The "War-hawks" retaliated by calling the peace men "Tories" and likening them to the Loyalists of the Revolution. "The _war-hawks_ of that vicinity," said the _New York Evening Post_ of October 28, 1812, "came to his house and began abusing him with the usual slang of _Federalist_, _old Tory_, &c." (p. 2-4). Nowhere was the depth of popular feeling more clearly shown than in the toasts that were offered at the various dinners which were so freely partaken of on the Fourth of July and on other occasions. Such dinners would now seem somewhat provincial, but they were exceedingly common late in the eighteenth and early in the nineteenth centuries, and no doubt they were of service in fostering the spirit of nationality.[33] The following toasts were given in 1812. At Philadelphia: "May the tories of N. England repent--_or be damned_."[34] At Norwich, Vermont: "_The TORIES!_--Too mean to live, too wicked to die--unworthy of heaven, and too bad for hell;--may the Angel of darkness convey them beyond the bounds of either."[35] In 1813 were given the toasts which follow. At Boston: "May the traitorous designs of _junto federalists_ and their wicked declaration, that '_Britain is the bulwark of our religion_,' become more and more obnoxious by appointing 'FEE, FOW, FUM' ORATORS to promulgate their detestable principles."[36] At Sutton, Massachusetts: "Caleb Strong: The addresser of Gage,[37] the defender of impressment, the justifier of Indian massacres, the advocate of England, and the enemy of America.--May he retire, repent, and yet be saved."[38] At Philadelphia: "Governor Strong: Eternal infamy and execration to the foul hypocrite who could be base enough to pronounce the most savage, unprincipled and blood thirsty nation on the face of the earth the 'bulwark of our religion.' _Over the hills and far away._"[39] At Camp Meigs: "The tories and apologists for the wrongs done us by the British government where they ought to be, _kissing their monarch's toe. Rogue's March._"[40] At New York: "_Tories_--old, new--native and exotic--marshal's passports--time--three seconds--destination--'_the fast anchored isle_.'"[41]