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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 14, 1897)
THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVEKION, OREGON, THURSDAY, The Old and th e N ew . A n o th er year, w ith its a tte n d a n t successes and failures, has been covere«l w ith th e dust of tim e. The g reat e a rth , w heeling round the golden su n , speed ing on through realm s unm easured and tllie x p lo m d , ’ *y. .O f I .e I . l i e , g reat powers w hich, p erh ap s m ore th an all o th e rs, m ade jjos.-ibie th e degree of .reedom we have a tta in e d today. We nave seen how the d ark ages, th e m id night of religious rule, were .ighted w ith the torches of hum an liv e s. And am id it all we observe th e irresistib le onw ard c e I) i ;! p i o g ! e > r è »! : ’ - ! ! i ! g b I V h l W . JANUARY 14, 1897. When •r vou com e to If Silverton You and need the services D o W Il •* "**»--* ■ vfc O' through th e ever open portals of the through th e centuries we trace its m arch of a W ant Books and silen t and eternal past. H opes and and note with w hat heroism , w ith w hat am bitions, interw oven with the warp bravery and courage it has been a tte n d e d . S tationery call o n am i woof of love, lade away like th e We realize the price it has cost tor m an sta rs of descending night. The past is to helree. Ami why? Because h u m an ity gone. T he old m ust ste p aside to m ake has preferred bomiage to lreedom ? Be way for the ever a tvaucing new. 1 he cause m an is by n atu re, predisposed to call ( H l c u rta in is raised ujmhi th e first act in work and act against his own m te resis? th e new year. Sprea ling aw iy in the Ah, no, hut sim ply because his ed u ca dim tw ilig h t of the future lie th e plans tional facilities nave been d ictated and SILVERTON, OREGON. w hereupon new battles are to l>e fought, controlled by those of w hose in te rests it new hopes and am bitions raised, new was tn a t be should acquire certain n a r glories realized, new laurels won. Upon row and contracted views of life and its the site of old ru in s, new m ansions will a tte n d a n t duties. Alan is largely a be b u ilt; upon th e failures of unw isely creatu re of education. Tne construction directed energy, new en terp rises will oj d u tie s. The co n stru ctio n of the We will p rin t your nam e on a beautiful visiting build, with the tools of experience, th e hum an brain ad m its of alm ost any sublim e the ever-enduring glories of the q u ality of th o u g h t and leeling th a t card nt $1.50 per 100. These cards have the cel race. I ’pon th is great picture of th e past, and e n v iro ire n t m ay d ictate , ebrated O tto W e tts te in we trace the o utline ot th e laces of men ^ re we today less m indful of Ibis fact an d women wh j have given to the world a n ,j je gg willing to help secure the the heritage of th e ir intellectual achieve- educational advantages necessary to the m en ts, and upon whose brow will forever | )ertL m oral and m ental results, th an were rest th e laurels of fam e. Back in the th e m en and women of tlie past whose gray «lawn of the seventeenth c en tu ry , heroic bravery in th is line has lighted when th e m inds of men were clouded tiie vvorlJ w ith th e light of tru th and with su p erstitio n and ignorance, when liberty? 1 t r u s t n o t. Todav as in th e th e intellect was the slave of fear am i ,jay S ,,i Voltaire am i Thom as Paine, th e th e honest doubt was silenced by the voices of th e rising g en eratio n s cry out b urning sta k e,—back in the dim past UH ¡or a j(p We should be willing and neatly lithographed in colors at th e left of your where only here and th ere th e stars o t anxious to help th em . W e should striv e tru th shed th e ir resp len d en t light to give them the best possible advantages nam e. They will talk to your friends when you ath w art th e gloom of cen tu ries, a brave both social and ed u catio n al. From a ca n ’t. sp irit shines fourth with th e bright careful study of th e past, we are effulgence of the noonday sun. A light convinced th a t th is can be secured only from out the darkness, a ray of hope through a system of in stru ctio n basse«! from out th e density of d e sp air,—the exclusively upon n a tu re and n a tu re ’s first to b rin k the chains of m ental laws. “ Man know th y self” , was given bondage by sacrificing his own hloo«l, we by a sage of old, am i we have no b e tter see h im ,g ram l, im m ortal Bruno perishing f. . , . , . , , , , , • . , m ethod by which to secure hap p in ess. am id a wild h orde w ho bowed w ith fear , .. . , , - l h a t m a n m av k n o w h im s e lf in th e an d trem b lin g before a Go«l of iiate. . * . . , , . , full stre n g th of his m anly and noble “ A pin whose torch and golden sheen, On T hursday, th e 1/ day of F ehurary , ” . , .... n a tu re , his niim l m u st he free from the W ould grace th e breast of S h eb a’s queen ; 1600, th is illustrious m an was burned at fetters of fear