Avery, President of this year's Democratic
Convention, declared that his promises and pledges could not be
trusted; that it was consistency which has belonged to every
party in turn. We will put the issue of this election upon
the record of the year's administration. He has shown an
utter want of understanding of the true theory of the Constitution.
This is illustrated in his removal of Warden Earle. He told
his friends at the prison that he made the removal because
Earle would not obey his orders. He had no more right to
give an order to Earle than to you or me. The Governor and
the Council have the right to prescribe rules for the government
of the prison--not the Governor. The Board of Prison Commissioners
have the right to give directions to the Warden, but not the
Governor. His telling Earle to obey his orders on pain of
dismissal was as flagrant a violation of law and of the fundamental
principles of the Constitution, as it was an injustice to
as brave an officer, as honest a man as ever tied a sash around
his waist. He traduced the Commonwealth in his vile Tewksbury
speech.
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