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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 15, 1871)
p$jc feu fetlliwsi: FRIDAY SEPTEMBER IS, 1S71. A EELAPSE. It is a comparatl vely easy mailer for a skillful equal rights physician to cure a rabid man's rights fever, but it is ex ceedingly difficult to guard the con valescing patient against a relapse. Our friend of the Bulletin, who glad dened the hearts of his suffrage physi cians for a brief period by presenting unmistakable evidence of convalescence, has had an over dose of scare, which has had a serious efl'ect upon his apprehen sive temperament. Though well pleased with Miss Anthony as a lady aud a lec turer, lie thinks her "arguments are mischievous aud revolutionary in a social way." Therefore he is "opposed to the whole theory of Miss Anthony's system as he understands it." Now, friend Bulletin, look here. If it is true that there are so many unjust husbands in this world that nothing short of social anarchy will follow the equalization of power which yourself will agree is simple justice the longer these unjust men are permitted to tyr annize over intelligent and enlightened women, the more terrible will he the revolution when the dread awakening comes. "Who is it that is going to step out of the house when woman gets her political rights ? Xot the woman, sure ly, for she can then claim all she asks. If the man, then himself will have wrought the social ruin rather than acquiesce in measures of justice. We hope our brother editor will not do this wicked thing. We don't believe he'll have any temptation to do it. We most emphatically raise our voice in protest against this slander of our brethren. The majorityof men, as well as women, are, and we believe ever will be, good and noble. We regret that Miss Anthony forgot to praise her brethren a little more in her last Portland lecture. She says that many of the truest, best, purest and noblest specimens of human ity she has ever known were men, aud she believes with ourself that there are enough of these to help the noble women of the country to hold society level. Therefore her faith in humanity will not permit her to believe that her "doctrines, followed to logical conclu sions, will bring about division in homes, anarchy in families and chaos in society." Again we ask, Who is it that will step out of the home when women vote? we sincerely nope that our apprc- uensive urotner will sliortly recover from his over-doe of scare, and liliilo fcophically resign himself to the inev itable. HISS ANTHONY MOVEMENTS. Besides her three lectures before the citizens of Portland, Miss Anthony spoke on Tuesday evening last at East Portland, Wednesday evening at Ore gon City, anil Thursday evening at Sa lem. She will probably speak at other points on this and to-morrow evenings. Next week, accomjiauied by Mrs. A. J, Duniway, she starts for Walla Walla, to attend the Washington Territory Agri cultural Fair. She will then return and visit the Linn county and Oregon State Fairs, after which she proposes to make a thorough canvass of Oregon and Washington Territory. Mi.-s Anthony is a stirring and vigorous worker, a pro found and logical speaker, has a truly wonderful influence over her audiences, and produces conviction wherever she goes. She has been accustomed for years to thus speak night after night to large audiences for months at a time a fact to which we respectfully will the attention of those who contend that woman is not fitted to "sjak in public." Miss Anthony has awakened the dormant feeling of duty and true womanhood in many a woman's heart in Portland, and scores of ladies in our community who never before gave the question a moment's consideration are now eager for the ballot THE POWER OJTHE BALLOT. Miss Anthony's lecture on Wednes day evoning of last week, which we promised our readers to interview in this issue of the Xmv Northwest, was principally devoted to the consideration of the power of the ballot. The lecturer showed very forcibly the reason why the strikes of working wom en never amounted to anything. She said that the women of the Eastern cities concentrated their forces for a strike and expended large sums of money in the attempt to raise their wages to living prices. 15ut the press with one accord pronounced against them, and their attempt was a failure. One of the leaders in the movement said to her: "Miss Anthony, wc offered a certain newspaper ten thousand dol lars to advocate our cause, and the oiler was declined. The strikes of men are never disregarded when their numbers are large. ' How is it that women can never successfully compete with men ?" Miss Anthony replied that tin , altry sum often thousand dollars was as noth ing when weighed in the balance against five hundred votes. She convinced this woman that i onlcr to pro(ect ller wage , herpersouuna property, she must have the ballot. The lecturer brought forward amusing reminiscences of the transitory period from the negroes' emancipation the time of their enfranchisement. She said that negroes' heads were as curly tbX heels as long and skulls as thick as thev were before, but politicians no loi,Kcr harped