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THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, FEBRUARY 8, 1900. 5 The Festival of the Republic. and the great defender of Republic- ---------- an ism. C ontinued from 3d page. O for time to refer to each of the the Triumph of the Federal Repub- wars of our Republic, and to show lie. Before we reach that result, how the inevitable centralizing con- shall we have an interregnum of sequences have been most timely Imperialism and Despotism, with a and most fortunately neutralized slow recovery through revolutions— by Democratic champions of the putting back human progress cer people, especially by Jefferson, tainly another century, and perhaps Madison, Jackson; and L incoln , more? That is the great question whose sudden death, from this OREGON. M for us and this generation! point of view, may yet in future x But the Memorial of the Great years be seen to have been the Republican should be somewhat death wound of the Republic. This practical as well as theoretical. His is to be feared, because since his question “Quo V adis ?” means, assassination the people have not ‘ How are you meeting the dangers been able to put at their head any which now surge up against the great “Tribune of the People,” who J. EARL HOSMER, Ph. J)., B. S. I)., P r es ., Republic?’’ Those are, as we have could do for them what Jefferson S u p e rin te n d e n t D e p artm en t of Cosmology. intimated, * from two sources: (1) \ ✓ did in 1800. Lincoln saw, * and ex- Mathematics, Physical Sciences, Dynamics. That it may be lost by anarchistic pressed it plainly many times, that inattention, corruption and careless the real danger of the war would ABEL A. LEONARD, M. I)., M. E. ,* S u p e rin te n d e n t D e p a rtm e n t of Biology, ness of the people; (2) That it may be after its victory. Every Presi Anatomy, Physiology, Animal Electricity, be stolen from the people by inte dent we have had since our civil Physiological Psychology, Microscopy. grative and centralizing powers war has, consciously or uncon selfishly owned and used and not sciously—mostly the latter—added i THADDEUS B. WAKEMAN, to those dangerous centralizing con S u p e rin te n d e n t D e p a rtm e n t of Sociology and L aw , under the control of the whole peo General History, Sociology, Law, Linguistics, ple, nor for their benefit. This last sequences, and has had unexpected, Ethics. is evidently our present great dan but tremendous powers and influ ger. Such dangers are especially ences forcing him and the people MINNIE P. HOSMER, L. S.,B. S. D., the result of wars. “I nter arma in the same direction, until now, as S u p e rin te n d e n t P re p a ra to ry D e p a rtm e n t, History, English Grammar, Botany, Vocal silent leges ,” “In Arms (Wars) the Emerson warned us, “The Fortune- Music. Laws are silent,” said Cicero. The of the Republic” trembles in the balance. “Powers that be,” then in power be PEARL W. GEER, M. G. PI., S ecretary , Now let us try to drop mere party come permanent, because they must Business Methods and Correspondence. then act independently of the direct politics for a few moments and look MARY CHILDERS, laws and manifested will of the at these tendencies as we know the Kindergarten and Primary Classes. people, and in the emergencies they “Spirits” of Paine and Liucoln make the laws; then the popular would regard them in their “Quo SOPHIE WOLF, and even the judicial departments V adis ?” warning to us. Piano Music, Elocution, English Literature. 1. The people have lost their of the government exist chiefly to M. G. COOLEY, Violin and Cornet. enact and register the integrative money: and yet they are overwhelm centralizing measures or “rescripts” ingly in debt, and they are still get CLARA WAKEMAN, long before the name of the Re ting in, instead of getting out of Drawing and Painting. debt. Lincoln laid his finger on public is gone. So was it when ALICE DAVENPORT, Caesar bore away the Republic of that war debt as the beginning of Stenography, Typewriting. Cicero,and when Napoleon brutally great trouble. We have paid it re LOUIS R/VUCH, Assistant, abolished the Republic of Paine in ally twice in value, and now it is Bookkeeping, Commercial Arithmetic. France. Such events are, there larger than ever, and no end of it LORA AMES, Assistant, fore, the great object lessons of his is in sight! We have bound our Physiology, Hygiene. selves hand and foot by limiting tory to us. KATIE MATTESON, We too have had our wars, and ourselves in our means of payment Librarian. every one of them has had such a to the gold which is already chief PROFS. HOSMER, WAKEMAN, GEER, centralizing tendency, that our ly held by our creditors! Debt Lecturers on Religion of Science and Humanity. people will have to be aroused as means bonds; bonds mean bond EMILY L. WAKEMAN, never before, if the Republic can age; bondage means usury; usury Matron. stand another. Think of it! Our means use — use of your body and *D r. L eonard has con sen ted to tak e th is c h a ir u n til som e one war of the Revolution, the “War for life as a slave—and that means de can be found to fill it p e rm a n en tly . Liberty” ended in a petition to pendence, poverty, degradation and W ashington to become“Imperator.” misery of the masses, and the lord S T U D E N T S M A Y E N T E R A T A N Y T IM E . of the few who have 1 «■»- If he had not been a sturdy Repub- ly - prominence . Hcan “the dream of a Republic” usurped the life of the people and -I- We are now in our New building, which gives us room would have ended then. Let us reality of their Republic. for increased attendance and much better facilities for teaching. For terms and further particulars, address, 2. The people have generally lost never forget that service of that great and good Republican! It is the power of free labor or employ a blessed thing that Mr. Conway ment of themselves—because it can . S IL V E R T O N OREGON. has been able to show that Wash no longer be made to pay. Why? ington’s apparently cruel inatten- The capitalistic methods of produc tion to Paine when he was in prison hon and disiribution have become in f rance, and Paine’s resentment monopolistic. That means that the it and harsh criticism, was the mighty machine has taken away FRIENDS OF LIBERAL AND SECULAR EDUCAI ION result of want of information and the tool, and the factory the shop, are earnestly reminded that the above University is in act consequent misapprehension on the ^ ie department bazaar the store ive and harmonious operation, but that it must be provided with part of both. (See Conway’s Writ- even the professions are syndicates, sufficient means to finish its building, now approaching comple ings of Paine, Vol. 3, chap. 21, and All of which means that the people tion and partly occupied, so that a paying number of students Vol. 4, xiii.) It is proved that have l°st their birthright to labor, can be accommodated. Please to subscribe, or obtain subscrip tions, for our Stock, and send memoranda of property, books or Gouvemeur Morris was the wicked except as wage-slaves at the will apparatus you can furnish. marplot who caused those spots— and profit of another, and not for, J. E arl H osmer , President of Faculty. the only serious ones that seemed themselves — except for the bare T. B. \\ akeman , P resident Board of Directors. to rest upon the great originator, [Concluded on 6th page.] P. W. G eer , Sec’y Board and Busness Manager. LIBERAL U N IVER SITY $ The @nlg Institution of th e Kind! bci c u 1 t y —-1899- ’< >o. P e a rl W — XX V 2 A U U V U a. X • a U V a VV * * A 1 O V J 11 » I « .x a fcx 4 « « x x XX V , a » x XX V x xx 4 rx a-x xx xx • * G e e r S e c ’y ,