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the TORCH O F REASON-, S IL V E RTON, OREGON, OCTOBER 4. E. M. 300 (1900.) 3 T h e T r u t h A b o u t C h in a . 1 he sig h t of th e pigs d ev o u rin g th e The , . -------------------• dead Chinese revolted .„v stomach not ‘ ” th " U nited Staten are equal in their BY AM BROSE B IER C E. ag ain st any fu tu re p o rk -e a tin g d u rin g busiue«<’ Th . / . * l° * accurse ¡rights and before the law, so each my stay in China,” said the officer. ” 1 and » h i t . i “ Ve ,ra d e " ‘,s Pu r e | natio“ and people is equal in its e a t ‘fben, \ hp r i g h t , o a n d ,o «* The real au th o rs of this blackest « .u h ,n „ ,h ri..g ,„y8elf„J . some chance for life, undisturbed so th a t it m ay evolve page in m odern history (th e Chi- of th e ingredients of w hich, p erh ap s, ' izalton, and even the u ltim ate in the n atu ra l and most benelicial ne3e insurrections) are the mission- was fu rn ish ed by the careas of a C h in a- “ blessing of C h ristia n ity .” Now way. “ arie«. I t is to be hoped they are m an, who probably was one of th e line- the C hristian carries the black Hag! proud of th eir work. W hether they a! d escen d en ts of th e royal C onfucius. It is our d u ty and adv an tag e to His mission is one o f pure, silent are or not, it is the last work they - I was inform ed by a M r. --- L ord, a • repre- — y — v — death ir. order to populate his Hell ! show them peacefully the benefits are likely to do in China for a good sen tativ e of an E nglish firm w ith h e a d of Science and civilization as we for the glory of his God. long time. In all Christendom q u a rte rs at Tien T sin, th a t he saw the' did in the case of Ja p a n , through And whom are they m urdering? there is not a governm ent th at will bodies of th o u san d s and th o u san d s of Comodore Perry. And just as we Sim ply children , as we have said dare to encourage these infatuated dead C hinam en th ro w n into th e riv er, keep the Chinese from populating above; for such they are, and only men and womei) to resum e th eir T his will show to some e x te n t th e and interfering w ith the welfare are, under the laws of evolution, horrible work. They would need sla u g h te r effected by t he a llie s.” and growth of our eouutry, go we history, civilization, in tern atio n al encouragem ent, and a lot of it. t i . q » , should respect theirs; and if our 6 ’ ’ > hat there m ight be no m istake and A merican law , com m on h u to persuade them again into the about war as the result of C hris m issionaries and traders will force m anity and m orality. field to g ath er the harvest of Asiatic tian ity , let us read M att. 10, 34. them selves there and in ways not C ur C hristian statesm en are souls. We hear a good deal about “ Think not that w anted, and so are forced to leave, have come to treating those fetichistic Chinese as we force Chinese to leave us, no their “ heroism ” and “ devotion,” »end peace on earth I corne not peoples and their p atriarch al gov- hut all th a t is now a bricked bubble. to send peace, but w ar should follow. The privilege a sword,” etc., einm ents, just as though they were They have no such qualities. Ap to verse 39. of travel in each o th er’s country, a consolidated E uropean nation and of trad e fair to both, should be’ p arently the crown of m artyrdom The verse “ peace on earth and 1 h e masses of the Chinese do not is a head gear which they are no good will to m an,” is a text corrup secured by treaty if posssble, but understand what is being done with wise desirous to wear. None than tion. It should read, “ peace on not by force or war. The con them nor w hat for, any more than fidence of these subsidiary child- they are more clam orous for pro earth to men of good w ill” —th at the inm ates of a “ K in d erg arten ” tection when menaced: none as is, to those who believe as we do. peoples, and the ab ility to benefit would under sim ilar circum stances they so loudly invoke the m ilitary “ He th a t helieveth not shall be them, must be obtained, as in the By American and all hum an lawg, arm . Time was when they who dam ned:” Mark xvi. 16, T hat case of children, by kindness, pro all of the peoples in the earlier tection and helpfulness. Force, went abroad to preach the benight dam nation is the heart, soul and stages of evolution are the “ w ards” injustice, in term ed lin g , missioniz- ed accepted m artyrdom with avid essence of all Personal God relig of those who have evolved fu rth e r ing and w ar will only teach them ity. T heir reliance was in God; he ions,and it simply results in the on, and who pretend to he civilized. the sam e, and m ake bloody b ar was th eir refuge; if he failed them general m urder of non-believers, foi The present extent and value of barians of them . they said: “ Thy will be done,” and the more wholesale the m urder is, our civilization will be tested by died in harness, praising him. the better. The sword of the Ro The forcing of C hristian ity upon the way this “ w ardship” is exer But these m odern m issionaries put man was succeeded by the sword cised. Our Suprem e C ourt declar these fetichistic ancestor worship th eir faith in legations and gun of C hrist end of Islam , l'heism , ed, on the grounds above intim ated, ers, is a most cruel im pertinance boats. They have, in this instance, and especially M onotheism , has tiiat ih e In d ian s were the wards of on our part, and death to them . lean t upon a