, 1861-09-04

them to penalties FIR thu riola.ioa Of ths
| Ne~ Jersey passed several acts fcr the pun.
snment.of tories, subjecting them to iatpsis-
onment and forfeiture ct estates.
TILE TORIES OF Pennsylvania
Many tories in Pelnsylyania vera punished
| IN va5touz WEys BY ,aw. It 1f73 the Q2akers
| of that commonwealth published their "testi-
| mchy" against The wsr. a similar courae vas
pursued By theu1 in otner Colonies. The Gen
| eial Congress finally deemed 1t necessary to
zee Dmtnd the Executives Of the several
! States 10 watch the movements OF this emi-
| nent "peace party" That body also recon
| Ezerdeu the Government Of Pennsylvania to
EFprehend and secure the persons Of eleven Of
tie leading Quskers OF Phtladelphia- Tais
ec11oa Ct CoTgress WIS on the reeommsnGa
| tlon Ct ccmnlttse Of that body, WAC re-
| ported that the " "testimonies'' sad tha *suni
fem tenor OF the condaca aud conyerBatioa''
eta nunyber OF persons belonging to the 5oci-
ety OF Friends, CT Quske=s, and their kaoHn
d;saiiectlcn to the American cause, made them
dangerous citizens. They reported, also
THAT when the enemy, in tie month Of Deceul-
ey of badepha eeEiap fstioas psbia
taoD, addressed: y TO our friends and hrethrea
in in religious pro5eszioSn i these and aalaseat
the Meeting Or SneriDgs held at Philadelphia, for
Pebnty1vahia anG New jersey, the 18th ofthe 18th
nc mo9th. l5s re- pue1ishsd, snd' as rom commit
members q the eociety chilled Quakers, through
cut the different St2tes.''
They then recommended that, as the It ST.
dit1ous Eare1s Aforesaid originated IN the city
q Philadelphia, tie Supreme Council OF Penn
named, and secure their papers, Of political
natnre, because they had uniformly manifested
disposition highly injmical to the cause Of
America" They also recommended the D." ex-
ecut!Ee powers oe the respective States, forth
With to apPrehend and secure all persons, as
well among the people called Quskers as 9TH
ere, who baye, in their general conduct and
conversation, evidenced disposition intmical
to the cause OF America and that the persons
80 seized be confined in such places, and
treated IN such manner, as shall be consistent
with their respective characters and security
Of their rersons.
They also recommend that It the records and
papers Of the Meetings Of sutfariugs in the re-
spsetlye Sta ties bt forthwith secured and care.
fully examined, and such paris ct them as nav
be Il q political nature be forthwith transmit.
ted to Congress-"
The report Of the committee was agreed to
and the several perHons named:coHsist;ng of
eleven of the leading members of the Quaker
society IN Philadelphia, were hanished to
fredexlckeburg,, Virginia On the same day
the Congress ordered the Board of War to re-
move to the same State the Hon. John Penn
the Governor, and Hon Benjamin Chew, the
sCh'ei ust1ce Of Pennsylva1 ia, who had eFiincsd
dieadection to the Wing cause.
In tEeee proceedings Our Revolutionary
fathers aimed severe blow at that ss liberty Of
speech and Of the press" Hhose ebridgemeat
By our government ct the present time causes
the sympathHers with the rebellion so much
olegust and Wellfeigned alarm. They did
more. When two eminent s'pesea tnen. "
members OF The Society of Qaakers, were de-
tected in giving personal aid and c,mIort to
me enemy" they were hanged Ths sympa
thizere with the foe then, as now, made prf at
ado over this needfM exercise Of AUTHORITY !:
and Tory John Potts wrote to Tory Joseph
Gs1oTay: "GoVernor Livingston went to
vail On the banditti 1.-THE Congressl in power
there, to save Roberts and Carlisle. not from
any principles Of homer or con5cience-you
know him too weli.-:but from motives, as he
thought, Of pcliey."
The little State Of Delaware " Suppressed ~
forty elk OF her citizans who sympatnizsd with
the enemy, By confscatiug their property, at
the same tine ehonestlypIoqiding that their lust
debts should be paid out of such property
This ccnfseation could be avoided only bv
their surTendering themselves to the proper
authorities Of the State 10 be tried for tfea.
Bon.
Maryland confecatEd and appropriated to
the uses Of the State the property Of her Gill
zens Who adhered 10 the crown.
Sixty tour persons were named il contis.
