“TRUTH BEARS THE TORCH IN THE SEARCH FOR TRUTH.”— Lucretius-
VOL.
3.
SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1899.
NO. 39.
you here today, would you shake
The action of women in some
Admit all the danger herein set
cases has given grounds for these forth, shall wp deny the right of
hands with a vivisectionist?”
[From T hom as P a in e ’s “ L and of Love
“Yes,” she replied, “I was proud opinions. To hold the mirror up self-government to women, because
a n d L ib e rty ,” w ritten by him in 1791,
a d ap ted to th e E ra of M an, 299, a . d . to shake hands with the great Ger­ to women, that they may see them­ through ignorance they may at
1899, by T. B. W akem an. Set to m u ­ man scientist, Virchow’, because he selves as others see them, I will first abuse their power? No, no;
sic by E . P e tersen D unn.]
respected the ambition of a young give a few cases. To push what these dangerous influences are
N ew England girl; when all the they consider a moral measure, steadily at work, reflected in every
ail g re a t R epublic of th e world,
R earing th y em p ire in th e W est, other professors refused to admit they have sometimes acted in vio­ cradle, to be traced in every blind,
W here fair C o lu m b ia’s flag u n ­ her to their classes, he welcomed lation of law. In the early temper­ conservative, bigoted priest, unjust
furled
her to his lectures, required his stu­ ance crusade in Ohio, they walked judge and wily statesman, the more
G ave to rtu re d peoples scenes of rest.
dents to treat her with courtesy, and into the drinking saloons, smashed dangerous because unrecognized
CHORVS.
Be th o u for ev er g reat an d free,
taught her all she desired to know. the bottles right and left, emptied and irresponsible.
T hou lan d of love a n d lib e r ty !
Woman’s education has been left
“Would you refuse to 8hake the liquor into the street, and then
B en eath each sp read in g , sh e lte rin g vine, hands with college professors, who with hymns and prayers endeavor­ too much to the church, which has
B eside each flowery grove and spring,
would thus recklessly trample on ed to impress their victims with the made her a devotee, training her
A nd w here th y lofty m o u n tain s sh in e,
L et all th y sons and d a u g h te rs sing.
the pride and hopes of earnest sacr«>dness of their proceedings. sentiments and emotions at the ex­
But this was not law, though sanc­ pense of her reason and common
No m ore let selfish D iscord prow l,
young girls?”
W ith all h e r d ark and h atefu l tr a in ;
sense. The state must now open to
Miss Cobbe hesitated a moment tified with religious enthusiasm.
B u t w hile th y m ig h ty rivers roll,
Such measures coined into law, her a wider field of thought and
L et freed o m ’s Concord live and reign. and said: “Perhaps not.” “The
difference between us, then,” my by responsible voters, would soon action.
W h e re ’e r old O cean’s surges lave,
Or w here th e sea an eye d elights,
We must turn the tide of her en­
daughter replied, “is that you ap­ lead to revolution.
T h ere m ay th y S ta rry B an n er w av e:—
We had another manifestation of thusiasm from the church to the
preciate the physical sufferings of
C onstellation of our R ig h ts!
the dog, while I comprehend the this dangerous enthusiasm, in the state, arouse her patriotism, awak­
L et com ing Ages th e n proclaim
T he glories of th y n a ta l day ;
keener mental sufferings of the attempt to close the Chicago Expo­ en her interest in great public ques­
For N ations, from th y d eath less fam e,
girl.” “Ah, yes,” I added, “if there sition on Sunday. Led by the tions, pn which depend the stability
S h all learn to rule and to obey.
were some instrument in the world Temperance Association, 100,000 of the republic and the elevation
L et every h e a rt th y m ission heed,
of sorrows to measure the sufferings persons, chiefly women, petitioned of the race, instead of wasting so
Till Peace th e flag of W ar has furled,
For R ig h t an d M ight call us to lead
of women—their development rude­ C o n g re s s to make no appropriation much time and thought on the sal­
T he g ra n d e r E ra of th e W o rld !
ly arrested, hopes disappointed, to the Exposition unless the mana­ vation of her own soul. In her ed­
ucation hereafter substitute reason
The Effect of Woman Suffrage on pride humbled, ambition crushed, gers pledged themselves to close it
aspirations perverted, crippled with on Sunday, the only day in the for blind faith, science for theolog­
Questions of Morals and
fears on every side—woman’s week the masses could enjoy It. ical superstitions; then will our
Religion.
wrongs in a single generation would What an outrage it would have most liberal men, our scientists,
outweigh the sufferings of animal been to close that magnificent spec­ scholars and statesmen find in the
BY ELIZABETH CADY STANTON.
life for centuries. The torture of tacle, and drive the multitudes women of their households a re­
serve force for building a higher,
ECKY, in his late work on nerves and muscles is limited, com­ back into the crowded streets of the
purer civilization.
