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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (June 2, 1881)
! S r t t t ! f f i -: :. j-X s 1 u - THE XK W OUTIi WKST, Hi U KolJA 1 , J U J? .y-xooA.. 4 JomrtmiFfor tk JVttpl, - . lnttrvfAent in' Politic, mini RJloiam. ',4iiw fo oil Licw mmi TtwrovyMy Jl'tdiml in tp- poting mmi Kxyutittg the Wrung of th Jliaet. t ' 1 8VB&CKIJT10X KATKH (IS ADVASVK t " On Year, by XI ul.. t . - - .t Hit Month. ,7iw Month, ... I , 1 ', AdvtrlUemenU fill U trrtnl pt AommUi Won. j Alt Currrtftvndence inlrn lert for publication ikoulJ bead tfreaeed m Alitor, ami mil tmine intrr n r , pUXIWAt PIBLIMUXU iXiltPAS'K Ao. ft WiMkiptoN' ttrrH, Poland, Orym. PORTLAND OR.EOOX, THURSDAY. JUNE t WL A 8JI0RT KUFTRAOE ARGUMENT. Abraham Lincoln once made a concise and . pointed remark In favor of Woman Suffrage, to- wit: "No man I good enough to govern another man without that other' consent." Thla epigrammatic observation comprehend Tnany-principles wuierrtne-advocates or eo,ua rights champion thouirlM there la no evidence that the martyred President had the woman movement In mental view when he uttered It. This terse sentence is practically synonymous with the declaration tbaTaelf-government It -natural rijrhtrand Is therefore axlomat1cina "re publican form of government : ; " Like al other great truth, thla one la genera 'la its meaning, and of course la applicable to the whole human family. It comprehends the prin ciple that each and every citizen not rendered In " competent by reason of affliction or crime Is prop erly entitled to the suffrage, which Is the meant of exercising the right of self-government In our itry Itmbodlethe-rlnciple --that r all-per-4 - sons are born free and equal, and that no peron man or woman, should arrogate to himnelf or her elf the right to" dictate the actions or represent the wishes of any other person, man or woman ; without that other iierson's express consent. It - plainly signifies that a husband carr no more rep resent his wife to her satisfaction than a wife could represent tier husband to his satisfaction, It lays aside all sentimental considerations, ' and treats the subject of Individual sovereignty with philosophical soundness. . ' In an elaborated and cumbersome form, Mr. Lincoln's axiomatic remark -meant' that no man or woman Is possessed- of sufficient wisdom Jo arbitrarily' assume the right to represent any other man or woman, and that such assumed arbl trary representation must always result In Injus tice and create dissatisfaction. ., ". ,s - ANCIENt INFLUENCE. X' -nBoot-nc4etorwtrT'errtedn"aTrewn tissue of the aikmat ViUten, we find briefs but ' comprehensive statement that, will explain th SS . S " A . mmmmm pt-cuiiar mnipiriinn nr rnmr n nui iihwu i n m wh . 11 1 1 1 BR '' ' n mm . . lmuerine ancient Koman law, an women were luperpetuallutelagei;mlei the civil lawr aa vised and proclaimed by Justinian prior to thj establishment of the Christian religion In Rome, women became Independent In their persona and - property, Justlqlandeclartng that tne Inequalities existing between men and women were barbarous and uncivilized. - The remarkable freedom oi woman under the Roman civil law was lessened by the Roman canon law, which revived the disa ' billtleaof the ancient barbaric laws, originating In brute force. Tlipae systems of law which are, least Indulgent and most -unjust to married m-omenara those whlvh have followed thexanon . law exclusively, while those systems which are Invariably harsh to alL tcowcw, of which the . Kcandinavlan and those of the 8clavonlc races generally are examples, have followed the ancient Roman law. The codes of all the nations of west ern and southern Europe, the laws of England. and through her America, bear the stamp of this double origin. Is It not timr they were every where superseded by laws of reason and Justice? JfEW FIELD FOR WOMEN. The