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f - chuvj ¥ng!»r.vl. Tlrv are?
< f r j£ht. I had rather fee mv'
«: hoi fe Button eating the grafs
a 0 f Bordenton or Morifanea
<r t han all the pomp and (how
t< of Europe.
(( A thoufand years hence,
for I mull indulge a few
« thoughts, perhaps in lefs,
" America may be what Europe
*c now is. The innocence of
a her charade., that won the
a hearts of all nations in her
« favor, may found like a ro
<( mance, and her inimitable
« virtue as if it had never been
<* The ruins of that liberty for
“ which thoufands oled may
a juft furnifb materials for a ■
sf l village tale, or extort a flgh
« from ruftic fenflbiflty ; whilft
« the fifluonable of that day,
* { enveloped in diflipation, Hull
« deride the principle and de
i( ny the fad.
“ Whtn we contemplate the
“ fall of empires, and th** ex
“ tindion of the nations f the
“ ancient world, we fee but hr
<f tie more to excite our rrgret
,f than the mouldering runs of
** pompous palaces, magnifi
<c cent monuments, lofty pyra
iC mids, a, d walls and towers
“of coftly workmanship: but
“ when the empire of Ameri
*( ca fjia.ll fall, the for
4( contemplative forrow will be
ic infinitely greater than cru.nb
iC ling brafs or marble can in
tl fpire. It will not then be
<c laid here flood a temple of
* f vaft antiquity, hererofeaba
“ ble of mvifible height, or
(( there a palace of fumptuous
extravagance; bur, here! ah
<f painful thoght! the nobleft
work of human wilaom, the ;
<c grandeft feenc of human gio- j
f< ry, the fair caufe of freedom
“ ROSE and FELL.. Read
* c this, and then afk if 1 forget
i( America.”
I now know, from the infor
mation I obtain upon the fpot,
thit the impreflions chat then
diftrelfed me, for I was proud
of America, were but too well
founded. She was turning her
back on her glory, and making
hifty ftrides in the retrogade
path of oblivion. But a (park
from the alter o ffeventy-fx, un
extinguifhed and imexcingmill
able through that long night of
O O u
error, is again lighting up, in
every part of the Union, the
genuine flame of rational liber
ty.
As the French revolution
advanced, it fixed the attention
of the world, and drew from the j
pen Honed pen of Edmund
Burke, a furious arrack. This |
brought me once more on the
public theatre of politics, and j
occafioned the pamphlet Rights
of Man. It had the greateft
run of any work ever pubhfhcd
in the Englifli language. The
Dumber of copies circulated in
England, Scotland, and Ireland,
befldes tranflatiods into foreign
lan guiges, were between four
and five hundred thoufand.
The principles of that work
were the fame as rluhe in Com
mon Senje, and the efFefl would
have been the fame in England,
as it had been in America,
coni I the vote of the nation
been quietly taken, or had
equal opportunities of confukir.g
or acting cxifted*
*The only diiTcrer.ee between-*
the two works, was, that the*
one was adapted to the local
ci» cum Vinces of England, and
the other to thole of America.
As to myfelf, I afted in both
calcs alike; I relinquifhrd to
the people of England, as 1 had
done to thole of America, all
profits from the work. My
! reward exifted in the ambition
to do good, and in the indepen
dent happmtb of my own mind.
But a faftion, acting in dif
ginfe, was riflng in Ameiica,
that had loft light of firft princi
ples. 'l'hey were beginning .o
contemplate government as a
profitab.e monopoly, and the I
people as hereditary property.
It is therefore no wonder rh.ic the
Rights of Man was attacked by
that fadtion, and its author con
tinually abided. But let them
go on, give them rope enough,
and thev will pur an end to then
ow’n infirmflcancc. larre
too much common fenfe and
independence in America to he
long the dupe of any faction fo
rego or domefhe.
But, in the midft of the free
dom we e jov, the licenuoui
of the papers called federal,
(and I k tow not why thev are
called to, for they are in their
principles anti-federal and dt f
poncj are a diflionor to the
cha adler of the coir try, and
an injury to its reputation and
importance abroad. 1 hey re
prefent the whole people of
America as deftitute of public
principle and private manners.
As to any injir y they can do at
home to thufe whom they a
bufe, or lervice they can ren
der to thofc who employ them,
it is to be let down to the ac
count of unify nothingnefs. It
is on themfclves the difgrai e
recoils, for the reflection eafily
prefents itfelf to every dunking
mind, that thoje zvbo nhuj'e liber
ty when they pofefs it , would a
hiijc tower could they obta in it ;
and therefore they may as well
take as a general motto for all
fuch papers, we and our patrons,
are not ft to be tr lifted with pow
er.
There is in America, more
than in any other country, a
large body o» people who attend
quietly to their farms, or fol
low their feveral occupations,
who pay no regard to the cla
mours of anonimous fcrlbllers,
who think for themfelvcs, and
judge of Government, not by
the fury of newfpaper wright
ers, but by the prudent frugality
of its meafures, and the encou
rag ment it gives to the im
provement and profperity of the
Country, and who, acting on
their own judgment never come
forward in an eledfion but on
fome great occaflon. When
this body moves all cue little
barkings of fcribbling and wit
lefs currs pafs for nothing. To
fay to this independent deferip
tionof men, yon must turn cut
fuch or fuch perfons at the next
election, for they have taken off a
great many taxes and lejfened the
expertes of Government; they
have difmijfed my Jon, or my bro
ther, or myfelf, from a lucrative
office in which there was noticing
to do, is to (hew the cloven foot
of fa Ton, and preach the lan
guage of ill difgiiiicd moruaca
tlcn. fn ever/ part c.f the
I'nion this fab ion is in the* ago
nies of death, and in proportion
as its late approaches, n gnallies
its teeth and {buggies. My ar
rival has ibuck it as with a hy
draphobiaj it is like the fightof
water to canine madnefs.
