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W h y R em em ber T h o m as P a i n e ? ’ he won the hatred of t h e p e o p le fo r when he voted for the king’s hie, he T he V ete ran s of W ork a s W'ell a s
th e V ete ran s of W 'ar.
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' whose benefit, for whose e m a n c ip a -; vrtted for his own death. Paine
BY JOHN PRESCOTT G UILD.
tion, for whose civilization, for remembered th at the king had |
T P H E m a n w h s w ro u g h t fo r h u m an
'H E m a n wht> w ro u g h t fo r h u m an
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riiztit
rig h t
w h o se e x a l t a t i o n h e g a v e h is life .
BY H E N R Y DEM A REST LLO Y D .
him ingratitude seemed the worst From u^he Newest England, ” o r A c­
c o u n t of New Z ealand.]
of crimes. He worked to destroy
N the post-offices every-where
the m onarch, not the m an; the king,
throughout New Zealand one
! not the friend. He discharged hie
sees on the walls notices headed
duty and accepted death.
I h is
was the heroism or goodness—the
“OLD-AGE PE N SIO N S,”
T he K ing, w ith all his p o m p a n d p rid e, ,
th o u s a n d s where he was defend- sublim ity of devotion.
giving directions for obtaining the
Believing th at his life was near j()rm8 with which applications foi
ed by one, and .he one who defend
And "bid step out of Freedom’s p a th : ed him was in stan tly attacked, ji8 close, he made up his mind pensions m ust be made, and telling
T he L io n slu n k back to its den,
silenced, or destroyed.
j to give to the world his thoughts what to do with them .
T he U n ic o rn becam e m ore sane;
At last his life has been w ritten concerning ‘ revealed religion.”
“ H u m a n ity !” he s h o u te d th e n ,—
The post-office is used extensively
H ence we re m e m b e r T h o m as P aine. by Moncure I). Conway, and the
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This he had tor some tim e in- in the m achinery of the old-age
The Church, pirating on the State,
j history of Thom as Paine, of ten(ied t() d o, but other m atters had pension office. It supplies a p p li­
Had nut the people on their knees
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in n u e u «u u u ,
lu servile fear of cursed fate,
, what he attem pted and accomplish- j c| airaKj his attention. Feeling that cants with the necessary papers,
And Israelite mythologies.
ed, of what he taught and sutler- lbere wa8 no time to he lost, he forwards them , and receives from
And made her preaching vain
j ed, has been intelligently, tru th - wrote the first part o f,th e ‘Age of the Treasury and distributes every
| RHa8On,” and gave t he m anuscript month the paym ents m ade to those
He b ro u g h t “T he Age of R easo n ,’ hence f u j. a(|(j cau(H«lly given to
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p
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remember
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\\ ne now remem
! world.
Henceforth the slanderer to Joel Barlow. Six hours after, who become pensioners.
WHyep i gri“
i Z t an d PrS l,9leeP’ . ’ H' »c w ithout excuse.
New Zealand is the first country,
he was arrested.
The second part
Yet P a in e ’s b irth d a y we blessed keep,
H e who reads Mr. Conway’s pages was written in prison while he was and so far the only country, to pay
And v e a r bv v e a r its r e tu r n hail:
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old-age pensions out of the proceeds
L ^ t th o se who w ill, scow l, m ock a n d He, w ill find th a t Thomas P a i n e w as waiting for death.
W e hold su c h m o u th e rs in d isd a in ; more than a patriot—th a t he was a
Paine clearly saw that men could of general taxation.
Free T h in k e rs w ith each o th e r vie
Denm ark began the paym ent of
p h ilan th ro p ist—a lover not only of tot he really free, nor defend the
To best rem e m b e r T h o m as P aine.
his country, but of all m ankind. freedom they had, unless they were old-age pensions in 1892, but there
He will find th a t his sym pathies •Tye to think and speak. He knew the funds are contributed only in
T h o m as P aine.
were with those w h o suffered, with ’ f|,at t he church was the enemy of part by tl e nation, which obtains
BY RO B ER T G. IN G ER SO LL.
out regard to religion or race, coun- jiberty> t »iat the a lta r and throne them from drinkers, through a tax
try or com plexion. He will find were ¡n partnership, th a t they help on beer.
In New Zealand every taxpayer
‘‘A ghUHfemhaif a“ ear“ry
>hat
«reat man did " Ot be8i‘ each other and divide the spoils.
But, by’r jady, he must build churches tate to a tta c k the governing class of
bejng m an, ,je had contributes, since the money for
th e n .”
his native la n d —to com m it what thp rjg h t to exainine thfl creeds and old-age pensions is taken out of the
IG H T Y -T H R E E years ago
,
was called treason against the king, ;
f hi elf
c, |hHt consolidated revenue.
