The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1914-05-07
POLITICAL HISTORY REPORTS
Republican Party sisns Responsible
Fer co6ntry's Progress

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tion a. well as their increasing num-
be,s led 10 the revolt and defiance 10
the king By the larger portion Of the
colonists. There was however a
smaller part that siill wished 20 en-
dure the imposition OF the king. that
still had faith In the royalist govern
ment.
Blythe republicans they were call
ed ''hpries" because they opposed
the contempt OF the republicans tow
ards the British crown or we're
against the republic and secretly plot
ted 10 assist the king
Il was then that the king sent his
troops TO America 10 Quell. subjugate
and punish the republicans through
the help OF the tories who would fur
nish his troops with subsistence.
There was a clash OF arms. the
British killing many men but strange
as il may seem, they did not kin a
single tory.
These are the causes that led TO
the strife between the British and
the colonies. These are the causes
that led TO the establishment OF our
republic and the formation OF tho
Grand Old Republican party.
These we're the men who defended
the rights OF the people against
Great Britain for seven years defeat
ing them and establishing the repub-
lie OF United States. The declara-
ton OF independence was signed by
republicans The constitution was
formulated by republicans who
pledged their sacred honor in its de-
fence.
II matters but little what other
substitute name they have been
called. the fact remains that our
country has but two political parties
or divisions viz: the party for the
republican and the party against il.
exactly as II was one-hundred and
fifty years ago.
During the thirty years subsequent
TO the close Of the revolution: when
the new republic was struggling TO
retrieve its fortunes lost by tho war
their British foes were pillaging and
irritating the colonists to almost des-
peration; trying in every conceivable
way TO create a division or shism
among them through their friends
| the tories; until the young republic
was forced into another war OF de
| fence.
In this struggle the British were
/ again defeated. Still while they dared
not attack us openly by force OF arms
they kept their cowardly calumny
sec-etly devising means whereby to
destroy our republic.
This form of persecution was kept
up for nearly fifty years when the OPP
portunity came for them to display
their secret venom in exactly the
manner they had so long desired.
At last they had persuaded their
tory friends and admirers to under
take the destruction OF the republic
1t was glorious day to the British
when they fred on Fort Sumpter
The British allies at last struck the
fist blow that should sever the re-
! public.
Is there an old republican patriot
| in this United States that cannot tes-
tify to the correctness of this state
ment? Were Mason and Slidell sent
to England for any other reason than
to arrange the details OF such assist
ance as had been promised them?
They were allies.
The assistance rendered to her al
lies were not soldiers England
never had soldiers) but England did
furnish guns Il know as | have in
my possession one of them captured
from the tories in that war;, ammuni
/ ton, subsistence. etc. For this assis
lance the so called confederacy plac-
/ ed themselves under great obliga-
tons TO the English.
But the plans Of the English again
| miscarried, the republic was not de-
stroyed. on the contrary it became
stronger and more prosperous than
ever but the debt contracted with
| England by the confederacy was
never paid, although the leaders have
ever since believed that the republic
would sooner or later repay England
! in some way for the immense
amount of money which England fur
nished to destroy the republic.
England never openly demanded
this money but has secretly plotted
J to exact it through the control OF the
political party in the again United
States with which they Wee afiiliat-
ed.
Again nearly fifty years had elaps-
ed after the downfall of the confeder-
acy When through the perfidy of
one man the votes of the republicans
were divided, resulting in the cleo
ton of tory president with major
| ity of tory congressman. | use the
old political name tory as being by
far the better name for the admins
tration now in power, in that the
tories of two hundred years ago were
less interested in the success of the
English as against the republic than
are these self-styled Democrats.
The first act of this tory congress
was to repeal the tariff laws and the