these things upon the btump and the reason was because the negroes' now having votes, are respected by ikjII- ticians, and consequently receive protec tion in their rights. She said that if the Irish and German element wore denied the right to vote, they would bo as badly abused by mmi in power as the negroes once had been. The ballot is a two-edged sword, cut- tin" both way8,aiieoiiiiBTO--i"ui"B- ly all classes of people. Woman, armed with the ballot, would be respected be cause of tiie power bhe would thereby posfcCaS. She proved to the satisfaction of her many gentleman hearers that men do not, in a general way, protect women, and related an incident in her travels in which she saved a young and unsophis ticated girl from the clutches of a pose of ribald young fellows, before the face and eyes of a number of gentlemanly appearing men, who had looked on and watched their nefarious designs without once raising their arms or voices to pro tect her. Therefore men could not be depended upon to protect women. The speaker has a peculiarly happy manner of using the right words in the right place. She never hesitates in her language, and is evidently as brim full of argument at the close of her lectures as in their beginning. WOMEN ALREADY VOTEES. Miss Anthony's second lecture in Portland was a masterly argument, proving indisputably that by a fair and liberal interpretation of the Fourteentl and Fifteenth Amendments to the Con stitution of the United States, the women of this country have tho right to vote, or in other words that women are already voters. She quoted from many eminent statesmen, politicians anil ju rists to sustain her position, and we think many who listened to her logical, womanly words went to their homes with new ideasas to the rights of womon in our Government. As our city con- temporaries havo given generally fair representations of her argument upon this question, we refer our readers for a more thorough review of this lecture to their accounts, which will be found else where. Miss Anthony closed with a few words of advice which wo hope will be heeded by every woman in our city in the com ing elections. She advised them to oiler their votes, and if they should bo reject ed carry the caso to the higher courts, till it reached the supreme Judicial tri bunal at Washington, where, in her opinion, there was no reasonable doubt but that the claims of woman would be recognized. Ladies of Portland, will you heed those words? MISS ANTHONY'S THIRD LEOTURE. The audience that assembled at Oro Fino Hall to hear Miss Anthony's an swers to questiousand objections brought against woman suffrage, was large and intelligent. About one half of her hear ers were ladies, and among them we no ticed numbers of the mot prominent leaders of sooiety and fashion in the city. The first objection stated and consid ered was the trite accusation that the EIBLE IS AGAINST IT. The same objection has been urged against every reform of any magnitude which has ever agitated the public mind. When Galileo asserted that the world moved, Bible adherents, ignorant but zealous, pronounced his conclusions blasphemous, and cast him into prison. But the world moved, and the people learned that that sort of Bible doctrine would not do. Time was when "servants, obey your masters," was the most im- lortant Bible creed. This creed is now out of date; the people hadadvanced be yond it. The time is speedily coming when such scriptures as "wives submit," etc, etc, which are now quoted by thousands of men who daily neglect the weightier matters of the law, will be cast aside as absolefe. THE BALLOT WILL DEORADE WOMAN. Gentlemen, you don't believe it. Good, pure and noble women meet vile men every day; they hold the most intimate family relations with them, being their wives, sisters, daughters. As now situ ated, they are under the control of these men. When they shall have equal rights, and equal power to control cir cumstances, think you that they will lie any worse than now? WHO WILL TAKE CAKE OF THE ltAHIlS? Who takes wire of the babies of fash ionable women now? Do thoy not trust their children to irresponsible hirelings, while they flirt and dissipate at fashion able watering places, at balls, parties and receptions? When woman learns her highest duty and obeys its behests, she will know that she must not trut her baby to the tender mercies of ignor ant hirelings, and will consider it her chiefest glory to take care of her chil dren herself. Again, there are thous ands and ten of thousands of women, wives of drunken, incapable, or vicious aud niggardly men, who arc compelled by force of circumstances to earn their own livelihood. The babies of such are, alas, too often left without the care of mothers, who go out into the world to earn a bare subsistence. Let woman have opportunity to obtain office, places of profit and trust, where labor is light and pay is liberal, and she will then be able to provide well for her children. GOOD WOMEN" WILL NOT VOTE. That's a mistake, gentlemen. Women have ever been interested in politics. They always have their minds made up before election as to their choice of can didate. Try them and