Inxanxathela yezitolo i-coast-to-coast eyaziwa ngokuthi i-America ithanda nje ukucula izindumiso zamaqhawe ayo aguquguqukayo-abanikazi bezigqila ezimhlophe abangabanikazi bomhlaba ababizwa ngothando ngokuthi "Obaba Abasunguli." Kodwa iMelika, izwe lokuphika, ingathanda ukungazinaki izimpande zoguquko nomoya ngemuva kokuzalwa kwayo. Ngamanye amazwi, ukube umbhali wamapheshana u-Tom Paine ubekhona namuhla, ngabe akekho namuhla. Ungasho ukuthi “impi yesitha”?
Sivame ukutshelwa ukuthi izenzo zikhuluma kakhulu kunamazwi kodwa impilo kaThomas Paine (1737-1809) ixoxa indaba ehlukile. Uzalelwe eNgilandi, uPaine wagcina ethole ikhaya njengomhlali oqinile emaKoloni. Ipheshana lakhe eliphikisayo elithi, “Common Sense,” labhalwa ngokungaziwa, lanyatheliswa ngoJanuwari 1776, futhi lafundwa ngokushesha yilelo nalelo lungu leCongress.
Isikhathi siphelile: Wonke amalungu eCongress afunde "Common Sense." (Faka owakho umugqa we-punch lapha.)
I-“Common Sense” ka-Paine yaqhubeka nokudayisa amakhophi alinganiselwa ku-500,000 futhi yasiza ukukhuthaza isizwe elisafufusa ukuthi silwele ukuzimela.
Bamba kancane; sidinga esinye isikhathi sokuphuma: Ipheshana elivukela umbuso ladayisa amakhophi ayisigamu sesigidi ngo-1776. Ukuze enze umsebenzi ofanayo namuhla, umlobi kuzodingeka athengise izincwadi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-46. Ngiyangabaza ukuthi no-Oprah angakwenza lokho.
I-“Common Sense” yavusa imimoya ye-colonial America ngokubeka ngamazwi lokho labo abafuna inkululeko ekubusweni kweBrithani isikhathi eside, isikhathi eside. Uma ibhekwa ku-prism yekhulu lamashumi amabili nanye, iphrozi kaPaine, ngezinye izikhathi, ifundeka njengento umuntu angase ayizwe emdlalweni wesikole we-hokey, isibonelo: “O nina enithanda isintu! Nina eninesibindi sokuphikisa, hhayi kuphela umashiqela, kodwa nomashiqela, yimani sobala! Yonke indawo yezwe elidala igcwele ingcindezelo. Inkululeko ibizingelwa emhlabeni wonke. I-Asia, ne-Afrika, sekuyisikhathi eside imxosha. IYurophu imbheka njengesihambi, futhi iNgilandi imnikeze isixwayiso sokuthi ahambe. O! thola umbaleki, futhi ulungiselele ngokuhamba kwesikhathi indawo yokukhosela engqondweni.”
Kodwa, eceleni kolimi lwendabuko, elithi “Common Sense” liyakwenza kucace lokho uPaine azama ukukucasula, isb. kuzokwenzeka noma nini. Futhi asikho isenzakalo lapho siye sabonisa khona ukwahlulela okuncane, kunokuzama ukuchaza, esikubiza ngokuthi, ukuvuthwa noma ukufaneleka kweZwekazi ukuba lizimele.”
“Umqondo Ovamile” wasakaza umqondo wokuthi ngisho nohulumeni omuhle uwububi obudingekayo. U-Paine wenza idemoni ngempumelelo iNkosi uGeorge III futhi waphikisana nesizwe esincane esiyisiqhingi njengeNgilandi esibusa izwekazi ngaphesheya kolwandle. Mhlawumbe okubaluleke kakhulu, i-“Common Sense” yapenda isithombe sangemva kwenkululeko yokuthula nokuchuma. Kakhulu kunezimpi zase-Lexington nase-Concord-ezandulela ukukhishwa kwepheshana elinethonya lika-Paine-kwakuyi-"Common Sense" eyasebenza njengenhlansi yokukhanyisa ilangabi lokuvukela umbuso (namuhla elihlonishwa kakhulu ekuphuleni umthetho).
“Lezi yizikhathi ezizama imiphefumulo yabantu,” kubhala uPaine. “Ubushiqela, njengesihogo, abunqotshwa kalula; nokho sinalenduduzo kithi, yokuthi lapho ingxabano iqina, kuba yilapho kunqoba khona okukhazimulayo.”
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