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wa. tho frat victory ot the Americans. Tho |
soldiers rushed Into bnttlU with tho cry, II
"1HHsn ARR THE TINES THAT Tnr NEN's
ca,,tStt.

aoCLS"t
md tl.c Nation ascrtnctl shcis triumph to tho
pom Of Paine. 1la speedily baeano the most.
popnlar. man IN America. Public expressions Of
gratitude poured IN upon hin from ConQrces
"nd the State fceisanres. with testimonials
T. moneY,-tt hctng fonn's Tint lle h.d tmpoTcr-
t!onat cnusc,-nnd the University oE pennsyl-
yania awarded him the dngrte Of A. N. lie
United States Congress- elected h!n Secretary
o ot IT, ost impottant Committee ,i.t Of tor. S;.
by hls "imprlldcncc" fl attacking fraudulent
cloim urged aGainst tho nation by oiio sllas
Dcano, who was hacked by an American cli4ue
a.,tl Tho Frsneh goyslnn,ynt, the State q rcna-
While hcrv!ng In this canaclty, Il became laines
duty on onc occasion {! is0) to read to The Lrgls-
iaLurr letter from Warrington describing the
ap9rHs sts1n sauss by the snptrs o
prrvatlc.l tue House" wien this letter had been
read, for tho Treasury was c.npty. Pnlnc o.
once drew his sn!ary: a!,d, propos'ng suoserlp.
ton, headed It with $500 lie waa the poorest
ward with their contributions which, taken mp
by Congress, surmounfcl the emergency.
panc had for some years tndult.ed tile hopo Of
influencing Affairs IN England. ~ was strongly
impressed with the idea tint. II could get over
to England without being known, mid only re-
main III safety tilt fcould get ouf publication.
could open the eyes Of the country with re-
spsct 10 the madness md stupidity Of the Gov
In ] Isl, bearing With him scttcrs OF introduction
TO eminent mcn there, am, after brief aOjourn,
the sau,o ycnr crossed to England, at,d hastcned
tn Thetford. His father VIA dead; he settled
OH his mother weakly allowance OF ntno ehli-
ings. At this time he appears to lavo been
mainly oecupied with an iron bridge which be
hat! invented, model Of which had bcen c1hih-
tied tu the Academy Of Sciences in Parts And re.
erqRted At kotlscrhalu, Yorkshire, In 17Jo Al
the close Of the same year Paine vas engaged
writing, at the Angel, lalinBton,
HIS "ntGnrs or MANI
Part I. appeared Ia 1T1l, Fart II. ID 1702. And
now Paino's collaborateurs SO 1ar aa his literary
success wAs concorucd-the Mtntstry-came to
his aid again. The work reached circulation
OF nearly 10000. on Its merits ns answer 10
Burke. ,Fcroelous denuaciattons Of It, cttmi-
mailing IN q prosecution and out!awry OF the
isa'''i less than tint which 'commoas senso'
hud enjoyed In America. "Puines Rights
OF Afan,'' says. Hazlitt, twas the only
really powerful reply TO Burkc's tlscacctloMs'l;
Government undertook 10 crnsh 1t by an CT
o!llcio Information. and by declaration Of war
ngasust France, to still tllc fcsment and excite
an od!um aEa!list It's admirers, as taking part
with foreign enemy against their Prince and
country.h
Paine had n sirpenns edition ot. the work
printed, from which the profit on each copy was
twopencc;, nevertheless 1t speedlly earned
II JOG, which Poyne, though estll poor, gave to
London, 70 b. distributed AZ they should sce
best. This Society circulated vast numbers Of
rano's woEls. and, ashong other things, 12,0O
copies OF his "Lctter % Mr. Secretary Dnndas,"
wrote. Dunlas (A!ay Is, 1709, hnd opened tho
debate IN the House OF Commons on tic proela-
nation agaiust "wlcked and acdtttous publtca-
tlons," and had especially directed the epithcts
aeaIust' tho "Rlellts Of Man." This raya Palue
an opportunity which hc was not likely to disre.
