The words, "his accomplices," includes the Girondists and also the friend of Brissot, Thomas Paine; and this intemperate language comprises all the speaker could urge against the author of the Rights of Man. Paine was guilty of having been born in England; he was also opposed to the guillotine, and had voted with the Girondists to spare the lives of the king and royal family. He wished to temper justice with mercy-to destroy king-craft, but to spare the king's life; and for advocating this leniency towards the dethroned monarch, he placed his own liberty and life in imminent danger.

It was among scenes like these-scenes of violence and bloodshed that disgraced the grandest revolution in the world's history-that Thomas Paine, the patriot and philosopher, with mind undaunted and serene, regardless of his own fate, and inspired only by his great love for humanity, penned his unanswerable protest against Venerable Error and Credulous Faith-and bequeathed to mankind his priceless and immortal workthe Age of Reason.

The writings of Paine, like those of Shakspeare, are not for a day, but for all time," and the political principles he so ably taught—the moral truths he so earnestly enforced-will be remembered and commended whilst reason holds her throne and justice survives among mankind.

Paine loved his fellow men,—his life was dedicated to Humanity, - his writings aroused the world, — his genius immortalized his name,-his faith in Democracy was sublime, his labors were crowned with success,his reward was neglect, obloquy, and scorn!

PETER ECKLER.

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THE ILLUSTRATIONS.

HE view of the Old Paine Homestead, herewith presented, has been engraved by Walknarf, the well-known wood engraver, from a photograph by Mr. C. Lovell. It faithfully represents the buildings as they now appear; and they are substantially the same as they were when owned and occupied by Mr. Paine. Necessary repairs have been made from time to time as required. The one-story addition to the right has been added recently. The shingles seen on the front of the larger building show wear, but are still in a good state of preservation.

The house is on high ground, pleasantly situated, and affords a good view of the surrounding country. The land is in a fine state of cultivation, and from its proximity to the thriving town of New Rochelle, has become valuable for building purposes.

The present proprietor, Mr. William See, an affable and courteous gentlemen, stated that the larger tree, shown in the foreground to the right of the engraving, is the celebrated mulberry tree planted by Mr. Paine, and that it yearly bears a large crop of excellent fruit. I remember that this tree, or one similar in appearance, was in full bearing and loaded with luscious berries when I visited this farm in company with Mr. Gilbert Vale (author of Vale's Life of Paine) over forty years ago.

The window through which an assassin fired a bullet at Mr. Paine, is on the opposite side of the house from that here shown. The Paine Monument is situated at the side of the public road about one mile north from the town of New Rochelle. It is a plain and substantial granite shaft of suitable proportions, and of good workmanship, and is quite in harmony with the character of Thomas Paine, It is placed about thirty feet north from the spot where Paine was originally buried, and this spot can be easily identified by the interested visitor, from the presence of a solitary tree-a young and thrifty hickory, about six inches in diameter, planted directly over Paine's former grave by the bounteous hand of Nature.

The Monument is enclosed by a substantial stone wall in excellent repair; and at the entrance is an iron gate, which is also in good order. Four trees are planted in the plot, two weeping willows, one maple, and one hickory. It is a quiet and pleasant location, easily accessible, and should be visited, if possible, by every friend and admirer of the Author-Hero of the Revolution. The portraits of Danton, Marat, Charlotte Corday, Roujet de Lisle, Napoleon, etc., have been added to this collection, not because they were particularly the friends of Mr. Paine, but because they were all prominent actors in the grand Revolution of '89, for which Paine labored so faithfully and suffered so much. The Marseilles Hymn is also given because of the immense influence it exercised, and because, as Lamartine truly says, "it is graven on the soul of France."-E.

THOMAS CLIO RICKMAN.

'HE preceding portrait of Rickman was painted by

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Hazlitt, engraved by Jas. Holmes, and published in February, 1800, "as the Act directs," at Upper Mary-le-Bone Street, London.

Rickman was a Bookseller, Stationer, and Printer, and his intelligent, resolute, honest, and kind expression of countenance distinguishes him as a typical Englishman of the Old School. He was the life-long friend and biographer of Thomas Paine, and we are indebted to him for the best description we have of the social life of Paine.

was a quiet

"Mr. Paine's life in London," he tells us, round of philosophical leisure and enjoyment. It was occupied in writing, in walking about with me to visit different friends, or being visited by a select few. Lord Edward Fitzgerald, the French and American ambassadors, Mr. Sharp, the engraver, Romney, the painter, Mrs. Wollstonecraft, Joel Barlow, Mr. Hull, Mr. Christie, Dr. Priestley, Dr. Towers, the walking Stewart, Colonel Oswald, Captain Sampson Perry, Mr. Tuffin, Mr. William Choppin, Captain De Stark, Mr. Horne Tooke, &c., &c., were among the number of his friends and acquaintance; and of course as he was my inmate, the most of my associates were frequently his."

If there be any truth in the old proverb, that "A man may be known by the company he keeps," then Mr. Paine must have possessed many sterling and estimable qualities to have won the esteem and friendship of all these people. He must have been, at least in the scriptural sense of the term, (Eccles. x. 7,) a prince among men, and a MAN among princes.-E.

LIFE OF THOMAS PAINE.

CHAPTER I.

THE STAY-MAKER;* THE SAILOR; THE EXCISEMAN; THE USHER.

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HOMAS PAINE-the sturdy champion of political and religious liberty—was born at Thetford, in the county of Norfolk, on the 29th of January, 1737. His father, Joseph Paine, was a stay-maker of that place, a man of good character, and belonged to the Society of Friends, but was disowned by them on account of his marriage with a member of the established church, Frances Cocke, the daughter of an attorney at Thetford. Probably in consequence of this difference in the religious denomination of his parents, Paine was never baptized; yet, owing to the orthodox care of an aunt, he was in due time confirmed by the Bishop of Norwich. Some trifling verses, written in his childhood

of the usual character of children's rhymes-are recorded as the first literary efforts of the future disturber of the old-time tranquility of tyranny and priestcraft. His heretical opinions also commenced at a very early period. He says in his Age of Reason:

"I well remember, when about seven or eight years of age, hearing a sermon read by a relation of mine, who was a great devotee of the church, upon the subject of what is called Redemption by the death of the Son of God. After the sermon was ended, I went into the garden, and *It is probable that Paine acquired in the manufacture of ship stays, the skill which enabled him to forge and manufacture with his own hands the models for his iron bridge spoken of on page 53.-E.