sec if they will not vote. Horace Greeley wants 00,000 cooks. So did the speaker. Experience had taught her that the world had need of cooks." But men arc better qualified for that occupation than women. They have monopolized the business ; and, as women as a class do not like to cook, they must learn to do something else. I- WOMEN VOTE THEV MUST FIGHT. That's nonsense! naif of the men who vote never smelt gunpowder. But woman has never been known to shirk uie burdens or war. They have been Iiist-Mi' disSuisc themselves in many S an,d Sl.t bravely by theside crs would never vote to levy war, hut whon the necessity for war is forced upon them they are ever foremost in the line of duty. WILL MAKE FAMILY DISCORD. The speaker has teen two dogs'fight- ing over a hone, both discontented, both eager for the victory. Let somebody throw them another bone and the strife ceases. Let the man whose wife is quar relsome give her a political bone of her own to pick. FItEE LOVE. Men bring this charge. Women do not. The large majority of women aroJ virtuous and true as steel. The majority of men are loose in their morals. They should be ashamed of this silly bugbear of legalized free love. WOSLVN DOES NOT WANT TO VOTE. Then why do men put the wonls "white males" into their Constitutions? If they have corn fields they fence them to keep animals out: if there was no danger that they would enter there would oe no need or the fence. There are many questions upon which women want to vote. They will vote against the social evil, against intemperance, aud for morality and decency. Try them, and see if tliey do not want to vote upon these questions. (Here she put the question to the ladies as to whether they did or did not want to vote. Many voice answered aye, but no dis senting sound was heard. WOMAN SUFFKAaiSTS MAKE THE FIGHT UPON ONE IDEA. So did ourltcvolutionary fathers. The one idea that "taxation without repre sentation is tyranny" was the basis of their struggle. Upon this one idea they conquered their independence. Upon the one idea of the perpetuation of our national existence was the basis of the struggle, and under that idea the Union was preserved. At the close of the argument, which lasted two hours and a half, Miss An thony made an urgent appeal to the la dies to send up theirsignaturesto Wash ington for a Declaratory Act, and for ward tiieir dollar for the "History of the Suffrage Movement." She closed with an earnest appeal to the women to rally to the support of the XewXoethwest, an appeal which was especially appre ciated by the editor of this paper, and one which has in a number of instances been satisfactorily and substantially re sponded to. Wc look for hosts of other such responses. DEM00RATI0 REINFORCEMENTS. A lady sends us the following: Emtoi: New Noictiiwist: As I was coming home from Miss An thony's lecture the other evening, a couple of men were walking behind me who became so interested over the new dispenstion that they spoke very loudly. Said one: "I tell you it won't do to let the women vote. Miss Anthony savs there are twenty thousand prostitutes in the city of Xew York. How would thv vote ." "With the great Democratic party, of course," returned the other. I quickened my pace, but couldn't help hearing some very profane words before I could get out of the sound of tneir voices. Now, friend Mrs. Duniway, don't you fear that this bad feminine element can be controlled by the members of the Tammany Ring? Woman Suffuaoi It isn't expected that the Tammany Ring will exist long after the hundred thousand virtuous women of New York have an opportunity to vote. Neither will the twenty thousand harlots be al lowed to run at large. The woman suf fragists will arrest them and place them, and the men who support them, In asy lums for the moralh insane. WHAT WE THINK. The Ni:w Nouthwkst. in tho last is sue, after copying an article which for merly appeared in the Jlcpubluxm, sub mits to us the following interrogatory : "We respectfully ask our brother if lie thinks it ritht, or even cjrpcilicitt, to longer ixilitically legislate to circum scribe woman's opportunities?" l-ranKiy, we do. uauas Jicpiiuiiottn. That "frank" avowal is all there is of his "reply," which extends through a column of exploded nonsense, aud shows that our brother Is as "badly in tlie dark" as the old lady was who lived in the heart of a deep forest, in a dirt cabin without windows; so wc do not think it worth while to make any comment. When our brother gets the mist of prej udice cleared from his journalistic vis ion he will want to deny that he has ever uttered such a sentiment. PORTLAND. Mrs. Money returned at noon, to-day, on the mail steamer Rescue, from a two days' visit to Portland. She Is pleased with, and reports everything as lively at the metropolis of Oregon, llad the pleasure of hearing Miss Susan B. An thony's lecture, on Wednesday evening, which failed to make her a su'lfnure con vert. We may have further details of her trip next week. The Kalama Beacon has reached the 2Sth number of its first volume, and the above Is the first item of other than merely local interest which we have ever thought it worth while to