Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1862-08-26
The Views of the Tories of 81.

The meu and women, of eighty years
ago, who are now styled "Tories," had no
hcofs nor horns-they did not suppose or
own themselves TO be the enemies of their
country. They had flesh and blood-were
of like passions with ourselves-many Of
them. persons of learning, kind ueighbors,
and sincere Christians. But they took a
,rrony uiep Of the issue at the outset, aud,
too blind or stubborn to see all the field
and duty before them, became angry and
contentious began to aid the enemy more
openly; brought strife into neighborboods; 1;
were mobted, and finally suffered robbery
and death, or were driven out Of the land
where the Wings held sway.
This was uuhappy-but two Govern
ments can not co-exist as supreme on the
came soil-ard men at such time must
be right as well as sincere.
Let US imagiue knot Of Tories seated
in conclave some Sept. evening in Isl.
They were persons of fair ,tanding-but
somehow their neighbors bad withdrawn
their former confidence. Recruits were
every day starting out to meet the foe at
the North, the South, the East, aud West,
draining our land of its strength and its
treasure. The Tories lament and magnify
these losses, and warn sgaiust episting.
They poin, out ex,ravagancies and specu-
,ations-quarrels among Generals-lost
campaisns-and an inefficient Congress,
as proofs that all is going wrong, aud an
entire change Of Administration is dcman-
ded. They sigh for the good old times
when King George had his own way about
everything; argued that Monarchy caused
all our former happiness and prosperity;
and there eau be no peace till the Royal
party regaios its power. The war might
have been avoided if the fanatics bad only
compromised, and let the King have his
rigbts-to do as he chose. The Political
Parsons of New England especially we're
to be blamed for preaching resistance to
the encroachments Of Slavery. They tho't
it impossible to subdue the enemy. 1t
was wrong, to be sure, for the thousands
to open the war BY firing upon hundred
Americans at Lexipg,on-but two wrongs
never make right. There are bad men
both sides. You can't convince men by
killing them. There will be no end to the
miserable fuss until the leading men both
sides are put down. II | had my way, I'd
put up big gallOws, aud on one side I'd
hang Lord North, CORVALLIS, Sir Henry
Clinton, and Burgoyne-and on the other
I'd hang such notorious agitators for Lib
erty as Franklin, Washington, Hancock,
and John Adams then we'd have Peace!
Peace! When the King sent his secret
agents to Arnold and other good Royalists
with the kind offer to rule over US as here.
tofcre, the fanatics ought to yield, even if
the country's armed foes have shed the
uluOu VI UuE suuo nuu WdStcu Jul iuuu-
We prophesied War If the entertainments
of Divinely ordained Majesty were opposed.
We 60 for the Monarchy as it was aud the
Kings gracious rule as it is, without any
change whatever. Peace-peace! Yield
yield Ultras on both extremes! We're
all the wisdom and virtue there is left-a
happy, select little party, sitting upon the
balance-wheel of the universe, opposed to
each extreme, and going to put down both
and have everything Just as 1t ,oas
Reader We have faithfully presented
specimen of the thoughts, words, aud acts
Of those who were clearly on the wrong
side in 'sl. Can any one see in anybody
or party in '62 "fsmily likeness ?"
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