Thom .. P aine ceased to d e - 1 ih a t fae m ,g|(l
,„ r
man> -, w„
The m easure was denounced in
fend himself. The
n„ moment
enemies rig' ' tS
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(bltv a nd his privilege in tell his P arliam ent as one th a t would be
he became dum b all was
his attacked
enemies Pre->udi<Je8 ot 1>,rth' 1,6 t0° k lh “
felh.w-men I he conclusions at which invoked only by paupers and loaf­
found a tongue. H Le was attacked
ers, by tiie dissolute and the d ru n k ­
Am erican C olonies; * th a t * he
rn
Z of f
bn
had
arrived.
Tories
The
en. But no such words would fit
on every hand.
gladly attacked the political abuses
He
found
th
at
the
creeds
of
all
E n g lan d had been waiting for their and absurdities th at had been fos-
i u„ r,i Qnd 1 he old and forlorn men and women
revenge. The believers in kings, terea
tered oy
bv a altars
and thrones for
ii
th a t (he B,ble wa8 no I saw in the m agistrate’s courts
in hereditary governm ent, the no­ m any centuries; th a t he put his
, th a t undergoing exam inations for pen­
,
,
. f .1 „„ better. Of course he found th at
bility of every land, execrated his life in pawn for
the good of others.
i h ; n <jn in t h e sion allowance. There were signs
there
were
some
good
things in m e of self-indulgence on the faces ot
m em ory.
Their greatest enemy
t n r s a a sp
artlonrlirl
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T h ese he
,
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N o t e :—A t f fte
le n d id s M
ta fa
te tp m m e c n n t t
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II!hip
was dead. The believers in hum an
p aiue’s services fo r L ib e rty au d creeds and in t e 1 ) e.
some, but the great m ajority bore
s la v e r y a n d all who clam ored fo r M an in A m erica, E n g la n d a n d T rance, d e f e n d e d , but the infam ous and in - only the scars of suffering, p riv a­
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In c g e e rs rs o o ll ll clo
clo ses
ses th
th u u s s :
= • - • u. In
hum an I,e attacked.
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ihe States as against
tion and failure. O ut of fifty or
the sovereignty of a N ation, joined
H is efforts for the kin g ’s life
In m atters of religion he pursued more, I saw only one who could
in the chorus of denunciation. In were w orthy of the man who had the sam e course th a t he had in have sat for tho portrait thus di aw n
addition to this, the believers in said: “ \\ here Liberty is not , there things political. He depended up­ by the opponents of the bill, and
the inspiration of the Scriptures, is my c o u n try .”
on experience, and above all on he was perem ptorily rejected.
the occupants of orthodox pulpits,
P aine was second on the com- reason. He refused to extinguish
The “ squire” class, whioh fore­
the professors in C hristian colleges, m ittee to prepare the d raft of a con- the light in his own soul. He was saw increased taxation for theii
and the religious historians, were stitution for Trance to be sub- true to himself, and gave to others lands, incomes and inheritances
his sworn and im placable foes.
m ilted to the Convention. He was his honest thoughts. He did not and this, indeed, the friends of the
This m an had gratified no am bi- the real author, not only of the seek w ealth, or place, or fame. He scheme freely prom ised them —
tion at the expense of his fellow d raft of the C onstitution, but of the sought the tru th .
fought it most bitterly. I heir first
men;
he had v desolated
no country D eclaration of Rights
He 1 had felt it to be his duty to move was an attem pt to convert it
m e n , 11c
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with the flame and sword of war;
In France, as in America, fie too a tta c |i t he institution of slavery in either into a com pulsory insurance
he had not wrung millions from the lead. H is first thoughts seemed America> t0 rai8e his voice ag ain st fund,
IunQ> in which
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should share
the poor and u n fo rtu n ate; fie had to be first principles. H e w a s c e a r d u ed u g,
plead for the rights of wb() bad n0^ previously contribut-
betrayed no tru st, aud yet be was because he was profound. Peop e womall> to excite pity for the suffer-
as had been done in G erm any,
alm ost universally despised. He w ithout ideas experience great dif- ing of doine8tic anim als, the speech-
to make u universal— which is
gave his life for the benefit of m an- ficulty in finding words to express le88 friends of m an ; to plead the now tbe
the favorite
favorite English
English check-
check­
kind. Day and night for m any, them .
cause of separation, of independ- mate for this reform.
m any weary years, he labored for
From the m oment Paine cast his
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Discussion led to a decisive re-
the
good
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others,
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of
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cause of hum an liberty. And yet was upon him.
He knew th a t
When godly wrong held mighty sway,
W
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liberty was not” bore light,
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We try to honor here today.
Upon
S ^ Man’s
h k h altar
e a he
r t cast
? ^ all
able b ra in ,-
He heeded only Freedom's call—
Hence we remember Thomas l ame.
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Againsfr him every slander that
m alignity could coin and hypocrisy
pass was gladly and joyously taken
a» genuine, and every t r a i l , w ith
regard to his career was believed to
collnterfel,
He wa8 attacked
b e e n th e f r ie n d ot A m e iic a , a n d to
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