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FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1S71.
WOMAN'S LACK OF INDIVIDTJAL
ITT. Many are the false Ideas prevailing in
society in consequence of woman's es-,
teemed inferiority to man, and to them
are traceable nearly all the woes which
to-day render the marriage state so full
of misery. The gallantry which men
profess towards women is in many in
stances really hurtful in its tendencies
and results. For instance, a poor but
meritorious young man keeps company
with a young lady, and being suited to
each other they form a matrimonial en
gagement. But the happy time when
they can be united is far off. The young
man has no dowry except a clear brain,
sound body and good constitution, and
must labor long and faithfully to amass
a fortune sufficient to maintain a wife
in keeping with the requirements of
the false and extravagant ideas which
pertain to society. His intended wife,
instead of helping him hoard up the lit
tle fortune which is to start them on the
matrimonial voyage, is really a hin
drance. In the first place, were she dis
posed (which she is not) to also labor for
the consummation of the cherished ob
ject both have in view and forward to
which both look so expectantly and
hopefully and joyfully, the wages paid
to woman are so very small that her ef
forts would amount to little indeed. The
idea of sex is even carried into the world
of employment, and if woman wishes to
compete therein she must consent to re
ceive but a moiety of what is paid her
masculine co-laborers. Surely there Is
little encouragement for woman to en
ter the avenues of labor, unless com
pelled to do so by stern necessity.
Then it is considered indelicate and
unwomanly by society for a young lady
to provide for that event in which she
certainly has as much interest as her in
tended husband. Instead of that it is
expected that he shall devote a large
share of his earnings to vain pleasures
and amusements. What if he sees the
folly of this course, and protests? In
nine cases out of ten the engagement is
broken off. If not, the same state of
things is kept up until marriage, aftor
which it generally turns out that the
wife is subjected to rigid, galling econo
my to make up for the previous lavish
expenditure. The husband lias the
power now, and must not be blamed too
much if he exercises it a little harshly.
His wife had the power once, and was
arbitrary in its use, and it is only natu
ral that he should evince the same dis
position wnen tne conditions are re
versed.
Often, after the young man has toiled
for years, his affianced bride, lured bv
the sordid temptation of gold, proves
false and marries another; or he him
self, seeing naught but continual pov
erty in the future, struggle and delve
and toil as he may, abandons the love of
Ills heart and weds some favored daugh
ter of fortune.
Is it necessary to go on and trace out
the legitimate result of such unions? In
the courts all over the land may be seen
the sad sequence in the thousands of di
vorce suits, and there are hundreds of
thousands more who would fain be free
did opportunity and circumstances offer.
"We contend that every woman should
learn a trade or profession, whether she
intends to follow it or not She should
qualify herself to bear her due propor
tion of the business cares of life. Her
labor should be just as well rewarded as
that of man's. It is also the place of
woman, unquestionably, to be present
with her growing children, if possible,
and train their youthful minds as none
but a mother can. Her services, while
performing this important duty, should
be considered fully equal to those of her
husband, instead of being treated so
slightingly as they are to-day.
"We think we have plainly shown in
the foregoing that the great cause of
trouuie in tne marital relation as it at
present exists is woman's lack of indi
viduality. Itis charged that tlicAVoman
Suffrage Movement, if successful, will
bring discord into families by arraying
husband and wife in hostility to each
other, whereas nothing is more patent
than that the success of the movement,
by clothing woman with that individu
ality which rightfully belongs to her, will ,
tend, more than all else, to ameliorate
the hardships now experienced in mat
rimony. "JOAQUIN" MILLER.
Ashort time ago a paragraph appeared
in the New Northwest under the
above heading, which has called forth
various and conflicting opinions and
statements from the Oregon press. The
information contained in the paragraph ;
was not intended by Mrs. Miller for the i
public, and we are sorry it was not so I
understood.
Elsewhere is published a letter from j
-U.I7J. -Mill
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against
provide
verified. AVG , i, .
to do Mr. Miller injustice, as has
m1ritfag0d- T,,at his Itry has
t0etr n,Ver . but that its
a sentiment are alike of-
flrmlv bell? "'r criticism, we
success is owing to the ' .
