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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , O REG O N , N O V EM BER 29, E. M. 300 (1900.)
and train which he knew perfectly well m ate of m atter and m otion, and
was to be mobbed. He never fired which he calls the riddle for the
— —— —— ——
a shot or did a thing to prevent the next cen tu ry to solve, and so he
The Only Paper of Its Kind.
The Abdication of a State.
tak in g of the crim in al from his cus- has m isleadingly m ade it the title
P ublished W eekly by th e Liberal U n i­
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tody.
He sim ply gave him up af- of his book, which explains what
versity C om pany, in th e In te re sts of
The state of Colorado has be- ter a
hypocritical joshing, all the world actually is, up to th at
C onstructive, M oral Secularism .
The * governor had been appealed to u ltim ate “ riddle” . There v »«
are obuu
some
I> u z I
F d i t n r come a disgrace, not only to itse lf,
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and ignom iniousl v declined to do o ther m inor m atters to be looked
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M anavf-r but to our Republic and civiliza-
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an y th in g to see th a t the laws of over in th is hook, but they are
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w’ere
enforced.
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had
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spots
on
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sun;
notw
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E ntered a t th e postoffice a t S ilverton, m urder of Preston Porter by b u rn -,
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• taken a solemn official oath to see stan d in g them , it shines out elori-
Oregon, as second-class m ail ■' m atte r.
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a
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the
laws
of
his
state
were
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ously
with
the
light
of
tru
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tude; and the acquisence in it by
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
faithfully executed.
But when the
The ending of Prof. W ard ’s book
the officials and citizens of the
One year, in a d v an c e .......................... $1 99 state, makes every citizen a party occasion of ail others for his offic­ is not as -full or phophetic as it
Six m onths in a d v an c e ....................
50
We hope th a t the next
25 to it, and leaves a foul blot upon ial actior. cam e he slunk aw ay in m ight be.
Three m o n th s, in a d v an c e ................
the
most disgraceful m anner. edition will give us a fuller sta te ­
In clubs of five or m ore, one year,
75 Republicanism and our great R e­
in a d v an c e ..........................................
How can such an official escape m ent of the grounds of hum an prog­
Money should lie sen t by registered public itself.
This condem nation can only he the crime and tu rp itu d e of viola- ress, and the consequent better
letter or m oney order.
state of m ankind th a t is to be.
m itigated by the im m ediate re tu rn t,on
^ ’lty and p erju ry ?
Not
of the state authorities to the per- d istrict attorney or a judge of the M eanwhile the reader m ust supply
Notice!
We know of
formanae of their sworn duties, by s,ale did a thing, or spoke a word th at as best he can.
the arrest of the parties to this *n ‘avor of the constitution and no other sm all book th a t can take
A h a n d pointing to th is notice denotes
th a t vour subscription has ex p ired . crime, and their trial and punish- laws they had sworn to defend and its place now; and unless a scien­
You are earn estly requested to re ­
execute.
In horrid mockery a Bi- tific sociology is read after Prof.
new so th a t you m ay receive th e pa­ m ent according to law.
per w ithout in te rru p tio n . We have de­
On the face of it, there was no hie was given to the poor wretch to H aeckel’s book, th a t is u tte rly in ­
cided th a t it is best for all concerned
he read by the light of the fire, pre­ sufficient.
It is like reading two-
th a t we do n o t send papers longer th a n justification for this crim e w h at­
the tim e paid for unless so ordered. ever. The crim inal had confessed, ceding th a t in which he was soon th ird s of a novel which is never
This will p rev e n t any loss and we will
was in the custody of the law, there to be w rithing in to rtu re; and its com pleted. Let us all join in a
know ju st w here we sta n d .
We request you to send 11s th e nam es to rem ain until he could be legally leaves were then all torn out and petition to Prof. W ard to give us
of Secularists who m ight become su b ­
distributed as souvenirs by his his new edition soon.
Let us hope
scribers and we will m ail sam ple copies. and form ally tried and punished,
Precious keepsakes th a t he will introduce it by a his­
as he certainly would have been at m urderers.
they m ust he!
torical introduction like Frederick
the next term of court.
T hursday , N ov . 29, E. M. 300.
C ivilization dem ands th a t the H a rriso n ’s M eaning of H istory; and
U nder these circum stances a lot
of lawless persons determ ined to perpetration of this crim e be duly also give us the basis of H um an
U ntil progress tow ards the E a rth ly P a r­
Winter Lights in Silverton.
avail themselves of the personal prosecuted and punished.
grief and n atu ral vengeance of the the state of Colorado does this, she adise, with illu stratio n s at the end.
There are electric aic lights in
afflicted parents of the m urdered rem ains a disgrace to the whole Even if a few of those “ fossil
Silverton this w inter— and so there child, to avenge one m urder by the U nited States— a sham e to every mosses’’ do not get catalogued in
will be no sober necessity of falling commission of another.
the Sm ithsonian In stitu te, we and
This was honest, law -abiding A m erican.
all posterity will give th an k s to
off those hoard walks a t the risk of from no necessity, but for the
this professor for the solution of
legs and neck. Glory, Glory! H a l­ pleasure of a horrid S unday Holy-
day sacrifice to the laten t savagery The Four Books to Have for Winter the social world in which we now
leluiah!
have to live, and the future in
and b ru tality th a t is but slightly
Reading.
