Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1843-02-10
For the Vermont PhGnix.
nuE TER Al TORY.

THE TERN TORY.
Some of our loco friends are displeased at being
called Tories. 1t is the design of the writer OF I'M
to investigate the subject. Some people have al
idea that the name tory is applied to those only
who are in favor of Great Britain, and the measures
: pursued by that government. ] think that must be
a mistake for, should Great Britain ever pursue
measures that were just and right, would il not be
our duty 10 approve ofit? We ought only to con
denim her when she is wrong, and do the same by
all other nations. To make il a rule to condemn any
one nation in all cases, right or wrong, would be
entirely unjust. The tory principle, then, must be
some thing else. Long before the American Revo-
luton, there were in England those that were call
ed tories. The friends and supporters of James the
Second, the exiled monarch of England, were
termed tories, and since that time, those that were
in favor of kingly power and opposed to the gov
erning voice Of the people, were styled Tories.
In the American Revolution, those who we're in
favor Of the king Of Great Britain, and opposed the
establishing a free government founded on the will
Of the people, were justly called tories. This, then,
is the true tory principle. 1t is being opposed TO
The people : governing themselves, and in favor Of
kingly prerogative. ! have only to direct you to
the Dictionary explanation, which will tell you the
same story.
The trainers of our Constitution, knowing that all
kings had n right to veto the acts of their legisla-
lures, unadvisedly gave TO the Executive of a free
government the same power. This germ of mon
archy, thus placed in our constitution, however, lay
almost dormant from the commencement Of our
federal government through The administration Of
successive Presidents, 10 the administration Of An
drew Jackson, who having planted il in loco soil, il
has sprung up, increased and grown into such a
mighty tree, that il has overshadowed and checked
the growth Of industry throughout the length and
breadth of our once happy land. Who, then, are
the supporters of the tory principle in this country ?
On a certain day in the summer of 1siI, / heard a
terrible firing ofcannon. What is the matter ? has
a hostile foe invaded our land? No, not a hostile
foe, but hostile principles. The cannon | heard
was not the only one fired about The same time. In
a number Of places, in different parts Of our land,
the locos were collected by hundreds and thousands,
firing and shouting, for WHAT tina, the will of the
people, as expressed by their representatives, was
put down, and that the monarchal veto power had
predoninated. This was not done by a few enthu-
siasts who out went their party. No, ii was the
universal burst Of the loco party Throughout, our
country. Neither was it a momentary impulse, for
we ma they rejoice at every veto ana every en-
croachment Of the Executive on the will Of the rep
resentatives of the people. Neither is ii a new
Of the party. Trace their history for years
that are past and gone, and you will recollect the
party calling themselves democrats were rejoicing
at the success Of Napoleon Bonaparte, the very man
who overturned the republican government Of
France, and seated himself on a throne on lis ruins,
who from thence marched with his legiOns of
ruffians through Europe, over,urning governments
and placing crowns, not on the heads of those whom
the people chose, but those who supported him in
ambitious views. We find, likewise, the same
party when he was defeated, cried out he was nbu-
shockingly abused, because after he had been
The cause of the death Of millions of the human race,
plundering and burning cities, and believing all
Europe with the tears Of widows and orphans, he
sas allowed to enjoy a splendid mansion in the Isl
md Of st Helena, only not permitted TO 90 at large !
o again disturb mankind. Is il possible that men
possessing the true spirit of liberty, can have such
feelings for a man whose whole business or his
ife was to aggrandize himself at the expense of the
Of the rest of mankind. With all these
hings in full view, how can they with the least
hadow of reason deny that The principles which /
hey support are identically the same that have !
cen for ages called Tory principles. !
a Toscnshend Whig. :