardently strive to ac
complish it. How it is to be done, let each
one deeide. And now, nay , friend essayist,
please accept the best wishes of .your fel
low teacher,
July 22, 1858.
Or gotta jgunral:
COIUDIERSPOP.T, PA.,
c ripilraqg iideFOß, ZO, *5B.
T. S. CHASE. EDITOR AND FtIBLISHER.
gnioq sl4te
FOR JUDGE OP THE SUPREME COURT,
JOHN M. READ,
OF PHILADELPHIA.
FOR CANAL COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM. E. FRAZER,
I=
'Volume Elpveli.
This number commences the eleventh
volume of the JOURNAL, and the third
volume under our charge. We make this
announcement with no little* feeling of
pleasure, and we desire to say that it is
our determination to deserve the support
of the people of this county, however un
fortunate we may be in obtaining 'the
same; and we trust our efforts may be
properly appreciated.
OUR TERMS,
from and after the first of October, will
be $1,25 per annum in advance, and no
paper will be sent after the time paid for
These terms will be strictly enforced.
We desire our readers to take particular
notice•of this announcement.
There are now over three hundred
names on our books from whom there are
from one to three years subscription due
Qs. We have borrowed and begged
Inon@y as lerig int we can or will, in order
to supply oopies of the JOURNAL to those
persons, and we trust some of them will
soon be sufficiently disgusted with our
"dunning" to cancel their indebtedness.
PRIVATE individuals, Railroad Compa.
nies, and nearly all manner of associations
are curtailing their expenses so as to
meet
_the exigencies of the times; but
the General Government continues to
spend money like a . reek! es s spendthrift.
See article from Missouri Democrat, in
another column.
Stir The ticket put in nomination by
the Union State Convention is a good
one—as good as we could desire; but the
platform adopted is milk-and-water, and
*TA at that. We shall support John N.
Read for Judge of the auprerue Court,
with all our might, because he will hon.
or that Court and increase the respect of
the people for it. But thO resolutions of
the Convention which put him in nomi
natian, are unworthy of the cause and the
ocoasion
tie The attempt to lay the Atlantic
Telegraph Cable tins failed again ;-wafter
three attempts, in'the last of which 250
miles of the cable were paid out, , when'
communication oeasci between the two
vessels engaged in laying it, It is sup
posed that the cape broke from the Brit,
ish ship Agamemnon. In ease of &ill:ire
I the two vessels were to put back to Ire
land, The A.merican vessel, the Niagara,
had arrived there ; but the AgembtUUtm
udett l
&d - lid )ii - e a iiiaid from.; - ti;if.Wia;i - IZ
tere' violent storms. Mks &A lifei.zil ,
rentr:,,Fetarted to the,re ' (Os to' make
a final `attenipt for the pre...:ze.st year, to fay
the 'cable: -*. , - -, '.- - -1, ~.,
TheDemocradv Cointy COnventton of
Sullivan liaie set the ` 4 4 unte7ified."
In motion by recommendirtther-mSM ,
ination of Allison White for-congrms.—
We hope he will he re-nomit4ed—though
we fear the. oppusitiotilo hiM in Lycom.
ing county will prove to strong in the
Congressional Conferenito..':There i rioth
ing likes second heat to•pretice the "bot
tom"' ota nag; so "trot him out" if yon
want • him • 'B.-Ituprt-ed down., done'
BkowN, or hid 'behind' thci CIIRT-a-IN.
"Little Potter" aches , for an'opportunity
to express her opinion of your WRlTE
livered candidatel
gi-We trust every Republican voter
:will notice the call in another Column , for
the Caunty Convention; and especially
that 'able notiera• will be given to the pri
wary- meetings. F.,et j , them, be welt at
tended, and good delegates eboses t who
understand the wishes of the people, and
have the purpose of reflecting this. will
and there will be no trouble about the
ticket vominnted l , or the platform &amt.
0 - 1 1 .- Rot** the Township meeting are
neglected; or only attended by three or
four persons,. very likely the ticket will
not he what it ought to be. We there
fore urge every Republican t who can, to
attend • the primary meetings, :and give
expression. to his wishes.
gey-W6 see "from the papers that that
old champion of freedom,-the Mentor of the
F ee. Soil movement, and the respected and
+;rthy son of Pennsylvania, Hon. J. R. Gid-
has a book in presi'entitled "The Ex-
iles of Florida." It is said to be written in an
elotioenSwid attractive style, and it is believed
that it will enhance the already brilliant rep
utation of that worthy and self-sacrificing
man.—Bradford Reporter.