-UllPll rr t.t
scenes
nrpi.nw!i.. . . . 1j " me
and wierd and rugged in nature
era! on thA Pnnifirt d
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so gen-
leading part-rather than to greatnJ!
of thought or depth of sentiment! S
accounts for the fact that Mr. Miller
wav OIUIM'. ,1ln--l 1
more iavorauiy known as a poet In the
Old World aud in the Eastern States
than here in Oregon, his old home. Wo
who live here ncd no poet to sing to us
of glorious old Mt. Hood and stately
Jefferson, for those mountain giants as
we gaze at them aro grander poems thaii
were ever penned, and baffle all de
scription. Neither do we care to have
er. m WJncli the cliarcos mmln "v -!'"""- mien men uy lor iresuieni, -Miss i
"Tnnmi!n Ar.iim. r.,n. baffled man's rights advocates, of n. i Vice President, Mrs.
for his oflimW .,!m,!K. deavoring to beslime those who are ot,- MB "'SB
......... .'HWIT Wi JilllUlU LU . ' . ,, ... in
the rippling flow of the beautiful !
travels on as 11 10 some
ir -r!l
till it joius the "mighty I
i;iu uvvc(
Oretron" as he niarcues aown to meet
the sea. Mr. Miller's descriptions are i
generally good, but these hubjects are I
ifn themselves k surpassingly grand
that it need not be wondered at if he fail
to do them complete justice. It would
take a Homer or a Milton indeed to do
that. In the Old "World and the Eastern
States, where sketches of this far West
ern country read like romance, "Joa
quin" Miller's poems have elicited very
commendatory criticisms, while in the
West they are not so favorably regarded.
Hence we infer that much of the lauda-
tion bestowed upon our poet by the I
press of England and the Eastern States
is made in the enthusiasm of the mo-
mcut and cannot be considered the dc
liberate judgment of the critics.
But "Joaquin" Miller will soon be
among us. Contrary to the practice of
some of our contemporaries, the opin
ions we have passed upon him while
abroad we still hold to. "Whatever may
be his talents, whatever fame he may
achieve, his conduct towards his dis
carded wife and his almost starving
babes will always tarnish the bright
ness of his poet's crown. "We think Mrs.
Miller entirely too lenient in her judg
ment of the conduct of her inconstant
lord. No man or woman has the right
to fame, when the price is marital and
parental neglect.
THE BASIS OF SUFFBAGE.
The Port Townsond Argus wants none
but intelligent women to vote. It says:
Tut the right of suffrage on a basis of
intelligence, witli a proper qualification
so that the voter would know what
voting meant and have personal interest
enough to make him vote right and
then let the women who have the qual
ifications have the same rights as men.
Such a plan would effectually thut out
corruption, and would be a reform. "We
respectfully offer this amendment to
woman suffrage to Miss Anthony and
her co-workers, and if she and they see
fit to adopt it, we will put ourself beside
Brother Murphy and go in to make it
win.
To which we reply that a "basis of in-1
telligence," to be applied to all, would,
we suppose, be objected to but by very
few, provided that it could be satisfac
torily adjusted. But while all men arc
allowed the ballot, we most emphatic
ally claim that there should be no dis- j
criminating rule giving only the most i
intelligent women the right to vote,
There should be the same test for all.
A property qualification would often 1
cause injustice and hardship. A person
possessing property sufficient to vote,
may on the very day after electiou lose
all that property. In that case, which
has voted, the person or the property?
If intelligence is to be also a basis, it
will most assuredly coniliet with any
property qualification. The mind
should vote, and not mere dollars and
cents.
The editor of the-lrr wishes the ad
vocates of Woman Suffrage to demand
the ballot only for women possessing the
qualifications he has named, and prom
ises, if they will, to put himself by the
side of Bro. Murphy and "go in to make
it win." If this is the ultimation we
are afraid his services will not be accept
ed. One rule for all, Bro. Argu.
ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR FAME.
On Thursday and Friday evenings of
this week, .Mrs. IS. Brown, tne celebrat
ed lecturess and tourist, delivered a lec
ture at the Court House in opposition to
"Woman's Rights." Other duties de
prived us the privilege of hearing her,
but we are informed that the house, on
Thursday evening, was not rendered un
comfortable by the thronging multi
tude. Owimr to the shortness of notice.
or the dilapidated condition of their
purses, we presume, out one anxious
listener, a young man of official notori
ety, was able to be present, and he, we
understand, hail been employed as door
keeper. We arc not apprized as to the
naturo of the lecture, whether curtain
or otherwise, but understand that the
audience was very orderly and well-behaved.