copy. We are sorry that Mrs. Money is so Mind to licr own best inferestsasto raise her puny pen against the suffrage move ment. She is as foolish as Dame Part ington, who tried to sweep back the waves of the Atlantic with a mop. THE PORTLAND PRESS ANTHONY. AND MISS Our brethren of the daily press have been exceedingly fair and courteous in their reports of Miss Anthony's lectures, saying so many excellent things about them that we cheerfully give place in our columns for their numerous com ments. It is intensely gratifying to our feelings to be able to chronicle the fact that tlie woman movement lias advanced beyond the period of constant ridicule, and that thoughtful, earnest and excel lent men are gravely discussing the fact of woman's enfranchisement. BROTHER KE" AGAIN. The, smartness which ho at nresent if- feets is peculiar to hiscoudi tion of chronic hydrocephalou3. Xcia Xorthtccst. What smartness h.ivn vr rfTtvtrjl. mill whose? Kcwircrald. rretty good. The printer's c tliat crowded out theproper letter with which to begin the word affects, effected a lu dicrous blunder. Was it the printer who attributed the dirty double distieli vou flung at us last week to Pope? e are glad our verdant friend has discovered that his scurrilous flings at the Xew Southwest amount to noth ing but "wasted time." Other and wiser men knew it all along, and laughed to see him L.ikc sucli a spooney of himself. THE "STATESMAN'S" LAST DODGE. Mr. Clarke, of the Salem Statesman, says ho published and applauded J. B. I-rost without Iiavintr read her u. Well, well ; we hope somebody will ac cept and be satisfied with his apology, but wc can't. If a woman were to com mit as lame an act of journalism, our friend Mould never forgive her. Mr Clarke has given place to a long and sensible reply to Mrs. Frost from the pen of Bone Greenleaf, which he fortifies himself against by saying beforehand that he hasn't read it. Oh, what a dodge ! HEARDPR0M. We have found Prof. Chancy. And Prof. Chancy is indignant. His rebuke, which cuts us up, will be found in this morning's paper. May we trust that some "true logician and sound debater," who believes in Abraham, and who has no ridicule into him, will show his "phi lanthropy" by meeting tills Prof. Chancy aud defending the character of our re si)ccted forefather, Abraham? Orcgon ian. We were not before aware that the lo cal editor of the Oregonian was one of the "peculiar eople." THE LEOTURE. Our "Local" says he has "Nothintr to AVear," and therefore did not go to hear aiiss Alimony lecture exclusively to ladies tins afternoon. Bulletin, Sept. 0th. The ladies of Portland propose to take up a collection to get some clothes for that fellow. Miss Anthony. The second lecture of this lady at the Oro Fino Theater last night was attend ed by a very large and intelligent gath eringmuch more so than the majority of Portland audiences. The ladies were out in strong force more being in at tendance than has been usual at public assemblages in this city. The leeturess was introduced by Mrs. Duniway of the New Northwest. In appearance Miss Anthony is tall, bony and ungraceful. and before commencing to speak her lace is expressionless; yeiwnen warmeil up witli her subject her countenance bo comes fairly illuminated with intelli gence. As a sieaker she has the happy faculty of presenting her subject in a clear, forcible and convincing manner, Mie makes no pretension to high ora torical pouvrs, nml, as a consequence, ' "well-rounded periods" play but little j part in iier speeches. Her style is forci ble anil argumentative. She contents! herself with facts-presenting them in : u,,t'. l1,nV",l'!lc. Ule ,1 i10 WOnl plain language; resting her case upon which did duty very well in thoargu these. unaMwl bv sonhistrv and tho ment was the term "citizen," and by I blinding influence of oratory. I Miss Anthony opened her lecture by : contending that, tinder and bv virtue of , the pro visions of the Fourteenth Amend- ....ii.-i i. i franchise. To carry her out in this prop- ,,,ul nl u'e .f loverly, the osition she read several opinions of emi-:"on- Chnrles fcuniner, because he in nent jurists upon tills point-showing ' formed her that lie would oppose a liv (in. wnnliinr ,,f fi, . m,i,n,.t i,t sixteenth amendment to the Const! tu- women.nr.Piititl.Mlfonlinii. rilitKMiul 1 privileges of citizens, and that therefore 1 they jiossessod the right to vote. She quoted Judge Taney's celebrated Dretl Scott decision to prove that, women be ing a constituent part of thocople, they also were citizens, and accordingly were 1,. ..1... ... chise. She contended that all State laws that made a distinction on account .....I..