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bridge for the Schuylkil1. sailed Tor FRANCS III
order to obtain the approval OF MS plans
by French engineers franklin had given
him letters OF introduction. but ne
hardly needed them. He was already q
hero OF the French progressists. and Toll
into intimate relations with such men MS Con.
dorcet, and apparently also Danton. IL
was no doubt this intercourse when ena-
bed him to print in England his remarkaDie
| prophecy concerning the change going on
In tho French mind 1t Is certain that he
| returned to Europe as an apostl" OF
| peace and good will While the engineers
were considering his daring scheme OF an IRON
arch OF five hundred feet he was dcVisihg
with tho Cardinal Minister Brienne. n bridge
of friendship across the Channel. lie drew up
n paper in this sense on which the Minister
| wrote and sign cd his approval. The bridge as
| sanctioned by tho Academy he sent to Joseph
| Banks. President OF the Royal society; tho
proposal for friendship between France and
ENGLAND he carried by his own hand to
| Edmund Burke.
On his arrival in London Paine gave to the
papers manuscript on which no had been on
| gagged. and strnightway went to Thctford. his
native town. His father had died the year
| before: his mothor. now in her ninety iirst
| year. he found IN tho comfort with which his
| rcmittanccs had provided her. At this time
Paine settled on his mother an allowance OF
nine shllings per week. which. in country
town. at that period. was ample for her com
, fort Rcturning from his visit to his aged
mother raino became q lion In tho British
metropolis. We lind him now passing week
with Edmund Burke now at the country seat OF
tho Duke OF Portland. or enjoying the hos
FATALITIES Of Lord Fitzwilliam. at Wentworth
ts ,,l and ~ .NI IN
public affairs by Fox. Lord Lnnsdowne. Sir
George Staunton. Sir Jos. Banks: and many
an effort is made to enlist his pen. At Rother.
ham. In Yorkshire. where the Messrs. Walker
h,tcd up workshop for Paine he was visited
not only By famous engineers. but by political
persoraEcs. The favorable impression he
madc on his visitors was largely duo to his
freedom from Mrs. They found him in his
work shop. hammer in hand. proud only OF free
America and OF his beautiful arch. Ito WAS in
truth a living Declaration Of Independence.
The year 1883 found Franco afflicted with n
sort o! famine and its finances in disorder.
while tho eyes OF its people were directed To
tho new world hy the French comrade. Of
Washington. Taine's first pamphlet. expur-
gated OF anti-monarchism In translation. had
been widely circulated and John Adams had.
in ITO. found hims elf welcomed in France as
the supposed author Of Common Sense"
The lions skin had dropped swiftly from
rainos disguised enemy. and when ten years
later the lion himself became known in Paris.
he was hailed with enthusiasm. This
was in the autumn OF 1882. wh"n
Paine witnessed the scenes that usheced
in tho Crowned Rcrub'ir.' jefferson had
sailed for homo in September and Paine was
recognized by Lafayette and other leaders Of
opinion rs the real representative Of the
United States. To him Lafayette gave for
presentation to Washington the key OF the
DESTROYED Bastile. ever since visible at Mount
Vernon. To be similarly eclipSed in Paris by
the famous author did not rlease Gouverneur
Norris. who had just been made American
Minister to France. For time. however he
found it impossible to brush Paine aside. but
the latter relieved him OF annoyance by re-
turning to England to look after his bridge.
He was to sacrifice his bridge. however, and
oil his prospects OF success in England. for Mt
this moment somebody was needed to defend
the cause OF liberty against the powerful! at
tacks ola renegade assaant. Edmund Burke.
Edmund Burke's" Reflections on the I,evo-
luton in France" appeared about Nov l.
1880 Paine Immediately began his reply.
No man had hitherto been moro idea!ized by
Paine than Burke. not only 10y reason of his de-
fence Of American patriots but because Of his
far-reachinE exposure Of despotsm. At the
very time that Paine was writing Common
Sense" Burke was pointing out that the
power OF tho crown. almost dead and rotten as
prerogntive. has grown up anew. with much
more strength and far less odium. under the
name OF influence Burke had been tina init
mate friend Of Irlestley and other Liberals.
and. when Paine arrived in 1887 had taken him
to his heart and home. Paine maintained his
faith in Burke utter Pricstey and Price had
l-.l nhnp - La HOY uft
Burke had made his attack on French REFORM
crs in the Parliament of 1880 and had emrha-
sized his disapprovnl Of him III his " Reiec-
tons on Revolution in France Paine not only
mourned for him rs a lost leader but regarded
him as traitor to his principles. To denlolish
Burke. however. was tho least part OF Paine's
task. Burkc's oil Iections to revolution wero
indeed already answered In the Govern
ment established in America. presided over
by man to whom the world paid homage.
10 Washington Paino dedicated his Rights
of Man His rea! design was to writo n Consti-
tuition for the English nation. and to-day the
spirit Of political history may find in Rurke's
pamphlet the losslizsd and in panes the
actual Constitution Of Great Britain For ade-
quacy to n purpose. Paine's Rights OF Man"
has never been surpassed. Burke practically
acknowledged it to be unanswerable by argu-
mont whom no said that tho rofutation 1t de-
served was that OF criminal justice"
From tho outset tho Rights Of Man" bro
duced grcat impression. 1t powerfully rcan-
forced tho Constitutional Society which had
been formed seven yenrs before. and which
Fame had Joined. Tho look was adopted as
thcr magma chnrin. In ireland the work was
widely welcomed. The" Rights OF Man was the
first exposition Of tho republicnnism Of Jefrer-
son. Madison. and Edmund Randolph TINT had
yet appeared. and, cnriously enough. as this re-
publcan!sm was inst then struggling against
reaction III the United States the first storm
IN Sed by Paine's work occurred in America
Tho enthusiasm however. for Paine and his
principles was so overwh"lm ng that Edmund
InndolIh and Jefferson mado m effort to So
cure him a place in WashnGtons Cabinet.
1iut though reinforced by Madison they failed.
1t will he remembered that Paine had dedi.
Gated the pamphlet to Washington. lie sent a
copy Of II to him with a letter. Nine months
elapsed before Washington answered this let
ter, and ono may SEQ in the ingenious vague.