As tins letter is intended to
announce mv arrival to m\
friends, and to my enemies, if
I have any, fori ought to have
none in America, and as intro
ductory to otht rs that will oc
cafionaily follow, I (hail dole
it by declaring the line of con
dub I final I purine.
I have no accafion to afk, and
do not intend to accept, any
place or office in the govern
ment. fliere is none it could
g ve me that would be any \\a\s
< qual ro the profits I could maki
as an author, for 1 have an eftab
l ihedfarr.t in the litre-rar\ world,
could I reccnci e it to mv prin
ciples to make money bv poli
tics or religion. I mull be in
every tiling, what I ever have
been, a ddinterellecl volunteer.
My pr >per fphere of afbon, is
On the common floor of citizen
ihip, and to hontft men 1 give
my hand and my heart freely.
J have f line manufenpt wroks
to publiffi, of which I fliail
give proper notice i and feme
mechanical affairs to bring for
ward that will employ all my
leafurt time. 1 fhail continue
thtle letters as I Ice occafion,
and as to the lo<v party prints
that chufe to abide me, they
are welcome. 1 fhall not cle-
Iccnd to anfwer them. I have
been too much accuftomed to
fuch common fhuff to take any
notice of it. The government
ot Eagland honored me with a
thoufand martyrdoms by burn
ing me in effigy in every town
in that countiy, and their hire
lings in America may do the
fame.
THOMAS PAINE.
City of Wafhington, }
Nov. 12, 1 802. j
(fz* THE Light Horse
Company, are dejired to attend
the Funeral prccejfton cj Major
Patrick. Carr y at Mr. Jfph
Chain's cn the 24 tb day 0/ Fa
ce "e her next, at 10 o'clock in the
morning of j aid day. Inch of his
friends , who can make it conve
nient) are alfo requefted to attend.
TAKE NOITCeT"
THAT nine months a) ter the
7.oth of Auguft) 1802, applit a
tion will he made to the honorable
Inferior Court of IHajhington
county , for leave to fell a traA of
287 i-2 acres of land, in Mont
gomery county , on Hightower's
creek , being the property of James
Hally deccnjedy for the benefit of
the heirs and creditors of fuid
deceafed.
David Plackshear,
Isaac Hall,
Adminiftrators.
~~~N OTIC E.
ALL pcrftns having demands
again fi the eft ate of Alexander
mifon y late of IVajhingtcn Coun
ty , deceafed, are requefted to have
their amount brought forward,
properly attefted ; and thfe in
debted to the "faid eft ate, will pleafe
to make immediate payment to
FRANCIS TEN NIT I,
MATTHEW HARRIS,
Admi mftralQii •
verier.
KINK m#rtlis after date, ap
plication will he made to the
lien. Inferior Court of Buike
Court), for leave to Kell two
hundred and fifty acres of land in
laid County, on Che vers’s
C reek, adjoining lohn J’arter
*on, Icn. and Chriflnpher B.il
iaiiiS lands, the real < llare of
Nathaniel Whitaker, defeated,
for the benefit of the heirs of
laid deceafed.
Agnes Whitaker, Edm'x,
Binj. Whitaker, Atlm'r,
Auguft p, iSo
N O T I C K.
FOR SAI.Iv, a valuable Plan
tat ten and ’Pratt of Land,
known by the name cf Booth's
Mount , containing ah’ at Jour hun
dred acres, lying in the county cf
Hancock, ah' ut two miles ft cm
the Ounce River, and jix aLve
Montpelier—about eighty aaes if
denied land under a tolerable goal
fence , a prime praih orchard, and
a fma/I apple orihard. It is a
high pie nj ant Jit nation, and un~
Jidered as healthy as any in the
county. 7he fruit trees have never
been known to fail tearing any
year. there is a condo tails
dwelling hr life and ether unveni
ent henjes on the fremijes. It
lies oppcjite as gcd (ij not the
bejl) trapping Jijhcry in the ( h o
nee river. Indulgence will be
given /ran two to three or four
years for payment.
I AMI S THOMAS.
November 6, 1802.
NOTIC E.
ALL perl >ns indebted to the
efface ot James Hall, late of
Walhmgton county, decealcJ,
arc requelled to make immediate
payment i ana timfe to whom
lad til are is indebted, aie like
wile reqweiltd to br ng n u.cir
accounts pmpeify attefltd, on
or before the bill of Junc next.
J)avi \) Blacksheaß,
Isaac Hall,
Admintjir alcrs.
iM c> 11 C, I'.,
AI.L perfons having demands
againJl the ejuite (J Valor It d
liam Hubbard , late cj Jejyyfon
county, decicjed, are requaled to
have their mounts bi ught for
ward, pnpcrly attejted \ and
thofe indebted to thrfaid cf ate,
will pleafe to make immediate pay
ment to
1 HACKER VIVI ON, jun.
Adminifiratar .
" N OTIC E.
ALL per fens indebted to the
If ale (J iipencer ll iif on, late of
tree county cf ll ajhin.gton , dec. are
earnejlly requefted to make imme
diate payment ; and all tbefeto
whom thejaid bftale is indebted,
are like wife indebted to bring tit
their accounts , properly attefted ,
on or before the 1 2th day of Au
guft next.
John Hogan, Acini'r,
-CAUT I O N.
Where A i rny wife Polly,
has left my bed and board,
without any provocation : J fore
warn any perjen or perfons from
dealing , harboring, or crediting
her on my account, as 1 will not
pay any debt or debts, J/oe may
cent raft after this date.
LEVY JACKSON.
November 9, ISO a-»