, 1879-05-17
How His Work, &.Common Sense"
Electrified the People Of the
Colonies.
Tho Baltic of Trenton Fought with Ills
= Cry, "1hcse Are the Times TINT
Try Mems Souls.''
Persecution Of Paine and His friends In
England, On Account Of His
Rights, Of Man."
faiaeA Experience In Rranee.--niS "1gs Of
Reassn".. Close Of His Life, In
This Cou0trJ.

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dephia, BY which the h,in,rcdth year Of Alneri-
can independence Was celebrated, number Of
eminent citizens OF the United States presented
TO TINT city bust of Thomas Paine. The offer
was promptly declined. After century Of
progress In a Republic founded IN religious
freedom by freethinkcrs, the pdiufn theolov.
icum was strong enough hen the list Of Reyoli,-
ttonary heroes was uurolled for national homage,
to single out for Insult the man who Ia tic year
commemorated was idolIzcd beyond all Others,
nbovc even Washingto on himself. A recent writer
Ia the atlantic 4Nonthlv remarks that "His
tFaine'st career was wonderful, even for the
ago Of miraculous events he lived fn." This Is
literally true, but QUO may now add that even
the wonders OF bis career while living arc
eclipscd by those which have attended his name
and famc. It would DO impossible TO 3nd In tho
Etghtccath Century name surrounded wish
brighter halo by thoso Of his contemporaries
whom the world now honors; It would DO
equally impossible to t!nd In the Nineteenth
Century manic more covered With oblo-
auy. Nor Ia this oblouuy found iu the
oloeicnl quarters alonc. There is = purely
NEUROLOGICAL Pnine still iudustrtously circulated
In pictorial trncis, which show him recantjng
his opinions, md dying "in fear aud agony,
frightened by the clankIng chains Of dcyils,-ln
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is also convent,onalized Paine whose actually
Is admitted even by scholar., and who Ia deutcd
q place os honor umuup {ndcocudert minds ms
contenptuous]Y as tho bust Was refused q niche
ia tho Independence Hall NJ rhiladclnhia,
At time when even such liberal thinker a.
Mr., Lesley Stepheu IL found contributing his
assent to The schwncrmcrct Of tradition. md
den,1ncfations gathered nrouud tho renutatton
of Pntne. nm attnn,nt IN eccurc
nEuEARtsa or 1t,s CASH
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