The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-13

rather nm injury to tho people OF Great Britain
as IL increases the power and influence OF the
King. The people are benefited only ny yo"'
trade. and this they may have after you are III,
derendont OF the Crown" There was shrewd
prescience OF what actually happened In TINS
opportune utterance.
Paine did not conilne himself TO writing: Ills
Quaker principles did not prevent him from
porticipating in the struggle which he ap'
proved OF. While the signers OF the Declnra-
ton OF Independence wcre nfhxing the'r
pamcs Paine resigned his editorshln OF inc
Pennsylvania Magazine and marched with ms
musket to the front. lfe enlisted IN the
| Pennsylvania division OF the living camp
Of ten thousand men who we're to be sent
wherever needed. In the army MS pen
was not idle On Nov. %, whom tho tonts-
mental forcos had rctreatcd to Newark ne
began writing his first Crisis ie couiu
only write at night; during the oay
there was constant work for every soldier OF
the small body surrounding Washington. mo
parer appeared on Dec. 10. ITO Just before
the battle OF Trenton. Tho opening words
hcralded n victory: "Theso are the times that
| try mems souls" Tho very faults OF tho COM
| position were effective to men who had seen
| Paine on the march and knew his words wore
written in slecpless intervals OF unwe"rieo
| labor His opening sentence became warren
| word and with it upon their lips Washington
| soldiers won tho battle Of Trenton and opened
an auspicious now year for the colony
| On Jan. 81, 1777. Paine was appointed by the
| Council Of Safety in Philadelphia secretary 70
| the commission scnt by Congress TO trent WIN
| the Indians at Easton. Pa. The report was NO
| doubt writton by Paine. who for his services
! was Paid caOo by tho Pennsylvania Assembly,
| one 81 its advances which Congress nitcr"ard
| "A 4 ~, l,e; hit IN
| rotary Of tho Congress Committco OF Foreign
Affairs. Still maintaining his place on Gen
| Grcenes staff. Paine complied with tho wish
| OF all tho Gcnerals by welding his per during
| the lull OF hostilites which followed the palto
O. Trenton lie now followed up his irst
Crisis" by a NUN Dor Of other papers bearing
the Same name. thirteen in all. ard mean
whic discharged his executive functions.
! which were really those OF Secretary OF For-
oicn Affairs. On his experience III this
Office wo need not dwell beyond mentioning
that his controversy with Silas Dehhe "ti-
matcly caused him to resign. Whatever may
be thought Of his course in the Doane' Beau
marchais affair. there can be no doubt that
tho country was saved by him from question
able payment unjustly pressed at n time whom
It must have crippled tho Revolution. Congress
was relieved, and he who relieved 1t was tho
sufferer. From the most important congress
sional sccretarysEir he was reduced to a clerk
shin in owen Biddlc's Law Office. Nevertheless.
ra!nes patriotic interest in public affairs did
not abato. In the summer Of 1IIo he wrote
number OF articles In favor oil maintaining the
right OF tho nited States tothe Newfoundland
fisheries in any treaty OF peace that might be
made. It is we'll known that this right was
ultimately conceded
1t was ono Of tho hardsh!ps incident to
7, tb,t ko pNlln2 tp Cnll
attention to tho vauo OF his services. After
some delay tho PENNSYLVANIA Assembly elect
cd him its clerk There was just enough In
the treasury to nay Paines salary in the year
1850. Out OF his modest stipend he contrib
uted $4,000 Continental money to tho sub
scription Of relief for tho Continental
army. In the same year the University
Of Pennsylvania celebrated the Fourth OF
July by comforting upon Pano tho degree
of NJ. A. In October OF the sameycar Col John
Laurens. appointed to visit Franc" for tho
purpose OF procuring a loan. agreed to 60
II Taine would accompany him. The invita-
ton was eagerly accepted by lainc. who hoped
that after tho business was transacted
in France he might fulfil plan Of lit
ernry descent on England. The two sailed
from Boston early in February. 1891. and mr.
rived in France in March. Tho mission was
entirely successful. and the commissioners
reached Boston on their return voyage in
August. 1881. with 2:1Oo.OOn iivres in silver.
and in convoy n ship laden with clothing and
military stores. 1t was this succor. mainly due.
according to Llmartine. to Paino. which en-
abled Washington to carry out tho campaign
that resulted in tho surrender of CORVALLIS.
Forthis great service Paine never received any
payment or notice. This plan OF obtaining aid
from France was conceived by him and mainly
at .t.
that he went on this expedition. Had
10 been captured he could have hoped
for little mercy from tho British. Iau-
rcns. who. as NerGcnnos complained. had
nearly upset tho business. got tho glory:
Paine. who had givon up his clerk shin
OF the Assembly. run tho yrenter danger and
done tho real work cot nothing.
In Philadelphia. however. he was n literary
lion. and he had to appear on all festive occa-
sions: but he was without means Having
given his all copyrights. so"retaryship, clerk
ship-to secure the Independence Ola nation.
he found himself in state Of restitution. Ilo
fairly pointed tie moral Of Solomon's fable:
by his wisdom he Ind saved the hcsic.ed
land, yet none remembered that poor
man. so far as his needs we're concerned
Paine's determination to max" no money for
his early pamphlets arose partly from his
religious and Quaker symrathies He could
not have entered into any war that did not
appear 10 him sacred. and in such n cause his
testimony could not be that of the hrelnr
E,S Common Sense" his First Crisis.'
werc Illustrations. and during all the time
OF DANCER his Zen WIS consecrated to tho
cnusc. i!a had. however strict and definite
IDEAS Of corrrirlt. an was the first to call
the attention 81 tho country to its necessity
and even the International justice Of literary
property
As n matter OF fact. in the same winter after
he had vantured across tho Atlantic and help
ell to obtain Il Grent sum Of money for the
struggling colonies. no suffered want In the
diary OF Robert Norris there is All entry under
date Of January. 1892. to tho effect that Wash
in:ton had twic. expressed tho desire that
some provision should be made for Paine An
arrangement was ultimately made by which
Paine WAS to be paid salary Of $500 a
year for secret services by the Secretary of
Foreign Affairs. Under this agreement Paine
apparently received ono years saluy-no
more. His "Thirtrenth Crisis the Institute
Ich Il, An, h;a