T H E TORCH OF REASON, SILV ER TO N , OREGON. MARCH 30, 1899.
thought. May you yet find such a
wife. Goodbye, dear Mr. Rice,
goodbye.
“ D o E ly P age .”
There are some men, as well as
women, who could figure in the
role of Evangeline, who have ten ­
der, loyal and co n stan t hearts.
Such a one was the driver of the
Lueky-dog stage. But, though he
sal on th at box two years longer,
tnd scrutinized every dark-eyed,
sweet-voiced lady passenger who
rode to h l. OOM* d u rin g lh a t tim e,
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be blanked. W hat nations do — if
they whip — is all right with God.
I he nations th at conquer, say God
d id n ’t love the other fellows, and
that is why they got licked.
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In war times God is a god of b a t­
A S w ift S u ccess in th e P h illip - wolves and more ravage men
tles, d o n ’t cher know.
pines.
W ln*n the Saxons invaded B rit­
We hear the preachers say so,
ain they finally obliterated the na-
We shall succeed swiftly in the tive Celts, and when the Norm-ans and we hear them pray, “ Oh, thou
god of battles, give us victory over
P hillippines,
because
h u m an ly tinder W illiam the C onqueror in-
our enem ies,” and both sides pray
speaking we cannot do otherwise. vaded and c<’n,l‘lered E ngland,they
W e have 25.000 eneraetic Am erican i <l'‘l " Ot e x tirPa t« ‘ he English, I,e- the same, the ones who lick and the
We have 25,000 energetic American ,
ones who get licked.
They each
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clause
tlic
had
sense
enough
often with an intense longing for a soldiers,
fairly well led by generals
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think they have a cinch on God.
surreu
<ight of the face he craved— it nev who are at least men of m any years to see th a t it was better to
1 urrt
We hear the preachers preach
tr cam<. Out of the heaven of his of professional experience; our der than be slaves or corpses. The
about a god of love,* and we hear
life that star had vanished forever, troops are well arm ed, well led and Saxons were wise, because they
them pray to him as the god of
soon
absorbed
the
N
orm
an
element
and nothing was left him hut a well fed.
If we do not succeed,
peace.
own
advantage,
and
soon
soiled photograph and a tear-stain ­ surely it will be the first tim e in , to , their
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Are there two gods?
If so, the
ed letter, worn with frequent fold­ history when A m erican or E n g lish . ,
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devil m ust l>e one of them.
land
were
both
proud
ami
politic
ing and unfolding.
soldiers fairly well led have not
H ere is a strange thing about
TH E EN D .
crushed out the resistance of a b ar­ to proclaim themselves Englishmen this A m erican-Spanish war.
ra th e r than Normans.
barian or semi-civilized foe. The
The most C hristian nation on
A P o rtra it of C h rist.
We have the advantage of the
insular position of Luzon adm its of
earth fighting the most religious
object-lessons
of
English
experience
effective co-operation l»v our navy.
nation in the world.
Again we have the old chestnut
The em p re of British
The whole island of Luzon is not in India.
Spain is thoroughly religious.
of a rare piece of historical evidence
India
began
in
a
mere
trading
fac­
equal to half th e area of Oregon,
Religious, hut ignorant. R eligious
lost and found. This time it is not
and its insular position perm its of tory, a trailing com pany chartered hut proud.
Religious, but cruel.
a “ priceless m an u scrip t”, discover­
early
in,
the
seventeenth
centurv.
a combined movement of our arm y
Religious hut wicked. T his co u n ­
ed in the dam p v au lts of an old
and navy th a t m ust quickly result At th a t tim e the D utch, the P ortu­ try is C h ristian , but d o n ’t work a t
monastery, hut a bronze m edal.
in crushing out the insurgents. Of guese and the French all had set­ it much. It m akes Bibles and beer.
It was found in a curiosity shop at
course, when th eir main m ilitary tlem ents on the coast of India. The It uses prayer hooks and whisky.
Rome by a F renchm an nam ed
strength is broken, there will be protection of this English trading It builds churches and opens sa ­
Boyer d ’Ague.
He bought it for
tran sien t gu errilla w arfare in com pany finally led to the occupa­ loons.
It preaches m orality and
ten centim es, because of the H e­
tion
of
all
India,
from
Ceylon
to
m ountain and jungle, ju st as was
licenses brothels and gam bling
brew characters on it
W hen he
Lahore.
The
E
nglish
gradually
m aintained hv the untam ed In d i­
hells. We are heavenly in c h a ri­
came to look closer he found the
drove
out
the
Portuguese
and
the
ans of America twenty-five years
ty, htit hell on robbery.
W7e p ro ­
efiigv of Jesus. This efiigv is de­
French,
hut
not
until
1858,
after
ago, hut the u ltim ate was a su rren ­
fess much and practice little. It is
scribed as differing from the usual
the
m
utiny
of
1857,
did
the
British
der to our wolf pursuit,
about a stand-off between us and
picture of C hrist, which wras stoleo
governm ent assum e the absolute
Spain. We don’t have bull-fights,
W hose long gallop can tire
by the artists from Apollo, the sun- The
h o u n d ’s deep h a te ; th e h u n te r’s fire. adm inistration of B ritish India. hut we have elections.
god of the Pagan world. He was
We shall do better than England,
Spain planted the cross on this
The
sentim
ental
an
ti-expansion­
painted with golden ringlets and
because we have had her exam ple
western hem isphere first.
