Torch of reason., February 06, 1902, Image 1

•TRUTH BEARS T H E TORCH IN T H E SEARCH FOR T R U T H .” —
V O L . 6.
S IL V E R T O N , OREGON , T H U R S D A Y , FEB R U A R Y 6, E. V.
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NO. 5.
302 (1902.)
D E F E A T OF USURY.
Thom as Paine went to France.
he found himself possessed of a let­
ter of introduction, signed by a n ­ Into the new m ovem ent he threw
“ And Then We Smashed the Money
BY ROBERT BUCHANAN.
other Infidel, the illustrious F ra n k ­ all his energies. His fame had gone
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lin. This, and his native genius, before him, and he was welcomed
H E R E is th e p erfect s ta te
constituted his entire capital; and as a friend of the hum an race, and
E arly m ost b le st, a u d la te
BY' H E N R Y DEM AREST LLO YD .
P e rfe c t and b rig h t?
he needed no more. He found the as a cham pion of free governm ent,
'T is w here no palace s ta n d s
colonies clam oring for justice; w hin­
P a in e w a s fille d w ith a re a l lo v e [F ro m “T he N ew est E n g la n d ,” o r Ac-
T rem b lin g on s h iftin g sa n d s
M orning an d n i g h t :
c o u n t of New Z ea la n d .|
ing about their greviances; upon for m a n k i n d . His philanthropy
'T is w here th e soil is free,
their knees a t the foot of the throne, was boundless. He wished to de- « TS Advance to Settlers is the
W here, fa r as eye can see,
S c a tte re d o’e r h ill a u d lea,
im ploring that m ixture of idiocy stroy m onarchy— not the m onarch. I most characteristic feature of
H o m e stea d s a b o u n d ;
and insanity, George the III, by He voted for the destruction of
New Zealand’s aid to industry,
W here clean a n d b ro ad an d sw eet,
M ark et, sq u a re , lan e a n d s tre e t,
the grace of God, for a restoration tyranny, and against the death of This began as a policy of Treasury
B elted by leagues of w heat)
of their ancient privileges. I hey the king. He wished to establish loans to farm ers on their land. It
C itie s are found.
werp not endeavoring to become a governm ent on a new basis; one was initiated in 1893, and has since
W here is th e p erfect s ta te
free men, hut were trying to soften that would forget the past; one been im itated by New South Wales,
E arly m ost b lest, a n d la te
G e n tle and good ?
the heart of their m aster. They that would give privileges to none, Victoria and South A ustralia,
'T is w here no lives a re seen
were perfectly willing to m ake brick and protection to all. . . .
The world over, one of the great-
H u d d lin g in lan es u n c le a n ,
C ry in g fo r food:
if P haraoh would furnish the straw.
He had spent his life thus far in j **8t obstacles in I he way of the sm all
’T is w here th e hom e is p u re,
I he colonists wished for, hoped for, destroying the power of kings, and farm er— and the large one— is the
’T is w here th e b read is su re,
’T is w here th e w a n ts a re few er,
i ney n()W be turned his attention to the difficulty of getting capital. Often
and prayed tor
for reconciliation,
reconciliation. They
A nd each w ant fed ;
did not dream of independence.
priests. He knew that every abuse there is no money to be borrowed
W here p le n ty a n d peace abide,
W here h e a lth d w e lls h eav en ly -ey ed ,
P aine gave to the world his had been em balm ed in S cripture— »" the district where he lives, or, if
W here in n o o k s b e au tifie d
S lu m b e r th e d ead .
“Common Sense.” It was the first th at every outrage was in partner-J there is, it is in the bands of rich
He neighbors or banks, who know
argum ent for separation, the first ship with some holy text.
W here is th e p e rfe c t s ta te
U nvexed by w ra th a u d h a te,
assault upon the B ritish form of knew th a t the throne skulked be- nothing but their bond and the
Q u ie t a n d ju s t ?
governm ent, the first blow for a hind the a lta r, and both behind a pound of flesh. But in New Zea-
W h ere, too, no form o r creed
F e tte r e d are th o u g h t a n d deed,
land the settler has only to go to
republic, and it aroused our fathers prelended revelation from God.
R eason a n d t r u s t ?
like a tru m p et’s blast.
By this time he had found that the nearest postoffice to get into
’T is w here th e g re a t free m a rt
B roadens, w hile from its h e art
He was the first to preceive the it was of little use to free the body com m unication wilh a m oney­
F o rth th e g re a t sh ip s d e p a rt
lender who charges no com m ission
d e s tin y of the New W orld.
and leave the mind in chains.
Blown by th e w ind ;
or brokerage, and no fees, except
’T is w here th e wise m e n ’s ey ?s,
No other pam phlet ever accom­
He had explored the foundations
F ix ed on th e e a rth a u d skies,
plished such wonderful results. It of despotism, and had found them for actual expenses, never exacts
S eek in g fo r sig n s, devise
usury, offers no cu t-th ro at ruort-
G ood fo r m a n k in d .
was filled with argum ent, reason, infinitely rotten.
