North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-07-25

We cannot realize that he who was made
{. President Of the United States by the pis-
p, tol of Wilkes Booth, has any moral right
-2.7 to remove from office those who helped to
make him Vice President in order to fill
-, their places with Copperheads and ex reb-
!, els. Even if it were clear--which surely
-" it is not-thst Presidents m ay justifably
: remove from office those who opposed their
=" election, in order to appoint those who sup
ported it, we consider Mr.. Johnson'S case
:. very different from that; and we edeny his
right to remove those who helped him to
Office, in order to appoint in. tead those who
5s" reviled him as one of the worst Of man
a kind Hence we think It right in Congress
to do all in its power to save Republicans in
office from prescription.
--ay Having done that, we neither fear nor
deprecate his action in the premises, so far
as il may be expected to exert a political
:, influence. If he should tomorrow, re-
move every Republican office holder with
2: ltes and Rebel mpathizersw we believe he
would strengthen the party thus prescribed.
Our friends IN office are pery qutet and ret
;cent. Kick them out and they will be as
o, lively as skinned eels in hot vinegar. Wit
ness the following LIVELY wRlGGLE OF
A SKINNED EEL IN HOT VINEGAR" Ed
Dem.
To the editor of the NeW. York I'ri6uue. .
SIR inclose a check for 1885, for "a copies of
the weekly Tribune. You may add % to my cluo
this place and to the club at Auburn Centre
Susauehauna Co. Pa. s... -f '.-.
L have been Postmaster at thi place for the last
Eve yeas, and always worked to give your paper
circulation, but Andy johnson has removed me from
Office, and appointed eoppeIhead in my place.
shall continue my efforts for the success of the
Tribune and Gen. Geary, while the present Post
master il circulating apaIer asking retur ned SOL
ders TO pledge themselves TO he support o. Hester
Clymer. The circumstances in regard TO my remov-
al are very interesting, and is of the most
torious acts in Pursuance Of my policy that has
yet transpired Yours. ..- q, .... 81.
,. wyowirg Co. Pa July 9, 1866 80 Isl
BE Capt. p NJ; Burr, the person denomina-
ted "Copperhead" in the above letter,
;, and upon vi hose appointment to the Post
mastership at Meshoppen, in this county,
the Tribune bases its comments, entered
the service il 1861, as private soldier.
His gcntlemanly departments and sol
dierly bearing secured him not only the
affections of his companions, but the es-
TEEN of his superior officers. He was pro-
NOTED step by step until at the close Of
the rebellion, in 1865, he held Captains
commission. Having enlisted about the
time Of his majority, he has no political
status except such as his honorable scars
and service as a soldier give him.
That he ever circulated paper "pledg-
ing soldiers to vote for CIymer," we are
authorized to say, is simply lie-a very
harmless lie, it is true-but none the less
he, on that account. A lie, that the author
kneO to be such, if he saw the paper circul-
ated-which was simply letter of inquiry
addressed to Gen. Geary and the Hon.
Hester Cymer, containing five questions
as to their sentiments on the political issues
HOW UcloIe lhC county y Il nc sdiIle leLLcT
or one of similar import was freely circulat-
ed in this place and was signed by almost
every returned soldier, without regard to
their political sentiments.
That the author of this letter should
seek to make himself a martyr in the
cause of nggerism, is not surprising. That
La ebnrII yo,,r he ;of, ~. n tbo oorS &C
Greeley, and through the Tribune into the
bosom of its readers is but natural. That
in the depth of his affections he should have
xaggcratcd-forgotten to tell the truth
in his case, is not very wonderful But
that Greeley, or any other intelligent per-
son about the Tribune establishment should
have consented to publish letter so desti
tute oftruth, sense, or grammar, is sur
prising and shows to what straights they
are driven for political capital-upon what
thin Cruel the readers of that journal are
fed. ..- ..-.. .
We are not surprised that the very "Loy
al" draft sneaks of the bread and butter bri-
gade Should denounce him as cooper
head" The term has been SO often ap-
yphed to good and true men by this howl
ing horde of disunionists, and negro wor-
shippers, that, applied as it is now, to a
nan who bears the scars of wounds receiv-
ef in the service Of his country, it is a term
OF honor and not of reproach. .a,
"~ But We. are-saxprisods that tlds@ party of !