But this is not all.
The old
which we have to hope.
T h at is
veneered over by law and civiliza-
Libera! Church in Silverton is r©8'i tion in some people, and which
At last we can say it— There are No" b *8 true work, for he can n o t
urrecting itself, and has already used to he gratified by gladiator two books th a t every F reethinker, live alw ays, and it will be hard to
u n d ertak en discourses and exer- butchery, bullfights and b u rn in g of L iberal, S ecularist— every lover of b,,d ^is successor as an exponent
the tru th and the rig h t— in a word, of in d iv id u a l and collective hum an
cises to he held on Sunday even­ heretics and withes at the stake.
We happened to he passing every intelligent person should TELESIS.
ings at Liberal H all. This will in­
3. But u n til becom es to o ur rescue
through this disgraced state the have, read, assim ilate and quote
clude the Thought E xchange where
S atu rd ay evening before th is burn- until everybody who knows you, we m ay supplem ent his said “ O ut­
good discussions can be had, and ing. The train was practically knows th a t you aud the religion of lin es” by the historical sketch by
good lectures and sermons when taken possession of at Lim a in the Science and H u m an ity are stan d in g W inwood Reade, the grand “ Mar-
good fighting discussors cannot be search for the victim supposed to on the solid, im m ovable foundation tvrdom of M an,” already known to
These two most L iberals, and which should be
found. They will get the best th a t be there in the custody of th e sh er­ of verified Science.
in every lib rary and household.
iff on the way to prison.
Every books are:
can be got, and we m ust be sat
car and berth was inspected by the
1. Prof. E rnst H aeckel’s “ Rid- O ur Liberal book friend, F red ’k
isfied.
m obiles and doors forced, even by die of the U niverse,” which covers D ahlstrom , 43 Van Buren S treet,
There is a desire for a com petent breaking the locks.
There were cosmology and biology.
(P ub- Chicago, 111., will send it to you for
perm anent lecturer, teacher and even forerunners on the train on fished b y H a r permit B rother, N. Y. ’^ E00, and the other books at the
pastor; but in Silverton as well as its way to Lim a.
One of them Price $1.50.
prices above nam ed, or they m ay
everywhere else, he sim ply cannot seemed by his talk to invite other
2. Prof. L ester F. W a rd ’s “ Out- be ordered through the Torch,
be found. Preachers of the Gospel young men on the train to join the fines of Sociology,”
which covers
4. One prophetic or apocalyptic
of Science and H um anity are
like mob.
He said: ‘ Come, there will the evolution of society and hum an book is also needed, and for th a t
poets; they m ust be born, and then be some grand fun to be seen to- history and affairs, which
Prof, it is well to read E dw ard B ellam y’s
educated and made, and a bad or morrow, for we are sure to get Haeckel does not u n d ertak e to equality , which will cost $1.00. I t
insufficient one is worse than none, him .” There was no word about touch at all.
(P ublished by Mac- can be ordered w ith the above
Besides the Liberals are so liberal the necessity, nor any reason for m illon & Com pany, N. Y.
Price books. H ave these four books of
th a t they won’t pay him , so he will this violence, but only the exquis- $1.50.
our m odern Bible by your fireside-
have to work and find himself as he ite “ fun” of roasting a hum an being
These books are th e last chapters E nlighten them by the M idsum-
preaches, ju st as the Mormon apos- to death, had taken com plete pos- of the true hum an Bible— the short- mer and Tem pest of Shakespeare.
ties do, and ju st as the Apostle session of this demon in hum an est and the best now out.
and
B ayard T ay lo r’s G oethe’s
Paul did by his “ tent-m aking,” and shape; and as to him law, justice,
Don’t be m isled by the nam e of F au st, with the original , if you
Spinoza by bis glass-grinding.
decency or hum anity had ceased to Prof. H aeckel’s book, for th e nam e can, get a touch of G erm an; and
U ntil th a t living Jewell is fouud exist.
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¡8 the reverse of w hat it should be: then th a n k them all th a t not even
Silverton m ust forage on the rest
Before a few dem ons of this kind it i9 really the solution , not the an Oregon rain or fog can wholly
of the world for its intellectual the great state of Colorado, the riddle of the U niverse. The “ Rid- hide from your “ inw ard sig h t” a
lights, and wait for its L. U. O. to pride of the \ \ est, com pletely abdi- d ie’’ he refers to is the n atu re and glim pse of the E a rth ly Paradise,
equip and send out com petent cated and prostrated itself.
The consequences of the in te rste lla r which is surely to be, and in which
hearers of the Torch of Reason to Sheriff took the victim out on a i ether which is posited as the ulti-1 we may thus begin to five.
Torch of Reason
scatter
T ru th .
the
rays of Light