Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1813-09-15

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me roal forces at Augusta!!! Their
general complexion was that OF pion,
derinp bapditti, more soIciitous for boo
". than for the honor and interest OF
their royal master. At every period be.
fore the war, the western wilderness OF
hose States, which extended to the Mis-.
si,,ippi, afforded an asylum tor the idle
or disorderly whe disrelished tho re-
straiuts of civil society. While the war
ragged. the demands Of militia duty and
Of taxes, contributed much to the peo'
ming of those remote settlements by
holding out exemptions from the con.
trout Of government. Amsng these peo-
pie the royal emissaries had suceessf"'-
IN hkanted the standard Of loyalty :.
This short paragraph contains the MS
tory of the FIRST settlements OF the wes'
tern states. These are the people whom
the InteHigencer, the Chronicle, and o.
tber democratic prints are now putang
off fo' their patriotism and republican
ism! !!-These are the states MAT have
formed the hot-bcd Of democracy; that
are unanimous In promo ing this DIS
graceful War From these few sen
fences We NAV learn at least one valus-
hle lesson; viz. that men who are TOO
lee to bear the restraints OF civil socls
" are of all persons NEST easily per
suaded to Join a royal standard, and that
those who nave deserted the cause OF
indie Incidence, and their country, and 70
lunta, lily enlisted under the banners OF a
monarch, may afterwards fprm the main
stay, the pride, and the boast OF demo
cracy
F,om what Dr. Ramsay says IN the
following sentences it will be seen that
the tories in Carolina were extreme
" numerous and that their assistance
WAS highly valuable to the British, IN the
form of royal milnia
The precautions taken to prevent
The rising of the royaIlsts In North Z
rolina did not answer the end. Several
of the Inhabitants of Tryon county under
the direction of Col Moore, took up
arms; but were in few days defeated
by the whig militia, Col. Byan, ano
ther loyalist, was however more success
(ul. He reached the 7lst regiment with
about 800 men, assembled from the
neigbborhood If the river Yadkip.
The post at Orangeeerg consisted
Of 70 royal militia. ID IL "egulars, sur
rendered to Gcn SUMTER
s. Fort CRANKY, gar l,oned by $50 men
mostly royal militia, surrendered 10 IL
Col LEE
" Tue wing militia on the extremiue,
IF the stare, rs Carolina formed them
selves into parties, under the leaders OF
their own choice, and sometimes attack
ed delachments OF the British army, but
more Frequently those OF their ozvn cum
trymen, who IS royal militia were Co
ope allng with Inc Kings inrces."
Speaking again OF the Western To-
ries, he says:
The great body of the tories in the
Soutaern states were among the settlers
| of their westcrn frooter"- composing
now the states ofKentucky aud Tenhes'
| see and the Mississippi Territory +
Many Of these were diso'd>riy per-
sons VINO had hsd from The old settle
ment, to avoid the restraints OF the civil
government
tie American, refugees (Ieries)
tho h ,d fed to the " esrvrn wilderness
| ,nduleed their passiau for rapne by as
sumrne the c"l,er, and d. ess OF India S.
| At Q, hel times they AGED as guides, a.. d
conducted these meI CHESS raVaBes m
| such settlement as afforded the most
valuable booty, and the fairest prospect
If escape Led on by American retu-
| gees we'll acquainted with the country,
and W no cloaked the most consummate
villainy under the specIous nrme OF
loyalty, the savages extended their de-
pre- dations and n urders far and near"
DR.. Ramsay mention. another fac,
which shows what expectations the B,i
fish had entertained from the Tofyisn
Of the West One Connolly, native
of PENNSYLVANIA, was sent into the Wes-
err wilderness, and 1t was supposed he
would raise conslde, able force among
the tories in the back of the colonies,
particularly in Virginia and the Carroll
as But on ms way thither he was
.ken up on suspicion aud imprisoned.
Itappe'r f ON these extracts that the
Weston aics were in the time of the
revolution, the grand resort for tories,
that the British esteemed ii an excellent
spot for the recruit Of their armies. 1t
appears, further, that they poNed with
the sword, the progress OF OUT revoiu.
ion, and that they tnsrigated The Indians
to ravsge our frontier /; nay commanded
in terson these barba,ous expeditions
Such were the people Of Kentucky. aid
Tennessee, and Mississippi thirty years
ago. Many of these Torres are alive a,
the present day, and their descendants
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