We note with pleasure the kindly tone
of, the. above paragraph. Mr. Giddings
has been so radical and so NM, that the
timid, -even of those who profess to• be
with hint, have shrunk from sustaining
him with that cordiality Whicii he .de
served. - •
A New Voluffie.
'This number commences a new volume
of the JOURNAL. The editor has taken
the acme s ion to state a few, facts which
the Rapnblieans of the Cpunty should
'look at and digest.
You will bear Itll an ex-editor ithe
should occupy a 'small soiree with his
' I
reminiscences
As most readf.rs know, ,)012.1LNA
was started lay W. NV. M'fiougall, on the
first of January, 1848, whe promised in
the first number, that "the JOURNAL will
be bold and independent; not receiving
and adopting the opinions lof our public
and most able men, unless they are in ac
cordance with the principlei of justice;
holding these truths, that nothing is good
policy but what is just, ancl that our prin
cipal men should by all means be men of
principle ; that to be most useful, the
press must be independent, which does
not by any means imply neutrality."
I had no interest in the JOURNAL
when this sentiment was published, and
no idea of ever having any connection
with it ;,.but I thought then, as I think
now, that a paper conducted on that
principle is an invaluable advocate of
truth and reform, I knew then, that
such a paper would find but a slim sup
port in this or any other county in Penn
sylvania. There are not very many men
in any county, who desire a paper that
publishes the truth as the 'editor sees it;
and there are a goodly number who will
discontinue the best of papers, just as
loon as it proves to be truly . independent.
Knowing this, the JOURNAL from its first'
issue was a favorite, although it then sus
tained a party winch I opposed. Mr.
3115ougall made the paper all and more
than he promised; and hie - influence for
good will long be felt. To accomplish
this he sacrificed several hundred dollars
and two years of his time.
On the Ilth of January, 1850, I be
came an associate editor, and joint owner
of the office, with the sole object of as
sisting. Mr. M'Dougall - to establish such a
paper as -he hfill two years before propos
ed to build up. How well that objeot
was followed up, I leave with the reader
to determine.
And now, July, 1858,.theJouurtsLis
still published, and with the same purpose
with which it was started! i Its charac,er
fur, boldness and independence, I trust is
established. Its influence is conceded by
a largo majority of the peOple of the conn
ty., Its old friends cling to it with in
creasing
.attach-2ent. It's weekly visits
give pleasure to old ass" oeiates in Indiana,
Wisconsin, lowa, Minnesita and Kansas.
May it become more useful and attractive
than it, has ever been. May it be more
anti-Slavery and more the advocate, of
■
Temperance tilln heretofore, andmay . 1 ,
~ .
friends increase -, , and its patrons& *peg
thcise who desire and eiliectjts influence
soon become wt.iat it - deseives 7 —is the hope
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of its. eveditor, , . -.— 1 3. 's. r m. -
• The Aticintic .11fontltly, fOr A%Yust„ ins
•
upon our table, and preieptalhofaireohng
list of contents:
Daphnaide.s ; The ThimanCe of a GTorre;
To;----," (poetry); The Singing birds and
their Songs ;- Our Talks with Uncle John ;
An Evening 'Melody ; ChuSuncook, con
cluded; My Children; poetry; The kilt) :
loch ESiate, and how it was; settled, con
tinued; "Bringing our Sheaves with Us,"
poetry; Fariuing Life in New England—
an- excellent article; Les Salons de Paris;
The Discoverer of the North Cape, poet
ry.; The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table;
The Trustee's Lament. poetry; Literary
Notices; and an article entitled "Ttie
Pocket-Cdelaration of the Fourth," from
which' rm make the %Roaring extract,
which explains itself:
"Mr_ Choate does a.great injustice to
the Republican Party when he lays this!
irreverence for the past to their charge.,
As he seems to think that he alone has
read books and stated the 'Pewees of
antiquity, he will be. pleased to learn that
there are persons also in that party who
have not neglected all their opportunities
in that kind. The object d the Repub
licans is to briog back the policy and.
practice of the Republic to some nearer
agreemen t
: with the traditions `of the fath
ers. They also have a. National Idea,—
for some of them are capable of diatin
guishing "a phrase from an idea," or Mr..
Choate would find it easier to convert
them. They propose to Create a Nation
al !Sentiment, in the only way possible
under conditions like ours, by clearing
the way for the development of a nation
which shall be, not only in Fourth-of-J u
ly orations, but on every day in the year,
and in the mouths of all peoples, great
and wise, just and brave, and whose idea,
always august and venerable, by turns
lovely and terrible, shall bind us ail in a
common nationality by our loyalty, to what
is true, our reverence for what is good,
our lover-for what is beautiful, and our
sense of sentrity iu what is mighty. That
is the America which the Fathers con
ceived, and it in that to which the chil
dren look forward,—an America which
shall displace Ireland and Germany, Mas
sachusetts and Carolina, in the hearts of
those who call them mother, with an im
age of maternity at once more tender-and
more majestic.