broken reed, and for m ade hum an history a sea of blood. the U nited S tates, but we have C h ristian ity has no sense of coni- weeks the poorspirited creatures At bottom it is a license if not a com m ade a poor fiat in exercising our p arativ e religion, sociology, or of have been scam pering to the s e a mand to m urder. So has it ever w ardship over them , because we he in tern atio n al future of the coast like frightened rats, and been since Ù ahweh com m anded hum an race. S ecular statesm en allowed the C hristians and settlers pickling th eir shins in the brine to the Hebrews to rob and m urder the to boss the job, and they soon d is should become the m anagers of hail the passing ships. They have C ananites, down to this day, when covered th a t “ the only good In d ian earth ly and hum an affairs, and had more than enough of the m is W illiam , “ by the grace of his G od,” was a dead one,” and acted accord m anage them “ for the benefit of all concerned.” sionary business—a veritable bel —com m ands his G erm ans to see ingly. lyful of it. Pitiful to relate, their th a t “ no prisoners are tak en ,” no But the m ain tiling for all to do But, we are asked, m ust not the poor “converts,” mostly women q u arte r given, in the C hristian Chinese peoples be held responsi is to realize th a t the Chjnese are and children, have been slain by m urder war against the Chinese. ble for w hat is done am ong them , childish peoples, not a consolidated the thousands. Doubtless these 1 he C hristian Bishop, C ranston, -is just as G erm any, B ritain, F rance or people, and th a t they are not „ a holy men are capable of rejoicing in seconded by C hristians and Im the United S tates would he? Is nation, nor em pire in our sense of the thought th a t they converted perialists everyw here, to the effect not “e q u a lity -e q u ity ” am ong n a the word; and th a t they have no the wretched victim s .just in the th at life is of no great account in tions, ju st as it is am ong suitors in m odern motives nor ideas, nor nick of t itne to save their souls; the “ C hristianization” of C hina. our courts of equity, or am ong our language to express them as we hut doubtless, too, they will be a The heart of every Liberal and states and civilized nations? The have. They are, in the h isto ry of deal older than they uow are before of every H um an ought to rise in law of evolution and w ardship our race, what the Protozoa are in they care to u n d ertake the sa lv a revolt and protest against the answ ers decidedly, No! E quality early anim al life; a lot of m onosyl- tion of any more. whole of this bloody business, and is equity am ong equals, hut am ong abic, coalescing fam ily colonies. the C hristianity and greed which unequals it is exactly the reverse. Like early Protozoa in Biology, they K i l l i n g C h in e s e is M u r d e r in g is at the bottom and the cause of To act tow ards or to trea t a child remain socially the most num erous the whole of it. Missionaries, and as an a d u lt is to abuse, to rtu re and and the oldest peoples, but still o n C h ild r e n . then traders, force their way kill him . i’o tre a t a people in the ly in the first and sim ple childish am ong a child-like people, to o u t earlier or childish stages of evolu stage. The true picture and m eas BY T. B. W A K EM A N . rage their most sacred beliefs, to tion as though it was a grown up ure of them is their language of one beat them out of their property and m em ber of the great in tern atio n al syllable only, which after th o u s The P o rtlan d E vening Telegram , lands, to force opinions and goods hum an fam ily, is to com m it the ands of years is ju st beginning to of Sept. 24th has the following sam upon them which are destructive. SBme blunder, in aooiologë law form into words. ple of war resu ltin g from C hris Then when these children lesent, , So it is with th eir ancestry w or tia n ity : i i t . ano morals; only y on a trem endous- resist, and try to shake off this in- noons ship, and all of th e ir im itativ e “ i t w ould f>e bar«! to e stim a te the n u m I y larger scale, and with con se- ideas—all “childlike ber of C hinese killed by th e allied forces, terference, the C hristian civilized . i habits and ----- ~ vuiiuHKe h u t judg in g from w hat he saw and the nations go over and m urder them quences, not intended perhaps, yet and bland.” And they should be sta te m e n ts of o th e r respo nsible p arties, by the thousands, if not m illions, none the less terrible. treated like the grown up children th e officer th in k s th a t th e n u m b e r m ust in a war which would disgrace a The great du ty and law of w ard- th eX are, and g ^ a t and good things he en o rm o u s. M ounds of e a r th , u n d e r savage, because no q u arter is given ship is to look out for the ward and will come of them ; for they are in which th e C hinese were b u ried , covered ta k e n !” his estate. th e e a rth at in te rv als of every few feet —“ no prisoners to he U nder in tern atio n al m any ways the most industrio u s patient and best childreu th a t H u tor m ile s am i m iles on th e wav to Tien Then we at home sing “ tk DEE M.” law, tbia obligation and rule an- T sin. Corpses w hich lay on th e ground and g io rir, and „ the h u t,h - piles to th e „„deveioped trib e , and , Z X J ^ Z ^ n "h bi"' °h''ld?Q tbat Ho" were devoured by num erous pigs and logs, and th e sten ch was terrib le . I peoples. Just as the citizens of keeping,”