The mountain Democrat., 1863-04-18
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Tories OF I770 and the Abolition
lists OF sea.

"The Vallandigham peace men of to-day are
the counterparts Of the tories of the ReVOlu-
tiOn."-[Commercial.
The above furnishes us fit opportu-
nifty for saying something on subject
that we have long been disposed to in
vestigate. 1t is this: The Vallandig-
ham peace men-that is, the Democrats
who are more than one half of the people
Of the North, stand precisely upon the
same platform. advocate the same doc
trines that Washington, Jefferson, Han
cock, Adams, and the American patriots
adhered to in 1776. They are the lineal
descendants, the true representatives, are
in fact, the true patriots of our day, while
their opponents are the Tories, the Brit
ish Tories of the times. These PROPOSE
tons we propose to defend by arguments
that cannot be gainsayed.
The Wing patriots of 1776 believed
that the only true, the only legitimate ba-
sis of government, was in the consent of
the governed. This is the Democratic
doctrine Of 1868. The Tory doctrine of
1776 was that governments did not rest
upon the consent Of the peNPle governed,
but they relied instead upon the bayonet
and the sword to hold them in subjection.
The Tories Of our day believe in the same
thing. The patriot Wings of 1776 favor
ed voluntary Union between the States.
They were in favor of no other Union.
This is the Union the Democrats are for
to-day. The Tories of 1878 were not for
. voluntary Union, but for coerced one,
and 30 are the Tories of 1868, alias the
war Abolitionists.
The British Tories of 1776 claimed that
the King had the right to suspend the
writ Of habeas corpus, proclaim martial
law over all the country, arrest and throw
into prison, or transport into distant
land, anybody he saw fit, without any le-
gal process but his own will. The Abo-
lition Tories Of 1868, in America, defend
the President in the exercise of the same
usurpatiOns. The American patriots of
1776 protested against them so do the
American Democrats Of 1868. The Brit
ish Tories Of 1776 sustained the King in
endeavoring to excite domestic inSur.
rection among the negro slaves. The
Abolition Tories of to-day are in favor of
the same measure. The patriots of '76
protested against it in the Declaration of
Independence. They denounced it as q
high crime against mankind. So do the
Vallandigham Democrats of 1868. The
Tories Of 1776 called themselves Kings
Friends" Exclusive" Loyalists. The
Tories Of to-day flaunt under the same
designation of "Loyalists," and tell US
that the President can do no wrong, and
that we must not oppose any of his enor-
mites. They were "loyal" to the mon
arch, but traitors to liberty. This is the
position Of the War Abolitionists Of 1868.
The British Tory believed that the King
could set aside the Constitution under
the "war power" So does the Ameri-
can AbOlitionist.
We could follow the anology much
further, but it is useless British Toryism
in 1776, and American Toryism in 1868,
are identically the same. Had the latter
lived in 1776 they would have taken sides
With the British King, while the Demo-
Gratis would have been with Washington
and Hancock. The British Tories were
for despOtism. So are the War Aboli-
tiouists. In viow Of the surprising anal
ogy between the parties, we suggest to
our Democratic friends of the press
whether it would not be we'll to call the
Abolitionists the British Tories of 1863.
They are the Tories-the Democrats are
the "PAtriots." They arc the disciples
Of the old idiot King George III and his
INSCRIPTIONS Minister, Lord North, while
the VaHandigham Democrats are the dis.
ciples Of Washington.