Produced by David Widger THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS PAINE By Thomas Paine Edited By Moncure Daniel Conway VOLUME III. 1791-1804 G. P. Putnam's Sons New York London Copyright, 1895 By G. P. Putnam's Sons CONTENTS. Introduction to the Third Volume I. The Republican Proclamation II. To the Authors of "Le Républicain" III. To the Abbe Sieyes IV. To the Attorney General V. To Mr. Secretary Dundas VI. Letters to Onslow Cranley VII. To the Sheriff of the County of Sussex VIII. To Mr. Secretary Dundas IX. Letter Addressed to the Addressers on the Late Proclamation X. Address to the People of France XI. Anti-Monarchal Essay XII. To the Attorney General, on the Prosecution AGAINST THE SECOND PART OF RIGHTS of Man XIII. On the Propriety of Bringing Louis XVI to Trial XIV. Reasons for Preserving the Life of Louis Capet XV. Shall Louis XVI. Have Respite? XVI. Declaration of Rights. XVII. Private Letters to Jefferson XVIII. Letters to Danton XIX. A Citizen of America to the Citizens of Europe XX. Appeal to the Convention XXI. The Memorial to Monroe XXII. Letter to George Washington XXIII. Observations XXIV. Dissertation on First Principles of Government XXV. The Constitution of 1795 XXVI. The Decline and Fall of the English System of Finance XXVII. Forgetfulness XXVIII. Agrarian Justice XXIX. The Eighteenth Fructidor XXX. The Recall of Monroe XXXI. Private Letter to President Jefferson XXXII. Proposal that Louisiana be Purchased XXXIII. Thomas Paine to the Citizens of the United States XXXIV. To the French Inhabitants of Louisiana INTRODUCTION TO THE THIRD VOLUME. WITH HISTORICAL NOTES AND DOCUMENTS. In a letter of Lafayette to Washington ("Paris, 12 Jan., 1790") he writes: "_Common Sense_ is writing for you a brochure where you will see a part of my adventures." It thus appears that the narrative embodied in the reply to Burke ("Rights of Man," Part I.), dedicated to Washington, was begun with Lafayette's collaboration fourteen months before its publication (March 13, 1791). In another letter of Lafayette to Washington (March 17, 1790) he writes: "To Mr. Paine, who leaves for London, I entrust the care of sending you my news.... Permit me, my dear General, to offer you a picture representing the Bastille as it was some days after I gave the order for its demolition. I also pay you the homage of sending you the principal Key of that fortress of despotism. It is a tribute I owe as a son to my adoptive father, as aide-de-camp to my General, as a missionary of liberty to his Patriarch." The Key was entrusted to Paine, and by him to J. Rut-ledge, Jr., who sailed from London in May. I have found in the manuscript despatches of Louis Otto, Chargé d' Affaires, several amusing paragraphs, addressed to his govern-ment at Paris, about this Key.