a 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.” AN ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MlH8 • . ... T w lie d t h e lde»» of lilierly. George III ‘•G ro u n d around a table, the F o r, Ladies and G entlem en, I RATE D e FEATT AT THE CELEBRATION . , • ? ... ... . had no conception of liberty, but glow of the lam p pouring full in cannot stand before you to-day and at W agner , O re ., S unday J uly 4 th . | #. „ ,, , \ *’ 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