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He told the Americans that their honor,
happiness aud conlcntmcnt, and that OF
their children demanded that they no
longer suppIicatc the British throne but
arise, demand their righs,-thcr indie.
pendcncc, He hcapcd obloquy and re
pronch upon monarchy and ridicue
upon hereditary succession. Its effect
can hardly be cstimated-it completely
rcvoIu,ioni2cd public opinion 1t soon
raised tide OF public opinion in favor
of rebellion until there went up from all
over the land unanimous voice decar
ing tor "lndcpcndence now and indie.
pendcnce forever.
To this book we are greatly indebted
for our present republican form of gov
ernment. AT the time be wrote republi-
can form OF government was scarcely
known to the world. He truly pictures
the condition of affairs in his Common
Sense" when he says: 30, We that love
mankind ye that dare oppose not only
tyranny but the tymut stand forth
Every spot of the old world is oyerrun
with oppression. Freedom hath been
hunted round the globe; Asia and Af.
rica have long expelled her; Europe re
CARDS her like a stranger; and England
hath given her warning to depart. o.
America, receive the tHgitive, and pre-.
pare in time an asylum for mankind ("
When independence had been declared
and war begun in earnest he volunteered
as soldier in the runks-was with the
army during that memorable retreat
from Long lsIand-when hope was de-
Srrt'hg our cause and the militia already
tired OF war were struggling home, Paine
was writing by the camp fires upon Il
drum head the Crisis" in which rang
out in clarion tones-"These are the
times that try mems souls The sum
mer soldier and the sunshine patriot
will, in this crisis, shrink from the ser.
vice of his country; but he that stands
ii nan deserves the thanks of man and
woman" Followed by stirring ap-
peal such rs no other man could have
written, such as never has been written,
which revived hope and recalled the
suagglers tn the ranks. Reud at the
head of every Corporal's guard it neryed
the patriots on to do and 10 dare and
suffer all without murmur in the noble
cause until victory crowned their strug-
gle. And otfand on, when in the dark
hours, he sent forth u new Crisis" with
words OF hope and cheer, and in the
hour Of success urged them to greater
triumphs. When the army was dis
banding for want Of funds he opened
his own slender purse and started n
subscription heading it himself with
$500. This subscription swelled to the
sum OF million and half which
formed the basis for those operations
which compelled the surrender of Corn
wallis at Yorktown.
When our Independence was acknowl
edged and peace once more blessed the
land, he congratulated the Americans in
a number Of his "Crses" upon the fact
and that "The times that tried mems
souls are over and the greatest and
revolution the world ever
knew, gloriously and happily accom-
piished." Rome once the proud mis-.
tress OF the universe, was originally n
band of rufiinns. PIundcr and rapine
made her rich and her oppression of the
millions made her great. But America
need never be ashamed to tell her birth,
hor relate the stages by which she rose
to empire" Then let us, while telling
Of our birth and relating the stages by
which we rose to empire, not neglect the
Of him to whom we are so in
Clebted.
When the victory had been fully and
completely won and nothing left for
America to do but 30 secure to her cit.
izens their declared inaienable rights,
it could have been the lot of Paine to
settle down and enjoy with his adopted
fellow citizens, the liberty and good
government his genius had done so
much to create. When urged by Frank