New Oregon plaindealer. (New Oregon, Iowa) 1859-1866, 1863-03-13
The Torirs 0 ITS and the Abo'
Iitionists of 1868.

r.. |itionists Of 1863.
"The Vallandigham peace men Of to-
dav are ceunterparts Of the tories of
the revolution. - Cincinnati CONNER
cial
The above furnishes us ft oppor
tunity for saving something on sub
iect that we have long been disposed to
investigate. It is this The Val.ar-
gham peace men-tha ss, the demo
Gratis who are more than one-haIf Of the
people Of the north, stand precisely up
on the snme pln'form, advocate the
same doctrines that Washington, Jcf
fersor, Hancock. Adams and American
patriots adhered to in 1776. They are
the lineal descn aants, the true patriots
Of onr dav, while their opponents are
the tories, the British tor'es Of the
times. these propositions we propose
to defend by argument that cannot be
gainsaid.
The whig patriots Of 1776 believed
that the trne, the only Legitimate basis
Of govern nent, WAS in the consent Of
the governed. This is the democratic
doctrine Of 1868 The tory doctrine Of
1776 was that g ver:ment did not reg
upon the consent of the people 60 ern-
ell, hut :hev relied instead upon the
ba vonet and sword to hold them in
suhiection. The tories ofour day be.
lieve in 'he same thing. The patriot
wings of 1776 favored voluntary un
ion between the states. They were in
fav.r Of no other union. This is the
union the democrats are for to-day. The
tories Of l776 were not for a voluntary
union, bat for coerced one, and 40 are
the tories of 1863, alias the war abo-
iitionists.
The British tories Of 1916 claimed
that the king had the right to suspend
the writ of habeas corpus, proclaim
martial law over all the country, arrest
c. t!lr1v into prison. or transport into
a distant J.. |, anybody he saw fit,
without any legal process but his own
will.
The abolition tories Of 1863, in Amer
ica, defend the President in the exercise
Of the same usurpations. The Amer
ican patriots Of 1776 protested agains.
them SO do the American democrats
Of 1868. The british tories of '76 sus~
tanned the king in endea:oring to ex,
cite q domestic ;nsurrection among the
negro slaves. The abolition tories Of
to-day are in favor Of the same meas
ure. The patriots Of '76 protested
a against it in the declaration of indepen.
dence. They denounced it as a high
crime against mankind. So do the
Vallandigham democrats of '63. The
tories of '76 called themselves "kings
Friends.' "Exclusivc'' loyalista. The
to-rise to-day a;sunt under the same
designation Of 'loyalists,' and tell us
that the President can d, no wrong,
and that We must not oppose any of his
enormities. They were loyal to the
monarch, hut traitors to liberty. This
is the position Of the war abolitionists
Of 1863. The British tory believed
that the king could set a side the con-
stituti"n under the war power So
does the American abolitionist.
We could follow tho analogy much
further, hut it is useless. British
toryism in 1776, and American toryism
in 1868 are identically the same. Had
the latter lived in 76 they would have
taken sides with the British king, while
the democrats would have been with
Washington and Hancock The British
tories were for a despotism, So are
the war aholitipnis,s. In view of the
surprising anal Wv between the parties
we suggest to our Democratic friends
Of the press whether i woull not he
we'll to call the ai',litirnists the Brit
ish tories Of 1868. They are the tories
the democrats are the patriots. They
are the disciples Of the old King George
III. and his unscrupulors minis er,
I ard North u,l,i :. the V,llandi OIL a N