North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1863-09-23
Ira Avery.

at this place, we stated that " Ira Avery,
lifelong abolitionlst, was chosen President"
This being all that was said in relation to
him, there being SO few present on the oc-
casion, and our brief notice OF the part he
took in the afflir being SO unlikely to attract
any very great attention; the distinguished
functionary who had the honor , of pre-
siding over the deliberations of that august
body, has brought the matter prominently
before the public in a communication, to the
last weeks Republican entitled: can ex
planation.'
Ira Avery, notorouSly, an abJlitionist all
his life, aud up to within few years, almost
alone in this county, in his devotion to the
cause of niger freedom and Niger equality,
suddenly finds himself The president and
leader, of large party, who for the sake Of
the power his party welded, by their appeals
to the passions and prciu1ices Of men, adopt
ed without reservation his peculiar tenets
and doctrines. This being the case, one
would suppose, that our simple mention Of
the fact, that he was "a life long aboltionist,"
would seem to Ira Avery-a man, who.
through long years has exhibited an unyield
ing fidelity to the cause of the niger, and
who now, is reaping the fruits Of that devo-
ton, as the m)st delicate an hatterins of
compliments. Certainly all we said of him
was in respectful language; whatever idea
the terms used may have conveyed to his
mind, but he says: "whcn we apply
the epithet, aboii,onist,' we have fiohed
up" our "most potent weapons"-havc
"waded through" our Shiny catalogue OF
abusive epithcts." We viii admit that to
our minds, aad indeed to the minds Of all
patriotic and true men, the epithet suggests
host of synonyms, such as war, devasta,
ton, rape, robbery, ruin, p,undcr, perjury,
and treason! Notwithstanding this, should
he who has declared himself one for life
who does not even deny it now, take umbroge
at our language?
We DO not propose to make any reply to
Ira Avery's indecent personal abuse, slang
and scurrility about . Squire Davi s. North
Branch Democrat " as he calls our paper
hoI 10 MS assertion t"a1 the IN. u CON
| lroiIed the mountainous IN our convention,
nor to the iptimation that ne belong to any "K
u. " society ;aIl we VIII say OF TINS IS that
they show debt of deprayity, me1nncss and
disregard OF truth in the writer, unworthy any
one who Processes as he does, to be chris
tan and gentleman. 1t is OF Ara Avery
as citizen of the United States as sworn
| officer OF the government, as late Justice of
the Peace and Associate Judge in this coun-
ty, that we shall speak.
We are cad that he has given to the peo
ME of the country in his " cxnIaration.n y as
/ he calls i .sof his rif, ronr oholitionisn :,
something bv which TO measure his Lnvalty
| to the Constitution and the Laws. His case.
a. ,rode out hv bims.If ia \ samnIc--onc by
which we NAV iudge nj, Of his clan, In his
attnmnt 70 establish his : I,ovaItv y he Las
cvhibitrd the clovcn C,ot nc the treason that
has been lurkipr in his b,scn for wears and
! has puhlciy announced himself as nrcnared
at any time. when oppprtonrtv offered. to vi
olate the sacred obligations Of repeated oaths!
He saws:
Ihare said often. that aoouM suffer the
| penalties of the fygitire are [q,g. rather
than disobey the postire Bible injunction
1" Thou shall not deIirer unto his master. the
serrant rchich is escaped from his master
| unto thee"
Since the passage OF the 'Hgl'''e save Law
Ira Avery has held various offices, the duties
OF which, he Wouio not nave oeen allowed TO
perform ana tue e"o.umen's o' "''0"' ne
~ou'a not nave "oe', a''0"eu !" te'e''e' "ao
ne not previously 'a"on eo'e"i'i ~"'"
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