Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1801-1806, 1802-12-11
THOMAS PAINE,
TO fbe Cihzsns Of the United Siafss.


i Of free pe,p!e.
Since the cfab!i!hmsnt of Independence, no
period has arrived that e. decidedly proves the
excellsncr of the repreien,ative fyRem of Gov
srnmeat, and its fuperiorisy over every other.
as rhc time we noS live 10. Had Am:rics bsea
curfed w.rh ,ha Aiims' b<ref,fary M,ssye5y.
or Alexander Hamilton's Sexafe fer life, ihs
mua have fought. in the Doubtful conseft of
civil war, what fhs now obtains BY the expref-
hon Of the pu,lic will. An appeal TO eIettions
decides better than Al appeal to the fword.
The reign of terror that ragged in America
during the latter tip, OF the Wsihington admin
iaration. and the whole Of that Of Adams. is
enscloped in myaery to me. That there were
men ia the government hottie to the reprelcn-
tatiss fyaen. though isis oow their overthrow,
was once ,h-ir boat. aud therefore the tatt Is
easblihcd aeainif thcm.' Bat that 70 large
mai, OF the people fhouid become the dupcs of
thofs who were loading them with taxes, 10 or
der TO load them with chains and deprive them
of the right Of election. can be afcribed only TO
thit ipecies OF wild-hre rage. lighted up by
fslieaooi, thar not only acts without reAe.iion,
but is too inpe,uous to make any.
There is seoerL aud niking difference
betwee, thc genuine effects of truth itfelf, and
the effects Of fafeh ,od believed TO be truth.
Truth is naturally benign bat falfehooi be-
lievsd TO be truth is always furious. The form
CT delights in lefeairy, il mild and perfaafve,
and fcek, not the aaxiliary aid OF invention.
The latter fticks at nothing. 1t has naturally
no morals. Every lie is welcome that fuiu It's
parpofe. IL is the innate character of the thing
to act in this maonsr, aud the criterion by which
IL may b. known vh-ther in politics or religion.
Wien any thing is attempted 10 be fuppoyted
by lying, IL is prefumpsiyc evidence thar the
thing fo fnppored is lie s6. The aock on
which lie can be ergrsfsed moa be OF the fame
ipccies as the graft.
What u become Of the mighty Glamour
aboughr Fseach invsd,ns and the cry that our
countsyis is in danger and taxes and armies NUT
be raifed TO defeod il ! The danger is fed With
the faction that created it, and what is wosf Of
all The money is Red too. L is only that have
committed tie hpt,li;y Of invafioo, and all the
artillery of pop guns are prrrared tor action.
Poo, j,lloaUs, how they foam They iei half
their o~n psSizans in laughter; for among sidi.
colous lhiogs, nothing 10 more ridiculou, than
ridiculous rage. Bar hopc that ;hey viii NOT
leave off. shAi. ,ofe halt my greatness when
they ceaie TO lie.
S,ias as refoetl, myfcIf, have reafon to
believe ard right to'fsy. that the leaders Of
thc reign of terror in America, and the leaders
OF rhe r-ifn of terror ia Ffancc, doriag the
time Of Robeip:eie, werc in charaetcr the fame
for, of men, or how Is il 10 be accoooted for,
thar was pefsccu,ed by both a, the fame time.
When was voted ont Of the Frsnch Goa
vention, the rcafon aligned for j. was. that
was foseigoer. When Rnhcfpiere had me
= L.. 4 "A. A
.embure ishere remained eleven monthly he
aligned M reafon for il. But when he pfopoi-
.xd bringing me TO the tribonal. which was Ike
tending me az once TO the ioafJh, he then az
tsnet aheslon. and the reafsa was. (" fsr .be ix-
se,sf of Ame,,e1 as 4oeN a, n F,eves - Pos,
Fia,s,ss de r.4nsDgue ostaaf qae de ia France.
The words a;e in his own hsnd writing an Il
reported 70 the Convention BY tho com'aittsc
appointed TO examine his papers. aud are print
cd ia their report, with this rH.fion added TO
them, {" Wby 7baua, Pairr msys tbax Anofbev r
Beraxf be eonri5sfe1 nrbe hbtrty Of 6of6 zrorid."
There NUT have been a coalition in ienti-
urent. If nor ia fact, between the tcrrosiAs OF
America and thc tesroriffs of France, and Ro-
beipicrc mua have knavn il, or he could nor
have had the idea Of putting America into the
bill of accut:,on sgsiaR me. Yet theE men,
thefc tesrorias Of the ncw world. who scre
waiting for the jsyfaI news OF my deafuttion.
are the fame baniitti who are nov believing,
ia all The hackoeyed language Of hnckened by.
poorly, about humanity, and piety, and ot,tn
sbcnt fom-Ihirg they call inhdrlity, and .hcy
fnih with the chorus Of er3ejCy bin. eraeJG
BIN. am become 70 famous smong them they
cannot eat OF drink without me. iervc them
as aandips din, and ih;y cannot make up a
bill of fair il am no, 10 il.
b., shere is one din. sad that the choiceR
of al, they have not yet prcfenred on the ta-
bic. and il ,ire they moulJ. They have not
ye, ncea5sd P,sv;dS~ee Of 'sfd.lny. Yet, sc-
eor,ling TO their outrageous pisty, n: mua be
ss bad IS Thomas Paine fbe ha, protected him
in all his dangers, pztronizcd him in all bis
ways, and rewarded him At IaR by bringing
him in fafery and in health to the psomied land.
Ttis !, more than fhe dd b, the Jcss, the
chofen people. ira, they tell Us fhc brought out
Of the land Of Egypt and out Of the houic Of
bondsee for they all died in the wilderness
and Mofes too.
/ vss one Of the nine members that com.
pofcd the 6sa commi,te e CopRi,ution. Six
of them have been dsftroyed. Sty;es ssd my.
felf have furvived He by binding with the
TINS arc by no, bcnding. The other furyiy-
o. Joined Robefpiere ard Ggnrd with him the
ysrrsnt for ny arvcnstion. After the fall of