-11... ..n,.r,,n.. r (..nntli' Aiiii.i.ilnu.iit wi.m unit and void, Tho Fifteenth Amendment was next taken up and discussed. She contended cii.ll, iio 1. ifiiii;ii .iiiiai uuiuii ill oiuni: it. , 1, . . . nice, have some color, no State could ""'V rI8"tS "id .that party 'would secure abridge their rights 011 these grounds, their votes, fhe hero of Big Bethel. As to the "previous condition of servi- ""Jerul Benjamin Butler, had espoused tilde," married women, in many re- U,cir eausonnd was its ablo champion, spects, compared to the Southern negro 1 f,"'"1."', 8". "mced one pleasing fact, previous to tho war. They had no rights; t,lilt le"J:"in was too astute an old could not sue or recover damages. She f?vo ,,0 to sec which way the wind eited as an example, that if a married ' ,,,IeM'' a"" to takc advantage of it. He woman sustained an injury bv reason of alw"aya deserted a sinking ship, as wit u railway accident, she could not recover "csseu by jus jirtion of Democracy one cent damages, buthorhiisbandcould 1 aUor 11,0 election of Mr. Lincoln. He iwnvnr ilniimcmu fop in!n,-;,w i-i.i i. ,:...! ! Saw Woman Was to becoiiin a iimror nml by Ins wife. In the custody of children tho women had no voice. Tim luwb-,,,.1 could bind them out to apprenticeship, anil ine wiie was powerless to prevent it. In fact, married women were no more or less than slaves. In On-fron. n uwintv- ;.. which women held offices could not be legally incorporated. She was not in fa- vor of any further legislation to give woman tho ballot, but thought that, un- dor a broad Interpretation or the exist- ing laws, they had a right to vote. She referred to the fact that women voted in I 'hill. Kansas. AVvnmliir nml alttl Hma.i communities worr not nviTtnrnoil Imi in the case of Ftah, the women with the ballot were purifvimr tlie moral anil so- cial atmosphere of that Territory. She closed by admonishing the women not I 10 pay any more taxes until they were I allowed to vote. "Taxation without representation is tyranny." Miss An thony, throughout her discourse. ra listened to with marked attention, and ' us conclusion was warmiy appiauited, She lectures this afternoon at half nasi hho lectures this afternoon at half past mil in work ine order mil ivfroaf, ., MlO,tCll,fUl,jMtIOf,'TI,C(;S0d!'1 1 ""c..ioVluite MlAuSl ot Hi ,,t l Ply to some l&iA on the iiik nexi .uiss Allllionv Will litnrn I ?"?..?llt,....V.l,Jcc,Ions ry.,at,Vt'..to. ht woman Sept. Di,. ""'""K1- qucnim. jtuuvim,- Miss Anthony's Lecture. A large and intelligent audience assembled at the Oro Fino Hail, on Wednesday even ing last, to hear Miss Susan B. Antho ny's first lecture In this eitv. nn Hi unl.. ject of Woman Sullrage. The exercises Merc opened with an original campaign ' song by Miss Duniway, which was well ' speaker of the evening. Miss Anthony's ! appearance was not particularly in her iavor, nor iui she aim at the least show of eloquence; but In her presentation of facts she was clear, forcible and logical. So much so, that she secured tho un broken attention and commanded tlie respect of her largo audience, although a portion doubtless did not sympathize with her movement. Adtveate, .jn.vi.cn. .nn.. i. j. jjuniway, editor 01 grossest nisi, mv m m-- . the Nkw Northwest, then introduced, One of tlie eloquent men speakers of the With a few u-nnla im 1 Amnrienn Suflr.iire Association nieetinir Miss Anthony's Speech. THE CIOIIT OF WOMEN TOATUL "ALLOT. Wc did not, unfortunately, get into Hie theater last evening in time to hear the wiiolo of Miss Susan B. Anthony's argument on the right of women, under the Htli ami iota Amendments; uui wc did hear enough of it to understand, we think, the general drift of it. She claimed that the Declaration of Inde pendence, the Constitutions of tho United States and of tho States each recognized tho rights of the people as inherent, and no attempt or pretence was made in any of them to confer rights. They were established to secure and not to create or give rights. The Declaration insists that rights and powers belong to the people. The Con stitution declares that the just powers of government arc derived from the people; and the State constitutions gen erally follow, substantially, the same form of expression. She quoted from several of these documents to show that they all acknowledge the people as sov ereign, and desired her auditors to mark that none of them recognized any pecu liar class or portion of the people as the source from which power is derived; but that the entire people constitute me . 1 ---1 -v- r 11 governing element. .Aunt; 01 mum make anv distinctions invidious to women as a constituent portion of the Ieople. The deduction from this is that whatever rights or privileges wom en or any other portion of the people may be mtmiiteii by law 10 nave, ue- lonir to them originally and inherently The Hth Amendment, she said, de clares that all persons born or natural ized 111 llie united fctates are citizens. She then went on to show what it is to lie a citizen, and gave the definitions of Webster's, Worcester's ana the law dic tionaries, in substance that a citizen is an inhabitant of a republic who has the rights and privileges of a freeman and the right to vote. If. then, even' person bom or naturalized in the United States is a citizen, and a citizen is one who has the riirht to vote, it follows ineontrover- tibly that women have the rightto vote unless it be held that a womau is not a person. She cited decisions of Judges Taney and Daniels of the U. S. Supremo Court, rendered before the war and the Hth Amendment, which sustained the conclusion that women arc citizens and that as such they had every right which any citizen could