Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-04

and having expressed his fears ss to what
result all these troubles might, lead, one,
of his most trusted ganerals-Lee-gave
his opinion as to what the exigencies of the
times demanded, as follows:
{" 1 propose the following measures-Te'
seize every governor, government man,
place man, tory, and enemy to liberty on
the continent; to confscate their estates,
or at least lay them under heavy contribu-
ton for the public Their persons should
be secured IN some Of the interier towns
As hostages for the treatment of those Of
our party whom the fortune of war shall
throw into their hands" g
The Royal party in Rhode Island at this
time was giving the Republicans much
trouble, and after Lee had expressed the
above opinion, Washington sent him to
Newport to arrest the tory troublers, and
suppress the Kings power in the Island
Lee undertook the task with alacrity.
II sincerely wish" (said, Washington he
may be able TO do it with effect, as that.
place at present is an asylum for such as
are disaffected to American Liberty. 8
All we're obliged by Lee, to take 8 test
oath of his own devising, by which they
religieusly swore that they would
neither directly or indirectly, assist the
wicked instruments of ministerial tyranny
and villrny, commonly called the Kings
troops and navy, by furnishing them with
provisions and refreshments. They swore
moreover, to denounce all traitors before
the public authorities and to take arms
in defence of American Liberty whenever
requested by Congress to do it. ac-9r
Two customhOuse officers and others who
refused to take the cath were put under
guard and taken to Providence. nh r-
Said Lee-1'O7ls mast not be trGmnleled
6y LdlOs IN war times; in revolution all
means are loyal. Washington GpprOved of
his measures" L-s
In regard to the tories of Connecticut
and New York City-Lee wrote HNot to
crush these ssrps1sts before their rattles
are grown would be ruinous.p
Washington having consulted John
Adams and Congress, gave Lee author
ity to carry out his plans" .,F --
"Lee's notion of the proper policy in
the present case was to dissrm the disaf-
fected in all classes, supplying our own
troops with arms thus seized; TO appraise
their estates and Obligs them to deposit
at least one-half the value with the Contin-
entail Congress as a security for good beha-
vior; to administer the strongest oath that
could be devised that they would act
Extensively and defensiveiy in support Of
the common rights, and finally, to transfer
all such as would prove refractory toa
place in the interior, where they would not
be dangerous"
In the mont OF June I766, Washington,
having his headquarters in New York City,
was informed of q suspected plot against
him ana the country. -... --sa.
Washington himself caused the Mayor
OF New York and many other suspected
persons to be arrested and imprisoned; and
his orders in this regard, we're executed by
the bravest Of the brave generals-Greene
WashinetonandL Lee, it may well be said
originated the term 9 Gopperhead" The
term then used was g YSerpents.' If those
WHO opposed the establishment of this gov.
erment by Washington were called "ser-
pents," how appropriate is the term Serpent
or Copperherhead, to those who 81 assisting
here at the North, the Autoerat of Rich.
mond and giving him {" aid and comfort
by denonncing the Government and dis.
couraging the war for the Union.
But it would be endless to attempt K
give anything like a full history of Tory.
Ism and disloyalty to the Republican cause
during the American Revolution. 5
Certainly when it was question wheth,
er our fathers should reVolutionize and free
themselves from the dominion of Great
Britain or remain subject to the rule Of
the mother country, if it was crime
punishable, as1 have before shown, and
subjected those who differed from and op-
posed the Republicans, to arrest, imprison
ment, confscatIons, test oaths, bonds, trans.
portations and banishments and death, il
should subject those who would give Haic
and comfort to those who are attempting
the vely life of the nation row, to equa
pains and punishments.
Listen Americn citizens to word o.
warning; a =.
Opposition to Republicanism had pre-
vailed to such an extent towards the cloat
of the Revolution that If became unendura
BILE, especially in the South. The Royal
lists had risen up against the government o.
Congress and Washington, especially IL
the CArolinas, and organized themselves fol
pillage and plnnder of Republicans and tc
aid and comfort their enemies. For this
purpose they put themselves under the
cruel and blood-thirsty Ferguson, a British
officer Says the historian. s-
Excesses so atrocious must have in
famed the coolest hearts with the disire oi
vengeance. They transported the Noun
taineers with fury. They descended into
the plain by torrents, srming themselves
with whatever chance threw within their
reach. They foamed at the name of Fer
guson; they eopjured the chief they had
given themselves to lead them upon the
track Of tho monster, that they might make
him expiate the ra7ages and blood
with which he had stained himself
AT every step they strove to exterminats
him. At length they found him at Kings
Mountain. Then forming in several col
umns they endeavored 10 make their Way
good to the summit. - .
Ferguson wsssurrounded. - .
The carnage wss dreadful. The Roysl-
is had to regret above /, 100 men, killed,
wounded and prisoners. .
All the arms and munitions fell into the
power Of the conquerors. They observed
the laws Of war towards the English, but
they displayed an excessive rigor towards
the Loyalists. They hung several without
listening to their remonstrancesP fr q
Let all opposers of the Government be
warned by this! Let all aiders and COM
.forters Of the Rebellion at the North, pause
in their career !! re. ser... $500 - fgH
Toibe sure, in Ohio they have not organ
lied rand put themselves openly under
arms. But they now threaten to do it. 7s.
The third resolutions of the Chicago
convention expressly delared that Hrepetf-
tion Of such acts" (Of the governmentJ Twill
be-held revolutionary and resisted with all
the means and powers under our control
Let all such revol9tronists, whether they
are IN Ohio or in Kehtucl1y, remember
Kings Mountain let them remember the
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