The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-10-15

AT mat time the people of both Europe and America iloizel p,ioo ,, -.
pnnon hot"vL ~" -, "| Wr"'n I" roo covered before his pen. 1t was Thomas
rune !" enriched the heavens with Freedom A,, rM, mo. voc i"'hh
"s III" inSolcnt nsurpatons of England, who rwyel their f,1in" ~ "r"'S 'We
m nnt W "r'"'Iw nd,' them to endure the horrors of Valley Forge to ,rnm,
Wv" WV wa "'o'nE feet over ice and snow and hn th,1nsly,so .t,a 5
"S"'" o"" the l'~Han Sythrs and British bayoncts until t, tnIs m " + W'
Were compelled '" beg permission to leave the land thew comb W., LINN
nn.n w." tue ar ne ""s the guido" philosopher and friend, Of GnnnraI.
Washington and Greene sometimes serving tbom &" t,a ' - " "enrra'
","s u m"Sk't" nd lighting IN The ranks as a common so,dior H. n1
"""'"' ,''b' OF ''HerSo and Monroe Of Adams and Franklin md NJ, .m
his gro, cnn,a,mo, ~ .' stormy period He was the soul of the Revolution
ms E''' courageous heart a dynamo from which M electric crn,m, ,m
'nro"F the colonies u Hgitay sending forth fiery darts Of lutrma, ". , WI,
ho sbnw", , ,%m " ,", , 'rre'olHtr indignant but not knowing what 10 de-
i" '''N"p , mem NAT being o1 they had NJ choice bnt q ,nsa N, .tn, w.,
rcudcnrc Isnm syh ~ ~ w :" t""ny o. aeath and 10 the Declaration of hide
,hcf mt ~ pr",G, w w, M'"" II" spr0ns to their lips the gage of battle hurled NJ
mt 'T' OF britain" When they became discouraged h, defeat ,f"r 1, "m" :" i
n'''Sh nj fi'SmnS before them the Indians behind nmr -. "'"' ''
them the land a desolaton thick grown with graves m."., u' l'''s" among
fire and again -" ""''' charged with electric
Freedoms Banner torn but flying,
streams Ike n thunder storm aqjpa the wind
n1 once or twice. but tim" and again through seven long y,orx If n,o,, -,
,hdrh ""s m "" "t smooth tonsu'd reoremabws, the tritorous Tories into
',' NOES ana plead with the poverty stricken, half armed rotrt,ts f., sG.
"i ever m to die If need be like the gauntU she wolf sin yfTnn. tua "5n' 81
Az ne rnnn'pr'S Of Demosthenes fired Athcnian hearts so did to nr" s " "
,'m' SUI tn blood of men to mutiny Never, in this country nv o LnL ~" y,
n ,lo Of L az w. m nr "ap"",' '' ms writings IN defense Of freedom that was
" "|' " "e, u the struggle ovcr congress and various states tnuie"1 ,a
properN oil traitors 1t was then he said, Where liberty is NOT ,hmn% WV" Wv"
country lie returned to England to drag our old enemy Gcu,.I ~, s nS
", ne 50 "ms dssraeed, and would have done so but fu the r,,nnitn1 ~
-, ~, h"ns elected 3 deputy to the National Convention of Franco h. "".
""a"i, 'm time to avoid the English moose, There this man s,l, ~
"""'" ny ROYALTY loving toadeaters as "a bloody minded pons,o -
Reon ~ r mn p "ron"l OF moderator party, and by opposing the excuses of the
nns" " terror provoked the cnmty of RoieMerre. He wa imnTsoro1 on
~ ""h because of his humanity, because he vas tender ms m ,,s
pmv md talented; but Washington then president took M stems w w. 1 m" |S
~ , VI" ,'""'M ana counsellor; though appealed to by the Americans nuilor, ~
:, - '"m's Monroe then onr minister to France. a.,rward prcslrn, enr,.,
w., Al '"nes oehaf' but received n support from the home government,
w. In vas haty accused by prominent menof the guilt of base ingrattu1s
snd hu h. 'a anns,'ha language After his release, Paine who usually
MI n' Nha,h N meant without waste If words gave the "frtin war first in ne,co
w. u 'ono' roast of which the following isa sample:
~ s.r you SIR treacherous in private friendship and a hypocrte in public
~ 'n' world viii be puzzled to know whether you ire n aprsta,e or ~ im,ns
:" "'s"ef' you nav abandoned good principles or whether you ever had any
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