New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-01-30


passed OF pleasantly. The following we're
REGULAR To,sTs.
TIE 4ay re- cleJG-he birthday Of Thomas Paine the
Who dsl sound the rst uoe il th anthem Of American ir
IL. in political ard -oya' ycr ti9n.1May hey
sc., removing the barriers which temporal and spirit iI
dcpo,m ever placed in the way OF humsn progression
and ra,!o Trinity the cause ard eject Of other; three in
Se fcpayfed cha J-rtyPcr.ecg.oib by yrant. fr
their fearless advocacy 4 h'msu nights
R,gNiuass,-Tho key Of the arch OF freedom sad
living protest against The supson power whether by Pope
Tie PsoeMsy the progress, Of knowledge and truth bring
them perfect quality Of sA- without distinction Of SEA, county
Womanrho human !. elevated in excellence and powcr
kept bss in progression, in accordance viii the scale O. heT
position in society.
Mrs. ERxrsrIvr l.. Rosr then addressed the assem-.
blage as follows:
M riends-lt has ever given me sincere pleasure to
meet you this interesting OCCASION but allow me to
assure YOU that the qualification OF etng you TINS
evening exceeds that of any former times: Tie cheer
ful and happy faces behold all around me, form
striking contrast to the gloomy and desponGng aspect
things have worn for time past and cannot nut
congratulate ourselves that III spite CT tue severe
monetary crisis with all tie evils and suherngs It
brought in s train, have been able to cast OIL the
anxious cares OF every day life to spend evening
of social and intellectual enjoyment, healthful alike 10
body and mind. The performance of every duty brings
with it,eif spending grathcaton, ana am sure
our greatest enjoyment this evening springs nom the
performance of the pleasing duty OF worshpPmg at the
Shrine of greatness in CONNIE moration OF he natal day
of Thomas Paine. The custom OF celebrating GER
tain events is an old and a beneficial one ioi
il not only impars historical facts but entoIces p-
cipes and stimulates to action Revolutions that have
freed nations from the yoke OF despotism, or such,
unsuccessful, that have enuncated great principles,
commended for human ghts univ ersa freedom, justice
snd humanity, ara proper events to commemorate.
The Declaration e American Independence, II rightly
celebrated, not by riot and confusion worse con-
founded, but III rational, social and intellectual
lx1l., l..f,x lilo ind IN
inauirno into its true sgnifcance-by analyziIg tie
basis upon which il rests. and the means by which
alone il could be carried into practcet might teach
the people useful lesson, by rousing them to the
conviction that long ~ justice and humanity are
tramped under fOOt-ss long rs woman was forced to
pay taxes without the right to represent alton, as long
a. the cooyed man is transformed INTO piece OF chat
del. ntlSt ris nee darker than that OF bis owner
and as long a. an honest conscientious avail of dis.
belief in the fashionable superstition called religion is
stigmatzed a. q crime, so long must that noble
instrument that proclaimed the equality of the race
and perfect freedom OF conscience remain dead letter
Nor IL il les beneficial to celebrate the advent Of
men Possessed of orcat talents, power and influence.
Only the manner of holding them ought TO be regu-
lated according e. the character of him in whose honor
& q day i kept Tho birthday of of those saints
who spent his life in the audabe undertaking 10 prove
that his world was vale Of teaIs-who preached the
Interesting and eevating doctrine OF total depraviy,
and endeayored convince man that TO please GOdhe
mustdi please everybody else and particularly himself
es himself msera snner-that to beft for another
world he must be utterly unfit to live ia this, and 10
gain Heaven ne must have hell upon earth--ought TO
be celebrated on the anxious seat in some abode
shrouded in darkness, amid the means and groans of
the faithful instead OF mdsc. But m concentrating
thu advent OF man whose lie had been a constant do
yOtiOn TO the race, whose motto was, 1.-The world il
my country, and la do good my religion" whose
great talents eyerted 10 the destruction of tenn
poral snd spiritual despoism, and the elevation of
man to intel gence virtue and happiness, we must
unite he social with intellectual enjoyment. principle
with practice aud above all hold him up before the
minor of truth to enable the people to see him, not
a. painted by his eneuies, but ~ he was, the disin-
tere-ted patriot the enlightened reorncr, the iVer.
"a. phiantbropist, the generous friend, the honest,
true AMI noble man This, my friends, IL our pleasing
task not only luty to the past but TO the future
mot only in justice to Paine, but To disabuse the
NJ NOS o. inc people OF the error into which clerical IN
tolerance mac led them. Nhyisit that works OF Paine
works nat 10 be the text book of every true re-
pubican--sre 20 title known Is il because the Sian.
DER and asehood propagaed against the author pref
udced the public against his works, the priests have
laid them under ban, and il will take 'he best efforts
If the friends OF freedom sud truth TO remove II.
Fs-ehoOd- often repeated assume the character OF
truth Henry Ward Bsecher recently said that the
moment any subject was briited from the pulpit II
became sacred Humiliatng a. that assertion
ought TO he 20 The devotee- Of the church, Il contains
more trUt than poetry The priests OF All ages, ID
assuming function Of interpreters OF the inyete
riOus--oi possessing 0rsculer pOwer-oi Dsnig tne
vicc.regent Of Heaven upon earth hnd ny skiIuuiy
playing On the two strongest elements IN hunHn nature
hone and frar-they 50 worked on the ignorant
and eredulous that whatever they pronounced
from the pulpit wa deemed sacred, the great
est folly was taken wisdom, the groo'est taNe-
hood ne truth; and though a. education increases
and man becomes more enlightened the power
ard influence OF tie clergy decreases, yet fehgious
prejudice, once taken root, can ,elion ~ ehtiey
ersJcated. II blinds the understanding peEVeHs inc
Judgment corul- the heart, destroys the source oil
Mt Cud
delights in SANDER, abuse, persecution, destruction
and death, all in the name OF religion and OF 'oI.
Had Thomas Paine X. superstition and prLeetcraIt
alone, he would b. hoiored ne Ainenca trueS I.on
=, one who ha. done more for American independence
with hi. pen than Washington with bis 7Wor1 Tor ne
not only prepared the way for that nal stroke ana
personally aided in obteuing freedom, but hi- works
the cmanation IF hi, genil.--the monument ol
mind teaches how 10 maintain II. But he a.
tackled the priests and their idols he wished 10 free the
people not only from tie yoke OF hing, but froia
o1v andtherefore the important services he rendered
,bis country at "the times that tried men =Ous are
ignored and nO csumny Is too Vile no fslSeh0od too
gros. scsnst Tom Paine, the infdel.' But change
bs come over the prt Of their dream, the term inf
del which bgoted ignorance ever applied 70 the
uise.t AMI the bet to the champions OF liberty and
the Arans Gnard in Freedom battle unbecomipg
the most honorable title that can be given 10 man.
significant Of Intelligence, progress and reform. One
OBJECTION brought sganst Paine il, that he ridicucd
the Bible. The fact is he quoted Scripture and they
cal il ridculing. How could any rdicule the in
terestiDg and instructive so'ouDts III Elijah going 10
Heaven in chariot and horses Of ire and being call
cd by sonle children bald head" "he cured them in
the nsroe OF the Lord and so two bears appeared
and tore fory-two Of them to pieces that Samson
tied re-brands TO the tails Of i've hundred foxes TO
destroy the enemies, field; that i've thousand
hungry men dned on five losves and two
6sbes and left twelve baskets Of crumbs over and
that biz Satanic majesty. being dyivsn eat Of MAJ.