She
ists of New E ngland sav we can
blue eyes! T hink of a Jew, pure-
and because we are a swift, practic-
took possession of this country in
only occupy Luzon 1 y exterm ina­
blooded from D avid’s tim e, with
al people, who never say “ m anana »
the name of C hrist. And how oft­
tion. Very well; what o f it? We
yellow hair,blue eyes and a straight
when a m atter of business is
en during our great Colum bian cel­
are ready for th a t; we have always
nose!
brought up.
Let nobody worry;
On this medal the forehead is been ready for th at gloomy a lte r­ we shall stam p out insurrection in ebration did we hear from platform
high, nose long, straig h t and point­ native since the ancestors of the Luzon, and shall stam p it out at and pulpit how th a t this country
belonged to C hrist, for it was taken
ed, m ustache slightly m arked, hair New E ngland anti-expansionists sm all cost.—[O regonian.
possession of in his nam e by the
long and curly. The face is ‘‘ex­ and anti-exterm inationists ex ter­
Spanish. Oh, ve shades! Pizarro
trem ely fascinating” . The Hebrew m inated the W am panoags, the Pe-
“ W a r is H ell.”
and Cortes
representatives
of
characters are interpreted to read: quots, the N arrag an setts, shot King
< ’hl ist.
They set up a god of gold
“ The messiah, the king, will come Phillip, executed M aintcnomoh and
Do we delight in w ar? No. Who
and a bloody cross, and we worship
We Am ericans, who
in peace. He is the light of men, Canonchet.
And now th a t
hunted down V ittoria, Cochise, does? God and some people. The the sam e today.
incarnate and living.”
Bible says thou sh alt not kill. we have got their gold and th eir
This medal is being duplicated Geronim o and S itting Bull, in the
and the duplicates sold at high ’’’terests of law and order, will cer- Thou sh alt not kill with a knife, cross we are going to kick them
prices. This last sentence reveals ta tnly h u n t down A guinaldo and Thou shall not kill with a razor. out. But why not kick th eir em ­
The B ritish have Thou shalt not kid with a club, blems out with them ? Never will
the anim us of the whole affair. The his followers.
medal cannot be sold as m anu­ done it in In d ia and in B urm ah Thou sh alt not kill with a pistol, we do th at. We like gold as well
scripts are, for it would not bring under far more difficult circum - Thou shalt not kill with poison, as the S paniards ever did in their
enough money. It m ay he m u lti­ stances, and we will surely do it if No! No! Thou sh alt not kill in palm iest days, and who knows how
long it will he before the cross will
it is necessary. The New E ngland any of these ways.
plied until it will do so.
Thou shalt not kill by im prison­ dom inate as powerfully here as it
The archaeologists who have ex- anti-ex p an sio n ist press says, “ Will
does in Spain today and ignorance
ainined it pronounce it “ very a n ­ we hold Luzon at the cost of the ex ­ m ent? Yes,
Religion thrives
Thou shalt not kill by hanging? be as universal?
c ie n t’; they do not nor can they tirpation of the Tagals?” Yes; why
on ignorance.— [H u m an ity .
fix its date. The curio shops of not? The Pilgrim s and the Puri Yes.
Thou shall not kill by war? Yes.
Rome are factories where trained tan s held New E ngland only by the
Secularists would you not like to
Thou sh alt not kill by starving?
artisans work at the production of ^ U rp a tio n °f the Pequot, the
have some letterheads printed with
antiques, and with such skill th a t ^ a m p a n o a g and the N arragansett; Yes.
The Bible doesn’t mean thou Secular sentim ent and W ettstein ’s
even in m anuscripts the most pro- wh3’ not hold the Phillippines by
the extirpation of savages and pi- shalt net kill in any of these ways. E reethought badge, to use in corre-
ficient are often deceived.
This restless search for evidence ra,eH and barbarians? T hat has
T he Bible means th at one m an spondence with your friends? We
the seizint; of such straw s shows been the rule of all civilization.
should not kill any o ther one m an. will furnish them to you with
the feverish state of anxiety the
U nder any other rule the world T h at is awfully wicked.
your nam e and address printed on
believers of the C hristian doctrine toda-v would be inhabited
bv
But if lots of men kill lots of them for 75 cents per hundred,
are in, and is an acknow ledgem ent Apaches. O ur forests would be fill
men, th a t is all right. S I.50 for 250, or $2.50 for 500, post
of the insufficiency of their evi- ed by the sound of no saw m ill; the
Our laws say so, and the laws of paid. I^et the people know where
deuces. — [Progressive Thinker.
, world would be inhabited by tim ber other nations say so, and the Bible you stand.
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