North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1865-11-15
The Ungrateful Wretch E!

We took occasion, a week or TWO since, to
congr atulate the niger worshipping beet
nosed editor up town, on the fact that he had
been made the subject of executive clemency
and IN herefore relieved FROM further fears of
punishment on account of sneaking the draft
and aiding others to do SO. The miserable
migrate now turns around and attenpts to
prove thai he had no need OF pardon
We make no complaint against President
Johnson for the exercise of those noble and
christian-like virtues, forgiveness and mercy.
We shall not quarrel with that impa rtial
goodness of heart that. extended to Billy the
same clemency, which every day is extended
to hundreds of other traitors and sneaks.-
Indeed we can see no reason why this poor,
craven hearted, weak, white-livered nincom>
poop should be made an exception to the
general amnesty and pardon. We do think,
however, that the recipients ingratitude ex,
hibits meanness of spirit, that has not been
shown in the case of single man, north or
south, who has been thus favored.
IL 10 amusing to witness the contortions
and wrigglings of this sneak, to make his
evasions of the draft comport with that "loy
alty' which he arrogates to himself and par+
ty. What he disclosed in the matter only
sinks him deeper in the mud. Tt proves
very conclusive)y, what we have repeatedly
asserted, to wit: That through favortism
for political reasons, and in direct viola tion
of law. he was allowed to and did sneak the
draft.
Pray tellus Billy, what authority had
Thomas H. Burrows, or any other man, to
excuse from military duty you or any other
man upon whom it was imposed by law
What influences operated on him to induce
this arbitrary exercise of cletnency in your
case :? The school superintendent of this
county was never notified that he and such
teachers as might be designated, were ex-
cused from the drafts, on account Of injury
to the cause of education J" Injury to the
cause of education only think of it Billy
Burgess, an appointee to the Office, whom
the school directors of the county had re-
fused to elect, and who had sent in his res
| ignation, prepal atorY to a removal to this
bsnighted region-wthdrawn from the
schools How very disastrous it would
have been to the r ising genera tion.?
A word as to his bogus enrolment lists
This poor conscience smitten sneak, seems
all along to have been laboring under the
hallucinatl"n that we attempted, before the
board of enrolment, to convict him of his
word to one of the board on the subject
Ole of his b)sus lists WLs exhibited to
the bp,~i by a geatlemln from Mich
olson, and pronounced by it "base forge
ry." We charge again that he, unauthor-
lied by the board, printed enrolment
lists for Nicholson, into which, names not
on the genuine, authorized list, were inter-
polated, for the base purpose of screening
his political friends from the draft.
We offer TO produce proof of the fact, to
any man who desires it, by the production of
both the genuine and false lists, now in the
custody Of gentleman of this place. The
former, deposited there by the Dept. Mar
shall himself, the latter by a person who
knew when and where it was printed.
Again, this beet -nosed, sucker-mouthed
fellow says, he tasks no odds of u.s." If by
this be intends to challenge US to mortal
combat, he will hardly repeat it, when in
formed that we choose as weapon, in his
case, 10 him peculiarly dangerous instrument
yclept-a Hog-hook. A long handle
preferred. He nose too well his vulnerable
point, and will hardly expose it to damage,
by the proper instrument in such case made
and provided.
His intimation that he ever smelt powder
IN this. war, is supremely ridiculous; and
for effrontery is only equalled by his
impudent assumption of honesty in sneaking
the draft, and of innocence in printing
| bogus enrolment lists.
Explain again, Billy.