< T H E TORCH OF REASON, S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , TH U R SD A Y , MARCH 11, 1897. flORALS. t o satisfy it at the cost and to the in ju ry of those possessing equal [B y D r . L udwig B uchner .] rights. This egotism in itself is ( C o n tin u e d .) indeed not objectionable, and really Conscience is nlso quite in ­ forms the final and highest spring dependent of the belief in God and of all our action.«, w hether bad or (¿religious conceptions in general; good. Moreover we shall never la? it changes little, if at all, in accord­ able to get rid of the egotism of ance with p a rtic u la r creeds, but hum an n ature, and therefore all m erely accom m odates itself to the th a t we have to do is to tu rn it into knowledge or degree of c u ltu re of the rig h t paths or to ten d er it each individual. Hence also all ratio n al and hum ane, by seeking a pp rehen d o n th a t conscience m ay to bring its satisfaction into accord be lost with some d eterm in ate form ance with the good of all an d th e D on’t have to take o u r word for it, when we say of faith X is entirely unfounded; on interest of the com m unity. And we have a b etter and larger stock of new goods th an the co n trary , it njay become for th is purpose there can be no ever before, for the m erchandise is here to speak for sharpened an d refined the m ore the better m eans th an reform of hum an itself, and lor us. Of course we d o n ’t m ean th a t you general conscience of m an k in d is society in the interests of the would th in k our ads deceptive, for we have always e le v a te d by the advance of cu ltu re, common weal proposed by us. For endeavored to m ake them the opposite. You m ig h t and the more independent m ankind as soon as, by a proper organization th in k however th a t we were over-enthusiastic. Y ou’ll becomes in th o u g h t and being of all of society, things have beet, brought e n th u se too when you see the new goods. H onestly m erely ex tern al rules and dogmas. to such a pass th at the satisfaction we are very proud of our stock, and believe the styles Indeed the men of th e present «lay, of th e personal I at the sam e tim e will please you, and the prices interest you. * * although their a ttach m en t todefiniie satisfies the interests of the com ­ rules of faith is far inferior to th a t I m unity, and th a t vice versa, the of men of form er times, are in satisfaction of the general in terests general much less inclined th an at the sam e tim e im plies the form erly to crim es and acts of satisfaction of the personal I, every violence!—anti tolerance, pity, sense conflict arising from egotistical of the public good, respect for law, p h ilan th ro p y , etc., have increased m otives l>etween the interests of the in the sam e proportion with individual and those of the society or of the state will cease, and the knowledge, cu ltu re and prosperity! Corner Main & Water Sts. Silverton, Oregon. Next to cu ltu re, happiness and pros­ p rin cip al cause <-f crim e and sin will be rem oved. The in d iv id u al p erity are the m ain sources of m orality an d virtue. M an m ust will then, m uch more easily than be happy in his general condition at present, be able to strive after if he is to be virtuous, and all sins personal happiness and agreeable and crim es go hand in h a n d w ith sensations, or to satisfy his p er­ starv atio n , m isery, disease or idle­ sonal I, w ithout injury to the in te r­ ness. If we add to th is th a t m oral ests of hum an society; he will only D E A L E R IN q u alitie so r tendencies are h eritab le, advance his own well-being of the C hem icals, Drugs, com m unity in advancing his own. ju st as m uch as corporeal and M edicine, T oilet A rticles, In th is accordance of the in te r ­ intellectual ten d en cies in general, Perfum ery and Soaps, Stationery, it m ust become clear th a t the whole ests of the individual w ith the in ­ P atent Medicines, Paints and Oils, m oral progress of m ankind is erests of the com m unity or of all Com bs and Brushes. founded upon its co n stan t social others, therefore, lies the whole, and intellectual change and advance, great m oral principle of the future. and th a t sin an d crim e will d isap ­ Let this accordance be once estab­ pear from the world as soon as the lished and we have m orality, virtue springs o f ignorance, w ant of cu ltu re and noble sentim ents in profusion. and m aterial m isery, which still If not, these will be deficient in proportion as society falls sh o rt of flow so ab u n d an tly , sh all be stopped. M orality m ay therefore be defined this goal, and no external or in ter­ nal m eans, no religion, no m oral as the law of m u tu al respect for the general and p riv ate equal rig h ts of preachers, no crim in al laws, will be DEALERS IN men, for the purpose of securing able bv a n y m eans perm anently to m ake up for th is deficiency. Public general h u m an happiness. Every thing th a t in ju res or underm ines conscience is at the sam e time the conscience of the it dividual; this happiness and th is respect is th is public conscience can only be evil,—every th in g th a t advances the consequence of rational politi­ them is good. In accordance with cal and social conditions and of an and cu ltu re of all, this definition, evil consists only in education founded on the principles of u n i­ degeneracy or the encroachm ent of Silverton, Oregon. versal p h ilan th ro p y . It is in Corner Hain & Water Sts. hum an and private egotism upon youth w ith its capability of ed u ca­ this general happiness an d the tion and culture and its ready ac­ interests of the fellow m an. W h a t cessibility to all external and in ter­ JOHN HICKS, . SAMUEL AflES, is beneficial to the com m unity or to nal im pressions th a t the foudation for the cu ltu re of this conscience the fellow m an is in geueral good; and therefore of all m orality must and the notion of good only becomes be laid ; and it m ust l>e the highest converted into its opposite by the task of public and general educa­ individual im p roperly placing the tion to waken and strengthen in : DEALERS I N : the young those im pulses and tal­ notion of th a t which is beneficial or ents which are good and beneficial advantageous to himself above the to h u m an society an d to weaken notion of which is beneficial to the and to suppress the bad and in ju r­ com m unity or to an o th er person of ious ones. In th is way a perfectly Stoves, A gricu ltu ral Im plem ents, G uns, Fishing equal rights with him self. The new race with a different m oral or­ Tackle, C utlery, and S porting Goods. greatest sinners therefore are egotists ganization will gradually be pro­ duced; and crim e, sin, vice and the or those who place th eir own I like will disappear in proportion as higher th an the in terests and laws th e soil shall become sm aller upon of the com m on weal, and endeavor which alone they can thrive! "Seeing is Believing.” You Yours to Please,_. . A. WOLF & SON. J. E. Hammond, DRUGGIST, Silverton, Oregon Cusiter & Davenport" G E N E R A L M E R C H A N D IS E Hicks & Ames. •J / HARDWARE, TINWARE S il v e r t o n , - _ _ _ O reg o n .