recent art loan exhibition at the rooms of the Han Francisco Art Association-comprised some two hundred pictures and engravings and an admirable collection of Oriental ceramics, an- cliuit and modern Kuropn poMeryHaeets bronze? :"and historical curiosities sufficient to satiate the most exacting antiquarian, sin the catalogue of the display the' object of the exhibition it de scribed as "the opening of a new aud remunera tive field In-Industrial arts for women." The project branched from the.Soclety.ot Decorative Art In California, 'Which, we Jearn from the (Chronicle, "is composed of benevolent ladies mov ing In the highest circles of society." It speaks well for the owners of the numerotia valuable col lections displayed that for a laudabla purpose they injected 1 weir propenjrion risKfwtrtch ac- f ompany f xhlbltlons, as the greatest car cannot jivold occasional accidents to the choicest brtc-a-krac Realdes giving women Instruction In vari ous branches of decorative work, the society, pro poses, with the proceeds of the loan exhibition to open an establishment where accepted articles sr!H be exhibited for sale. : r . I Mrs, Dufilway Is somewhere In Idaho, but we have not received a word from her for more than week. Tl foul I probably with the malls, as J.e(tert f rorn hf erDL.on reoaea delayed, , -,f..VJjRAIN CAVACm." 'm ' . 1 . All kfuds of reasons for opposing Woman Hut-r frage are continually offered by people who know- little about the equal rights movementf and who give utterance to ancient and exploded nonsense, evidently believing their remarks to be new and sound. 8uch a specimen of Imbecility we find in a marked copy of an obscure country paper for warded by a friend in the East It Is a communi cation from some new' philosopher, -who bases his objections to Woman Buffrage on the exceedingly new and novel ground that "woman Is. Inferior to man in mental capacity, his brain being fully ten per cent larger than hers." Replying to such twaddle as this is getting tire some and annoying. It considers no principle of right or Justice, and is put forward by one who would be disfranchised If there were devised some kind of brain-meter and the suffrage were depend ent.on the weight of the contents of the head. If "brain capacity? were to be aooepted as the stands ard of qualification for the ballotw It should le clear to everybody, even the contributor men tioned. that a man with a larjre head would be much more worthy the elective, franchise thanpne with a smaller cranium, and that women with massive bralna would be more deserving of it than small-headed men.' Hueh an Impractical stand- ant Would result In disfranchising small men and enfranchising large women. Or, If quality of brain, and not quantity, Is to le the testHmw can It be made to appear' who are rightfully entitled to the ballot? and In that case would not many men be disfranchised and many women enfran chised?' ' ' ' All talk about ''brain capacity" as a qual ifira tlon for the ballot Is Idle. -While It-Is desirable that all voters should be intelligent, yet it Is im possibleto define the standard of mentality-that ir-worthy oMhe m nTragcTorio dra w allneoirthe" soale of Intellectuality. . Small brain weight does not necessarily Imply mental Inferiority, nor Is a large brain an 'invariable sign of Intellectual strength, The'cranlume of. giants are largcof course; but these huge specimens of humanity are laid 16 llcehraT!ydener example is Droca's giant, Joachim, credited with a very small amount of sense, though his brain weighed nearly as much as that of Cuvier, Now, let us hope that shallow-opponents of equal suffrage, in looking about for some missile to use in battling the woman movement, will find something that is more worthy of serious consid eration than this "brain capacity" nonsense. J I'UA E. HMITII AOAIX PROTESTS. Julia E. Hmlth, of Glastonbury Coiimrwlio has for yeara