THE TORCH O F REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 10, 1897. nation, care to the extent of dying Though in to th e g ra n d a rm y as for the whole. a «society none of the boys in On no other dav it, the year is gray a r e a ,In ,,, ted, yet the partition wails between the great arm ies are the lesson ol loyalty to the Hag go ,hr()Wn (|own aH „„.y Oregon S tate S ecular Union O rganized i S nq __ Incorporated 1S93. impressively taught as on Memorial were on picket duty ami Jo h n n y day. Then again the people are ami Yank fraternized. Americans rem inded of ihe most momentous both are we now and the whilom epoch in the history of the United com federate would spring as quick- ... . . . then are seen those who . ly to . the defence Slates, , , of an imperilled , ,T . 1country as would the old Union preserved the Union, 'These s ta r s ¡ marK 'There are some, who still ami stripes mean something: they regret the lost cause, perhaps m an\ UNIVERSAL MENTAL LIBERTY mean freedom* they mean justice; " b o took no part io the bloody they mean equal rights; they tell of . of war which has m ade <‘»f 1 battles, .*.1 of sacrifices m any, of priva °ld soldiers on both sides free com- fades; hut most arc well content tions numerous; prolonged suffering, with the final result. Our duty, - and they tell of victories, physical on both sides is, Io teach the ami spiritual. The Hag is no more younger men that more valuable a pi ecc of bunting it is a symbol o f than any political theory, or social all which is < lea rest to Am ericans: change or religious dogma is the whole nation, and place above freedom to worship a God alter the loyalty to any church, loyalty io dictates of one’s own conscience, tin* Hag. Among mv brothers in k : School of the Kind The O nly In the W orld free speech, free press, free school, arms were men of widely differing and free th o u g h t, equally before faiths and with equal loyalty we the law regardless of birth, station defended t he same Hag; no questions were asked as to what church STRICTLY or wealth, fraternity which re- claimed our mem bership a- we <•■ gnizes l i c i t her race, color, sex or toiled side by side on the wt ary NON-SECTARIAN religion, all these things are ex­ nia'-eh or shoulder to shoulder pressed by these stars and stripes, resisted a charge of the enemy. it means our native land, our home. And so w«* should say im pressively in these exercises, above your Not only patriotism , hut brother­ church you must place your coun­ hood is em phasized on this day. No try, over all floats the same stars W hatever he v o u r other body of men are more closely and stripes. united than com rades who have theories about the future, of those marched together, tented side by who differ from you on religious questions, so far as our Hag and our side, fought shoulder to shoulder; country is concerned we are one. as iron is welded to iron in the frien d s, one lesson we ought to For term s and p articu la rs a d d rrss tierce heat and under the heavy remember, and th at is the im port- ' blows, so is soldier welded to soldier ance of trying to understand the J. E. HOSMER, President, Silverton, Ore. side. " ,‘I> 1 • 1 is • stro . n g I j o other m P u t y o u rself in ' 11 h 1 is in a c o m ra d i e t sh - ip w hich , e r „ siue. • A nnouncem ents will be out th e first of A ugust. . . , p ’Hce” is worthy a position among an d endures both tunc an J change, thecom m ands of God. Could the We arc nearer to one another com­ South anil the North had thorough- rades, than Io any other save our ly understood one another, we could have avoided all the misery own families. ——gf— __ , . . . and expense of the great war. And In no other way can the lesson !differences over various questions Issued every week T he only Secular p ap er published on th e P a­ c ific oast. A tearless advocate of C onstructive, E ducational Moral of equality, one of the corner stones j of church and state, which separate Secularism . S ubscription price, $1.00 per year. Hl,onab Moral of our Republic he so well learned would vanish did each trv to un- as in a w ir. All distinctions of ( continled on page seven .) wealth and «Teed arc leveled and — — .— -------- J*1*— only manhood tells. Side by side Head? A weekly p ap er for th e young people. E n tirely free from su o ersti marched Catholic and Protestant w . , tion. Devoted to Secular Sunday-school work. Per year, 25 V ents. 1 .m m , \ \ e are some what pessimistic. the man from the brown stone front Perhaps it is on account of a slight and from the tenem ent house, a tta c t of indigestion; hut now Advantage of birt h was of no value. *“ )n«stly don’t \ on think that things Frequently the lowly born proved a l ’’ *n a when who chum to he liberal, and there I l i l c l V v ^ C l l O O l ( ) t 1 r 1 f t 6 *f I \7 the most effective soldier. Those are m illions of them , can ’t find — --- — — 1 I \ "f us who served in the Civil war tim e to write a few lines for the A carefully e lite .!, neat p am p h let, co n tain in g moral and scientific have learned, so th a t we can never P orch nor do anything to help lessons for eaeh S unday. Price, 10 cen ts each or 40 cen ts ,w r v e '^ f u-get, the les-on of equality, build the U niversity? The c h ristim s say that infidels and . r , . . . ’• * think Uian some of them are ami old; side by side march old Look here! If you don’t wake soldiers, now occupying very dif- Up and stand by this work it will ferent stations in life, broadcloth I here is no necessity for it to and jeans walk together And ^O1 H ^ ttle front tach one will i *. i , ... , , accomplish wonders. e q u a lity IS a lesson still needed, if Vul. nnn,f . . L o c a l T a le n t o f S ilv e rto n , i . , v . AT -v o” can t ‘,o an y th in g more, because it has been neglected since for the love of good write us a letter; W ill re n d e r the great war. The people of the 't »cay encourage someone else. South looked upon the people of woe unto those who are able the North as m udsills and on the h < ’ man as an anim al, they great good th at will be left undone r hree earned by hard knocks th at both unless you help these voting people C om edy A cts. • he mudsill and the negro were who are w aiting for us to give them men. We are form ing nmvdays a an education free from the orthodox false stan d ard of manhood. The very blight? * * * * rid , deein themelves and are regard- Come, let your highest and beat ■< >v others as m ade of a little m ental forces controle you, and i • ' e ay than others, hut it is the r«-aeh <>ut a helping hand to these T i l i t y 11 same d a y only gilded; this needs boys and girls who are soon to take * * * L i b e r a l H a l l , S i l v e r t o n fo I,.- luirressed on everyone, else our places in the great struggle he- 1 ’' ' J U * * * again w, II disaster com-. A mm,>. tween science and ignorance, be­ a m ,,,, f.„ a that and a th at, says Iween tru th and falsehood, be. *■- , r m i,-. iween priestcraft and secularism. 1 ■ i - e - The Liberal U niversity S ilv erto n , Oregon. J 'U e P o r c h o f R e a s o n f b e U ittle C a n d le I lie S e c u l a r I d ra m a tic a l E n te rta in m e n t. JANE AT S atu rd ay Eve, June 12, 1897