The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-17

Damen's efforts during this mission have been
mated with great Joy last sunday, and we were the
more surprised TO find thar your valuable paper
work that Is going IN that crowded parish OF the
"Holy InnOcents" 1t was for this reason that hav-
with regard TO great speakers. at tnis sermon last
sunday, we thought you might not be dspleased to
teresting and important item. The mission closes
! sunday, March "a COLUMBIA.
Thomas Paine.
| TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD
Your correspondent an. w. in the HERALD of
the attn, gives certain "reminiscences of Thomas
Paine, on what he terms the authority OF the best
friends and most intimate associates OF PANE with
| whom ne resided much longer time than with Mrs.
Badeau, and VINO continued all their lives 10 believe
in the doctrines ne taught" and on the strength
TINS authority intimates that Paine estranged Mrs.
| Bonneville nom her husband and brought her with
him to America; that Paine did not pay his debts
In New York city, II he aid In New Rochelle; tnat
he ate bread and milk for supper In the city and
threw what ne could not eat into the fire, because
he wanted the full worth OF his board money ::
that intemperance was one OF the most respectable
and least disgusting Of his habts that some or his
habits were 30 nlthy that to call them 'brutishn
would be libel on the lower orders
OF animal creation, and that nothing
would be easier to prove than thus II or.
use OF any language that might convey the falntest
idea OF such pecuarities." All this inrlmation of
wnat might be done II, Is put forward that
M W." may ''d0 his best to preserve
the truthfulness and integrity OF hist0ry.n
To one who highly regards Paine as
master spirit in the radical development OF human
rights and sharp analyst Of the true principles OF
human freedom, this mysterious and backbiting
form OF arrangement seems very equivocal and re-
mi md
help to elucdate the shrouded facts that need to be
named 40 preserve the trurnfulness and integrity
OF history" Now, history says that Mr..
Paine did not estrange Mrs. Bonneville
from her husband, that he did not bring
her 10 America with him. and no decent
evidence was ever before the pu0llc that he ever
sustained any other relation to her and her family
than that OF q friend and protector when needed.
Cheetham's libel answers ITSELF Paine did not
desert his vile In England, but they parted with
mutual consent. he scrupulously refrainlng from
spending penny Of her patrlmony. No evidence
has ever been presented that MRS. Bonneville or
any other woman ever had q son who resembled
PANE and the idea was alluded to and its rldlcu-
lousness shown by Mrs. Bonnevllle's counsel on the
Cneetham libel case.
Mr.. Elisha Woodwork, OF Cambridge Mass.
wnere he died few years SINCE was one OF Paine,s
"most intimate associates and best irlends,u and
regardless OF friend or f0e was man or truthful.
ness and integrity. He was with Paine during his
last Sickness, made his coffin for MIN and assisted
in the last sad duties that the living
can render the dying and the dead, and he
declared under the sanction OF his honor as man
OF truth that the stories OF Palnes oeastly naDts
were gross anu cruel exaggeratlons inflated and
distorted by the malignant hatred OF those who
deemed any falsehood Justitable III deIaming the
author OF the age OF Reason
That PANE TOOK shu6 Ia filthy habit In any per.
SOM aud that he drank intoxicating liquors Is not
denied. mat many OF ms personal habits changed
Tor tne worse BY ihe irregular bachelor ana camp
lie he forced into by his devotion to the Ameri.
Can cause, Is not at all improbable Many thousands
To-Day are Witnesses OF the same incongruty In
relatives and Trends, who LETT the appliances of
wealth and ease Tor the rugged Lie OF a camp during
Ana with ali that the utmost stretch OF hypocrtical
fanatlcism can make out Of the foregoing, what is
tnere that hidden or published, can affect the
have been the social or moral standing OF those
best friends AM. anu most intimate associates wno
lie taught lwno ever heard OF any doctrines lie
ever taught, for Heavens sake u and Win whom he
resided mucn longer time tnan with Mrs. Badeau?'
And now could they continue so intimately asso.
ciated with man whose habits were SO lnt0lerably
BRITISH would be libel on the lower orders OF AMI
NAL creations With what pretenslons to decency
could they continue the ''Dest friends" OF man
who lived IN the daily Indulgence OF habits that can
only DC proved or mentioned by using language
D hat sna aee
dlsngured to the extent implied in IN. W.'y' Sian.
der0us anu malignant article, now would that
writings ana himself sustain, historically,
TO the American and French revolutions !
what are the names or those ''besr friends and
most intimate associates" who thus impeach MS
manhood by making such cnar2ess We know VINO
were Paines most intimate aSsoclateSr IN New
YORK as well as we know who Composed Washing.
toms stan at the battle Of Monmouth. we want the
names OF such OF them thus belle the evidence OF
those other associates who stand IN the ignt OF day.
II he took snun and drank rum Is 1t any less true
that with the ardor OF patriot and enthusiast ne
threw himself into the forefront OF hottest bat
uen against the tory ami English Toes Of American
tune to be reaped from his pen that he might more
surely aid the American cause Ihat ne apan.
aoned Inc ease and competence OF gentleman 70
that ne saGrlnCed his means to the last penny to
teneve the American army when driven 10 despair
W want and prvauonS that he abandoned nome,
result OF bloody revolution In stormy France In
WIG nope 10 extend TO France the glorious boon OF
p ar,o ana RELIGIOUS freedom happily won for
nau1.aIsy. ~ tnese uncomfortable hIthy habits
neutallze utterly the encomlums and laudatlons of
wasnngtoD Adams, FRANKLIN Rush, Jefrerson and
Revolution through the Red Sea OF lTTe Va
Is there any lngrat,tude more sneakinglv inhuman
s Ss.emP. 70 OBSCURE the highest ever
to Dring Into notorlety the personal haSits ana
peccadilloes OF one OF lis ablest cnanpionss And
TINS, TOO, from men VINO daily anu hourly become
bolsterous In their approval OF those very inst,tu
tons when are the outgrOwtn OF the poitcal min
clpies Paine lab0red TO establish, and Tor which he
was ostraclsed IN England condemned To the guio.
tine In France and most religiously damned in
America. These defamers OF Paine sit basking In
the enulgence OF political and religious freedom,
cessfuily established an independent nation, and
while enjoying these wonderful blessings, neap
the fouest dirs of religious bgotry and hatred the
upon the man OF al men, whose lab0rs OF love,
more than the laDors OF any 0tner man, aided 70
achieve these benenoent results