Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1817-04-18
ALEXANDRIA:
FRIDAK, april 10, 1917.
TORY.


INC ;he miss.ss-for l mean the applica-
.;on Of them in sense different from their
,,i.inal universally acknowledged signif-
,,,iOn, or in sense which may convey
different ideas to different persons, at dit
rercnt places aud in different countries.
By licences Of this kind, languages be-
come obsolete, ard our own Chaucer
and Spepser, two OF our Modest poets, are
now unintelligible, but to the more pro-
found class of readers. Few men would
hslieye that the word krars was once an
appellatiye Of honor, and among our good
ancestors. meant squire, which We now
call ssgrire-a word which | am sorry to-
observe, has now gradually been sunk by
misapplication, almost as low as knave
itself. And here, By the way, having
mentioned this abuse of words: cannot
refrain from telling you, that by reading
some of our advertisements in the public
sriats, I am often reminded Of en- old
grabbed Counsellor in Dublin, holm the
court of Kings Bench, where a new made
Lord sat Or the Bench, publicly declared
fiat he would NOT humiliate his whcel-bar-
row with Cnronet, or his iOotman with
the addition of Esquire Indeed when
consider the rapid descent of titles, or
the aristccratic selt-eleyation OF our citi-
zens, have no doubt that We shall soon
hear of squire carmen and squire hod-car-
riers.-"Deots and shoes cleaned down IN
this cellar, by Ponpey C!Gae, Esquire"
will be apleasant spectacle.
TO an historian 10 other parts OF the
world, what idea, should be glad to-
rear, will our word Tory convey. I re-
member wheu,like the word papistin Ire
rand, itimputsd every thing that was base,
mean, and abOlninaSle to one part of SO.
Ciety; aud to the other, every thing that
vas honorable, noble, sacred aud deserv-
ing Of gcneration. Let us hear what was
ssid upon the.subject by one of the ablesS
Statesman and greatest orators Of the last
century. Lsrd Bs!haren, in bis immor
tsl speech against the Union in the house
Of Peers Of Scotland, gave the following
picture cfths wings and tories.
I: q ofimpOrtance to enquire concern
ing the nature Of the parties Into which
we are divided, Thigs and tories; mes
az obscure, my Lords, as Guelss y Ghib-
lines, and each Of different Description
in the two Kingdoms; a wing IN En-
gland is IN heterogeneous creature; IL
Scotland he is al! of piece; tory III
ENGLAND is a statesman, and often a place
man; in Scotland ne is quite otherwise;
be is there, on Gatl-courher.
a whig in England is like Nebuchad-
upzzar's Image, made Of different metals,
diaercnt principles, and different designs;
the wings, take them altogether, are like
piece Of fpe mkt drugget, of various
threads. some fne and some coarse, but
altogether makings comedy appearance
The tories are ike piece OF faithful made
English cloth, the true staple of tue ma
ton, all Of thread; yet if we look mar
rowly into it, aud place it in different
lights, we shall perceive a diversity OF
color.
"The torres are sometimes like the
moon at the full, as appeared in the affair
Of occasional conformity at other times
they seem under a cloud, ecliPsed as 1t
were by greater body; this vas evident
" the case in the meditated project OF
calling over the Princess Sophia; this we
may howeser clearly see, their designs
are to shoot the wings with their own
BOW.
"The wings in Scotland are the genu-
Inc true Blue Presby;sriuns, who without
considering time, interest or ezPediency'
will venture all for the Kirk: but some
thing less for the state; to describe a
Scotch tory is more difficult.
"0f old. when l knew them tirst, a
tory was an honest hearted companions
Die fellow, who. as long as he was pro-