, 1879-05-17

Gen. Leo writes to Washington: ltayc. yoM
seen the pamphlet Common sensr.'1 I
never saw such a., nostcfly it5ssist1o,o ,,o.
Il eonearfenee . viii vii; The The sd traassspdso;
folly aud wickcdncss Of the Ministry,
give tho coup.de9raeo to Great Britain. In short,
! own 1nyself convinced by tl.e arguments oi
tho necessity Of scparation." But there is no
need to accumulate such quotations. 'osn
Adams {who detcstcd ratnc), Jeitcrson,, Frank.
lin. tho contemporary historians Gort]on and
l!ansar, Gn'i oil cognEant of tho 1aG's, oven IN.
Guiding Chcethatu, unite IN tho testimony Tint
this flrst appeal for American 'ndepcndenca d!d
around that aim, atul render nny subsequent
compromise Impossible. Among The mas1y ex-
nmnles Of It's effect one may be 'ncntoncd. Dy
tea.,ost Of Gen. Scott, leading member q ne
New York Assembly, who was alarulcd at tho
stifl conference.-the position Of Painr, a num-
bcr Of distinguished members Of tint body met
to read the pamphlet and PREPARE MI answer.
They mot several evenings When tha rcnllngs
were ended they unnnsmouslJ concluded to at
tempt no answer.
That 'Ehomns Primo wne chatlatau, and his
writings sha1ns, Is now so often assumed, thnt
pcrhaps ouo mny, without arrogance, express
concurrence with the estimate Of the American
statcstnen and Generals. il M essnf la to DO
Judged, like m orRaaisn In nature, BY rs IT.
gree OF adequacy to It's own own ends, Paino's
"Commou Sonse may bs numbered
AMONG THE FEW PERFECT wongs:
md those who regard tho detachment Of The
English Colonies in America, and tl1clr consti-
tuition ns Republic, 10 the light Of necessary
world-eytnt, may further regard as great work
te pamphlet 20 at!aptea 10 great p'lEpo,c. 10
sary to unite thirteen Colonies, representing
srycrnl centres OF various hiktorY. Y.tntercat, rcg
ioii. mud eyeu, to some extent. Of race. Tic
peoplo OF New England, severely trained Ia the
tn1II tSF fn nslSx
unto Csesar the things that sre Cnsar's; the
uutcl, population Of New York. so slow to
arouse; the Quulers Of Pennsylvania, with
tlIer already loud testimonies agn!ust armed
scststancc: the old English families of Mary.
we'll al sentiment cluuE to "the Molhcr Coun-
try" a. 50 many In Canada now do;-al1 thc.e
must be conlblned nnd concentrated upon an
aim which. II II should fall, would DO trcason,-
II it should succccd. would but launch them
haunted by dangers more Formidable than their
Pilgrim Fathers lad encountered. Paine begins
by penetrating the superstition nhont Govern
mont. 1t is the e1pcdcnt Of men living In
society to defend themselves against the Wicked
ness Of exceptional persons. They pr1fdootly
surrender part Of their property to ptntect the
rest. "Soeicty IN every state is blessings; but
Government In Its best State Is but necessary
when we autter or arc exposed to tho sanlo mise
rtcs By d nGoverlment which we might expect In \
country without . Government, our calamity Ii
heightened by rejecting that re furnish the
means BY which wn suffer-" There follows un
Illustration likely to tell upon the Colonial mind,
"a small number OF peoplu Ia some sequcatercd
region; their cooperation under common dtfll-
cultlcs, their decrease Of reciprocal attachment
when prosperity did away With t3angers which
Ind bound them ~ q common causc; tho ap~
iattons. "Some convenient tree Will afford
thctn Stnte-House. under tho branches OF
whieh the whole Colony may asscmbIo to de-
libcrste on public mattcrs, =. III this first
Parliament every mau by natural right will hnve
seat" But with increase oil. tho Colony gen
eral convenience Will require tho selection bf a
few from u,t whole body. THIS is nil yery sim
pic; aud, SAYS Paine, "l'he more sttnplu any
thing is, the less table is It to 30 dtaordcrel md
the easier repaired when disordercd." with
which muxtm In view hu reaches, on iEe fourth
page, the Constitution of England: "Absolute
Governments Through the disgrace Of human
natire) bare this advantaRt with them, that they
nre simple; u the people suffer, they know tht,
llkowtso the remedy, md aro not beEildcred by
q variety OF cnuses and cures. But the Consti-
tuition Of Entland Is 80 exceedingly complex that
the nation maT suffer for years together Without
bcME able to discover In which part the fault
l!es; some Will say Ia Que and some 10 another,
aud every political physician will advise differ
en-. msdlciuo."