Corvcdlis Gazelle.
So it seems Madam Frost is not alone.
AVho this Mrs. Brown is we do not know,
although it is announced that she is a
"celebrated lecturer and tourist." We
presume, however, from the evident pop
ularity of her lectures, that she will not
fail to come to Portland and demolish
the Jicinous work done here by that
emissary of wickedness, Miss Anthony,
in teaching women the pernicious doc
trine of equal rights, since Mrs. Frost's
ignominious failure to perform that
herculean task. Mrs. Brown, it is need
less to state, is opposed to woman's
speaking In public, which probably ac
counts for tho fact that she is not gener
ally troubled with mueli of a "public"
to speak to.
THE LATE8T 0ASE0F MONOMANIA.
This time It is the Walla Walla Un
ion, the editor of which is scared to
wItnI a" i,,el1 f bis life for fear the
wo,ue" of Washington Territory will
bave the chance to exercise their inher-
ent riSht to tho MM
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iic lias resorted ,
posed to him with blackguardism. When
such tactics are adopted iu lieu of argu
ment, the case is generally very desper-
o oniric In nnr nn,mUnMnn '
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rather than to our anger or indignation. .
in j
A late number of the Corvallis Gazette
endeavors to be exceedingly facetious i
over a typographical error which ap-1
peared iu the local columns of the
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Nokthwest a short time since. We
commend to the astute editor's consid
eration the following dastardly assault
upon the English language which oc
curs in the same number of the Gazette:
,Tllo general laws of the Government,
since Oeorge L. Woods, tl)at man-fear-
at thr , n statesman has been placed,
rilnn- iZ i t "," uicumor oi me
no ill I f . . . f il m
in, V , ,,'" "6iy cuforceil. ,
inat lellow should bo principal of a '
grammar school.
Subscribe for the New N
oitTiiwEST.
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WOMEN AS AMENUENSES. 1
The San Francisco Bulletin, in an ar
ticle entitled "All about Phonography,"
speaks as follows of Mrs. H. A. Johu
stoue. The lady mentioned is a candi
date for Engrossing Clerk of the As
sembly in California :
There is. however, at tho nresent mo
ment, a neiu open to women as aman
uenses. Several in tho city are earning
considerable money at tho profession,
although but one is what might be called
a good amanuensis. This one, Mrs. H.
A. Johnstone, deserves special mention.
She has employment much of the time,
whenever there is a crowd of work; and
being one of the best, if not the best
amanuensis of cither sex in the city, has
tne preference over ail tne others, ana
her services are in almost constant de
mand. She has had loug experience in
Washington and in the New York Leg
islature. She is qualified to report tes
timony or public speeches, and has done
much of this; but she can and docs earn
ten dollars ner tlav as an amanuensis.
and prefers to take this rather than to
enter into tne sliarn lists of competition
for work at first hands. She writes
long-hand with execedinz raniditv.
and reads her notes with such case that
she scarcelv takes her ien from tho na-
ier to decipher her short-hand. Her
long-hand manuscript is exceedingly
iree irom errors, and is written In a
plain, bold and elegant hand. Of course,
she works hard very hard and is
sometimes exceedingly fatigued. Ten
hours at a desk, writing, even to earn
ten or twelve dollars, is what verv few
women can endure, although there are
many who would willingly work five
hours a day for five dollars, and could do
It without injuring their health. One
or two women in .Stockton are learning,
tne legal business there calling for ad
ditional amanuenses.
On reading the foregoing no one can
help being impressed with the idea
that there arc thousands of stout, hearty
men employed in this field of labor,
while multitudes of women who could
nerform its duties just as well arc
obliged to work in harder avocations,
How much longer will the strong op
press the weak ?
THE "GATEWAYSTO THE FOLES. "
An cxpidition sent from Germany has
reached the open Polar Sea which was
seen by Dr. Kane. The expedition is
confident of being able to sail directly
past the Pole. Whales and water fowl
alound in this open sea. Thus is an
other triumph of science achieved. It
will be remembered that this expedition
followed the Gulf Stream by way of
Nova Zcinbla. Further particulars will
be awaited with interest. The "Gate-
ways to the Poles" have been passed at
last.
THE ELECTIONS.
Elections have just been held in New
i York,- Massachusetts, New Jersey, 111!
nois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Minnesota,
Maryland and Virginia. The Repub
licans have carried all the States men
tioned except Maryland and Virginia.
