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T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, F E B R U A R Y 5, E. M. 303 (1903.)
th a t such is the case with Labor
U nions and all their selfish doings.
He tries to except the T rusts as
“ labor-saving m achines” which in ­
crease production and raise wages
But this is not so.
in the long run
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their own m arkets, wagesaud prices;
and by means of invincible m achin­
ery and control of all n atural re­
sources use only a few’ skilled, well-
paid; and a few unskilled, cheap-
paid workers. These do not get
wages enough (th e T rusts fixing
them ) to buy the goods they thus
make; and so “ m issions,” wars and
colonies are the m eans to obtain
foreigu m arkets, with despotism and
slavery at home and abroad, and
no tariff on raw m aterials. Then
soon the T rusts are the G overn­
m ent 1
band shall be or become the whole
arm y or war or nothing!
\\ hen they may take the people
of the United States and their in -
terests into their confidence, with
i. e. protoplasm . We
have no sense in applying these pro-
cesses we call life, etc., to the Uni-
verse nor to auv other form or com-
position of m atter.
For, by the
im p r o v e d
law of p n rr..|..tií> n «o m u c h n h a n iw
m anagem ent
of
p u b lic
living matter ,
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E X P L A N A T IO N —
“ The Ultimate Power” in Nature.
BY D. K. T E N N E Y , M ADISON, W IS.
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to proceed with it slowly and step other change there in q u a n tity me to explain what I mean by this
sentence, in “ The Love of God an
by step—for instance now, (for the and quality. It is not conceivable e
first chapter,) with coal, oil and the nor possible for a change to occur, Im possibility,” one of my anti-
theological articles: “ It is ap parent
related railroads, hope may become except as the result of the same
th a t there is an u ltim ate power in
practical of getting practical people antecedent or concom itant correla-
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‘ nature proceeding under intelligent
thus inclined, to vote for one (only five changes. “ N atu re” can never
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and
invariable
laws.”
I
ana
glad
one ) set of candidates.
But with repeat herself except by those sam e . h a.
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Diat
the
editor
seeks
this
m
form
a-
their present shot-scattering, and correlative changes. Life, etc., i-1* e t -
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,
.
,
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,
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tion at the headquarters of knowl-
baskiug iu pure ideal, m etaphysical resulting process of change only in
moonshine, they seem to be doing protoplasm answ ering to other and edge. If he had read and quoted a
few sentences im m ediately follow­
all they possibly can to verify Gen. correlate changes in the environ­
B irney’s prediction that they can ment. Since this continuous change ing that above cited, it seems to me
no further explanation would be
only have the late of all other called life is brought about in this
“ third parties,”— while the triu m ­ one way it is absolutely im possible needed. For instance, “ w hether thaJt
phant T rusts w i l l elect continuous for it to be brought alxmt in any power preceded m atter, or has ever
been concurrent with it, no one
the free “ receivers” of “ the T riu m p h an t De­ (»tfier way, or by or in any other
B LESSED IN N O CEN CE OF
positively knows.
We do know
m ocracy” of slaves, and ofour van­ substance. The laws of “econom y”
AND F A IR C O M PETITIO N .
th a t both now exist and are in con­
and “correlation” leave only th a t
His remedy for all these Trust ishing Republic.
cu rren t operation.
There is no
oNE
way
possible.
As
Ingersol
and Labor Union calam ities—coal­
reason to believe th a t it was ever
LET US EXPLAIN
said: “ Every event has p a re n ts :” otherw ise.”
mines and all— whom our “ Begin­
“ We know the su p ern atu ral does
n er” finds to be violating “ the s ta t­
By these expressions I intended
The Explanation !
not ex ist,”— because when any event to make clear mv opinion th a t the
utes and the common law, and at
(life, thought, m ind, etc.,) comes universe is not governed by chance,
war against the fundam ental and
THESIS.
Pow er, force, en erg y , w ork, n a tu re , about in one way under the process hut by universal law em bodying
beneficent principle of free and fair
m ind, in te llig en c e, rig h te o u sn e ss, m o r­ and law of correlation, it is abso­
com petition, which is the only pos­ al,
the highest intelligence, and th a t
good, b e a u ty , e tc ., are m erely s u b ­
sible foundation of prosperous civi­ jec tiv e an d h u m a n w ords au d n o tio n s lutely impossible , as well as incon­ both have been in concurrent oper­
—n o t ap p lica b le to “ T he N ot 1”—th e
lized society”— is that same compe­ o b jectiv e w orld a t ail. T he word change ceivable, for it to come about in ation forever. If the words “ u lti­
tition! This “ principle of free and or act , is th e o uly bo tto m w ord—both any other way. This first fact, law m ate power” are construed to meau
su b je c tiv e and o b jec tiv e iu m ean in g ? and tru th of Science says: “ T hat
fair com petition” as “ the only pos­
th a t there was a tim e when th a t
All readers of the T orch aregreat- the su p ern atu ral does not exist,”
sible,” etc,, etc., is a cutting s a r­
power did not exist, th a t co n stru c­
ly
obliged
to
Mr.
Tenney
for
bis
and
that
all
gods,
ghosts,
devils,
casm upon President Roosevelt,
tion would certainly be m isleading.
clear
explanation
of
the
rem
arkable
and
“spooks”
are
hum
an
im
ag
in
a­
A lt’y-Gen. Knox and the other d is­
I en tertain no such idea. I stated
sentence
to
which
we
called
his
tions
and
illusions.
tinguished, blessed, and hopefu
th at we have no evidence th a t in­
attention,
near
the
close
of
his
very
Mr. Penney need not bother him telligent power preceded m atter.
