The recorder. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1802-1803, 1802-12-08

ed with che Britith government, than
Mr.. PMnc's propoicd national conven-
zion with q B.itiih parliament. There
is no mark OF icn!c IN rhoie challenges.
Without the wan1on invitation OF iniuit,
MIR Paine is already as much Detected
as a wife man can with TO be.
MIR. Paine's letter is interpreted with
numerous projections of attachment co
she United States. About tie year
1890, an American gentleman, who
now rclides in Norfolk, and who told
me tho Circumltance, WAS introduced
10 Mr.. Paine ar London, in d houie in
Bloomlbury iquarc. Mr.. Paine fpollc
in the rudett and mott contemptuous
terms both OF the people of America
and Of ohe country. He was talking
with inuch cnphaiis Of tome noblemcn,
who had taken notice of him. He
charged the Americans with insra-
titulie TO hinieif. 1t does not ap-
pear tIlat tAts charge had an ho-
neIt foundation. During the war, Mr..
Paine was appointed fecretary to Con-
grefs, for foreign affairs, This was
certainly very high mark ofconGdence.
Alter the war, CongretS gave him three
thouland dollars, and the fate Of Penn
iyIv2nia gave HIM prelent Of five hun
died pounds. The !tatcs of New York
and New eriey, gave him ALTO com
peniarlon. MIR. Paine was thus We
~ Handsomely rewarded. He was,
at tho fame time, careiIcd and trulted
BY iome OF the frt people of the con-
Cincnt. He had no tide to complain
OF American lnSratitude. He left this
country lie toon after learned, as he
iays, that fbe principles Of liberty zoere
expiring. lr was his dusy 10 have re-
turned TO That country for which he
ProfcitcS 10 much attachment 20 give
battle TO the iedition act. Inltead OF
this, he continued in Europe for almolt
fifteen years. He tuffercd thote ex-
pifIng principles TO fight their own
way. 1t they were prevented from ex
plring, 10 thanks for their prcferva1ion
are due TO MIR. Paine. If he could have
found a proper footing either in France,
or England, We ihogld not have heard
any more about him.
MIR, Paine fpeaks Of newspapers with
contempt. At che fame time. he chutes
thar channel for addrellihg the public.
tie dciPIies writer's that arc abufve.
AZ the fame time, he becomes as abu-
five as The wort OF them. He brags of
his attachment TO America, yet he con
teiies an a5ienCc Of no leis than thirteen
years, after he had heard of her danger,
Tic did not return at ali, till he confider-
ed the danger rs over. He arrives; and
IN ten days nj obtains complete inter-
m3!io0 apCn The pot He tells ore half
oi the people OF this country that he has
tnghted them out Of their fenfcs. To
5he whole community he addrencs him
ieit N the tone OF a Pedagogue ihaking
his birch. He torgets thar, during an
aotence of fifteen years, his place has
been fupplied; that 0ny 5ufasj5 con be-
dine E0it5om rim; that, in fcvensy fix,
the American preis was in the baby
clothes otiniancy; that it hasijnce grown
up 70 rhe maturity Of manhood.
Whenit wa fr( reported that Mr..
JetFerlon had invited Mr. Paine to return
u the United Slates, the writer of thefc
remarks ler it down as afederal calumnv.
Mr.. Jetferioa had ~itnefed the nnlpeaE:
able niichief that rciuircd to his party
from Bache's publication Of the fccond
part Of the Age OF Rcafon. He knew
that iuipiciong OF atheiim had been at
tachcd to himielf. 1t ieemed, therefore,
incredible that the preGdent, With his
eyes open, fhoud walk into fuch gulf
OF reproach, as the invitation Of Mr..
Paine to return 20 this country. He
cnnLd nnr hive raken . lnn.1er o. -.