North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-03-29
Wednesday. Mar. 20, 1865.

e We publish, to day, a letter. signe0
"Citizen," )" written by gentleman, residing
at present, ID Exeter, who, we are informed
is reputable citizen, and a Clergyman.
We give place to his letter the more cheer
fully on account of its furnishing to the pub
lie, truthful, detailed account of the murder
of the late Isaac Sickler; than, on account Of
its vindication Of his character from the base
and cowardly assault of the E litor of the
Republican.
We only regret that the writer, who is an
entire stranger tc US, did not give his name
e. the public, as he did 10 US and that he
deemed it necessary, or even proper, to de-
send tbe brother, and relatives Of Isaac Sick
ler-or, indeed his own cherished memory
from the vile aid Infamous aspersions at
tempted to be cast upon them by such a man
as Ira Avery. A man, who SO Iuthlessly, 3,
hyera like violates the sanctities ofthe grave,
tears open and enters its sacred porta!s-tO
and, who with such tendsh glea eX ults over
the murder Of a man-he never knew, on &C
count of the name he bore, is not en- titled to
0nV,much less courteous denial of his char
gcs. For, man who thus recklessly aud
wantonly seeks to wound anew the bleeding
hearts of widowed mother and her eight
orphaned children, by false and vlaInous
attack upon their murdered husband and fa-
;. IL
by any class, sect or party, whose respect or
good opinion is worth preserving.
Though with meek and sanity look, he
may, sabbath after sabbath, place himself
prayers and join his voice with those who
supplicate and praise the Goa who has
promised to be shield to the widow. and
a father to the fatherless his hypocrtlcal
supplicatjons, and basphemous praises will
fall upon a deaf ear and the thin veil of de-
ception, in which he enwraps himself, will
not conceal the depravity Of such heart, nor
the baseness Of such mind, from dsCrImi-
na ting christian community.
As an evidence OF the recklessneSs of this
man, Avery, in his charges against men, we
have only to look at his own paper fer the
past two or three weeks, In his issue Of the
9th irst., he aolemly declares that. shut one
being in the shape of man can be found mean
er than the publisher Of the Democrat"
This one being, Mr.. Avery, by the PLANES:
implication, almost in direct, terms declared
to he, Geo. S Tuition Esq. When drive n to
the wall, by Mr.. Tuition, for so dastardly an
assault upon him this meek. candid, eau
tious oath taker, Ira Avery, ,sneekingly admits
that he was mistaken! Tuition, then, is not
this meaneSt wretch in the shape Of man
II Mr.. Avery, to use a mild term, was
mistaken, in this instance, may he not have
been mistaken in some other of his reckless
charges? This removal of Mr. Tuition, from
beneath US, leaves us, (until Mr.. Avery wills
lrc minen,ly low, so to speak in this depth of
infamy.
We shall never take the trouble, as far as
We are concerned, to deny general charges
hBdiuSI US. maui ny thd'; huOJ Oub VI lIiS
own mouth" is convicted of such a reckless
and wanton disregard of decency and truth,
IN making such an unjust, unprovoke attack,
upon person, as far above him, in all the
attributes of manliness, as are the Heavens
from the EARTH
He commenced an attack upon our family.
He, aud others, who write for him, charge US
with being flow born" We never arroga ed
TO ourselves any superiority on account OF
family, But we had parents whose memory
is dear to US. A Mother, whose soicitude
for US, we tried to repay with kindness and
affection, while she lived. And, now, if as
we believe, that Mother looks down upon US,
from Heaven. with more than her earthly
solictudc, we pray God. that her Angel eyes
may never behold in US, So rotten, SO leap
rous, SO abandoned, deprayed, and vile,
wretch; as this man, Ira Avery, may behold
IN the person of his own sou the fruit Of his
own Ioins-which he has raised up, to cuI Sc
s.ce'y &nd disgrace the name of man.
Does any reader feel that we are doing
wrong in adverilne to the iauliIy OF Ira Avery?
We reply, that he fist recognised the eff
cheney Of such instruments of war-fare-and
first used thea. As we have before said, |
we regard them as beneath the dignity OF
respectable journalism" But we cannot al
low man so vulnerable, to such weapons, as
he is, to WELD them with impunity If the
dagger he has grasped, is two edged, and
double pointed he has no one to blame but
himself 1t was him who first drew its gilt
t'ring blade.
Thus, much we feel bound to say as an apol-
oey for our participation in this matter.
We have yet picture to draw of this man
who declares bis mission; inferior only to
that of him who occupies the sacred desk''-