steadily but respectfully refused to pay j taxes, ou the ground ttat "taxation without rep resentation is tyranny," and whose propeny nas reMtedly been offered at public auction tosatUfy the claims of a government that denies her a vyice In its affairs, sends another protest to the authorl tlesof Hhe town. After reciting the 'fats In rela tion tothe seizure and sale of various detcrlptions of her property during past years, she reiterates the assertion that . she ; "can not pay another tax with out a solemn protes't' against, taxation without representation." , The laxly was married some thing more than a year ago, and the last tax was collected from her husband, though his name waa not mentioned In connection with the list of her propety. Thla year her farm is leased, and the lessee .will pay the tax, though the owner must ultimately stand it Her letter to the Tax Col lector concludes thus ri!llut I wish It to, lie. fully understood that In changing my condition Lby no ITNION COUNTY 8UFFR AGISTS. : .. . . , : The Union County Woman Buffrage Associa tion held, Its convention on Wednesday, May 25th, in Red Men's Hall. Union, as had been an nounce!. .The Mountain Sentinel says the sessions wereattendetf by the greater number of the most cultured ladles of our town and a "iimhrr fraiaf- fftuffam nf f yy Major Jos. Magone, of Grant county,- was present, and made an able speech In the afternoon In advocacv of womatw right to the bl lotThe nrHcf sayTol his-dilress : "We are frank to say It was the most enlightening one we have heard on the sub ject."; Excellent addresses were. also delivered by Mr. E. 8. McCdmas, Mr. M." B. Reese, Mr. J. II. Hendershott, Mrs. Minerva- Eaton, Mrs. Mender- sJiotUandMrn. Rahhfngtnn. Tlia evening ses ion- was addressetl by Major Magone, Mr. M. Baker and Mr. J. n. Eaton. The soelety-adjourned to meet again In the same place on theecond Saturday In August. A supper waa givenby the organiza tion for the purpose of replenishing the treasun-, and f 00 waa thus raised. " An East rortland man, named Cron!nwas ar rested last weekend fined for brutally wjityplng his wife. 'Matters wetV .naturally ao unpleasant tnat the maltreated woman wld not remain with ler tyrannical, master, and he left him. This made her lord Indignant, and hel Would orob- aiiy nave drubbed her again If she htfd been In his power; but she was gone, and he did fhe next best thing to "correcting" her advertised' her. loweyer, there Is a very serious defect In hft hotificatlohlhat he will be responsible for no more debts contracted by her. He failed to state that the had "left his bed and board without Just cause or pitrrtlon!TJ4e venture to predict that this gentleman oppose WoraTun?u1Trageand that hels antiphoMerof ther idea, that wtmcmire "protected and supported" by men. Mr. T. M. Draper, of the Ctaekama Democrat, was In Tortland on Wednesday, : and gave the New Nobtiiwemt a call. The young gentleman nformed us that he hat made arrangements to shortly commence the; publication of a new Dem ocratic Journal at The Dalles, to be called the YaKHK Counij Sun Mr. Draper gained a reputa- on as an orator during the last Presidential cam paign, and hat since proved himself a ready and forcible writer.- He is a firm friend Tind advocate of Woman Suffrage, and we commend him to the numerous friends of the movement In Wasco county. - Rev. L. A. Banks, editor of the Jicite Cenur, Vancouver's temperance paper, is tending peti- one to all parts of Washington Territory to be rculated fqr ilgnatures. The petitions, which pray for prohibitory or restrictive laws in regard to the manufacture and tale of liquors, will be col- ected and presented to the Territorial Legisla ture, which will meet at Olympla 16 the early Autumn - -.. force of the wrong done by taxation without rep resentation; and again I enter my most heartfelt protest against juch Iniquity." i J Certainly no