Litchfield enquirer., 1834-04-24
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 a# j. DOWNING. Major.
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 It has been asked of us why we desig- nate the party friendly to the administra- ,tion as the Tory party, and their oppo:-. nents, as W1igs. For the very best rea- sons. When tho President of the United States, elected to servo only four years Uli- dertakss to say he will conslrue the. consli- tp,ion as he understands it; and when by hisdsclafalions and his acts, he 4endeavofs t0 establish himself as tke goyernmeHt, ourrepublic immediately undeTgoes most important change. Those who support such pretensions are evidently of the 7J- ry purty- -those who stand up for tho con- sliiution aud the laws are the W,Asgs.- There is a great and striking coincidence of cifcumstance be.ween the present. cons dition of the country and that which led our forefathers in the glorious era of l776, to take up arms for liberty. The King George the third, then our sovereign and
 master, by a series of oppressive taxation, reduced the people to great distress pas sed laws which etiectually destroyed their commercial enterprize----compelled the people to support the mapufactories of tue l mother country, and allowed no acts of the colonies, to go into effect that interfered with his policy. Our President by his single will alone, in disposings of the pubs lie treasure, has given a deadly blow to conhdence-destroycd our commerce, trade. aud n,anufactnres-produced scarcity, dis trcss and bankrDptcy-inured our credit abroad dL destroyed our prosperity ai home.
 The American colonisis sent memorial after memorial to tho King without produ- cling the leastin,prcssion. Lord North, his minister, turned deaf ear to,tbe prayers and entrcaties of tie colonists imprisoned some of the delegates who carried the A lnerican petitions to the foot of the Throne, and sent reinforcements of British and Hessisnt troops. to be paid and fed by the Americans. as sf aaf N < .;,,,ifs .9 Tho citizens of the United States, in their different towns and cities have sent delegates to the President, representing their distressed condition. and praying, where they had a right as treewsn, to cou- inahd, their public servant to change l,is policy j. praying, enireating the President to listen 10 the. applications of his fellow citizens; 10 all which he has .turneda deaf ear; went even farther than old King George aud ordered his doors to be closed onihe people who came wi;ll these remon- strances, and his minister and confidential adviser, Mr. Van BurcD, like Lord North, constantly urging him not to yield an inch in his experiment. and to send inc peo- ple home. ..f se snst., si, ts..sssss .s...,-
 The King of England sent q swarm of place men and pensioners to feed upon the Americans, ,and spies and inioTmers deliver ed uptho Ukigs to imprisonment, and their property to con6scatiOn. No man who was tainted, as they called it. with whig principles, could hold even the lowest office in the colonies.
 The President has let lcpse an army of ofice-holders upon the people. who, to preserve their situations, crowd tO public mcelings and sat, ihe polls there throw up their caps for the Chief MagistFatc--ap- prove ofall he docs-denounce she friends Of the Constitution and Laws-dcEide the