. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. of the northwestern portion of the were the descendants of the French Hugue-nots yet ready to take the side of independence. Through these two great divisions of Tory andWhig and the accompanying neutral elementmay be found the ugly trail of the political dem-agogue. The uncertain state of the publicmind gave to the unscrupulous and the viciousan excellent chance to advance their personalinterests. Buried in a justly deserved oblivionit is but rarely that a record may be found ofthese creatures and their acts. I
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen. of the northwestern portion of the were the descendants of the French Hugue-nots yet ready to take the side of independence. Through these two great divisions of Tory andWhig and the accompanying neutral elementmay be found the ugly trail of the political dem-agogue. The uncertain state of the publicmind gave to the unscrupulous and the viciousan excellent chance to advance their personalinterests. Buried in a justly deserved oblivionit is but rarely that a record may be found ofthese creatures and their acts. Indeed it wasnot until somewhat later that these childrenof chance appear distinctively as identified withWhig or Tory interests. Men could be hired byeither party to perform any required service,from murder to plundering of farms, and well-founded tradition has it that most of thesepeople possessed double sets of protection they were paid by the English governmentto aid in the distribution of counterfeit papermoney, made in imitation of State or colonial. JOIN or DIE frakklins famous dbvice. (Designed by him in May, 1754.) 34 NEW JERSEY AS A COLONY issues, or were hired by the Whigs to watch mensuspected of harboring crown spies. They fol-lowed either army, ready to do the work of the hanger on, and could only be trusted so longas they were rewarded. As the war progressedand it became more and more evident that thecause of liberty would be successful this drift-wood lodged in the safe harbor of patriotism,and much to the disgust of those who knew thembest became blatant advocates of popularrights. To such charlatans New Jersey offeredan excellent field for operations. The rapid pass-ing of troops and constant recruitings, the pano-rama of Tory and Whig proclamations, the con-veniency of the State to Philadelphia andNew York were all factors in contributing to theadvancement of those whose only interest in thecause was the hope of illegitimate reward. The victories
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