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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (July 15, 1897)
T H E TORCH of REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, TH U R SD A Y , 11 IO L ib e r ty a n d P a tr io tis m . veterans true ami brave. “ The grass is green (CONTINUED FROM SIXTH PA»«E.) rest, w here they calm ly i i Those veterans tru e ano b rav e , T heir m em ory shines like a ra d ia n t star o ’er tiie lainl they died to save. »•', 1»L Declaration »»f Independence—th e > it is with regret and many found uplifting of hum anity- Our Hag rem em brances that we sta rt for P <»s- will then speak to all, of th eir sii W ednesday m orning. homes, th eir rights, their freedom We have visited th e grave of and their governm ent. It will say th a t Secular hero, Katie Kehn. to the whole world, “ W here I flo a t: Sm ith, who worked so diligently there all men shall he equal.” It for the cause she loved, and who will wave a welcome across the died while yet in the prim e of life, s» a and hear th e echo of its own We placed some flowers on her voic«*, “ Liberty and Union are now grave in esteem of the noble work was made of the value of exempted We marched with the procession, church property, and at tl»e rtuu hut we afterw ards learned that the lar rate of taxation this property M -thodist Sunday school would would yield th e s ta .e governm ents not march and, as one of the ladies over thirty m illions of dollars. And to ti at extei t the whole com- expressed » , “ W’e ar n’t going to ami forever one and inseparable.” i she has done. A n-, niu- ity is taxed. I appeal »»you, march with these infidels.” A fter the last lecture here we ar- “ I he infidels “ Flag of the heroes who left us th e ir irrespective of your religious be other one said, glory, , , xi . 1» .u i ranged ourselves in front of the hall lief, is this right, is it ju st, is it wouldn’t have m arch ’ d at all if she torn» 3 th ro u g h tir e b attle-field ’s th u n d e r and had our picture taken. a n d fia in t „ 1 don’t doubt g ranting special privileges to none had had her way.” Blazoned in song an d illumine»! in story, ; We can tru th fu lly say th a t we and equal rights to all? A home it. If a good m any of them had W ave o ’er us all who in h erit th y fam e. ' never enjoye»! a more splendid U p with thv ban n ers b r ig h t , is of far more im portance th an a their way you ami I would not be S p rin k led w ith s ta rry lig h t; F ourth of Ju ly in every respect church, yet side by side, we find here lo-day. W e would live in Spread its fair em blem s from m o u n tain ; than the one at W agner. It was to shore, the untaxed, magnificent palace of ihe tim e »»I another inquisition. W hile th ro u g h the sounding sky one long to he rem em bered, and God and the taxed h u t of the The churches would he tu rn ed in Lou»l rings th e N atio n ’s cry, — W agner m ust still hold the honors to slaughter pens and the m inisters ‘U nion ami L ib erty , One ev er m ore. peasant. and rem ain the banner town of Sec Improved racks W ashington said: “ I he govern become butchers F ie ld N o te s. ularism in E astern Oregon. T'wenty- would he invented, ami only the m ent of the U nited States is not in lir z, ii r \t eight applied for m em bership in the W agner, Oregon, Ju ly hth, E. M ; u any sense founded upon the chris- select few would he saved. As it is _ " . . ’ x i -i O reg o n State ¡secular Union, rati- they system a ieally hurv us every 297. Never again can it b e la id 6 ,-u i tian religion.’ And we say th a t , • : bed our work and gave us a liberal . , . it • t l they should not in any way seek to now ami their, hut we are like the th at Secularist- are not patriotic Phere ..i,i donation for the I niversity. 1 here Irishm an, we alwa> s come to life. for a m ire patriotic crowd could control it. I tell you we must is no such word as fail when we keep God out of the constitution. Bat had the unhappy failing of n»»t he found th an th a t which met have such earnest am i en th u siastic The question is, are we to be a free liv in g up t»» the scripture ami ta k at the Liberal hall on the birth d ay workers. The worhl is still moving peoph* -free to th in k , to reaso n ,; ing a <lr"p now and then for his of our coun’ry. At eleven o’clock onw ard and T ru th will triu m p h . and to speak according •«» con stom ach’s sake. But this tim e he we opened the celebration with the Our wish is th a t W agner m a y a il science? In Rome before Chris over-estim ated the capacity of his old hut ever new “ A m erica” in ways rem ain as it is term ed “ T h e For over tian ity was introduced, we found stomach and became what we stead of the invocation. His com an hour the audience gave their Infidels’ N est.” neither east»* nor aristocracy, but would call dead d runk. K. D. & M. B. II. with C hristianity it came with a 1 panions decided to hold a wake undivided attention and then we And force which shook the very walls of over him , s»» they procured a all adjourned to dinner. UNIVERSITY NOTES. There were fat Rome and made them totter and casket, held th eir wake and carried such a dinner! fall. It took Rome one hundred him out to the cem etary, where chickens, lean chickens, Pams, The work was delayed several As m orning daw n roast beef, beef, boiled beef, cheese, years to die; a> d our death if we they left him . days this week on account of not perish, will he as much more ter-1 ed he partly recovered, ami sitting pickles and, well, all th a t was nec in his casket, glared essary was to wish and it was be having team s to draw the lumber. rifjc as our free institutions have upright T his is a very busy season and given us more hone and sinew and around on the white m onum ents fore you. How h ard we did try to team s can scarcely he had for love vitality. O, thou beloved land! about him. Then in tones of joy “ lick the p la tte r clean,’’ hut it was “ Howly Mither! an im possibility lor, as the ladies or money. Bound by the tins of brotherhood, he exclaim ed: D. Leonard and Louie Rauch will common interest, ami perils, live This is the morn of the resurrec of W’agner expressed it, “ They had tion ami I’m first on the field been to picnics before.’’ After d in begin hauling lum ber next S a tu r forever- one and undivided! They bury us only to awaken ner we were entertained with some day. We, as Secularists, have a chance Did you see the big pile of to he more patriotic than the Chris and find us first on the field, where splendid music by W’agner’s hand tian . One world at a time is our let us hope we will ever he. for as and about three o’clock we again shingles? doctrine, and this world should he sure as the sun shines to-day Secu- lectured, am i at the close of the de Mr. F. J. Beaty, of Chemawa, nlarism will continue to shine ami clining <hty with happy faces and the man who donated the fifty our heaven. To accom plish this, let us he honest, true to ourselves shed its ra d ia n t light through the h earts full of patriotism we all re dollars worth of fu rn itu re, has now turned to »»ur homes with the donated two tons of fine tim othy and true to »»ur country ami true world. Sink or swim , live or »lie, su r prom ise to meet again in the m orn hay. Mr. Beaty wishes to educate to hum anity. We have been ac cused of being unpatriotic, ami th at vive or perish, I give my heart and ing. E arly M onday m orning we his boys in the U niversity and is we are trying to tear down the my hand to the cause of liberty. again met and exchanged greetings. anxious to do w hat he can to help foundation of our governm ent. But Over six score years ago our fathers W’e lectured both in the m orning along the work. there is n»»t a true Secularist living established this principle and it re and after noon and were greeted by A num ber of our stu d en ts are who would not shed his life-bl»>od m ains for us i<» guard it zealously. an atten tiv e audience, and last, hut taking th eir sum m er outing on the To-day we have met to celebrate not least, we enjoye«! another of for his country if called upon. beach or in the m ountains. Your presence t»»-day speaks more the one hundred and twenty-first those picnic dinners for which W’e will push the work of build- W’agner’s th an words. We must make our anniversary of tin* birth of equality, W’agner is well noted. presence felt everywhere. Ay, of liberty. Po-day we have met to band again furnished „» music dur- ¡»g > » »» » •« as Possible. Let us our Lest. th ere’s the rub. If we m ake any lay our hum ble trib u te at L iberty’s ing the day anil also (or the dance If Liberals d<> not answer the headway we m ust stand firm and feet. We hav«* met to honor the in the evening, at which the glow- men who have fought and bled for ing faces spoke more th an words of C h ristian s’ prayers, by n»*glect or lead. No one els«* will lead for us. Let me tell you what we »lid at the rights of m an. We have met the enjoym ent of everyone present, direct opposition, the U niversity Silverton on Memorial day. All to dedicate this day to liberty. But T ru ly W’agner is a home for Seen- will be built very soon. He who is the S unday schools in town were it must he rem em bered th at it has lariats in the broadest sense of the not for us is against us. invited to m arch We accepted b e en dedicated in actions more WOJ ' 1‘ . , i j W’e hear from a num ber of fami- th an words. It was dedicated on The scenery is rough and rugged . the invitation, and at the ap p o in t . , ' lies who intend to start for Silver- . ed time m arched proudly forth the fields of Bunker Hill, through but beautiful , with n a tu x re v ’s green .. „ ton soon on account of the Lniver- with our banner proclaim ing U ni the long w inter at Valiev Forge, caroet everyw here to rest both e>es . an d feet We me, all th e stanch Lib- Fnende, we m ust no, d.sap- versal M ental Liberty. Right Imre a n d o n the com nm ns of Yorktown, far above our power to add or de erala am ong which are Mr. Carsuer Po,n» ’ *em. I may as well state that our school One friend writes to enquire if tract with words. It rem ains for and family Mr. G ates and fam ily, contained over twice the num ber us to grasp an d uphold the work Mr. Collins and fam ily, the W’ag- we expect to have a gym nasium in of all the rest of the Sunday schools which was th u s begun. It rem ains ners and others too num erous to our school. Most assuredly we do. combined. In one hand we carried for us to honor these men by deed« m ention. W’e enjoyed the kin d S ecularists believe in physical our natio n ’s Hag. while in the ra th e r than by words; for us to see hospitality ami conversation at training. A sound brain requires C o llin s ’, a n d C arsners’. and a sound bodv. »»ther our offering *»f flowers t»> th»»st f u lfille d th e id o r io u s mission of the