Julia's+Letter+to+Hanna

Dear Drake Brighterman, How have you been? It’s been a long time since I met you last time when you visited my office in New York. Time seems to go by so fast with so many incidents that we don’t even realize how long it has been since we saw each other. But those incidents seem so near. I still remember James Otis Jr.’s speech at the New York City Hall, and his words ring my heart every time I recall his speech word by word. As you may know, another imposing man, Thomas Paine, has spread his words on a pamphlet and has touched the hearts of innumerable number of colonists in New England. His pamphlet, //Common Sense,// is printed over 150,000 copies and is discussed everywhere by countless numbers of people. This population not only includes the numbers of colonists, but also the slaves. Encouraged by Thomas Paine’s //Common Sense,// one slave from South Carolina wrote me a letter saying that he wants to help in American independence movement. //Common Sense// is bringing colonies’ population together and is encouraging people to get involved in independence movement. People are informed with reasons why they should support American independence from Britain, and they started to realize the necessity of unity among the colonies in order to succeed in their pursuit. I am pleased to see the active population of independence grow. Thomas Paine’s words are too extreme at times, but there is no argument to be raised for //Common Sense// as a politician of New York. His logic of drawing conclusion that colonists deserve rights for independence has no flaw to be criticized or condemned. His views on the origin of government, his explanation about the nature of monarchy, and his appropriate reasoning for independence are the factors that have been attracting people to support American independence movement. As he stated, we will get help from France and Spain when we break with Britain and we will ensure better relationships with other foreign nations. I see this independence movement as a necessary step for us to take in order to grow into a bigger and unified country. We should get the delegates representing each colony together and promote American independence movement as soon as possible. As Thomas Paine warned, let’s not delay this issue and face it to fight for our independence.

Sincerely, Henry Robertson.