revolutionary father more fully felt the Injustice of taxation without representa tion than Julia E. Smith. In the face of a stofro of ridleujand persecution, she has displayed a tenaclousllevotion 'toprlnclple IhatTias ilencel the charge, frequently made several years ago, that she .simply' sought notoriety. Through a decatle she has unflinchingly maintained her po sition, and has suffered deep ' humiliation and financial loss by her adherence to the right. To day, though grown old and feeble, she still stands her ground, conscious that? her cause Is Just, and U as read v to suffer -for the sake of a cherished prl ncrpteasrwhen1 ier at the sign-post, her mea Ing neighbor,. or a bank share kTCoclfcd down to the highest bidder at a public auction In Hartford. Almost friendless and alone, she dares to do the right, and her name will live In history with the revolutloMfy?a-thT defense of the same prlnclplejorwhlch she contends. General news. v The Arctic relief steamer Rodgers Is expected to f leave Han Francisco on taturdav. ' In the last New York nlestrlan match. Vint : "teat the record," making 57J miles.- , Throughout the South, on Monday last, the graves f Federal dead were decorated. John Orlseom has startel for a fast In Chicago that will eclipse Tanner's, If carried out President Garfield's Cabinet Is the first one since the war which has not. contained a soldier. From the ballots taken by the New York Leg Mature, It appeara that Conkllng cannot be re- elected. ' - m ' , There is now little circulation for standard sil ver dollars, but coinage Is kept up at the rate of f 2,oiio,WK a month. : .1 - .. . The statue of Abraham: Lincoln, at Prospect Park, Brooklyn, was decorated on Monday In the presence of 8(KM) people.: A boy of eighteen and a girl of sixteen, living at Markeson, Wis., have committed suicide be cause not allowed to keep one another's company, -The- Pacific-Mai I - Steamship Company's totaT" income - during uie year- past - amounted to means change my principles, but feeUthe full i4,4U2,647 78 j expenses, $3,172,704 17; net earn ings, f 1,229,942 61. Immigration arrivals a Castle Garden during' May numbered 76,812, the largest ever known. The arrtvals during the five months of the present year aggregate'182,108. Tnetelegraph announces that' the Administra tion does not like the Idea of a coalition in- Vir ginia between Republicans and Readjusters, and will favor a atralght ticket - ' Nearly "12,000 oeratlves, mostly women, are employed In the shirt, collar and cuff-factories at Troy, X. Y. They annually jnajke 1SS.000 dozen shirts and 3,000,0110 dozen collars ahd cutf. ;, A Sioux Indian, who murdered a inail carrier iu Montana last Summer and roblei his person and the mails, Is now at Fort Buford subiting on Government ration!), but no effort is made to ar rest him. ' ' Dispatches report wind, rain and hall storms in -AlderneyTowi were crieT ariousrtirmsf exas7orr:Tueiay; In lnahy i J. . .i, instances destroying fruit and seriously Injuring cadow soldto an encroach- wrn ,Uon and wlfeat crops. At Tajlor. houses ' Tlie Marlon County Christian Society", was organized at Salem on Monday last, with officers as follows J. Franklin, President; John Hep burn, Vice-President; 1F.V M. Salisbury,, Secre tary; I. H. Keyea, Treasurer; W. H. Franklin, Chorister.TThe secletya obJectsTaanstated In Ita constitution, are "to expose, withstand and re- I move all secret and anti-Christian societies, and to teach and encourage the faith and hope of Jesus, Chflst, with the Holy Bible at the word of God, and the New Testament as the inspired teachings of Jesus Christ" It It "opposed to al wrretrvtln&rlntemperateTiocletles, wll labor for "tjs4rxtnn0fal and intellectual 1m- were blown down and s number of persons hurt. A San Francisco suicide left letters signetl W. H. Ward, saving that he had recently killed F. B. Bates, of Salt Lake, and seut his (Bates') trunk to M ise- Li zzie-Sy mxer.