Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1861-09-28
The Tories of 20 aud ,OI.

llSh on eternal aud right foundations, the
Great Republic of the future ages"
The Tories of 20 aud 'GI. ...
LooSing, the historian, contributes an arti-
Gle to the n, Y. Post, showinglthe severity
tbat was mcted out to tory traitors by cur
Revolutionary fathers. No one then was
allowed 20 act or taLE for the enemy The
writer argues that we should not tolerate
traiiorous papers or traitor tongues in the
p escnt crisis:
"Long before the Revolution
broke out, and during its progress,
the people without due process of
law, silenced or banished many
traitors and sympathizers' A
mong the refugee tories who fled
to Canada and Nova Scotia, many
had dismal tales to tell of their
harsh treatment by their incensed
countrymen.
That the patriots of the Revolu-
tion were clearly right in their
treatment of the traitors in their
midst no well-informed man will
deny. They were the most danger
Gus foes to liberty. They worked
secretly as well as openly. Whilst
thousands of them were privately
plotting the ruin of the patriot
cause, others were in open hos
tllity. Over twenty thousand Of
them, according to Mr.. Sabine's
estimate, took up arms for the
King during the war. Their ma
chlnations greatly prolonged the
contest and caused an immense
waste of blood and treasure. They
were the most insidious and unre-
lenting foes of the freemen of
America who were struggling for
liberty, independence and good
government. Such being their
position, it was plainly right that
they should suffer in person and
property at the hands of those
whom they had SO terribly injur-
ed. -.
Upon precisely the same princi-
pies of action, it seems to me, our
government is justified in using
vigorous measures against the alb
ettors of this unprovoked aud
monstrous rebellion-the tories
Of our day. The loyal men of
the country are engaged in a
struggle far more momentous than
that OF the Revolution which gave
birth to the nation. Struggling.
are they, for the preservation of
the life ofthat nation around which
cluster glories neverdreamed ofby
its founders and the man who re-
fuses to lend his best energies to
a cause so holy is a traitor to his
country and the highest interests
Of mankind. -
Loyal men Of the North arc in
the field engaged in the conflict
for the national life loyal mon of
the South, numbering thousands
upon thousands, are praying for
personal deliverance and the free
dom of their land from despotism
mcancr and more relentless than
the world ever saw. Lines are
now to be distinctly drawn to adj
nit Of no mistake. Neutrality is
incipient treason, and hold il to
be sound morality, and sound pa
triolism to regard every man who
is not a hearty supporter of the
government, at this crisis, is dam
gerous to his country. And | hold
It to be sound morality and patri-
| otism to make every traitor under
that definition, whether in form of
man, woman, newspaper or pam
phlet, feel the restraining power
of the government. Such a course
will assist in making the war a
short one, thereby not only saving
the Union, but securing tho poo
pic from greatly increased taxa
ton. 1t will also result in the
highest and beneficent vindication
of the liberty of speech and of the
press, in the land for in crush,
ing rebellion, that liberty, in all
its grandeur, will be carried to ev-
cry home in the slave states
where for thirty years, it has been
almost unknown.