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
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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.
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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
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State ¡secular Union, rati-
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system
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hurv
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every
297.
Never
again
can
it
b
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la
id
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tian religion.’ And we say th a t
,
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:
bed
our
work
and
gave
us
a
liberal
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they should not in any way seek to now ami their, hut we are like the th at Secularist- are not patriotic
Phere
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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‘
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,
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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
..
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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