“ innocents,” who are Hooding Con­
able
address
“
The
Love
of
God
Im
­
self then about any ‘u ltim ate power,’ But w hether it did or not is of no
gress with lulls to restore such com
petition! Was there ever anything possible.” (P ublished by H. L. nor any other subjective ultim ate im portance; because if it did, we
more, hopelessly silly since .E sop’s Green, No. 312 E. In d ia n a St., notions, aH m ind, etc., as though would have to inquire in vain for
mice appointed a com m ittee to bej Chicago, 111. Price, $2 00.) We they could be other than the ac­ the origin of th at power.
the cat? We may talk until we are wanted the attention of the author tivity of hum anized protoplasm ,
My purpose was to show th a t all
blind about the “ principle” of this and of others, to hi» and the general now held by gravity on this earth ! the Gods of the Bible and the “ other
I his makes Mr. T enney’s arg u ­ ods” therein referred to, were
or th a t as “ the o n ly ,” etc., hut as a use—even among Liberals,Scientists
fact , “ free and fair com petition” is ami Philosophers; ol the words ment complete. C ertainly we can ­ creatures of b arb arian im agin atio n ;
Now a part of the “ Golden A ge”— ‘ power,” “ force,” etc., at the head not possibly love th a t which does and th a t the new style of Gods,
of this colum n, ju st as though they not exists to be lovable. But if
an “ iridescent dream ” of the past.
later invented by m odern theo­
had a real objective existence and Mr. Tenney can find an “ u ltim a te ”
If you doubt it, try your fortune
logians and their higher criticism ,
m eaning— when iu fact they have or other “ power” before or with or
are not Gods, but subterfuges. T h a t
at oil , coal , steel , railroads or
not, and are clear instances of hu­ after m atter, which is unhum an
shipping , and see where you will
there is a high intelligence dis-
man fancy, poetry and mythology, aud yet “ intelligent,” is it not all
land 1 T h at m eans th a t the R
jlayed in the control of universal
against
which
the
rest
of
Mr.
Ten-
“
up”
with
him
and
all
Liberals?
affairs seems to me too plain for
public also m ust try some “ only,”
ney
s
address
so
healthfully
and
For
intelligence
means
power
to
controversy. The forces of n atu re
besides these obsolete m etaphysical
helpfully
rem
inds
us.
know,
to
th
in
k
,
to
do
and
to
pro-
“ principles,” or as certainly go out
lave ever been at work, and are
The object of this explanation is vide, and thus to “ make for righte- lard ly ever interrupted iu their
of business too. W hat the other
“ o nly” is, the T orch has clearly to point out that Mr. le n e n y ’s oneness,” and so to control a c re - course, at the request of those pos­
pointed out, and will again, as a thought has cut deeper than he ated world and people. All of the sessing faith “even as a grain of
m ustard seed.”
p art of the Science of society. If seems to have intended, and if ex- “ attrib u tes of G od” follow if you
Our C hristian friends, candidly
tended, leaves no possibility of any find one of them , for instance “ in-
you are relu ctan t to call it “ Soci­ “
o lo ......
.tt
. I » all, nor « for l telligence
...
. in . . N ature.” We think (Conversing
with
Infidels,
adm
it.
U
ltim
ate
w
er
at
with
Beecher,
th
a
t
“
the
Bible
God
is
ology” or “ Socialism ” let it be “ pub­
any objective use of any subjective th a t Ingersoll in his reply to Dr. a moral m onstrosity,” but they hate
lic business,”“ 8tatesm anship”or any
thought, feeling, notion, idea, word Field, laid out this “ intelligence” to ad u iit th a t there is no God at
other terror; but let us not play
80 they contend th a t the God
ostrich, with head iu the sand, until or phrase. As Swedenborg would say, and “ righteousness” notion thor-
subjective and okjective are dis- oughly
whom they worship is not such an
the inevitable consequences of ig­
p a r a u , incom parable, and separat-
» , m ust now have two week,-
norance, or worse, overwhelm us.
ed forever by “ a discreet degree,” vacation for removal of the T orch ; forces of n atu re co n stitu te their
those dangerous socialists .
except in and by M an ' s feeling, if d uring th at time any one can God. I desired to indicate th at the
Both Gen. B irney and “ B eginner” thought and action, where the sense point out any error in the applica- forces of n atu re are concurrent with
rightly warn us against the present of change unites both the in and tion of the law of correlation, or of the phenom ena of nature, and th a t
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i neither led the procession. I added
Socialist organizations as danger­ , the
o tr , the act and the fact !
the word ‘intelligently,” as above th eothersuggestion that “ we should
ous. They seem to be so indeed,
* otice, first th at every one of stated, we should be pleased to hear believe what we know to be true,
but for other reasons than our ob­ hese words, *• Power,” etc., when by of it. We have often thus asked, Hnd nothing else.” N ature seems
jectors would assign. Socialists in etym ology, you get at the bottom but no answ er has ever come.
If to rne both thft em bodim ent and
highest stan d ard of intelligence.
politics are now mostly a lot of guer­ of them , are descriptions only of there can be one let us know
.
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.
HUMAN
feelings,
thoughts
and
a
c
clear
and
respectful
term
s,
and
re
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i
a ^ ^ .^ T ^ s U
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rillas, each insisting th at his own
vast pronunciam ento and his little j lions, dependent for existence o n jc e iv e o u r thanks.
¡successfully done so.
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