Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1877-11-22

subscribes himself Your sincere friend.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.

IN sllbscribes himself Your sincere friend
IN GEORGE WASHINGTON.
le Did any of your ancestors ever receive
W letter like that:
Il. Do you think that Paine was a drunke
}. beast when the following letter was T.
ceived by him.
le You express wish in your letter to r.
} turn to America in IA national ship; "
}. Dawson. who brings over the treaty. an
J. who will present You with this letter.
,s charged with orders to the Captain Of fh
!. Maryland to receive and accommodate yo
e back. if you can be ready to depart 1t sue
S a short warning. You will in gencla! fin
II us returned TO sentiments worthy o, form
er times; in these it will be your glory t.
+ have steadily labOred and with rs ml,cl
!. effect as any man living. That You ma,
1 live long to continue your useful labOrs
and reap the reward in tlankii,lncss of nl
tons. is my sincere prayer. Accept th'
assurances of my high esteem and afec
tionate attachment.
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
Did any of your ancestors ever receive ;
letter like that?
''lt has heen very generally propagated
through the continent that | wrote the
pamphlet Common Sense" could not
have written anything in so manly and
striking a siyle.'-.JOliN ADAMS.
"A few more such flaming arguments as
were exhibited at Falmouth and Norfolk.
added to the sound doctrine and unanswer-
able reasoning contained in the pamphlet
Common Sense will not leave numbers
at a loss to decide on the propriety of Il
separation.'
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
| lit is not necessary for me to tell YOU
how much all your countrymen-I speak
of the great mass of the pcople-are inter
csted in your welfare They have not for
gotten the history of their own revolution
and the difficult scenes through which they
passed; nor do they review its several
stages without reviving in their bosoms
due sensiblity Of the merits Of those who
served item in that great and arilHous
conflict. The crime Of ingratituIe has not
yet stained. and trust never will stain.
otIr national character. You are consider
ed by them as not only having rendered
important services in oar own revolution.
but us being on Il more extensive scale the
friend Of human rights and distinguish
el and able defender of public liberty. To
the welfare of Thomas Paine the Amcri-
cans are not, nor can they be indifferent
JAMES MONROE"
Did any of your ancestors ever receive
letter like that?
NO writer has exceeded Paine in ease
and familiarity of style. in perSricl;iy of
expression. Happiness of clucid;i!ion. and
in simple and unassuniing lanwuage."-
Thomas Jctsrson.
Was ever letter like that written about
an editor of the y. Y. Observer?
Was it in consideration of the services of
a drunken beast that the legislature of
Pennsylvania presented Thomas Paine
with five hundred pounds sterling?
Did the State of New York feel indebted
to drunken beast. and confer upon Thom- T
as Paine an estate of several hundred T
acres?
Did the congress Of the United States
thank him tor his services because he had /
lived drunken and beastlv life?
Was he elected member Of the French
because he was Il drunken
beast! Was it the act of drunken beast
to ~ lis own life in jeopardy by voting
against - death of the king? Was il be-
cause he was Il drunken beast that lie OPP
posed the Reign of Terror"-that he en-
deavOred 70 stop the shedding of blood. and
did all in his power to protect even his own
enemies?
Do the following extracts sound like
the words of a drunken beast:
IL believe in the equality Of man. and l
believe that religious duties consist in do
ing justice. loving mercy. and endeavOring
TO make our fellow creatures happy"
MY own mind is my church,
''lt is nec' ssary to tie happiness of man
that he be mentally faithful to himself"
ANY system of religion that shocks
the mind OF child cannot be true sys-
tem.''
1.-The Word of God is the creation which
we behold"
''The age of ignorance commenced with
he Christian SYSTEM"
1T is with pious fraud rs with bad
begets a calamitous necessity of
going on"
40 read the Bible without horror. we
must undo everything that is tender. SYM
Dathlzing and benevolent in the heart of
man." /,
1.-The man does not exist who can say l
nave persecuted him. or that have in any
,ase returned evil for evil"
"Of all tyrannies that afllict mankind
tyranny in religion is the worst"
''The belief in cruel god makes q cruel
man."
My own opinion is. that those whose
ives have been spent in doing good and
to make their fellOw-mortals
lappy. will be happy heleafter.''
1.-The intellectual part Of religion is a
private affair between every man and his
Maker, and in which no third person has
my right to interfere. The practical part
consists in our doing good to each other" +,
No man ought to make a living by re-
igiOn. One person cannot act religion for |
person must perform it for
iimself." /,
'One good schoolmaster is of more use l
han hundred pries,s.'' :
LET us propagate morality unfettered /
" superstition" I
God is the power, or first cause, Nature |
J the law, and matter is the subject acted |
pom" ,
IL believe in one God and no more, and I
hope for happiness beyond this lifc.'' G
The key of heaven is not in the keep I