have. She next stated what were the reports and her own observations as to the way woman sullrage works in Wyomingand elsewhere where women have a voice in any manner in public affairs, stating tlie results as Highly bcucuciai to tlie state ol morals, temticranee, schools, etc, She also gave, in this connection, the names of many distinguished men Senators, members of Congress and Judges who havejexpressed their opin ions 111 favor or woman sullrage ami tlie riclit of women to vote, under the lit! and loth Amendments. She urged the women to claim their right and nersist in the claim; to pay no taxes anil bear no public burdens til! their correspond ing right to representation be acknowl edged. The objects of the woman suf frage movement could bo reached in no other way. The audience, which listened atten tively and with apparent deep interest to this address was a large one and com poacd inontly of the intelligent portion of our citizens. Orcgonian, of Scjiicm- ' (r 7, Susan B. Anthony's Lecture. ! r ,1 , i F1? ,,, , Susan Anthony was again st evening with a largo and intelligent audience. Her lecture was the deduction or conclusion of her pre vious effort on Woman Suffrage. She cited several cases to prove that woman, under the Constitution, was entitled to tllis 1,1,0 proved, to her satisfaction, that ! wo"?. eraced in its meaning or sjpdlication, and she quotcil Chief Jus- ! Hco ,1,"!lley A""1 U,., 5' orHAl?,te Republican Convention to prove it. She tution which would enfranchise tlie weaker sex. When Mrs. Stanton and herself edited the Jlcvolution they were charged with a leaning to Democracy. Tills was caused by the fact that a memorial, signed by herself and several prominent ladles interested in the wom an suffrage question, would not be pre- senttnl to Congrt by a Republican, but Democrat. I ho lion. James Brooks, of New lork, had, by parliamentary tactics, introduced it into the House of Representatives, and it was road there. Women would unite with tho parfv that aided them to secure their inalicu- , wi;illeil to reap the advantages to bo derived from it by giving his aid at I present. This was a truthful picture of s'1 saunmiu unit was appiauueo. 1 Her closing argument was to convince ' the skeptical that woman would bring ' 4 a" '""IV"1""1 wwner than expected if 1 sue coum oniy nave the opportunity lor I vtj"K for Jones or Smith when they 1 5,pjri ior an omcc. s'11' "'1M. ,w tVri aS!l" this afternoon 1 at 2 0 -', to ladies only, on tlie social 1 'Iestion so far as it refers to the attempt , :il licensing jirosmuuou 111 1110 various States. This is a question in which all 1 women are Interested according to an I exponent of woman's rights, and of ""l-' 11 e ''tines win attend, as the ad- ""-'"n s inv.jimuu, aeptcmoer vui. A youth of fifteen years, whom it was my pleasure to assist in "studying up" for an examination, and who for weeks was indebted to tho knowledge and kindness of several womon fnr Tmln I. r..:i.. nr . , u.t..i . ' "Why, a man must lie superior to a woman, mustn't lie?" This spirit of assumption manifests Itself in marriaire relations, according- to the organization of the individual. Who will claim that oue-half.thc wives in Christendom own themselves, and can peaceably protect themselves from outrage or unwarrant able intrusion upon personal sanctity? And who will claim that the "sacrifices" made (which tlie writer states to be the law of life) to selfishness, and oftentimes in New York, last May, said distinctly that "the opposition of men to this movement was, mac incy saw cieany that the personal ownership and freedom of woman was to be the result of her political lrecdotn." It is not the an nulling of the marriage institution which sucli men fear, but the equal freedom of woman with man mi the relation. The Late Election in Utah. Tim smoke has clcarcdnaway. and the din and clamor of battle over the late election in Utah has subsided, and wc can now look calmly over the field of strife aud speculate upon the results. A very reasonable iietiucuonjo arrive aim flu. first instance is tliatitwas not much of a fight after all; and secondly, there will be no change in the local Territorial administration. Tlie victory was indis putably on the side of the Church party the Liberals being crushed by reason ofscareity of numbers. The vote in tins (Salt Lake) county was, 111 rounu num bers, Mormons, 5,000; Liberals, 1,000; or just about live to one. In Toacuc county the disproportion was not so great, the Liberals casting about S00 votes to the Mormons 2,000. In Summit county it will also be about 0110 to six. In Suab (Tintie), perhaps about the same ratio as Toaclie county say about 100 to 2o0. At Corinne, in "Box 'Elder county, the Liberal vote fell off wofully, while at Oyen and all the western counties the Liberals did not get a vote, as well as in some of the northern counties. Tho manner in which tlicclections are conducted in Utah is thus taking the last election as an example: Tlie voter conies to the polls to deposit his vote; ills name is written upon tho" poll-list aud numbered; his ticket is taken, and a number put upon It corresponding with the same number opposite his name; when tlie polls are closed tho votes are notcouuted, but the ballot-box is sealed up and sent to the county uieru. There it remains until the Probate Judge and his clerk count and manipulate the votes at pleasure, and announce such a result as to them seems best. At this last election tlie iolls elo.