"There is a past for which Republicans
have indeed no respect,—but it is one of
recent date; there is a history from which
they refuse to take lessons except for
warning and not for example,—but it is
a history which is not yet Written. When
the future historian shall study that past
and gather materials for writing that his:
tory, he will find cause for wonder at the
strength of that national vitality which
could withstand and survive, not the ef-
forts of Mr. Choate's dreadfal reformers,
but of an administration calling itself
Demooratic, which, with the creed of the
Ostend Manifesto for its foreign, and the
practice of Kansas for its domestic policy,
could yet find a scholar and a gentleman
like Mr. Choate to defend it.
"Mr. Choate charges the Republicans
with being incapable of a generalization.
They can, at least, generalize so far as
this,—that, when they-find a number of
sophistries in an argument, they conclude
that the cause which requires their sup
port must be a weak one. * * * "There
is no man who believes that the ship of
State, any more than an ordinary vessel,
can be navigated by the New Testament
alone ; but neither will be the worse for
havino• e' it. aboard. The Puritans sailed
thnirsby Deuteronomy, but it was a Deu
teronomy qualified by an eye to the main
chance. * * * '
The Declaration of Independ
ence as it was and should be.
As an evidence of, the reversed posi
tions of the statesmen of this country and
England during a period of but little over
three-quarters of a century, we present to
our readers a portion of the original draft
of the Declaration of Independence, the
promulgation of which will be commemo
rated to-morrow.
It will be seen that whereas Jefferson
thought Great Britain's attempt to uphold
the trade in African slaves a sufficient
provocation for war, his successors in the
government would resort to the same des
perate measure on account of her efforts
to suppress it.
At the State Department in Washing
ton may be seen, carefully framed, the
original draft ot the Declaration of Inde
pendence, In :Jefferson's writing, with
amendments and erasures by. Adams and
Franklin.
In Jefferson's hand occurs the follow
ing passage', which Was omitted in the en
grossed draft. _ It comes at the end of the
enumerated causes of war:
"He has Waged cruel war against human
nature itself, violating its most sacred rights
of life and liberty in the persons of ft distant
people who never offended him, captivating
and carrying them into slavery in another,
beniispher, or to incur miserable death in
their transportation thither; this piratical
warfare, the opprobriurri of infidel powers is the
vartare ot the Christian king of Great Britain,'
determined to keep open a markot where MliN
shodd be bought and sold.; he has prostituted
his negative for suppressing every legislative
attempt to prbhibit or restrain this execrable
commerce, and that this assemblage of horrors
might want, no fact of distinguished die, ho is
now - exciting those very people to rise in arms
amongst us, and to purchase that liberty of
which he bas deprived them, by murdering
the people neon a ni he olio iritruded
-thus 'paying off formet crimes t o , nz
'against the .liberlies of one people, trio
crimes whiCit he urges theta to commit,..,
the.tires of another."
fa reference to the above pa ssa „ t
Jefferson, in his "Minutes of Debar
riule. on ' the Declaration of I n d,
e y fee .:r gay)? that "the clause rep r o
the - enslaving the inhabitants of A I
Vaa-striick out, in 'compliance to
C'arolisa and Georgia, who h ad
11(
. s e r t zm pted_ to ! restrain the itnport at i ot
s l aves - a ? 1 who, on' the. contrary,
wislotti: l to continue it."
low applicable to our own , time!
shoUld not this elate be read to. u i c
wherever the Declaration is read, for
ten times more pertinent naw than
it was written? Let us- to-morrow
the Jeffersonian Deelacation pure
simple before it wa.s marred by the n
ferenee - Of Georgia and; South
Evening Post, July 2. -
Platform. Mr.the talon
Coniteatloo.,
This Convention, representing.
