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TtIere follows the Letter TO Tom Paine.
Most Worthp Sir,

| ed for ioy-Now, said to myself, we shall
hear truth and common sense, ana nave
good principles propagated no compro-
mise with Federalism, alias Arlstocracy !;
| no half way measures now Tor Liberty,
Equality and the true Rights of Man. Ny
| 10y was not, believe me, lessened, when
read your first letter, to LET UNI know you
was come among UNI; | thought I saw in
! thatletter, some of the true old spirit OF the
/ 1890 and f79i.; some Of that, | hope, r.
resistable spirit Of the rights Of man, which
was so happily beginning to klndle IN In
GLAND and which blazed with great and ef-
fcient lustre in France, from the year 1889,
until a monster arose, who will IN all pro-
liability damp it for while, but never can
extincuish if. For think you lay it down
as maxim, in the second part ofthe Rights
Of Man, or in some part of that invaluable
treatise; that people who have once tast-
ed the sweets Of Liberty, Equality, and
the true Rights of Man, can never return
10 their habits Of thinking and acting; but
will constantly look, and press forward to
the trus perfectability of man. In this o.
pinion, weperfectly agree; and you know,
that puppies who have once been gorged
with the Blood Of their game, will pursue
it with great eagerness as long as they i've :.
It IS also the case with men, and we shall
both hope, live TO see the good old cause
revive IN France, and spread over the face
of the whole earth. The Tree Of Liberty,
must be planted every where, and not only
planted, but regularly supplied with It's true
natural food, the blood Of the Aristocrats,
with little of the powder OF PHnPeflm
pimp stirred into it, so as to bring 1t to the
consistance of thin paste. This powder
YOU know, is a Chemical preparation, from
the ashes Of the title deeds of the holders OF
Of Land, and other property; and IS al
WAYS abundantly produced in every coun-
try, where the people enjoy Liberty, hqua-
litv, and the true Rights of Man. [ don't
despair ofseeing it flourish in the streets Of
ST. Petersburgh; nay, even in the deserts
OF Syberia, provided it be judiciously fed
with food convenient for it; without which,
plant it where you please, it will dwindle,
decay, and die. For examples, look at
France and America; in France, 1t Hou-
rished beyond all example, and became q
goodly Tree to behold, till Be return.
ed from Egypt. You, who have just lett
that country, can best describe It's present
situation; sick unto death lear, and, by
this, lifeless Trunk.
Examine into the cause of this mighty
ruin. and then saw. if it could have been
owing to any thing else, but the wanf Of
supply. iuliciously administered, OF its true
natural aourishment. When | reflect on
this mighty devastation, IN such country ;
so proptuous to its growth; where the
RIGHTS of Man were so well understood
and practised; aud Of course, where there
was such an abundant supply, OF the san
guis Aristocraticorum, and OF the powder
Of pimperIim pimp; [ almost begin to
think, that IN a very few years indeed there
Will not be found one tree OF the true genu-
inc breed in the world. AS the death OF
this once Rourishing tree in France, for the
reasons mentioned above, cannot be attrl-
buted to want of food it must have been
lowing to what they call repletion; for, |
have heard it said, that too much manure
is as fatal to the growth of trees and plants,
as too little; However, you can best tell.
| IN America, it has evidently been starved.
On your return, afteran absence of sixteen
or seventeen years, did you not find it, the
same i'll thriven shrub you left it? No
doubt, and how should it be otherwise !?
When not one particle of its natural food
has been Gas am told) administered, since
it was first planted in this soil, but substl-
I tutes, fatal to its health and vigor; which
have made it the poor rickety offspring ola
set of Quacks, who ought never to have
been intrusted with the care OF 90 invaluable