-H.il on Monday evening, tlie 8th. To-day, the 13th, tho result has not been published. Bill Traverse thinks that this is a "good game." WOMEN VOTING Was one of the peculiar features of this election. They voted liberallv. not often. They availed themselves of their newly declared rights. It wasa nleasimr. as well as a novel sight, to see the lines and squads or the sisters or Zion march tip to the polls and deposit their votes. The jioot's rapturous strains almut the sacred ballots falling as silently "As snowllakes upon the sod, Yet executes tlie freeman's will Ax llxhtnin? executes the will of ;!," Is very' beautiful poetry, but is all "hoo doo" so far as itsapnreeiation in Utah is concerned. It was pleasing to see these ladies vote, yet painful to see them vote the party ticket to sustain polygamy aud lMjrpctuate their own shame and degradation. Sdl Lake Cbrr. Sacra mento Bccortl. The Argument in Brief. Miss Anthony's lecture last evening was intended to enforce the doctrine of woman's right to vote under the Four teenth aud Fifteenth Amendments: The Fourteenth Amendment declares that all persons born or naturalized in the L hitcd htates are citizens thereof. Tliis makes woman a citizen at last even if she never was one before. Now woman Ieing thus a citizen, she stands on her citizenship and appeals to that clause of the Fourteenth Amendment which says that no State shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens. Among the privileges and immunities, long ago, and by thc-original Constitu tion, accorded to citizens, is the right of suffrage subject, of course, in each State, to the regulations and limitation imposed by the State laws. As women are citizens, and as citizens cannot be deprived by tlie individual State of their F..r, 1 -1 ; . , privileges aim iniiiiuuiiics, aim as among these privileges and immunities I is the right to vote, it follows that the 1-UUIlCl'IllII .Mill X-IIICVIllll .YIlIUUUIUl'Ill! constitutionally secure the elective fran chise to women exactly as to other citi zens. Urcgoman, Sept. 'jfi. Touching Incident. In this citv lives a poor family, the father of whicl: is a Catholic, while the mother is Protestant. Recently their daughter, a Dcauiiiui cinid ot live years, suddenly sickened and died. During its sickness it was attended by a physician who was accompanied on every visit by his daughter, a girl of fifteen years, who evinced the greatest solicitude for tlie little suilerer. hen death came with its cold. lev trrasn. the vomif lndv vn there, and with tender fiands closed tlie innocent eyes and arranged the form of the babe who had Iiecn called home. I he funeral took place the next day, ami owing to the conflict of religious opinions between tho parents, neither priest, nor minister was called in. The young lady went to the house of mourn ing and in company with the grief stricken parents, followed the remains to tho cemetery. Arriving there, the little iKxly was placed by the side of its narrow resting place to allow or a last look at the sweet face which all loved so well. With a low wail the oor mother threw herself down by it, and with pas sionate Kisses sought, as it were, 10 re call life to the cold, motionless clav Kveryonc was visibly affected by this outburst, and when she called utxm the young lady to offer a prayer for her poor darling, all reverentially uncovered and knoll, trt the irround. The voimir lailv without a moment's hesitation, knelt and commenced praying. At first her voice was visibly affected by emotion, but as she proceeded she seemed to for get self and surroundings, and poured iorui suen a lerveiitaiidioueiiingappcai to the Throne of Grace that there was not, when she ceased, a dry eye or an unmoved heart in the assembly. When she had finished, the body was carefully lowered into the grave, above whicli now grows some loaut!ful tlowers, me mentoes 01 ine loveoi ine tairyoung lady Memphis Avalanche. TonAcoo ani Boys. It is a sight altogether too frequent to see half-grown ooys engaged in smoking cigars and pipes, often of the rankest and strongest kind. Such should read and ponder uiKin the following fact: A French pliysician lias investigated the effect of smoking on SS boys, between the ages of 9 and 15, who were addicted to the habit. Twenty-seven presented distinct symptoms of nicotine poison. In 22 there were serious disorders of the circu lation, indigestion, dullness of intellect, and a marked appetite for strong drinks; In three there was heart attection ; 111 eight decoded deterioration of blood; in 12"there was frequent cpistaxls: 10 liad disturbed sleep, and four had ulcera tion of mucous membrane of the mouth. Miss Susan B. Anthony's Speech. There was a full house at Oro Fino Theater last evening to hear Miss An thony answer objections to womau suf frage one of the best audiences in many respects that she