Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1864-04-16
Tories Of 80 and Abolitionists
of ga.

VI O1tr
The Democra,s--who are cne.half Of
stand precisely upon the same
platform, advocate the same doctrines that
Washington, Jefferson, Hancock, Adams
and the American prtriots adhered to in
1870 They are the linleal defendants the
true representatives, are in fact the true
patriots of our day, while their opponents
are the Tories OF the times We propose
10 defend these propositions by arguments
that cannot be gainsayed, says the Day
Book,
The Wing party Of l776 believed that
the only true, the only Legitimate basis of
the government, was in the consent of the
governed. This is the Democratic doc
trine of to-day. The Tory doctrine of
l776 was that government did not rest up
on the consent of the people governed, but
they relied instead upon the bayonet and
the sword 10 hold them into subjecton,--
The Tories of TO day believe in the same
thing The patriot Wings fl77G favored
no other Union. This is the Union the
Democrats are for TO day. The Tories of
l776 were not for voluntary Union, but
for a coerced one, aud so are Tories Of
1864, alias the Administration party.
The British Tories of l776 claimed that
the King had the right TO suspend the
writ of habeds corpus; proclaimed martial
law over The whole country arrest and
throw into prison, or transport into dis.
tant land anybody he saw fit, without any
legal power but his own will. The Abo-
lition Tories of 1864, in America, defend
the President in the same exercise of the
same usurpation. The American patriots
of l776 protested against them; so do the
American Democrats of 1864. The Brit
ish Tories OF l776 sustained the King in
endeavoring TO excite demonstration
among the slaves The Abolition Tories
of to-day are in favor of the same measure.
The patriots of l776 protested against it
in the Declaration of Independence. They
denounced it as a high crime against man
kind so do the Democrats Of 1864. The
Tories of l776 called themselves the King S
friends exclusive loyalis's" The To
ries of today haunt under the same des.
gnation, "loyaists." and tell us that the
President can do no wrong, and that we
must not appose any of his enormities.-
They are "loyal" to the monarch, but
traitors 20 liberty. This is the position Of
the Aboli;ionists Of to-day, The British
Tory believed that the King could set
aside the Constitution under the 'war
power" So does the American Aboli-
ionists. We might fellow the analogy
much further, but it is useless, British
Toryism in l776, and American Toryism
in 1864, are identically tho same. Had
the latter lived in 1776, they would have
taken sides with the British King, while
the Democrats would have been with
Washington and Hancock. The British
Tories were for despotism. So arc the
Abolltionists. In view OF the surprising
analogy between the parties, we suggest
TO our Democratic friends Of the press
whether it would not be we'll to call the
Additions The Tories OF 1864. They arc
the Tories--the Democrats are the 'pa.
triots.' They are the disciples of King
George Ill, and his INSCRIPTIONS minis
ter, Lord North, while the Democrats orr
the disciples of Washington.