He had dug
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,
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, gages for s ig n a tu re , w ill let h im
persuasion,and unansw erable logic. under
the throne, and it occurred -
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have
any
am
ount from as little as
THOM AS P A IN E .
It opened a new world. It filled to him that he would take a look
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stirn n n
$125 to as much as $15,000, has
the present with hope and the fu­ behind the altar.
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With His Name Left Out. the History of
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never foreclosed, does not try to m-
ture with honor. Everyw here the
The result of his investigations . . .
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Liberty Cannot Be W ritten.
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duce him to borrow more than fie
people responded, and in a few was given to the world
in the “ Age
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really
needs,
if
he
has
no
freehold
m onths the C ontinental Congress of R eason.” From the m om ent of . . . . .
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BY RO B ER T G. IN G E R SO LL.
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will lend on leasehold and good-
declared the colonies free and in- its publication he became infamous.
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will a n d im p ro v e m e n ts, gives hi in
O speak the praises of the dependent Slates,
He was calum niated beyond meas-
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thirty-seven and a half years to
brave and thoughtful dead,
A new Nation was horn.
ure. To slander , bun was to secure
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. pay the money back, and accepts it
i , to me a labor of g ra litu d e
R j8 simple justice to say th a t the th an k s of the Church. All his fr<)m hhu ¡„ 8u)al, inBta|l mentH of
a a d fo v e .
P aine (lid more to cause the Declar- services were in sta n tly forgotten, principal
Driucj[)al wUh
every paym
ent o(
wilh every
paym ent
of in-
in ­
He was
I feel indebted to Thom as Paine ation of Independence th an any disparaged or denied.
terest, so as to make it as little of a
tunned as though
u.ongn he
ne had
..... been a
hj<n> ,(
for the liberty we are enjoying this other m an. Neither should it be shunned
h
to
day. Born am ong the poor, where forgotten th a t his a ttack s upon pestilence, and a t the bare m ention j
children are burdens; in a country G reat Britain were also attack s ()f his nam e the bloody hands of the
reduce hi8
w here real liberty was unknow n; upon m onarchy; and while he con- Cnurch were raised in horror. H e I ¡ndebtednegg> alld when it fin(j 9
where the privileges of class were vinced the people th at the colonies was denounced as the most de0P’ ' itgejf m akjng a profit out of itg bus.
guarded with infinite jealousy, and ought to separate from the m other cable of men.
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in8tead of accum ulating a
the rights of the individual tram - country, he also proved to them
I t is wonderful th a t all his ser- f()rtune giveg h i,n the benefU by
pled beneath the feet of priests and th a t a free governm ent is the best vices were thus forgotten. It is reducing hig rate
nobles; where to advocate justice th a t can be instituted am ong men. am azing th a t one kind word did
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The Perfect State.
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was tre a so n ; where intellectual
In my judgm ent, Thom as Paine not fall from sour, p p> ,
e8 to the po8toffice for his m ail
freedom was Infidelity, it is won- wa8 the best political w riter th a t some one did n o a c c ; o r
l h ere faces him on the walls notices
derful th a t the idea of true liberty ever lived. “ W hat he wrote was him, at least honesty. . trang ,
..nd
ever entered h i, brain.
pure nature, and hie soul and h i. th a t
in the general denunciation of -noney to loan w ith te rm , an d
At the age of thirty-seven,
Thom as Paine left E ngland for
America, with the high hope of be-
ing in stru m en tal in the estab lish -
m ent of a free governm ent. In hie
own country he could accom plish
nothing.
Those two v u l t u i e s -
pen went together.”
C erem ony,
pageantry, and all .he parapher-
nalia of power, had no effect upon
him. He exam ined into the why
and wherefore of th in g ,. He w a,
perfec.ly radical in h i, mode of
thought. N othing short of the bed-
Church and S tate— were ready to rock satisfied him . H i. enthusiasm
some one did not rem em ber h i, ra «<> ln r®’ '
labor for liberty, his devotion to
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principle, h i, zeal for the rig h t, of in 1393, after the panic
hie fellow-men.
aged every con iP
T hom as P aine w a. one of the in- land, he A ustralasian
i.llec.ual b e r o e .- o n e of the men to .e ll
the world
to whom we are indebted
I ,e bu ter, grain and meat
nam e i, associated forever with the falling
price,
w i
r
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farm er bad
m arket is
at s dily
.u t the m
g g
tear in pieces and devour the heart for w hat he believed to be right G reat Republic.
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o f a n v o n e who m ight deny th eir knew no b o u n d ,. D uring all the governm ent ex ist, he will he re- lower th e,r rale of interest on he
divine right to en slav e the world.
d ark scene, of th e K evolu.ion, never m em bered, adm ired and h o n o r e d .- money he had borrowed n o r would
Upon h i, arriv al in this co u n try for one m om ent did he despair. . . [D resden Edition, \ ol. 1.
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