lias had, embracing very many 01 the nrst men aim women or the city, miss Alimony taiKcd near ly two hours and a halt. She had num erous questions ami objections to an swer, all of which she answered with much ready ingenuity and plausibility, if not with conclusive reason. Wo thiuk she answered most of the ques tions more nearly satisfactorily than had beeii-antieipatcd, and made a reallv good argument 111 favor of woman suf frage certainly the best wc over heard. Oregoniaiij of September 12A. Republicans Have won the election, in Wyoming Territory. ' Late Telegraphic New3. San Uuancisco, Sept. 11. -The whole Republican State ticket is elected, in cluding all three Congressmen. Booth's majority in San Francisco, 2, S75. His majority in tho State will be probably from 5,000 to 7,000. A number of outside counties are yet to be heard from. The taxpayers of San Francisco elect Mayor and all other candidates, except Hadlain for Assessor, who is beaten by nearly 300; Higgins, for Recorder, who s beaten bv liaynes through straight Republicans running Col. Stevenson: the Supervisor in tho Fourth ward, who is beaten by Tim McCarthy, independ ent, one school director and one Justice of the Peace. New YoitK, Sept. 12. The theft yes terday discovered 111 the Controller's of fice was the exciting topic of conversa tion throughout the city last evening. There were various opinions in regard to who stolo the vouchers, and what they were stolen for. Some think the affair was one of the ring tricks, for the purpose of forcing the Controller to re siirn. and this tlieorv seemed to have ac quired plausibility, when late last night it was announced mat jiayor -tiau ad dressed the Controller a communication, setting forth that (the Mayor) was con- trained to conclude that the exigency demanded his retirement from the head of tlie Finaneo Department, in order that some other person might be placed there by the Mayor, who will be ena bled to investigate the affairs of the Controller's office and restore public onfidence. Aiku-sta, Me., Sept. 12. Indications lerived from a careful footing of returns received to-day at noon are that the Republican majority is nearly 11,000. The ollieial majority last year was S, 23S. San Francisco Market Report. San Francisco. Sept. 12. Flour Unchanged. Wheat 1,000 sks cost, $2071; SOOsks Bay milling, S2 721. Barley There is more enquiry, partly on speculative account; sales of !500 ska dark bay, Si JO ; Uooii's bay, brewing $1 ft5; 100 sks choice, SI 971; 1,000 sks bay, SI 9-; s&s coast, 5i sks do., 41 00- Oats The range ot ine man;et. is 51 S21 1 03. llav two smau 101s soni at 5iu ooigj $29; CO bales choice wheat, $2?. 50 por ton advance. Corn Sale of 400 sks Iowa per rail, $2 371. Potatoes Hal fmoon Bay, S0S7ic; Choice, 90e.; Mission, (EW7GC.; Sweet, $1 G01 8-j. Pictures Restored. Ten of tlie pictures forming part of the famous col lection of tlie Louvre have been seen in London, supposed to have been filched from the gallery" by some of the Com munists, and sent to London to be sold. One of these valuable pictures had been bought by an i-nglisliman, a wen Known patron of art, for 10,000, and will be returned to Paris on the payment of the purchase money. McGIBENY'S ACADEMY MUSIC, Corner I' J fill nutl Colmuliin Street, AVII-f. OPKN Wednesday, September 13, 1871. WILLIAM DAVIDSON, Keal Estate Dealer. OrriCE-No. 64 Froat Street, POllTLUCD. OICECiON. REAL ESTATE IN THIS CITY AND EASt I'lirtlainl. in tlie most ilcximlrie localities, coiKlstlngor Urns, .u.l IIloCks ami Hlocks, Hoicks anil stokes. AIm, lMi-mvm Kahms and Valvarlk Us-cvi.ti-atki Lands, located In all uartx of the Stale, for sale. IlKAi. Estate sunt other Property vwirrlmwxt forCorru.-iioiHlenU.iiiTiiiHCiTY ami tlirouKh out tlie Ktatks ami Tkkkitokikh, with great tare, una 011 the most Advaxtaohous Tkkmh IIOPSIM AND SntHIH I.R.VMSI1, I.OANS NEOO- tiatku ami Claluk of all Iikchiitio.ns I'KOMlTI.VOOI.LKTTIill.aHll ft KN KRAI. FINAN CIAL and A a uno y IIusixhss Transacted. A awns of till OpVirH In all lli Oii-iim ami Tuu-xri lii the Statu wiHrtwtiivedeMarlirtloiMGr Kahm Pnni'HKTV and fhrwanl (tut nsu mill. above uddrtMM. n Parrisli, Atkinson & Woodward, REAL ESTATE AGENTS Corner Alder ami Trout SI recti. HAVE 1'ItOPKItTY FOR SALE IN PORT land and throughout Oregon generally. We can Oder SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS to Iureliner of Ural Kvtate. lfoiiie Iteuted, Knits Collected, .Honey Loaned, TnirMi 11.1,1 Vtiil everything that pertains to th i ,1 tate limine! attended to with unrnmi,!. IC5AI PAPERS WRITTEN AND ACKNOWLEDGED J. I ATKINSON, Notary Public. . SI. l'AItltlSII. nl TYLER WOODWARD. EMPLOYMENT OFFICE! No. SO Front fit.. American Exchange H11II1H11-. I KJ-NTKACTOIIS. Hotel Keeper. Fhrmcrs j tJinxMiter and ltnllder. Families, and lact nil vlmrwulrelii-ln .r anv kind, trill 11 mimes, ami 111 kind, trill find ll to their ail Vantage o call anil leave tlielrad- "fx. .1 It WITHEKHLL. S. I have :i1.ji emu ft.uul Faring and Lois rsale. n2 J. It W. COIJIIRN & McCABE, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 5 WASHINGTON STREET, UP-STAIHS, lorllniiil. Oregon. Work done at REASONABLE RATES. a