The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-03-11
THOMAS PAINE.

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seuted DE- Tbouas pnlne The pcopl
and country TINT BE- served has beer
exceedingly HujHsl aud unkind 10 hi
memory His work in behalf Of rbr
struggling republic was almost iuvaIu
able d was publicly Acknowledged bl
Washington and 0tbers high 10 author
ity at that time. But after psrf0rnins
TINT service doing aJl thnt he r1uf
for The American e]olOnists he went /,
France md there committed the Grim,
TINT has %blarkeucd bic good name fol
oil Dlfsr years. Tie wrote the Age Of
Reason We raun0t approve OH tHat
fhnt remarkable book contains we ad
NIT and ]deprecaie the Drfgr of writing
II still we fall 10 find anything In II
which iustides the barharous treatment
the hcarties ~yiliiGcatiun which has
been bcupgd upon the memory Of
Paine So savage has been The assaults
npon igiuo fer writing thn Age Of
Reason tbatiyw ptopIo have dar,d 10
read even his uoiaical works works
which rnniRiu tlrytry grnsRud genius
81 NE American system o. government
m mi Judgment Paine understood
more thoroughly than any other man
Of his dry the scope, meaning and pur
pose Of the proposed egatomsn md in
framing the Declaration Of Iudepond
eur" JH,raou drew very largely from
Paine That our readers may get
some idea Of tho cInrnctcr Of the man
bio FayjnRa lifc, etc, we give below
some selections from his writings
which We take from The Investigator
The man who ~ a friend 10 man and
TO his rights let his religions opinions
be what they may is q good citizen
The first object for inquiry In an
caens is truth.
Let us propagate morality uufcttcrcd
by superstition
The Christian system Of religion Is
u" ""'r'R' Oh common sense
a consultation Of priests Ia worse
than % cousuitatlou Of physicians
ii' 'lRt " opposed u" inquiry - not a
friend to truth.
GUN IL STATE Oh sIoVeiih8 superstl
ton, from which he has not courage TO
rise, loses the enCTHfpg of hig mputal
po"'is
A''ea.' ''he opinion prove nothing
'"'o w. no" ''i0elit SOME niay he,
P''''uea 'u"t none De miserable IN
consequence Oh d.
an army OF principles VIII penetrate
"u't' en a'"l9 o' aota'ofseahhot
" 70 Se'''''" 'h"' o0r nFat thought
s'e' upon my s"oJeeI Is suihciently
I'sI
~ ''lh 10 "heht an evil that is
G''Iy el'il Ilshi has natural right
~ 2 foundation
mere never 5ot was amy truth or
my principle 80 irresistlbly obvious
'ua w men oolle'ed u ~ once.
INC moral principle OF revolutions Is
y ln'tIuu1 q 70 destroy
ne that would make his wi liberty
,O'"'' must guard ever bis enemy
run oppression
E"onc security "n never have q J
t'a's more tolla Una that OF the sacred
.'s'' W suu'ose. G
Instruction 70 tl' need OF all and 80.
Icy owes " 70 All JUS members equally Z
i"eie arg vases ~ winch silence Is o
pug '"nEuoBe
io''' y no condition from which o {
'''"' '',S'Io'S ~ MS own olnShineSs y
o'iiy' consolation
. rBots arc secure, property Is 6
oc'ite IN consequence
All thatis required with respect TO Z
.Foper'y Is TO obtain II honestly aud b
10Y employ 10 criminally b
wv t"''""''" Wy
'isn' ?
~ reason with aespots Is throwing y
'ason away
han mas no authority over genera 4
.ons UNBORN
Nol"i'y ana popcfy nave had the o
'ine aim have sustained themselves
y the sme articles, md cmmble q
lhe solne light
! would rather record q thousand er q
1rs on The side Of mercy than be Y
'liE'7l TO toll one Get Of severe Justice
As to religion ! holt il 20 be the Hu <.
'sIcnsitlr day Of government TO fro. n
ni' conscientious professors thereof i
Nd know Of no other business which
lEuFnmNnf hath Ia do HbaragWFNf -