the TORCH O F REASON-, S IL V E RTON, OREGON, OCTOBER 4. E. M. 300 (1900.)
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” 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
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‘fben, \ hp r i g h t , o a n d ,o
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The real au th o rs of this blackest « .u h ,n „ ,h ri..g ,„y8elf„J
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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
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> 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
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t
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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
.
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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,”