THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1897.
hence,
If
in such documents, invoke M ary as
When vou come to
P re s id e n t.
a m ediatrix. U nderstanding this
The Independent, in defending fully, C atholic priests, aud Catholic
the president’s references to Jesus papers have viewed the proclam ation
C hrist in his 1896 T hanksgiving very favorably, defending it even
and need the services
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of a
“ Our president and governors are rabbis and others who have pointed
W ant Books and
authorized by law to set apart cer­ , out the president’s act of usurpation.
President Cleveland, it would
tain days as seasons of th a n k s ­
Stationery call on
giving and fasting. All th a t the seem, is in full sym pathy with the
law provides is the bare announce­ N ational Reform association in its
call on
m ent of the time. * * * If the purpose to com m it the governm ent
president or governor says a n y ­ of the United S 'ates to th e recog­
thing fu rth er [th an is provided for nition and support of the C hristian
S ILVERTO N, OREGON.
by law] it is not a legal act.”
religion
B. F. U nderwood .
N.»w, it is not true th at the pres­
W here fatih commences, science
ident of the U nited States is a u th o r­
ends. F aith has its origin in the
ized by law to appoint days of
poetic im agination; knowledge, on
thanksgiving and fasting. W here
the o t h e r hand, originates in the
it is done, it is done without law,
We will p rin t your nam e on a beautiful visiting
reasoning intelligence of m an.—
w ithout constitutional authority.
card at $1.50 per 100. These cards have the cel­
Haeckel.
The right to issue religious procla­
ebrated O tto W e tts te in
m ations is not a right which the
Man is not to be condemned
states have delegated to the general for thinking
differently
from
governm ent; and all powers not so | others. He is rather to be con­
delegated by th e constitution are d e m n e d for not thinking at all.—
reserved by the states. I he fram ­ L. K. W ashburn.
ers of the constitution took especial
A C ard.
pains to exclude the word of God
from that document in order th at
I wish every old subscriber of
it should be entirely secular. The the late “ Ironclad Age” to com m u n i- )
neatly lithographed in colors at the left of your
president has not the least legal cate with me at once. An effort is
name. They will talk to your friends when you
right or author: tv to issue a religious being made to establish a small
ca n ’t.
proclam ation. Yet The Independent weekly paper upon its well known
says th at he is authorized by law principle-. Addre-s E. E. Gore Secy.
to do this. W here is the law?
W arren M in n .
W here is the law which authorizes
O T T O W E T T S T E I N ’S
him to make the “ bare announce­
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m ent ” even?
According to The Independent,
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if the president does more th a n the For. e and M atter, B uchner, cloth .$1 00
“ A pin whose torch and golden sheen,
law provides “ it is not a legal act.” Locke on H um an U n d erstan d in g “ . 1 40 j
W o u ld g r a c e th e breast of S h eb a’s queen ;
An Ideal R epublic, p a p e r..................
60
W ell, the law does not provide for I A
And will lend grace (now and) in corning tim e
ristotle’s Ethi<*8, G illies, cloth . . . . 1 40
To queens of beauty m ore su b lim e .”
the issuing of a
Thanksgiving The N ature C ure, Dr. C onger,(new )
c l o t h ................................................... 2 00 I
proclam ation by the
president. Sam e as last in le a th e re tte ................ I 00
Should be worn by every m an and woman favoring
T hat, then, is not a legal a c f, and V olney’s Ruins, c*oth, 76c p a jie r ... 6l>
ital Force, A. Cl.evannes, “ . . . .
20
the cause of E reethought and reform. See design
for the president to do officially V
A risto tle’s Politics. Ellis, c lo th ........
60
that which is not legal is tocom m it T rials and T rium p h s of Labor, Ber-
in heading of this paper. Now is the tim e to buy.
n a rd i, p a p e r.....................................
60
a grave offence.
, H ypnotism , How it is Done, its
The Independent takes the ground
Uses and its Dangers, Ja m es R.
Cocke,
D.. c lo th ...................... 1 60 O tto W e tts te in ,
th at the president’s expression* Dialogues M.
of Plato, tran slated by
recognizing Jesus C hrist as the
C arey, c lo th ........................................
80
The Liberal jeweler and w riter, Designer of the O tto
Del
M
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H
istory
of
M
onetary
savior was merely an expression of
System s, c lo th ......................•........... 2 00 j
his own “ personal faith ,” his “ litth R e n an ’s Life of Jesu s, p a p e r............ 60
W ettstein W atch , the C ol . I ngersoll S ouvenir
M
olecular
H
ypothesis
of
N
ature,
s rm on” addressed to the Ameriern
L o ck w o o d ..........................................
26
S poon , and the beautiful E reethought B adge . Es­
, eople, but unofficial in its character. H andbook of C urrency and w ealth,
W a ld ro n ...........................
50
This is nonsense. One part of ‘he R ap
tablished in Rochelle, Illinois, in 1857. Send for
h eal’s Astrological Alm anac and
proclam ation is not more official
E p h e m e r i c ......................................
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1
Language
of
the
Stars
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price-lists of goods and work.
th an another. T h een tire docum ent W h ith e r are We D rifting as a N a­
was issued by the piesident in hU
tion, W iley, paper ...........................
60
capacity of president of the Uni cd
W e keep up with the tim es in Liberal.
{States. It is so signed am i t • i' Progressive and Reform books, and ask
nt a'-ued the seal of the United I * vou for all * v m r book orders, will furnish
vou any book you want at th e lowest 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
States.
price. A ddress ad orders, W. E. Jones.
A s ihe American Sentinel says: I 291 Abler street, Portlan Oregon.
“ O ther presidents gave national
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recognition to religion in general.
President C leveland
has given
I hereby prom ise to pay.................................doMars to
n atio n al recognition ’<» t he C hristian
the Oregon State Secular Union on dem and, for the erec­
religion in exclusion of ail other
tion of a Liberal U niversitv at Silverton, Marion countv,
religions. It is o«dy a question o,
tune when the next step will 1> Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained and all Pat­ Oregon, provided, th a t the sum of five thousand dollars
ent business conducted for M o o c r a tc Fees.
t&xen, wild a president will g»v« Ous O rric e is O p p o s it e U . S . P a t c n t O fficc is subscribed by good, responsible parties before said de­
and we can secure patent in less time than those
n atio n al
rec »guidon
to
s«»nu remote from Washington,
mand is made.
Send model, drawing or photo., with descrip­
p articu lar sect, and that the Cntholi- tion. We advise, if patentable or not, free of
charge. Our fee not due till patent is secured.
N am e.
sect, in exclusion »»f all others.”
A P a w ip w h t , “ How to Obtain Patents,” with
cost of sam e in the U . S. and foreign countries
If a P rotestant president may it sent free. Address,
D • all you c m y m rse lf. and get other?» to help.
official docitn*n'> invoke Jesu
C .A .S N O W & C O .
P e a s 1 cut thin out (or c >py) sign w hat you c m and re tu rn to th e T orch <> t
O p p . p a t e n t O f f ic e . W a s h in g t o n , d . C.
C hrist a- iis in d ia ’or, a U»'ho'ic
U s u r p a tio n
P ra c tic e d
by
O u r president m ay, a few years
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