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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , JU L Y 15, 1897.
L ib erty an d P a trio tis m .
give him power. Power is I lie test. p atrio ts has been thus g raphically to brutish beasts, am) men have
So with a nation. W ith power van- described:
|o8| th eir principle.”
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w lie d t h e lde»» of lilierly. George III
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had no conception of liberty, but glow of the lam p pouring full in cannot stand before you to-day and
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irom the hearts ol his oppressed their faces, are four persons,— a Hay th a t in this glorious land of
< )ne-hundred and tw entv-one subjects it arose with a force which
Boston law yer, a
P hiladelphia ours all m en are free and equal.
years ago, there was born in th is shook the very cliffs of E ng lan d
P rin ter, a P hiladelphia Doctor, and It would seem to me blasphem ous.
western w orld—a new nation— the with the thunders of freedom.
and a V irginia P lanter
Ingersoll says, “ Blasphem y is what
Republic of the United States. To-
This sam e principle led our Rev-
“ Let us look into the faces of last y ea r’s bud says to this y ear’s
day we have gathered to celebrate olutionary fath ers to throw off the
these men. T hat m an with a bold leaf” and if I were to stan d before
our nation’s birth-dav. It is on the B ritish yoke— to resist B ritish
brow and resolute look is John you to -Jay and say th at this coun-
this day th a t music and eloquence tyranny. On the F ourth day of Ju ly
Adam s, from Boston; next to him try is w hat those patriots intended
unite in
proclaim ing
liberty 1776, our brave and patrio tic fore-
sits the calm -faced Benjam in R ush; it should l»e, it would seem hut the
throughout the land. It is on th is fathers adopted as bold a political
there you see the m arked face of a voice of our forefathers revibrating
day th a t the sm all boy’s tire-crackers docum ent as was ever penned by
printer, one Benjam in F ra n k lin ; through lime,
and cheers contend for m astery. the hand of m an. T his declared
a n d j a s t o f all, y our eye rests upon a
To-day, orators vie with one
It is on this day th a t our country the united colonies a free and inde
man distinguished above ail o t h e r s an o th er hi boasting of our glorious
dons her holiday a ttire and bids ub pendent nation. It did more than
by bis height, the noble ou tlin e of liberty, but while they are utter-
be m erry. For it was on this day this. It established a new p rin
his form, and the solemn dignity of ing it, women and children are dv-
that Liberty was born.
ciple, laid down a new rule, or ra th liis brow.
1 hat man is nam ed ing for the w ant of bread.
Tom e
This should l>e a day when all er revived an idd one, th a t all m« r.
\\ ashington.
liberty is th a t which is productive
men should be equal. T his should should
be
free
and
equal,
“ These m en are all members of of happiness.
L iberty -is happi-
be a day when it could be said right and th a t they should have certain
the Rebel Congress. They have ness. But in this “ land of liberty,
makes m ight; a day when every inalienable rights, am ong w’hich
met here to talk over the affairs of equality and justice,” cap ital con-
body could say: “ I am my own are life, liberty, and the pursuit
their country. Theii conver-ation j trols labor. C hildren toil dav in
m aster; I am a free, independent, of happiness. For this principle
is deep to n ed —cau tio u s—h u iried . and day out for a m iserly pitta> ce
being” —a day of tru th , justice, and our fathers fought and bled
For Every m an seems afraid to give u t
t h a t they m a y prolong life.
This
mercy; a day when the piteous wail this they died.
terance to I lie thoughts of his bosom. very moment some are begging for
of want and woe should not m in
The D eclaration of Independence Bound to E ngland by ties of ances- the scraps from p le n ty ’s table. Can
gle with the music of rejoicing, contains some of the noblest sen ti
try, language, r. lighrn, the very you wonder th a t hearts w ithout
when every m an, women, and child m ents ever uttered. U nder it, the
idea of separation seems a bias- blood enough to propel them , do
should be happy; a day of actual rigid ru le of caste was to become
phemy.
n,,t throb and th rill a t the sound
freedom, real liberty, when every extinct; w ealth should not m ake
“ A. visitor is announced. Look of “ My c o u n tr y ,’tis of thee, sweet
star and strip e should proclaim power and power should not govern;
upon his brow, his flashing eve, as | land of liberty?”
W hen I look
justice; a day when every hum an the jean s should not bow down to
in earnest words he p »urs forth his upon our c o u n try ’s flag, to me the
being could say “ The world is the broadcloth; and th e pallid lips
soul. He goes on; his broad, solid fairest upon earth , it is not the
my country, to do good is my re of want and woe should not beg
brow w aim with fire, his eye colors, red, w hite and blue which
ligion.”
from the gluttonous features of a v flashes the full light of a soul roused appeal to me, but the fond remem-
From tim e of prim itive m an the arice and greed. I he tired worn into all its life; those deep, earnest
brance each one brings to m ind,—
tendency has been to gather into faces of children who toil through tones speak of the I ndependence oe
the history they bear.
