THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON. APRIL 13, 1S99.
not make right. There is a better Let the brains of the coming men
wav to civilize and conquer inferior and women so abhor war and its
people than to kill and subdue everlasting,evil effects that peace on
them by force of arms. The same earth and g.iod will to men will
amount of energy and money, with really and truly come. Call it
the great loss of life, that has been lack of patriotism, if you will, but
expended in the war with poor we have no more desire to kill a
Spain and the innocent Philippines, brother across the Atlantic or the
could have been applied in such a • Pacific, either alone or with an
manner as to have been far more army, than we have to kill a
productive of good to all nations; brother across the Willamette or
but as it is, the children of today the Mississippi; and we would run
and those yet unborn, in all na­ some risk of losing our own life be- . . .
tions concerned, are cursed by this fore we would do such a bloody
hellish war, which some are pleased deed. The wholesale murder called
to call a war for humanity. Spain war is wrong, wrong , WRONG!
was cruel to Cuba. Did the good
men of this nation really and truly
T h e G re a te s t E n e m y .
want to save the island for the
people to whom it rightfully be­
The enemy which all should i
longs? Then do these wise men dread most and fight hardest is i
not know a better way than bloody fraud. No matter what the end in j
view may be, if an enterprise is one
war?
The amount of money paid for of deceit, it is an enemy to human!
warships, for big and little guns, society and should be treated as
for powder and bullets and bombs, such.
The Torth of Reason caters to no j
for uniforms aud useless red tape,
for officers’ salaries, for transporta­ fraud. If it makes mistakes, it j
tion and for the millions of other makes them ignorantly and is more
expenses would have established desirous of their correction than
schools of science in Spain, in Cuba any one else can be.
and in the Philippines, furnished
The Liberal University is yet
them with books, apparatus and weak financially, hut it is strong
professors of the highest grade, and in its foundation of absolute hon­
this in such numbers as to have esty of purpose. We are sometimes
really converted all to the beauti­ afraid that our friends’ imagina­
ful, saving religion of Humanity tions will picture the work we
and Science. But no! the schools have done in such a way as to make
(including churches) that are es­ them feel, when they become better
tablished and that Christians pro­ acquainted with it, that we have
pose to force upon these poor, ig­ misrepresented things. All know
norant people uphold the devilish that the tendency of those who are
doctrine of destruction—of hell trying to inaugurate a great enter­
here and hell hereafter, excepting prise of this kind is to exaggerate
for a few elite who are to occupy and make things appear as rosy as
mansions in the skies.
possible; but we have always en­
War is never best. It can now deavored to tell the exact truth,and
lie avoided if we only know how, really do not want to deceive any
and science, freed from the dry rot one. We invite investigation. We
of myth and mystery, will show us frankly admit that we have accom­
the way. “The world is my coun­ plished little compared with what
try; to do good is my religion,” we would like to have accompush­
said one of the noblest of men, and ed. Yet we have done our best.
we believe this is true Secularism.
There are many frauds in the
As we contemplate and try to com­ world, and we do not care to add
prehend it, our mental arms go another to the list; so if the peo­
searching to clasp the poor Ameri­ ple who are interested in Free-
can boys who have been made to thought work honestly believe, af­
think it the height of courage and ter our three years’ struggle, that
honor to subjugate others by brute we are not worthy of their support,
force and stratagem; they go to we invite them to let us die. Those
Cuba and there would clasp our i who are our natural enemies, be­
brothers who have suffered so much cause of their own weakness which
because of the wrongs of war; they we may have touched upon, should
cross the ocean to old Spain and not, however, be allowed as witness­
there would comfort the old fathers es against us. Our friends, those
and mothers whose sons were who know what our work has been,
killed while obeying the awful and our most intelligent students
commands of this evil demon; should be heard before the black
they stretch across the Pacific to cap of neglect is drawn over our
the dusky brothers of the Philip­ eyes.
Freethinkers, there are many
pines, who are being slain or forced frauds which might be destroyed by
to yield to a slavery whose yoke the establishment of our Liberal
apjæars more cruel to them than University. Which must live, the
Christian fraud, its offspring and
death.
The peace that is purchased by 'assistants, or shall we who know
the truth come to the front? ft
murder is not honorable. Let us takes but little help from each one
as individuals and as nations learn Ito make our institution a great
to earn the good things we enjoy by I triumph.
What is your verdict?
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