Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-08-18
M. Asggaiss Dauit,
SIR,

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order Of things az all hazards ; that he ehlies be-
tween truch and untru,h, as his own Purpofes
may be bef accomplished, has induced ne TO
write the following Ely, which is ient Tor pub
LEGATION. II Mr.. Duane ihail fay any thTg IN
reply. l requeit thar il n y appear n ycur paper
that | may fee whe the 1t be ntcst ny to, me to
go any further - F.,
After the Aurora and its dilciPies have
exhauaed the whole artillery ofinveaive
and have fhot the laa arrow of deception,
they adopt the word Toy, which is made
to fit all cafes, TO fait all circumstances and
characters, who do moi rxaaly agree with
them in their wild, diforganiz;ns, demo-
raliziug, and calumnia,ing fyaem.
The words Tory and Toryifm being
frequently applied TO fome of the mott me-
,itorious men in our country, it will be
highly proper in itfeit, and satisfactory.
to the feelings Of Others, to- give a fhort
explanation. {. y
During the revolutionary, war, every
man who did not agree with the reyoh--
tionary meaiuves, was confdcred and CALI
ed a Tory. This was well undertook
ard the, meaning va; never doubted nor
queaioned, until fame time in the year
1893. About this time, Mr.. Jefe1fon
.ho', proper "a arfiy ,hio term to fvsrsi
respectable gentlemen in Virginia, fome Of
whom had a6sed in aiflinguiihed military
and political ftuations during the war, and
had terminated their revolutionary career
with applaufe ard glory. This produced
complaint and explanations.
MI. Jeferfon extricatcd him!clf by an
anfwer, which clearly hewed that he with
ed either to clo(e The breach, or to avoid
quarrel. The affair terminated by de-
clara:ion, that he conGdsred the wcrd
Tory to be applicable to them, becaule
shey c~ountenanced and Imported the mea.
lures of the government, as it was thea
administered by John Adams; that it
was we'll known to bear that fgnidcation
in England, from which county we had
adopted it.
{ Since this period. a very great pol:ti-
cal revolution has happened in this coun.
try. Mr.. JeGerfon himfelf has become
the Prefden, ofthe United States. He
is ~fnpperted j, his administration, thro'
thick and thin, by a great many perfons,
and by nobody more invariably than Will
liam Duane. This circum!tance, accord
ing to Mi. Jcfsrfon's own explanation,
has thrown all of his supporters into the
Tory ftale, and has entitled all thofe who
oppofe CT dilike him or his administration
10 the ,appellation of Wigs or Patriots.
For example. The paper which was for.
merry Fenno's and is now Bronfon's, was
a Tory paper, becaute it advocated and
fuppor,cd the naturalization of JOHN A.
dams, and now becomes a whig or patri-
otto paper becaufe it oppoies or condemns
the administration Of Thomas jcaerien.
The Aurora was then a wing or patriotic
paper, becaufe it held the fra rank of
oppofrion againa Mr.. Adams, and it is
now a tory paper, becaufe it approves and
iupporss Mr.. Jefsrfon 10 every thing
By this revolution, William Duane has
become a mott decided Tory. IF Duane
denies this contribution, he fe:s himfelf in
array again& Mr.. Jefferfon, which it is be.
Iieved is mare tkna he Are G.
1t is not believed tina, Duane had this
contribution in view when he introduced
the words Tory and Toryifm into the fo-
li,ical vocabulary of the Aurora. Nor is
il believed that he either reflects upon or
recolleas a thoGfand ether things which
are pubIihed in the Aurora. He appears
like a man playing biied mans buff. He
feizes upon the frt thing. that ome in
h isway-Righs' or wrong, true or falfe, it
is puplihed. Wlen the fallacy is detect
ed and ~expoied, inGesd Of making an apo
Iogy, Duane tarss of, and Publishes fome-
thing ellie as bad, or worfe.
Every body will believe that Duane
intended the words Tory and Tory
i'm to be taken in the mot reproachfui
and degrading fcnie agsint all thofe who
do not read and approve the diguAiug CO.
lumns of the Aurora. Hence they are
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