The ted
tribes. These tribes united against the long hours should not mark
A merica — her glorious F u tu re—her speaks to me o f the blood which
the wild an im als and the n atu ra l the place where wealth ends and
People, th a t shall swell into count- has been shed, and which the
ills of life. But finally, as these poverty begins. The dying m other
less m illions— her Navy, th a t shall patriots were willing to shed in the
unions allev iated danger, men be should not press the starving babe
w hiten t h e utterm ost sea—her Des- cause of freedom. The white speaks
gan to covet o n e-an o th er’s posses to her bossom to drow n its crys
tiny, that shall stride over the of the purity of the intentions
sions. H is very strength gave him But peace and plenty should every wreck of thrones to the U niversal
the unselfishness which should be
time to th in k of him self, gave him where abound and L iberty reign E m pire of the W estern C ontinent!
our inheritance.
The blue causes
time to foster selfish asperations. suprem e. Here, m arty rs of every
“ Then, behojd! they rise round the the stars to shine with the true
He became w illing th a t his neigh creed and innocent v ic'im s of sup tab le— they press th a t man by the
glow’ of constancy.
The whole
bor should perish if his own selfish erstitious frenzy could find a refuge.
h a n d — nay, the V irginia P lan ter, speaks of my c o u n try —o f hum an-
am bitions could be realized. Then In short, it was to he a governm ent W asbington, grasps both his bands
ity. But think you these oppressed
it was th a t people felt the real need by the people, for th e people, and
and, in a voice depened by em otion, people feel any of th e s e em otions
of governm ent. Before, union was all men should be free an d e q u al.
begs biin to write these words in a when they see the emblem o f their
strength, but now they m ust restrict
1 his, there can be no doubt, was book,—a book «bat shall he read in country waving in the breeze? Nay,
themselves and governm ent was the ideal pictured by W ashington,
all the homes and thundered from to them it is only bright-colored
needed. Their ru d e idea of this led Jefferson, F ran k lin and P aine, for all the pulpits of Am erica.”
hunting, a rag with which to m ake a
them to allow’ the most powerful to the United States. As Paine said:
The book was written. W ith the display.
The m achinery of the
rule and in the contention one m an ‘ N othing short of independence can firm belief th a t i ruth would trium ph, factories and m ills is propelled by
secured th e leadership. But their bind and keep us together.” And P aine m arshailed th e legions of th e ir very life-blood.
Men are
idea of freedom was not realized and right here, Ladies and Gentlem en, thought th at sprang from his prolif-j growing rich upon the unpaid
they began to scatter, establish new I want to pay my hum ble tribute ic brain, and on the 1st of J a n u a ry labor of others.
We applaud with
laws and new leaders, for, to perpet- to one of the g ran d est men who ever
1776, moved in solid colum ns bursting hearts; tears of g ratitu d e
uate liberty, is the sole purpose of lived and died in the cause of free- against the citadel of ty ran n y .
flow down our cheeks when we
government.
dom. This m an has been m aligned
‘‘F ^ ^ far
th in k of those brave men who,
My friends, it is Lilierty th a t has and slandered by the clergy for
And th e sta rs that shine with vivid ray, tattered , shoeleas
and
hungry,
founded every nation, every govern over a hundred years. He has been Floodingour path with still uncounted
rallied in the b attle line for free-
ment. I t is Liberty th a t has peo preached into hell from nearly
Comes the heroic, noble, splendid P a in e .” dom. But I tell you it tak<s the
pled every city, village and ham let every pulpit in the land. Would-1
A great m an is sleeping in his most patriotic kind of patriotism
Lom the regions of the north to the lie kings and professed lovers of lib
grave. In Thomas Paine the world to stand idly by and starve while
sunny south. It is L iberty th a t erty have all united to dishonor his found a hero.
Plenty banquets in h allso f splendor.
Has built every college, every work memory, and it is only w ithin the
W hen we think of the sp irit -of These m en are patriots tried and
shop, every home. It is Liberty last few years th a t our governm ent
the D eclaration of Independence, true. Some may say th at I am not
that has given us Am erica.
has recognized his services. Yet it
the governm ent these n en handed patriotic and th a t I do not love
Tinally from all these nations is due to
him , th a t we are
down to us, is it any w t.der th a t my country. I love my country, I
England arose, she flourished, she celebrating this day, more than to
we throw our hats in the a ir a n d jove n , v
b u t I love h u m a n ity .
conquered. She became the most a n y o th er m an in the history of cheer long and loud at th e sight of T
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I th in k som e h a v e a w rong idea of
powerful nation in the world. But ° u r governm ent. T hink you that the
stars and strip es—old glory?
with her strength she became op W ashington and the o th er early n..i
r • i if I t homas
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tism —a selfish patriotism
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But, my friends,
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pressive. It has been said if you patriot« held him in light esteem? were here to-day I fancy he would To m an .v h ifl »im ply brag— boast-
with to know w hat a m an really is , One of the early meeting« of these
cry out, “ 0 L iberty, thou a rt fled J ing «bout our country, our scenery,