gard; and his reply took the form of contrast
between the then uncomfortable state Of Auan-
clal and other affairs In EnHlu.ld, nnt1 the pros
pority which wao already spr'Dg[ig up in Amer
LeRaE proceedings were Instituted against
Paiue for his book, May q; and he resolved to
defono himself In person at tile trlai, which was
appointed for the following December.
tlon .whlen, came from, Franco to inform
litu Of his election By The Department Of Calais
10 represent them tp The National Convention.
| The Hovernmens did not d.talu hfm,-probaby
state Of public feeling ut tt'e time, an arrest Of
an American citizen and member Of the French
| Convention might hnve been attended with &C.
tious complications.
anthem With one party, and was bslng burnt in
| elgy by another III his native land, he passed
| to Caln'a 10 be welcomed Us boro, md thence
made a sost q triumphal jonrney % France.
! mems souls. During the whole Of the ycar 11f3
the Government was mainly employed In sry.
| iug to
THAslPLB our THE WORKS OF PAINE.
Taking the last SIX months Of that ycur, ve flnd
in the Cambridge Lhiepsndtnf,-th only paper
the proceedings which rcyeal the
oxtcnt OF the crusade. Tho religious hcrestes Of
Paine had not yet becn printed ln England, mud
the work mainly prosecuted WAS ".fl!e Rights OF
&fr1 FrxY Yt,1St f7nrI< HoI<. r.,
bridge, was sentenced to three tnonths' impris-
onment for having, three years md liait pre-
vously. said that lie wished all tho churches
were pulled down to mcna The roads with; ind,
turned into stable" In the ardor Of fc1retlng
out Falne's works, this ancient otIcnsc, lkG
many others. was brought to light aud nun
ishca. At Nottingham, Daniel Holt, for settling
two ysars' inlprIsonn,cnt, with two surot!ea fol
good behavior afterwards. The hicssrs. Nobin.
son, publishers. were fined f200 for selling
copy, though the t|rtn had published IA Protest
Sutton. ut Ashtlcld. wus dncd ECO, With years.
imprisonment, for "aYowInG himself patnlte."
George Eden, for the 'sasie otlcnsc, wns fined
one snifling and iGpr':oned s!x months. reart
and nschcr at Warwick, Phillips ut Leicester,
and many Other bookscllers wcrc llned and In
prlsuned d,-amnng these ehng Mr.. 8peneE "In
Little Turnstt!e, llolborn," which eannut be Tar
from where ny. 1rueoys has 10 long freely sold
lI|o nOtks AhlMGt AslA UtuSFb HluGH moro FHl~
ica1, beside the little tabu OIL which Painc wrote
"The lights Of AfnN." In the few eases where
gentlemen were found distributing tho books,
tho penalties were very severe. Thus Str. Fl.chc
pAlncr was sentenced at turth to seven years.
transportation for assiatlns. tho publication and
circulation OF Faine's works, In The interest OF
Parliamentary reforms 70 which he bad beeu for
many years devoted. ,alr. ThoIuas Muir, oi
Anntcrsh!ll. for having advised porsons to read
"i4e works OF !hat wrtschcl outeast pasno " ito
quote nse Lord-AlVorntc'a wordsh WIS
| actually sentenced to fourteen years. trans
postatson. I!lc aentcnce Maa received alnid
hlsses from Tie gallery. The TspstaH, being
ordered By tho Lord Juattce-clerle 10 take those
Who laistGd Into custody, replied, "My lord,
numbers Of pcoplu who viewed these proceed
Ings with Indignation; but something lke an
The famous Towu.Crer Of Bolton, who reported
t9 his mustets .hat h. had brsn round that
nor Common 5unss' In It," lnadu statement
chssaeter'sttc Of ,he time. Yct There were loo.-
people. They were read in stcret, and tlls raso
Of old Radicals has hardly run out which re-.