THE QUARREL
1790. Two old friends, both of whom backed the American Revolution, split for good over the French one, and their argument becomes the one every free country has had since.
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1790. Edmund Burke, the Irish statesman, defended the Americans in Parliament. Thomas Paine wrote the pamphlets that helped start their war. They backed the same revolution, and they are old friends. Then France has a revolution of its own. Burke warns that tearing up everything old will end in terror. Paine calls him a traitor to liberty. Letter answers letter and pamphlet answers pamphlet, while the news from Paris starts proving one of them right. Their friendship goes first, then their reputations. In the end the revolution Paine defended puts him in prison with his head at stake, and their argument becomes the one every free country has had since.
Who it follows
Edmund Burke is the Irish statesman who defended the Americans in Parliament, and Thomas Paine is the pamphleteer who helped start their war.
What goes wrong
Burke warns that tearing up everything old will end in terror. Paine calls him a traitor to liberty. Then Paris starts proving one of them right.
What is at stake
Their friendship, their reputations, and in the end Paine's head, when the revolution he defended puts him in prison.
What keeps it running
Letter against letter, pamphlet against pamphlet, crowd against crowd, with the news from France arriving every episode.
What you take away
Liberty needs something to stand on.