The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1890-10-18
BRITISH PARENTAGE ALL THE WAY
THROUGH.

If, as some contend, humanity
is too vile to be capable of self
government, then it is self-cvi-
dent, beyond question, that
humanity is too vile fol any por.
ton oi II to be trusted to govern
others; for. it Is an obvious fact
that it Is the yllest and most
worthless who want to govern,
and, consequently, il IS they thai
DO govern. 1t will be remembered
that in l776 the AmerieaI colon-
les rebrlled against England, and
that thrie were two parties IN
this country at that timp-the
Tories and the rebels. Tae Tories
wer" intensely loyal aud gave all
th. aid they could 70 the English
killing the rebels and burning and
destroying their property, with
loyal glee; bat they dd not have
any dyna nite then, hence they
gol suundly thrash q ON the bat
tie field, But Immediately after
their threshing, hey set to work
to regain, 81 cunning, what they
had lost IN battle, and in just six
years, II spit Of the burning elo-
qaeocc If Patrick Henry. they
succeeded IN concoeting and pro
iectmg what Is called the goyeru-
,nent Of the United States. That
was a substantial victory for the
Tories, but they did not call them
selves orics, then. Oh, 20; th y
dubbed themselves Federalists.
and continued to SO call them.
f., selves, until the war Of lSl2
when they we're caught coquetins
with the enemy aud trying to be
tray our count Y into the hand
of the English; tben they !uunt
IL prudent 10 change their nam'
again, SO they called themselv.
Wing. But they we,c still up g
their old capers, and Gen. Jack
son gave them black eye fu
] tying 10 get thleylog control Q
the currency of the country; bu
with hendish pertlnnclly the.
!. struggled on until they succeede
IL electng The grandfather Of b.
grandson president. Then the
q thought they had eyerythin
their own way, but Fate and job
, ryIer headed them of agaiI
.Afteg much squlrmng and cor
E fusion, they dropped tie name {
: Whig for RcpubIlcanism and "
r all know, to our cost, whit TIN
O mcans-Tory.sm. Rampant, Al
recklng with the blood Of tn
! victims slam, they will probab
i" fad 1t necessary TO change the
:, name again soon; but, despl
y their lightning changes, Il skur
- by any other name will make i
" presence known. The desceu
ants of thr Tories ase here IN f.
:. force. flushed with victory a!
! surteled with spoils, bat whe
are ,he descendants of the reb"l
:, = Oh they are here, too, but th'
+ are wearing the chains of bon
= age, and, though numerous as t
:. leaves OF the forest, scarce ho
\ for lreedo is heard.
y Tame. recreant sons of heroic faith
dead,
tie They meekly wear the yoke their fath
~ spurned.
~ - Their manhood crushed, their ambit
10 fled,
The fruits of rebel victory to apples
Sodom turned
Republicanism may deny its parenta
If il will
= But chain Of facts will hold it there,
Their method has been to destroy or
ed The friends Of freedom everywhere.
he Republicanlsm stands conyl
,al ed of crimes so enormous that
confouuds and bewildels Ihe p
all ceptiOur Of men, AMI seems
all have para yzed justice. | do
nd wish to be understood as lnsnu
nd ing that all iepubiIcars are SEQ
lis dl els. Very far from il; for |
la swift to admu that the most
.hem are fools. 4 have been I
~ myself / am 10 an extra gC
.s- bumor to-day, or | night d
mr. SAID something hard OF the pa
nm of false prctense and foul /
Tho Torrance. .
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