freemen of Pennsylvania who are of
to the leading measures of tate . Nat
Administration,' _ most especially
which seek to stifle the voice,.anclign,
the rights of a large majority of the ei
zens of Kansas; and those whitib ba
prostrated the industry of the cow
and are_fast drivingoatt Oovesnnient'
national bankruptcy,. do hereby. dr
and resnlve:
1. That the FederaTesnseitutioni the eat
reign rights, and unh‘nt'of the States, and
hl.k.rties of the peoplp'muit aced shall be
sewed. I
2: That we profeSt against the Kansas pa (
of the liiatioultl Administration, as at ‘mr-wit
rights of the-people, ante suhverthe of II
prineiple.; of our government.,
3i That the reckless anal vatt4ligitte exti
gartte' of the 'National Ailininistilition, min
a Oeisessiti for continued loans,. without al
Meats- prOided.' foe their payment, gives es
dence of a want of that ability and integrit
which should characterize the govern:new
a free people; an& uniess-chockedwill lea
inevitable. bankruptcy.-
4. That the purity and safety of thoTstll
Box are to be preserved at all hazurds r a
that all frauds upon'-the Naturalization la,
whiCh_have been so much resorted to. to
mote the success of 'the party we .opz,,
ought to be Counteracted by wholesome
pro - per legishition.
. _
5. That this Convention do most lave
approve of atid endorse the course pursued'
our able and distinguished Senator in Cu
gross. -the. Ifort,Simon Cameron, as veil
that of those, Representatives from this Ste
who have stendfuStlfopposed tke tyrant&
polity of the National Admi nistrdtiun lath
futtemptis to impotie upon the people of Kr
by fraud and
to
a Slavery Constitutiuu,
opposition to the known and. oft express
sentiments of She freemen of the' Territory: ,
. 6., l'ho.t the National Administratiemdtri
,all the late long session of Congress,eviv
au entire disregard of the great industrial
,terests of the country, and indulged in n me
wasteful and lavish expenditure of ths put
money.
. •Res'olved, That the revenue necessary,
a judicious and economical. administration
the Government, should be.raised hy the'
position of duties upon foreign imports,
in laying their', such discriminating protect
should be given as will secure the rights
free - labor and American Industry.
S. That in (presenting John M. Read tor
people of Pennsylvania, as a candidate f
Judge of the supreme Court, we recognise
man, scholar , and jurist, eminently qualif
to fill and n orn the place.
.9. That Wm. E. Fraser is well and fart
ably Inman to the people of Pennsylvania,
an able and correct business man, and pa
tinily qualified to discharge all the duties I
tainting to the office of the Canal Cow
sinner. v•
10. That we approve of the enoettnent
proper laws to protect us from tire ittrodi
tion of foreigmeriminals in our midst,'
turning them at once to places from w
they have been shipped to our shores.
6iiir"As a general rule, when
church principle is growing strong, ri
eousuess is I growing weak."
Poiltic4l arpottneeiwilis.
rar We mill announce Candidates for OP
the rate 'of Sr each, IN ADVANCE for all occupy
10 lines otlessr—each additional line 10 con.
County Treasurer.
TO the Voters of Potter Comity:—The
dersigned offers himself as ft Candidate for'
Office of COUNTY TREASURER -subject
the decision of the Republican County Co
vention.. I :will not disguise the fact that
desire the office,and I take this method ors°.
liciting your support for the nomination.
Respectfully, &c., - ELI BEES.
Coudersport, July 26, 1858,—*
County Treasurer.
"Editor of the Potter Journal: SlR—Plea
announce the name of SALA STCYEIV.
Esq., of Clara, as a candidate for the ott
of COUNTY TREASURER, subject to tbel
cision of the Republican County Conventic
Mr. Stevens has been long and well known
the Republicans of-this County as a static(
and unwavering member of the party, and ,
equal claims with any other candidate for
office. - Yours, &c., ' SHAN&
Sharon, anly 190858:
-County Treasurership.
Fellow- Citizens feel a degree of pride
having been an . inhabitant of Potter Com
for agoodly number of years. I hereby: T
sent myself to yon as .a Candidate for the
lice of COUNTY TREASURElty—subi ect
course, to the decision of the Republican?'
inating Convention.
July, IT, 1858,
Keatin
Aase7 l bly-.An!i-Lecomp ton.,
To the lectors of the Representative 0
composed of the Counties of Tioga and Potter`
am a Candidate for the office of Wesen
tire in the next General Assembly. S4Ol
be elected, my constuents may rest 1.0 1
that, tote t best of my ability,. they trill
-repres'en ed upon the principles of the DO'
ration of Independence and the Conititv'
of the Union; and especiallY that the Pa
of the-Territories (includingKanso. , s,) 111 ; 1 :
same right to resist th.. enforcement of iigi'!
upon: th m acaiust their Will, that our Fat ll ,
had to r sist the Stamp Act of o.eet%e '
i
0 M K 14i1 1 PI
and th w his Tea ki N to Bostoni Harbor.
this be reason, make j the w . ost •)f it. j
otter Co., Pa. ) 'Line 30, ISA .
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JASON LEWIS,