Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1856-03-01
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From the Boston Post of Jan. %.
THOMAS PAINE.

was a Quaker,and by trade Il staymoker. His moth
or was of the established church. Early in HE
their son was educated in the common branches Oh
English study, and in q smatterlng OF the Latin
Language; but, at the age Of thirteen he was taken
from school, and made an assistant to his father III
his trade. Three years passed, and lac started iof
London where he remained Il few weeks. Thence
he wen to Dover. aud shipped on board n priva'
teer named the Terrible, and commanded by Capt.
Death. His connection with this vessel did not
last long, for we soon after find lin on boa-d an
other privateersman which appears to have MADE
him averse to the naval profession, and to a6ahaon
it altogether.
In 1859 he settled at Sandwich, where he mar
ried Mary Lambert, the daughter Of an exciseman,
In a few months. She died the next year. Leay-
ing stay-making, and changing his residence once
or twice, till he reached Thctlord again, he accept
I'd the appointment to a place in the excise. llav-
ing been dismissed from his Office he repaired to
London, and became teacher in an academy for
about ten months, when he was reinstated as an
excisemau. In 1865 he moved to Lcwes, where
he opened a grocer's SHOP. and was married to
Miss Elizabeth Olive in Ill. In this town he
became quite prominent as n debater, as Il social
companion, and as a man Of independence.
In l774 he failed in business and was again re
moved from his office, and separated from his wife
by mutual consent. TO London he went once
more, and there he became acquainted with DR..
Franklin, who advised him to go to America,
whittier he went near the close OF the year, ana
arrived at Philadelphia with a letter OF lntroddc-
.h y doto ~ ~ Tho 400 Of ~ no had been "a mcchan-
il, q sailor, q tradesman, an exciscmen, a store,
keeper, q ~teacher,a pamphleteer' ana a pohticlah.
His companions were Ritteuhouse, Geo, Clymer,
DR.. Rush and Franklin.
In ITS he became editor Of the Pennsylvania
Magazine, and contributed a number OF elegant
pieces, both in poetry and Prose. 1t was by means
of this position that he became known to Or. l'usn,
Ans t%U % 90 J. ,llb;ob ,rore ntorsncrsrd between
NJ 49, 171G and i7S3 during The war. were
,rr;t,on with snch nersnicuitv and energy. they
w. wv as"oJ ~ ~ cb onnortnne intervals. and aI-
"o.ai ~ srct on nnoonolod manner. that
IN Suarican neonIo ware thereby melted to strive
w onIr Cav rdliof and redress Int for national
nSonndonoo Iiis cloying ideas and eloouont
snnnaIs Welded tbe roonular thoughts into an in.
drmit.bIo resolution Transformed that mental re.
49, 49, s"ooossf,I crrrnnt Of Iivino action.
NJ, ala Tho Dedication Of Independence nut an
Ia ~ IL I,bors IN Tho oonsa Of liberty. lie con
t;nncd bIs namnhle,s free TO n newly free reorle.
raceivinc No COMPENSATION therefor. In 1776 he
y 6n nv upd Gsnorai Washington and
in Anil 1777 was elected bv CONGRESS- Secretary
70 tbe Committee for FOREIGN Affairs, which sta
tion he RESIGNED in about two wears. He was soon
oftsr chosen Clerk of the PENNSYLVANIA L7gisla-
,rrn
Tn 1871 bo occnnnoniad Col Lnurens to France
80 n,nnoS 81 eorot;otipr q loan The en-
go 80 tui;p pod sr rniiiion Tvres os nresent and
as' ?I 90 . inan France had previously
Saolared in onr favor A very short time before
.L;s ubon ~ fnonc;ol condition was near its
80 ~ ~ faarod = dissolution If our
~ thrornh ront of NV Mr. paine orioioated
nI;no,o srLaor;n,;on dnj bcoded Il with $500. all
p"son Looo,id go ;ncIudinr his soIorv-
Tie nrc;ent nrocrred tbree hundred thousand
nnmnds Syb;cb briJge5 ne on To the canture oil
EornwoIEs Conoress Granted TO him the sum OF
sso0o in I7o5 pannsyIvonia rave him five hun
dred sounds currency. and New York conveyed to
him over 200 acres of rich land. we'll cultivated,
and a large stone house with extensive outbuildings
s;tnoted in New Rochelle.
Ia Anil 1897 he sailed IN France. He had
49, IL = mon,har of tha American pbilosonhi.
cal Society. and Amounted Master of Arts Nv the
ITn;yorc;ty of pb;IodoInbio. These nositions read
iIv allowed him to Introduce to the notice Of the
Academy of Sciences in Paris, the model Of an
iron bridge which gave him much credit. He next
went to London and onward to Thetford, to visit
his AGED mother. where he wrote a pamphlet on
the state of the nation, entitled Prospects on the
Rubicon." He passed the year 1888 in erecting
his iron bridge.
Early in 1891 We find that he issued his first
number of eRigbts Of Man" in reply to Burke.
In Nav he repaired to France where he came nea,
LOSING his life by having no cockade in his hat, ct
g;ven signal for all the friends of liberty to cove
heir heads in silence He returned to London il
Julv. where he wrote an address and declaration
on he Flench Revolution. in which he acted hi
mart and felt a great interest. In 1892, appeare,
the second number Of Rights of Man. He sough
no concealment for his name as author of thes
startling productions, though a prosecution hun
over them as sedltlous hbels. In september d
learned of his election asa representative to IN
National Convention in France. In spite OF tn n
English attempt to r9tain him he embarked 10
Calais, where he was cordially received by the Ma
Guard, and a national cockade was given to hin
A salute was fired from the battery in honor o
his arrival. The cry OF "viye Thomas Paine'
came from the crowd as he passed to the town ha'
to be presented 10 the Mayor and others. n pia
was performed in the theatre, and a box reserve
for him. Several other places elected HIM as thol
deputy, but he accepted that of Calais, as hrs
rendered. He went to Paris, took his seat in th
national assembly, and was appointed On the con
mittee to frame a new constitution. lie interpose
in behalf of an Englishman who struck him a VI.
lent blow for an expression Of opinion, and hi
interposition saved his opponents life. lie ais