-Hal t-1 ia kertftr-whomBat es " was' affianced. It is now developed by letters,, telegrams and photographs from Salt Ikethat the suicide was Bates himself. His story aso his betrothal is true, but no adequate reason Is assignable for hit tuicide and strange post-mortem hoax. - r - HEW THIS WEEK. provement" The Secretary writes that a meet Ing will be held In Marion Square, Salem, on Monday, July 4th, at 2 o'clock P. M., to organize a r State socity-avlHgke- objectiS-nd-thatYall vnristian men ana women are inviteii. Mr. W. F. Benjamin, of , Roseburg, has the XeW North west's sincere thanks for the fol lowing : "Allow me to congratulate you on the success of the cause. Press on. I wifLhold up your hands -as best I may In my feeble. way Your blows are vigorous, sharp and telling. It is only a matter of time when true 'liberty regulated bylaw' will be enjoyed by all Intelligent citizens, without distinction of sex. The bastions of class legislation reared ly selfUhness and guarded by ignorance are crumbling away before the batter-' ing rma of reason, truth and Justice. 'The world nioves.",' , ' :-; ' A story chirglng Secretary fttalnewlth m plicity In the "star' route frauds has recently li?en Irt (rcutatIoti Ordinarily such a report would not be not Ice I, but this one has been so persistently kept alive and repeated that It was coneludetl to silence It Therefore Attorney-General Mc Veagh and Postmaster-G'tmeral James have pronoursjcfedlt utterly groundless and false. Mrs. E. C Weods,.who was recently effosen , V. T.hat reason to he proud o her election, trie opposing candidate be Cit.r Clerk of Tacwna somewhat Wortifled at hi defeat by a woman, and doea nof accept the titaatioii aar philosophic ally and gracefully as he might. . l . The revised Bible Is meeting with more favor in the United States than In England. Several Eng lish papers have passed very harsh criticisms on the work of the revising committee, and predic tions have been freely made that a large number of people would reject the new version entirely. fclnee the. Amity slanderer and jils peculiar discussions orprinclple" were first given atten tion In this Journal, there hat been a notice able absence of personal notices of "Judge Corker" In those wonderful "items" he furnishes the In dependence paper. Some Philadelphia women have started a coop erative grocery. They began about two years aso purchase allheh?fe coopera tive plan. ' , . .- r The Greenbackers of -Iowa arejioldlnar Jthelr. 9iaie Convention al Marshalltown. - .SPECIAL. THE LEaDIIIG Dry Goods House, ltw illliell IUU liai. ' 'out Heventy-FfVe Vnymjrom Sew York, : 2 Caoeo ' IA C EB U If T I WCLS t. COtrjRED. AND. BLACK, Warri4 Par Wl, - I v - Whic h otter at ) "'" '30 CCNT8 Per Yard. (Reffulnr Piiee, Genu.) ' . rfMIrlTTAF.rtSERK"MiftENT A?fD J. delayed, aiul blnf lndmnifletl by the r'ltkllruitd l'oinpny, we ran offer them at 1 ABOVE SACKlrK'E. " Rend for Rninplen, which wlU be mailed , free- to snjr atlilremijn the country. . 'tur Above ihuuU will lie aoid to th Iletall Trade only none uX Wholeaale. Coir. Flrf t BfSd Washington Streets.' THE LOW PRICES 0 ... . . W.uwwi - ' FAIICr DRY GOODS LINE. U'E HAVE A rfclftTCK, SUCH AS ' ' QU&e Corsets; TrisilSiass, XXcsiery, BnttonsV Ties, TJil- HotiontftEtc Attention la railed to oar I jtm mni ViHt eW J tho aUtve Jinea of Uooda, all of which wa are aelllrJc mt srtotf tahlngly , tmr f e BATIKS a ' i T BAKOAIXB. revalllaif; BhaxlM sr ar tl TWILLED SILK' PAKABOLS avre BAB- . v . . dAixa. .. . Oar Al rOBBETB. MMBraelais' sikM saw mm IHi- !) skiM4n Xmm. tm Blaw, rartfl . mmi mw4 Blawk, ar B A BOA 1 5TB. Oar ST' aal fta pt CTilLDBESTB HRHCt HAStDKEBCniEm avre BABOAIXB. . 'all and ha ronylnee.1 that mn tmmm.n tm.l.M., n,l llingat LOW PRICES. MjiQIlEY Ac VALENTINE, :--...;v"" -jJW4JCXi;-yreea, rwnia4. aiiatatJBfcttttWrrWat ayi5B5lil IS stl lVfTlBlWTla1sl'agaa -