Show New Rochelle Corrects Old Wrong to Tom Paine NEW ROCHELLE NY Thomas Thomas Paine English born writer and patriot arch-patriot of the American Revo Revo- RevolUtion lution I tion has been restored to the U. U S. S citizenship which this community denied him years ago Before Paines Paine's state Mayor Stanley Stan Stan- Stanley ley W. W Church in a J ly cere cere- ceremony ceremony ceremony mony proclaimed that New Ro- Ro Rochelle's Rochelle's chelles chelle's action in forbidding the theauthor theauthor theauthor author of Common Sense and The Crisis to vote in a local elec elec- election tion was a grave injustice i He was not permitted to vote on the grounds that he was not a citi citi- zen Paine became unpopular after the Revolution because of his forth forth- forthright forthright forthright right political and religious views Congress granted him a farm in New Rochelle where he retired but attempts were made on his life and I the children of New Rochelle pelted him with mud The crowning indignity came when Paine automatically a citi citi- citizen citizen zen because he had fought in the was war turned away from the polling place lIe He died here in 1809 shunned and hated |