The daily gazette., 1878-01-30
among the people and oppression and
pIuDder among their rulers. ~


pluDder among their rulers.
Paine ooutended that tue Improvement,
and the happiness Of men should be the
end aud tendency Of every law, Of every
doctrine, and OF 6vefy institution.
He makes everything subservient to
the security, the freedom, the indepsud-
snee and the happiness VI man. ~
arHe was man Of courage, the tyrant
threatened him With death, aud the
priesthood with he'll, and the nations and
the churchss scowled with hate and
vengesnce, yet he stood unternfisd; he
published the second part Of the ar lights
Of Man undor the eye Of the British
Government In London, while 1t was
preparing for hiu. the dungeon and the
scaffeld. ftAHf fff-
I He was Of physical courage too; he
could fell foe on the battle field, az we'll
as In courts OF law. ma.
He marched In the ranks Of the Ameri-
can army, with his muskst on his should-
or, wrote inspiring addresses on the drum
head to his comrades, and shared Its
hardships and privations. ~ tsts
He compared Paine with Penn, show
ing how Penn was o noble, good and
generous man, but his object was to
found q Quaker nation; but Paine's object
was TO eunoble and to bless the whole
human race. he also contrasted Paine
with Howard and with Luther, fearing
nothing In the comparison.
He did not hold Paide A. . perfect
man, nature has not performed such .
thirg yet as o perfect man. a.fas
Paine is not our master, nor we his
decipies we call no man master--nor
can We accept any man az our Lord; we
believe IN progress. Paine was wise, but
those who come after him may be-
wiser. He wax good, but those who
come after him may be- better; at least
let us try. F''-
Paine Is charged with repenting when
he came to die, ami that he died very
miserably ,Rroaning under the wrath and
curse Of GOd, and the fear OF hell. He
did not believe In an angry God, or an
eternal hell, aud could not therefore be
tortured with such things,y
4 Paine denied the authority OF bibles
| and creeds--this was his crime and for
| this the would shut the door In his face,
aad emptied It's slops upon him from its
| Windows f1t
| Paine never wrote one line or word In
favor VI tyranny, or immortality. mol
against the best Interests Of manktnd
but always In favor Of liberty. freedom
and justice.
4 His memory has been execrated a
though he had murdered some Uriah for
his wife; defiled his own daughters; OF
kept harem OF seven hundred wives, aud
three hundred concubines; or had perse
outed christians even into strange cities
The church has imprisoned the human
mind; It Is the enemy Of liberty; burned
us at the stake-wasted as upon SLOW
fires; torn our flesh with iron-l0adsd "
! with chains; treated US as outeasts, anC
filled the world with fear; confscatsd oui
property; denied us the light 10 testify II
courts or justice; torn out our tongues
and DENIED US burial. III ST Iss1iu. 1f
Can you wonder We detsst your doc
trines, and despise your srosdsY W,
feel proud 10 know We are beyond you
power--and are free In spite OF you; vi
! are dociples Of reason, aud soldiers o
freedom, aud have ever kept our hand
uns' aimed with human blood.
Paine died In his 73rd year, In the LIANT
his genius defended, under the flag b.
, gave 70 the skies. q
!. The day will come when he will hav'
his due, and tho friends and benefactor
or their race be honored through all gen
eratiops. ...f. N ....
II The audience were invited to partici
pate In the discussion. The spvake
courtsd any inquiry and felt satisfied h
could answer In satisfactory way an,
objections. None were made, aud afte
, two or three had spoken IN the sam
lstrain m the speaker, IL was announce,
, Ithat on next Sunday the question 10 b
debated would be, "Thebible in the publ
schools, an obstacle TO progress. Isl
; minutes speeches, with DIR. Marshall .
J open for fifteen minutes. .Allare invited
Jan 2Bth 1873 x, Y. n.