and faith . H is reason And will len«l grace (now and) in com ing tim e th e stake. Upon the sacrificial a lta r of m ust lie a t liberty to com bat, accept or To queens of beauty m ore su b lim e .” th is m a rty r the E ra of Man arose,—the reject. T h at his reason m ay he able to lig h t of a new daw n w hich was destined ' . . .. , _ . . , • i . . d e c id e upon anv question 1 he m ust lie Should be worn by every m an and w om an favoring to dispel th e shades of th e long n ig h t ot n llo ,, v iM il , / tri b , o u r n l ,, i « h lo , ft 1 At fter hearing allowed to hear all sides. A su p e rstitio u s rule. Before the close of all sides and his opinion is form ed, then the cause of F reethought and reform . See design th e century in which G iordano Bruno was he should be upheld and protected in the hurtled, another intellectual force sprung in beading of this paper. Now is the tim e to buy. expression of th a t opinion, no m a tte r to in tlie mi«lst of th e corruption and slavery w hat e x te n t it may differ from the of France. For a thousand years the This is the aim and common people had been subjected °P*n ions of others u n til t h e , were redu.-ed to a co ndition o ,' ^ -t « iS w o U n M n : (reedon, oi th o u g h t, in com m on w ill, th e heasta. O u t ol «■'eedon, ol apeech. 'fbe Liberal jeweler and writer. Designer of the O tto . th . . is nation ot / corru p tio .• n and . vice • „ rose I W hen creeds shall l>e no m ore, ’ when . .. e im . m o rta * l i a V t oltaire, 1» : .1 ot each slial he as sacred as th th e h i a te _ r ot i th e rights * W ettstein W atch , the C ol . I ngersoll S ouvenir ... . . . .i .i th e rig h ts of a l l ; when m en and women ty ra n n y , the lriend ot th e oppressed. | , ’ x. _ , He struck from the brain the fetters «if I shall lie judged by m otives am i respected S poon , and the beautiful F reethought B adge . Es faith , sympathize«! with and anted the i for w hat they are, ra th e r th a n for w hat tablished in Rochelle, Illinois, in 1857. Send for oppressed, and labored to establish they p retend t« he; when universal charity shall take th e place of universal univeisal to leration. But th e tnle of price-lists of goods and work. when deeds of love and progression has sw ept to the w estern censure, shores of th e A tlan tic. Surging w ithin tru th am i kindness shall he th e index to th e h earts of th e A m erican people was genuine m anhood ami wom anhood, th en th e sp irit of conflict—the irresistib le im will the m em ories of th e present creed- pulse of th e new to free itself from the curse«! am i hypocritical age recur to us j th rald o m of the old. W here was the as befitting a barbaric or sem i-civilized pow er th a t could d irect th e course oi race. A grave responsibility, th e n , falls upon th is restless and m ighty tide and secure us as liliertv-loviiig people, to guar«i the th e b irth of a republic? In 1737 a child rights of our children to a broad, liberal was (torn in th e south of E ngland th a t e«lueaticn th a t shall enable them to $ is ti;. was destine«! to become th e lilierator of m ake th e very m ost of th e ir natural his people— a child w ith in whose brain I hereby prom ise to p ay.................................dollars to powers to prom ote the happiness ami was sown th e seeds of the g reatest c h a r welfare of h u m an ity . To the attain m en t acters in the w orld’s history. B urned of th is end we seek lo e s ta b lis h a Lilieral the Oregon State Secular U nion on dem and, for the erec in to his very heart was the feeling to Univ« rsity and we are assured the true tion of a Liberal U niversity at Silverton,. M arion countv, w hich he gave u tte ran c e in th e w ords: S ecularists of th is state am i nation will Oregon, provided, th at the sum of five thousand dollars “ W here liberty is not, th ere is my give 11s th e ir earnest and hearty co is subscribed by good, responsible parties before said de c o u n try .” And so we find him in France o peration. N ettie A. O lds . and in A m erica d u rin g th e «larkest days T u r n er , Dec. 31, 1896;— T«» th e m and is made. of th e ir history. B runo broke th e fetters If som e k in d ly dis|n»s»»d of m ental bondage, V oltaire cham pioned E d ito r: Name. barber Guiss & Son E. E. Taylor V isiting Cards Badge Design O T T O W E T T S T E IN ’S P o p u la r F re e th o u g h t B adge. O tto W e tts te in , L ib e ra l U n iv e rs ity P o p u la r S u b s c rip tio n the cause of justice, hut universal mental freedom, and universal iilierty found an unparalleled exponent in the mighty brain of Thomas Paine. ’ I have briefly alluded to three of the n eig h b o r ol bilvcvton, o r co n v e n ien t v ic in ity , w ill com e to I in n e r, w ith Do all you can yourself, and get others to help. • w agon, arid call on me I will semi Please cut this out. (or copy) sign what you can and return to the T orch a few th in g s to th e U n iv ersity . R kasox . . . . . . . Silverton, Oregon. F. S. M atte - n . or