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About Torch of reason. (Silverton, Oregon) 1896-1903 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1898)
T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , J A M ARY 27, “converted "? Alas! How can yon tight a religion th at is based upon th e stu ltific a tio n o fth e intellect and the crucifixion of the b rain ? Some of those poor children will recover from their attack of m ental sick- ness called religion, but the weaker ones never will, ih o se who be- iieve in free brains and untram m el- ed thought, in teaching how to investigate, not how to believe, should tty to help the L iberal University D. P riestley ■For the Torch of Reason. Not W a r B u t Peace. Great standing arm ies are guaranty of peace. 1 hey are rath er J t ,ni : . menaces of war. 1 here is the great- , . * est danger of war in the conn- , , tries where the arm ies are the ™nkee ’ e Nations with powerful arm ies . . 1 . and navies are tem pted to m ake use f f , , of more pretexts for declaring w ar 1 . * against weaker nations, to secure . . . ’ portions of their territo ry , to take from them certain strategic or com- mercial advantages, or even to turn attention from discontent and threatened insurrection at home. powerful arm ies tem pt to conquest and plunder, to n atio n al injustice if w ar „ -„ „ u |„, <■„ gr(,a( (hh)g f|U. the United S tates.” M any who talk thus do so, par- rot-like, repeating w hat they hear or read from jingoes, not knowing really what war m eans. If they could have experience of war; could see the killed and w ounded; th ed e- struction of ihe products of labor; the widowhood, orphanage, poverty i and w retchedness; the burden of heavy taxation continued through years to pay for the loss and ex penses caused by the war; the brutalizing effects of war upon the ignorant or those needing the re strain ts of home and peaceful social life: the general dem oralization which results more or less from u 111 war; if they could have experience ,1 .. , Ot these, they would be less Hip , ,, . , , * pant in talking about war, less ; , noisy in shouting for war with E n g lan d , G erm any, Spain, Jap a n <♦ . and other nations whenever a n y 4k , th in g occurs which may he a pos- ; \ , Slide subject for controversy be- . i. r i o. , . tween the L nited States and those C()Untrjes l i , . . „ I have heard recently th a t you are try in g to found a Liberal U ni versity in your city, and although only a poor boy myself, I think I can spare a dollar for so .w orthy a cause, and consequently you find it enclosed. I think Silverton is to he congratulated u upon p i n i the Rut; f energy lie r e V and in d u stry of her Infidels in thus founding the first U niversity in the L .S . in which young people can he fa,,gbt V‘at wdiich is useful, with- i ° evwy ut a n I,,b,.rai u x tu re of „ superstition. If ,/p - g men arm ed and equipped for fighting, and great navies on the sea in constant readiness to move to whatever point they are ordered. Thnao »«ill; v . bust- • Ihesem .lhonsof t men whose contribute even the sm all sum of one dollar, ihe University would soon be a grand success. Hoping ‘b i It th e ^ t h i n k e r s everywhere finaneia in behalf o W,B ftb „ respond ,i lliv,.r8itv. I am y fratern ally , n of ness it is not to produce, hut to de- st,oy, have to be supported by ta x ing the poorly paid, poorly fed and pnorly clad people who toil like slaves for a living. All the costly business of war is carried on at the expense of the people, whose real interests are advanced only by PMace and the p u rsu its of industry. Ihe U nited States, separated from Europe by the ocean and not in need of alliances with an y European nation?«, either for offen- ?i\.‘ or defensive purposes, does not r ’f d a great stan d in g arm y. 1 here are m any people in this r‘ public, who are so much under f ' influence of the m ilitary sp irit which has deluged the earlh with blood and debased and enslaved populations, th a t they talk as R espectfully invite von to visit th eir estab lish m en t and con vince yourself th a t they are show ing th e greatest line of G eneral M erchandise in M arion cou n ty at p o p u lar prices. Mail orders given p ro m p t atten tio n . Y ours to Please beantifv the earth and bless m an- kind. These are the victories for l,s t() achieve to become perm anent- ,y. Preerni'»ent am ong the nations ^ , ' o t d y X J n r r i ^ t e are'ln v m R cd and when all the resources of peace have been exhausted w ithout obtaining justice B. F. U nderwood A. WOLF & SON S ilv e rto n , Oregon. C u s ite r & D a v e n p o rt DEALERS in - If A ll W ill Help. y / i ERCHANDISE D ear S i r : H arry T. S m ith . TORCH OF REASON SONG BOOK Corner Main and W ater Streets, S IL V E R T O N , O RE. Hicks <& Ames DEALERS IN Hardware, Tinware, Stoves, A G R IC U L T U R A L IM P L E M E N T S runs, F ish in g Tackle, C utlery, S porting G oods„E tc., Etc. SILVERTON, OREGON. Secularists -O r anybody SEND US YOUR J0BW 0RK W e W ill Do I t F o r You Neatly, Quickly, and For Less Money KEEP THE TORCH OF REASON BURNINÛ.” New and selected secular sonxs set to familiar tunes. Thirty-two paxes. Price io cents. 3 A. ,. , ano crime. Yet such is the disposition and the m ilitary p reparation of the great nations of C hristendom — nearly 1900 years from the lim e that Jesus exhorted men to love tneir enemies and to return good for evil— th at when nations are contiguous to one an o th er and have great common interests, each find it necessary to keep a large sta n d ing arm y which can he mobilized at a m oment’s notice. W ith o ut such an arm y no E uropean n atio n —ex ,,, , , k .1 i eept by the general agreem ent of the powers—could preserve its na- tionality. The result is th at the great Chris- tia n n u t iz ^ o . r i? -i tian nat.ons.of Europe 1 keep m.l- 1H>S. We T h a n You can G et It E lse w here Print A nything