Show OLD WORD TORY BACK ONCE MORE LONG IN DISUSE I 1 tory persists like a word that answers a human need four times in four centuries it has lapsed from usage only to be revived from ire reland it crossed to scotland migrated to england voyaged to america to have a part in opposing the revolt of the colonies vanished with the withdrawn withdrawal or deportation of tories and the end of royall sm all the people were now whigs in this country the term tory remained simply as history not till the advent of the new deal and NIZA did it reappear in political discussion much of past struggle Is wrapped up in the name tory originally old irish torl tor adhe ladlie it referred to the hunted outlaws of the bogs elizabethans applied it to the dispossessed natives in ireland who harassed the english settlers on seized lands transferred to england it was derisively applied by the roundheads Round heads to the cavallars cavaliers Cava Caval liers lers who nicknamed their opponents whigs in america a of parties occurred at the constitutional convention ven tion the most constant difference was between those who wished a national government as against a confederate government those who thought power should be derived from the states as such and those who insisted it must come from the people the first whig party was formed in 1834 from a fusion of national republicans and others to oppose the democrats new york fork times |