Democracy, expresses the pared with prolonged or oft repeat­ city! Yet this was the verdict of
opinion that the emotional ed mental agonies during four score 100,000 petitioners, chiefly women.
Benefits for Injuries.
I immediately published a leaflet
nature of woman, her religious en- years and ten.”
Lecky might further have illus­ in favor of opening the Exposition
thusiam, would make her influence
BY R. G. INGERSOLL.
dangerous in public legislation trated the dangerous influence of on Sunday, and sent it broadcast
where calm, clear judgment is English women in public affairs, by over the country. Five hundred of
O render benefits for injuries
these
leaflets,
by
chance,
fell
into
needed. He quotes as illustration, their persecution of Charles Par­
is to ignore all distinctions
the
hands
of
one
of
these
religious
between actions. He who
the opposition of English women to nell, M. P. They took the untena­
bigots,
which
she
promptly
threw
treats his friends and enemies
vivisection, under all circnrastances, ble position, that if a man’s social
into
the
fire.
alike, has neither love nor justice.
even in the hands of humane, hon­ relations were not in harmony with
I
was
surprised
that
she
dared
The idea of non-resistance never
orable physicians. They insisted English law, he could not be a
thus
to
trespass
upon
my
friend­
occurred to a man with power to
that no benefit could come to the statesman to be trusted with pub­
human family from such experi­ lic interests. He was the only man ship, but I simply said in a letter, protect himself. This doctrine was
ments, in direct opposition to the who had been able to keep the “In tampering with my mail you the child of weakness, born when
opinions of distinguished surgeons Home Rule question steadily be­ are guilty of a state’s prison offense, resistance was impossible. To al­
fore parliament, yet they hounded but I will not incarcerate you; I low a crime to be committed when
in Germany and France.
When last in England my daugh­ him to his grave, killed that great simply suggest in passing, that if you can prevent it, is next to com­
ter and I speut an hour with Fran­ measure and left poor Ireland to you had lived in the time of Calvin, mitting the crime yourself. And
ces Power Cobbe, the chief leader struggle in her chains another gen­ you would as readily have burned yet, under the banner of non-re­
me, and thought you did God ser- sistance, the church has shed the
against vivisection. Her office was eration.
• If
If about to start on a dangerous vice.
blood of millions, and in the folds
filled with books and pictures illus­
There
is
no
doubt
that
in
their
of her sacred vestments have gleam­
trating the cruelties of the experi­ voyage, one would naturally ask if
ments, enough to fill the hardest the captain had skill and experi­ present religious bondage, the po­ ed the daggers of assassination.
nature with pity and revulsion at ence in the science of navigation, litical influence of women would be With her cunning hands she wove
the whole system. While sympa­ but no one would think of asking against the Secular nature of our the purple of hypocrisy and placed
thizing with Miss Cobbe’s views whether in social life he was gov­ government, so carefully guarded the crown upon the brow of crime.
and sincerely deploring all cruelties erned by the moral code of Eng­ by the fathers. They would, if pos­ For a thousand years larceny held
sible, restore the Puritan Sabbath the scales of justice, while beggars
to animals, we could not believe land or Japan.
Many of the most liberal men in and sumptuary laws, and have the scorned the princely sons of toil,
that all physicians were conducting
and ignorant fear denounced the
their experiments for their own this country, who believe in self- name of God and the Christian re­ liberty of thought. My doctrine is
government for women, fear, with ligion recognized in the National this: For good,return good; forevil,
amusement.
At the close of the interview, Mr. Lecky, the effect of woman’s re­ Constitution, thus granting privil­ return justice without admixture of
Miss Cobbe, turning to my daugh­ ligious bigotry on the Secular na­ eges to one sect over another, involv­ revenge.—[Prose-Poems and Selec­
ing no end of religious persecutions. tions.
ter, said: “After all I have shown ture of our government.
Hymn of the Republic.
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