Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1861-10-31
New XO1 tx Tory'sm, 17sI--1set,

The people ADD presses Of New York city are par
ticulary vencmts IN their hatred Of the South and
particularly herEe for the prosecution of the war
I The NJ WspaPerd are the great war organs Of the
/ Gnvernment and Wall street is the hnancier which
raises all the rhoney for Lincoln. The South ia
charging up be vy bill against that city, and there
can be no pOsslb shape of public fairs hereafter
IN which they do nos intend that il shall be paid
principal, interest, damages g. costs
Their l0gratilude and peFtdy, however are
hardly more int ierabe than the insOence Of their
aslhcatlo1s Of khs issues Of the day, snd the au-
d2cIty NTH WhHEh they corrupt a1d defSce history
TO suit their own purposes. There is scarcely pa
per which reachEs Us from the den Of slavish Lin,
colnisH, which does not blacken some page Of the
aOnG.s Of tue RI T0futiOn, in order ID defams the
m n OF this day who are supporting the princil les
OF the ReVoiuuDh against the bitter enmity Of New
York
We came near writing this phase against the
bitter enmitY OF degenerate New York as if New
York city were degenerate" in being Tory. bat IL
occurred to Us THAT New York city in its savering
toryism OF to ddy Is only reflex OF what il was
IN tAe revolution aud after it. The Southern Dis
tricc OF the Stat Of New York, including the city
and the e2QgIi6S aS 7 I'd, IT, was overrun With Tories
tl4c HtlOf VI lLat ina
ted the inhabited t. with Tory principles that after
the peace Of Il was intensely British and Tory
stiil. The exssrt of that disioysigy was 50 great
that sitter the y ar was over and independence won
snd the 3 Itish srDlies Withdrawn, it was years
before the rest Of The State could Be persuaded Of
the loyalty OF ule city Of New York to the princ-
pies OF republichnism.
The Legislature Of the State repeatedly refused
to extend the al nesty and the privileges Of citizen
ship % tories AMI refugees on the express ground
hat they were 81 numerous in New York and the
vicinity that thet could control the elections.
bill Tor restoring all persons to political rights
which passed tn FOugS both Houses in 1884 went to
he Council Of Revision, a bond that under the
hen eonstitutdn had a revisOFy power over all
'iils OF the Legislature. They sent II back on the
,round that 1t " oUd be unsafe, because the South
I'm District IN which was New York was still so
much dIsshected 70 the American Government that
n some places here were not loyal citizens enough
70 cen -uct The Elections and that these places
ught not TO be admitted 70 a share in the govern
lert until they bad got "A set Of Inhabitants
New Ork fOu I'D her interest so deeply concerned
4 supporting the new Government that after while
new set ofinb abtants did conform 70 the revo-
ltiOuary Gee dns and became loyal They and
heir pO,terity, with the movement from Yankee
md grew fat and ilally came to the unanimous
PiaiOn that the IrevOluuOn was 8 good thing and
aid well. But khe time came agEin when TIE sp-
LEGATION Of thd principles Of The TeyJlg IA, to
IS hE ri upon their pockets 1hey are
danger, If THOSE principles permitted to pre-
all elsewhere. Of losing their grasp q depend
1t region Of country, By feeding on which New
ok has expanded from village, with little pop
lstiOn Of IOrIes into huge metropolis, whose
rinciples are Nelghed aud bought and sold as COM
oddities IN open market.
1Ane Wheet on time las made anOtneF revolution,
ld New York must have another set Of inhabIt-
Its, y before any community which sdheres to the
lcent principles Of the revolution will consent to
I've any POLITICAL connection with her whatever.
Ia the interval between 1884 and 1851 New York
~ msy have done something for free principles;
might be too curious to inquire how far her fiel-
to any principle has been measured BY her esti-
ate Of the profit and loss; but in the two erss Of
"a and 1851 she may be recognized by The same
ats Of unmi4igated slaVish tOryism. Counting
bat she was abd is, we may well say she is de
nerate Politically, she has Telapsed to the same
ndtiOn in wh.eh the revolution left her, but with
nfrEled VICES and superadded cOrrUptiou5 that
AXE this State past the hope Of redemption.