Sat!ou AL u LIS 1eEshtaIEieoi Meth Caroiinl,
and their lands, "negroes and other personal
property" were forfeited to the State, SeY
eral Of theEe tories were Scotch Hiehlandera
who aeN to America after the rebellion Of l745'
settled near Fayetteyille,'in North Carolina,
and adhered to the royal canse when the war
oEcke cur: But North Csrolina vas one Of the
mcst patriotic States In tile U1ion.
TIE TORIES OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Not 80 South Carolina. She s1armed with
ftEr fell nfi itau - =
l780, more than two hundred persons, calling
themselves principal inhabitants Of Cha-ies-
ton" s:gIed AZ address to Sir Henry Cliatop,
declaring that they had every induee,nent to
return to their allegiance, and begging to be
considered as British subjects. Slxiy-tnree Of
these traitors to the wing cause were dpally
baaished and their estates w4re forfeited.
Eighty other persons in that State, who had
accepted commissions under the crown, were
ta1ished, and their 'etatcs were confl.cased !;
and for other poEi.ea5 offences many Others
suffered. Georgia, ESQ adopted stringent
measures for tue Punishment Of The traitors
Within her borders WIS s5mpsthIzsd with the
enemy.
TIE PEOPLE AND THE TORIES.
IoEg before the war broke oct, and during
is progress, the people, without due process
Of laW, sileneed or banished many traitors and
sympath ze1s. Among the refugee tories who
fled to Canada and Nova Scotia many had dis
mal tales to tell Of their harsh treatmeat BY
their indecent eountrfmen. I refrain from
giving examples Of these summary punish
ments, which abound In our Revolutionary an
ra1s, beeans. mobs end their actions cannot be
tolerated nGr justified without injury to thf,
Weu-beiDg Of society.
That the pa:riots Of the Revolution were
clearly right in their treatment Of the traitors
in their midst, no well Uniformed man will de.
ny. They we're the most dangerous foes to
liberty. They worked secretly as well as
openly. Whilst thousands OF them were pri-
VatelJ plotting The ruin Of the patriot Cause,
others we're IN open hostility. Over twenty
thousand CT them, according to Mr. SabiQe's
! estimate, took up arms for the King daring
! the war. Their Vaccinations greatly pro.
!! longed The contest, aud caused an immense
waste ct blood and treasure They were the
| most lneidious and nu1& lenting toes 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 terri
! [dmerican Loyalists, page 90, "deyoted th5if
own fortunes, they lmportuned most OF the
powers Of Europe for loans, and they entailed
npon their posterity large debt and 1t would
indeed be strarge if they could not have made
forced levies upon the estates of those who
| not only refused to help them, but were ac:u.
| ally in arms, or otherwise employed against
! them, I'll the royal side"
| Upon precisely the same principles Of action,
! it seems to me, our government is justified ID
using vigorous measures against the abettors
| CT this uDprovoked and monstrous rebellion
! the tories Of cur day. The loyal men Of The
country are engaged in struggle far more
momentous than that Of the Revolution which
! gave birth to the nation. They aresuuggling
tcr the preservation Of the life Of that nation
| around which cluster glories never dreamed OF
/ By its founders; and the man who refuses to
lind his best energies to cause so holy, is a
! traitor to bis country and the highest interests
| Of mankind.
The loyal men OF the North are in the field
engaged in the conflict for the national Ii fe
the loyal men Of the South, numbering tbou.
sands upon thousands, are praying for per
eoaal deliyerance md the freedem Of tdeir
lard f1cm despotism meaner and mor1 re
ltnt1ees tlan the world has ever seen- The
Ines are too distintly drawn to admit of mis-.
take Or apprehension. Neutrality is iucip;
ent treason and hold ii to be soand morali
! II and sound patriotism to regard eUe7Y Hl4n
soto is not a hearty supporter Of TIE Gowrnn1eat
at Mi8 crisis, dangerous c7ae,aU to his country
/ And hold it to be sound morality and sound
patriotism to make every traitor under tha!
definition, whether in the form of man, Wo
man, newspaper OF pamphlet, fall the restrain
iEg power OF the government Such conrst
will assist in making the wsr short one
thereby, not only saving the Union but secur
lrg the people from greatly increased taxation
It will also result IN the highest and mos
btnefcent virdication Of the liberty Of speect
and the press, in all the land; for in crushing
the REBELLION, that liberty, in all its grandeuE
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