Essay 2 First Draft

Grr, I wanted to color code this but I seem to have trouble coloring this blogger thing all the time. So I had to use other, messier ways to organize.

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I am truly the noblest in this situation – a Loyalist. The Patriots are a hypocritical, persecuting group, but despite that I stand firm in my truth. If they are to tar and feather me, so be it, at least I know that I have a strong inner character. I will not deny who I am, I will stay true. That is my stand. The loyalist cause is the more noble and moral cause in this Revolution.(Thesis Statement)

Point One --> The Constitution of North Carolina made the statement, “That all political power is vested in and derived from the people only.” Have the Patriots forgotten where we came from? It was by the graciousness of the King of Britain that our ancestors were granted charters for this blessed land of America. This blessed land where even the poor people here do not suffer from their poverty as much as others do around the world, for everyone has a chance for a good life in America. <--Point One

Point Two --> Too much freedom here in America will lead us to chaos. The Constitution of North Carolina states, “That elections of members, to serve as Representatives in General Assembly, ought to be free.” I ask you, how wise is it to trust our fellow Americans to make good voting decisions? There's a lot of ignorant people, and there always will be. So my answer would be no. No, I do not trust them. Anyways, the structured monarchy of Britain kept this nation under control, but now, I predict, it will fall apart.

Another patriotic point that the Constitution of North Carolina makes is, “That the freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty, and therefore ought never to be restrained.” It seems to me that freedom of the press is a guaranteed way to stir up disorder and rebellion in the colonies. Any malicious idiot looking to spread lies and gain power could find other brainless sheep to follow him, using this constitutional statement. Also, we once had many powerful friends in Parliament that would have defended us, if we had not decided to break apart from Britain, and find this new, so-called “freedom”. (Van Tyne 11) <--Point Two

Point Three--> Despite what the Patriots think, it is the Patriots that are rude and disrespectful, and ungrateful I might add, and it is the Loyalists that are brave and honorable. In the Constitution of North Carolina, it makes the statement, “...that the Thirteen United Colonies are, of right, wholly absolved from all allegiance to the British crown...” What gives the Thirteen United Colonies a right to absolve from Britain? I say that we do not have that right because our roots lie in Britain. We are all British citizens that came to America to colonize. Even if we were not born here, our ancestors came here from Britain.

I declare that the loyalists are brave and honorable, because we are stepping up to protect our mother country, Great Britain, despite the persecution against us. Some men will wrongfully accuse us of the opposite, like Thomas Paine, who said, “Every Tory is a coward; for servile, slavish, self-interested fear is the foundation of Toryism; and a man under such influence, though he may be cruel, never can be brave.” (Paine 2) Thomas Paine and others who agree with him are ignorant and foolish. Look at it this way: the Patriots go along with the masses and are praised for defending their cause, whereas the Loyalists are brave enough to go against the masses, although they know that the outcome for them will not be so good. <--Point Three

Works Cited

Van Tyne, Claude. The Loyalists in the American Revolution. Lancaster, PA: The New Era Printing Company, 1902.

Paine, Thomas. "The Crisis." (1776): 2.