TMB ENoL1su CONSTITUTION,
he says, 10 compounded OIL, the remains OF
Mouarchtcal tyruuuy In the person Of thu King !;
2, tho remains Of Arstocraticul tyranny In tho
persons Ut the Peers; 3, tho ncW Republican
whose vtrtun depends tho freedom Of England.
ITO say that the Constitution Of England s q
Union OF three poHers, rcclprocatly checking sach
other, Is iarcIcaa." How came the King By q
always obliged to ehccka This question. which
II Is always 10 easy for peaceful and prosper
oua people to answer, WAS put by patao 10 a
nation who knew none OF those practtcal adran-
mcots. A power, he.says, that ndysls checking.
cannot be from God, nor could !: be tho Elft OF
q wise people. Nor ho ndds, H. Tho check ade-
Quato whlle the King Is glver Of places ind pel,-
s!oos. Though wc hayo be:n Wise enough to
shut md lock a door against. Absolute Mon
arclly, We at the same timu hase been foolish
enough to put tfr Crown ln, possession Of tie
key.n General principles like these are fol
lowed by a., scrptnral .iasarI,e nrsamIsns. 1t ~ Il
sA'of Kaye Of Reason @ Is yet lillcen away
md makes such use OF tho Divine re-
prou!s OF thu Iarae!ltes for Wishing King
- could havo besn answered by any pulpit ID
tho laud at tint day.
samuel's datrlbe IT,, yllI., 10y pientIfu,ly in
tcrlarded with applications, ending with, "Ye
shall cry out In tint day because OF YOUR King
which 80 shall have choaen, and the Lord Will
not hcar you Ia that day." passed from the pen
" pll]G ~ pu@ptt4 nn llE fUCo VI
Will equal iorro did the author touch every
variety of sentiment DID the Quakera loux
for pcacei klngs and civil wnrs 60 together
"Thtrty Kings aud two minors have rclgneu In
that distracted Kingdom (Eugsandl since tic
Conquest, in which time there have been I'm
clnltnE the lstsointton) no lesa than eight civil
wars and nineteen rebellons." Diu the old
gentleman talk tentcriy Of the old home nnd
Hothcr-Couptryf There laY tho dead Of Con-
cord and Lexington: there wns tic cold, TN
natural dlsdaIn OF every petition; "whcrcforc,
slncs nothing but blows viii tn for God's sake
let us come 10 l!nal separation, and not leave
tile next gsnerntioh to tile cutting Of throata
under the vtolated, upu,eantng names OF parent
and chiid.h Were some faint-heartedt lie ru-
minded them how many allies they might ex-
pect Is IN independent country; how America
waa without MI eneulY Ia the world except 40
being part Of Great britain. lie awakened
the poor by tracing poverty 10 dependence, and
pointing out Tho vaAt resources OF the Country
which, could America trade directly Rith Tor.
eign nations, would make them
THE NlCnEsT or NATIONS.
Tic also enlisted tho pride Of tic uou.EnglIsh
settlers BY his sentence: "Eitrope und not Eu-
gland, Il tho parent-country ut America" My,
even tha rccongiliat!onlsts he convinced b. Ill
argument to show ths pertls Of their plan oyun
wcro II possille,-an argument which the King