North Branch democrat. [volume] (Tunkhannock, Pa.) 1854-1867, 1866-08-01
For the Democrat.
ONE OF THE FACTS

Reported for last weeks Republican, but in con-
sequence of decacy, discovered by the editor Of
that paper since the publication of the .article to
which this refers,) which suggested qualifications
incompatible with the proper compl elton of this
chapter, we have Withdrawn it, and requested its
publication in the Democrat
TIE WRITER.
s'Tbe earth has been shaken, the elements torn,
The mountain has labOred, Dam phool is reborn
He died, thought Doesticks, but if so he has GER
tainly resurrected and appears now in a new role
that becomes him wonderfully well. His little
mind, @hsren dwelleth such dire revenge is inflated
extraordinarily, and inuumeraDlc woes betide him
who dares to Ope his unregenerated lips without
' by your leave sir"
That home thrust which this 'citi zen'' so readi
ly appropriates to himself, and which evidently
probed to the centre the fountain of his scurr GUS
Imagination, was a general remark, thrown out
without thought of any lily
80, because entirely ignorant as to who the
gray headed" father of that i!lgtimate production
might be; in fact we supposed him to be rather
youthful than otherwise But the lions skin is off
now, and the animal appears in all his naked de-
formIty. He issues his bulls with all the voubili ty
of Borgia and in language that would reflect no
discrsdit upon a Billingsgate fish woman.
That the people of our town, particularly its
youth should be required to look for moral guidance
and instruct lou, to thing whose mind is so deeply
imbued with the malice and vindictiveness mani
Tested by him, is indeed proper matter for inves
tigation," for if he succeeds in incorporating like
disposition into the minds OF those whom he ex-
ercises supervision, it will not be strange if we
should continue to find children "whose families
fail to control them" While here, let US briefly
examine the matter he speaks of as 'proper for
investigation" to wit: influencing the minds of ju-
rOrs in faror Of parties accused Of offences. We
have always understood that the law pre- sumed par
ties accused. to be innocent until proven guilty.
lEpa rtial jurors 90 into the box Ewith that legal
presumption resting upon them, or at least should do
so, and should be prepared under their oath, to give
the accused the benefit Of all reasona ble dorbs as
to their guilt. We have reasonable doubt tn at
this self constituted champion and reformer would
not 'hear and determine" for it is notorious
fact that revenge prompts his acts, and not hon.
est, sincere desire to do good. Admitting then for
present purposes that we did intimate or attempt
to convey the idea that certain accused party, |
is innocent ofthe offences alleged against him |
(which we did not and D9estick's respected friend
cannot find it in recordl the investigation" |
like the threat, would be folly consummated The |
truth is, as the readers of the Republican well
know, this "mOst righteous judge" this sofvoiced
hypocrie, this more than "a second Daniel come to
;udgment" in his wholesale efforts to roll an ava
lanche of guilt and destruction over every ian
whose opinions does coincide with his own nau-
gurated the proceeding he so savagely reprObates;
and if there is any legal consequences involved, |
he ould find himself in the position of that certain
other ancient individual whose