The Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1843-1852, 1849-06-28

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him with scorn. Yc, he was thinking great
thoughts, which would ca, away tie throne Of that
Tory Nmg! The Tory, the vulgar rich man.
the small dog " office, passed him by With sUorn,
but men of gem took him by the arm and called
him broAer. d. yonder There in lonely
garrett nj ght after night, burns that solitary lamp,
burns and burns on, till break Of day.
AT last the work is done. At last, graphing
the loose sheets in his trembling Misunderstanding
because fevcrsh from the toll of the brain--he
rushes forth one morning His book is written :;
It now must be Prnted-scattered to the homes of
America. But look We, not printer will touch
The book, not publisher but grows pale at the
sight OF those dingy pages. Because it ridicules
the British Pope; ridicules the British Monarchy;
because 1t speaks out, in plain ords that nothing
now remains to be done but to declare the New
World free and independent
!. This shockc the trembling printers---touch such
mess OF reasonable stuff-never But at last q
printer is found, bold Scotchman, named Rober,
Bell. Write that name your hearts, for it is
worthy of all reverence He transformed those
loose pages into type, and on the Isl of January,
1776, COMMON SENSE burst on the people of the
New World like prophecy
Yes, that book bursts the hearts and homes
of America like light from Heaven
1t Is read by the Mechanic at his bench the
Merchant at his desk the Preacher in his pulpi,
with the teachings Of revelation.
II burst from Tie press" says the great Doctor
Rush, 'aoiM an effect which las been rarely pro-
d"cea 6yfypes or paper, in any age or couatry!'
Ramsay, in his History of the Revolution, and
ms brother historian, Gordon, solemny state the
tact that this book was n most important cause o
the separation from The Mother Country
| Thomas Jefferson, Joel Barlow, George Wash.
'ng,on, unite in their praises of this work Long
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ship to bring the author home from France
Washington invited him to the shelter of Eis own
home Barlow described him, yes, the man in the
hrawn coat. "One of the most bene yolent and dis
interested OF ,.lankind, endowed with the oleares
perception, an uncommon share of original genius
and the greatest breadth of thought"
| In August, 1885. after the battle was fought and
the Empire established, Congress, in a solemn
resolution, stamped the author Of Common Sense
the great men Of the Revolution.
This book was the cause ond fore-runrer of the
Declaration Of Independence.
In this book, for the first time. were written
these great words "Ihc free and Indcrendea,
States Of america"
| Let us follow this man in the brown coat ,hro
the scenes Of the Revolution.
In the full prime of early manhood, he ioins the
army of the Revolution he shares the ctus, and
"o Soiu WIN " dshiDSton ana MS men-he is
with those soldiers the tosomc march. with
them by the camp fire, with them in the hour o
| battle.
Why is lie with them?
Is the day dark-has the battle been boody-do
the American soldiers despairl Hark! that print
ing press yonder, which moves with the American
camp IN all its wanderings, is scattering pamphlet.
through the ranks Of the army.
Pamphlets " written Ly the Aulhor.Soldier
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the midnight f,c, or amid the corsos Of the dead