, 1877-11-10

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'H"hrrr hM having what nj tlI lfnsh
ncks like CUntrSyrr*t nbnut yom
Painc nna she way he eAnl,rd SH hi,
nunrtnl coil The rIn@uenc AM, msIeIry-
mg Colonel takes up som~,hing ,IA,i pa-
per sni' sosriimr ago, about Pniars dy, J
iag "drnnan, s~waraly ami hs4astly.
i&s,h," anil by sonc strange TRANSCRIPTS
tionot terms issues chaSIrngc So ihM
paper to 90 mhcni and prove certain
pretended accounts of the irghtiul ayu-
nic. endursi by R,inc snd Vsllaire
wurn dying AS the mnt,rr is k,okcd
INN, it turns ont to b. only M imitation
COD,rov,rsg, since lngrrscli does moi ,c.
ny she allegations os the W~trcer; nor
hns the OG@rrer nsiirne,l what the Col
cabs upon il =" hrMy to }uve. But.
while nn'er NJ obligation ~ Say any
morr, until wh"t ha,S been charged was
o'hlEa''icte& tbr paper dey0irs three ur
fD&J columns So showing TINT Paine died
nSa only drunken and hcaStly death,
bot that iOr many years previous, and
even up to that time, he lived ii hpastlv.
sowart'Iy and drunken htc. And So far
NJ respectable, trustworthy evidence
goes, IL seems, to us thai the 0Jscrny iu
Iy subetantiases shc position it assumes.
The hrss witness brought forward WIS
the lane Grant ThOrnbuHn, whOtn some OF
Ms car remember as one Dt the mast re-
spectsh of orr citizens, and who person
ally knew and often SAW Paine while he
lived VI CarYenis porter AOusr IN Thomas.
street. In 1854 Dir. ThMnburn cOmmu-
nicated to the MStrrSr some "Rsminis-
cenccs Of Thnn,as Paine" which ARE now
Tepnblished Ivy that paper, ami whose
statements certainly shaw up Paine Ms
being jus1 what the paper calls him.
The next witness e;ted is Rev DR..
Nhkham ID Montpelier, Vermont y,
resided mnny years ago ut New NnaIelIe
where Pains died AMI was buried, and
who says; ~ have heard the physician
who attended him describe the condi--
tiOn in which he WINS accustomed t@iind
bis patient, and to which his Vicious
habits, especially drinking, had rsANced
him. This he slid was revolting ~ his
scnsibilities, making even his necessary
visits to gresCribe Sor his relief, e1Credl-,
ingly unweICome and rcpuIsivSS .TIs
physician wins an esteemed elder lin the
cislTCh ot which WAS pastor, highly re-
specified not only fO1 his skill III his pre-
iessiNu, but regarded IA nlan Of sound
Judgment and unimpeachable veMciay.
He has been dead many years, but the
name Of Ma,son Smith, NJ. ID. is still
held in honoYed remembrance by all who a
knew him.
The statement of Rev. Or. Wickhanlris
confirmed by Rev. Dr. M.wley. his cut
cessor ut, New Rochelle, who says with
reference to his own conversation wihlA
DR.. Smith; Il have heard from him sulA-
stsncially the same account of Paine's
degradation, from personal knok y ",
rs his physician, the particulars OF which
arc too loathsome to appear in print
lie came To- lose all self-respect and re-
gard for deaenCy in bis personal habits
which ut times were SIMPLY beastly.
HIS drunkenness became habit,rIl and
notorious before he left New RoShslle;
and he was not unfrequently found "
ing by the roadside, SO helpessly iDto&'
iCated that he had to be carried home, as
have been told by persons who have
befriended him in this manner" This
appears to be conclusive as respects his
manner 0i hte.
As regards his lass hours and death,
the Journal OF Stephen Grellet, a worthy
Quakes minister, records number oI
facts and incidents Which go To show
that Paine's intidel associates neglected
anil deserted him, leaving him to the
care of Christahs who nAinistered to his
necessities. His nurse was IL Quakeress
from Greenwich, named Mary Roscoe,
who says that when going to caTSy hin'
SOME refreshments, she repeatedly beard
him uttering the words, "oh, Lord,
Lord God" or Lord Jesus, have mercy
on me-" This seems to indicate clearly
enough that Paine lacked the courage