The Tammany frauds have undoubtedly
done much to produce this result. It
is hardly probable that the Democratic
party can survive the overthrow of
the Tammany Ring, which has been for
years the great central power of the
organization.
THE REVOLUTION.
This sterling journal has passed into
the hands of J. A. Hallock, a New York
publisher, and has been enlarged and
improved in various other ways. Mr.
W. T. Clarke, a well known and jmpular
journalist, succeeds Laura Curtis Bui
lard as editor. The Revolution is to the
oinau Suffrage Movement what the
New York Tribune was to the anti-slav
ery movement. It is an indispensable
co-worker, and the evidences of its pres
ent pro-jcrity are gratifying in the ex
treme.
THE "PIONEER."
Our California contemporary comes to
us freighted witli good things as usual
Dr. Holland's iniquitous bill to regulate
the social evil has received a rough
handling in its columns, aud its incon
siatencics and immorality have been
made plain to the comprehension of all
The Pioneer deserves succeoss, and
should be well sustained by the friends
of Woman Suffrage in the Golden State.
Proceedings of the Seattle "Woman Suf
frage Convention.
At a meeting held in the Brown
Church at Seattle on the 3d inst., by
resident ladies in favor of organizing a
Society with a view of lending their aid
toward securing to their sex tiio right of
inirnm ntinr. i... -r:., 3
B. Anthony and Mrs. Duniway, the fol
lowing proceedings were nail:
ATX A n4linti 1- ! I . !... .1 I
.ni.-3 viiitiuiij, uimii; uie unuii, Biui
cd that motions looking to a permanent
organization of a Woman Suffrage Soci
ety in Seattle were in order and would
be acted upon. Whereupon a motion
was made and seconded that a commit
tee be appointed for the purpose of re
porting the names of suitable persons as
officers of such society.
The motion having been carried, the
following ladies were apwolnted on said
committee, viz: Mrs. A. M.Tweed, Mrs.
I S. B. Yesler, Mrs. P. T. Snyder, Mrs. P.
1 I. Price, Miss Lizzie Peeoles and Mrs.
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-'i. w. in)vii. wiiii suun iiiiiiuLii in uieir
report, recommending Mrs. S. B. Yesler
j. m. umway low
Jacobs for Trcas-
ins for Secre-
The reiKirt of the Committee was ac
cepted and adopted, and the respective
officers took their scats.
"lOUOH Was Uieil lliaiie IOT I
A motion was then made for the ap-
1(OIntment of an Executive Committee.
consisting of three members, which was
carried, ami Mrs. A. M. Tweed, Miss
Lizzie 1'eebles anil .Mrs. M. O. Brown
; were appointed as such committee.
The meeting proceeded to the election
of six delegates to tho Convention to be
iiuiu Hi iiijuu uii me oiii ui ovem-
j Mrs. Laura Hall, Mrs. L. M. Ordway,
Mrs, S. B. Yesler and Mrs. May were
uuiy ciecteu.
Hn mnl nn Hm TTnn .Taiivi Timi.
Rev. J. F. Damon and Itcv. Datilci
Bagley were elected as additional dele
gates, their consent thereto having been
first obtained.
Several addresses were then made,
icr-,anu a vote oi uiauKs was leuuercu to
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Miss Anthony for the aid she had ex-
tended to Uie society, and also to Bev.
D. Bagley for the use of his church.
Whereupon tne meeting aajourneu.
Mks. S. B. Yesler, President.
Mns. Nelmk M. Hiaaixs, Sec'y.
LETTER FEOM SOUTHERN OREGON.
Southern Oregon-, Oct. 23, 1S71.
Ewrott New Northwest:
"Man's Rights," in his "further reply
to Mrs. O. T. Daniels," in your issue of
the 20th, makes &ome not very covert
attacks upon Justice ; evidently aiming
to Ucrcat the ends, pervert the meaning
and misconstrue the efforts of Justice.
Justice would mete out to the offender
the full letter of tho old Mosaic law.
"eye for an eye, tooth for tooth;" would
punish crime and evil doers with un
sparing rigor; would forever shut out
from the companionship of Innocence
and Virtue all that would contaminate
or degrade. Justice has sought to make
no defense of sin aud of sinners, nor to
protect them from censure or abuse, nor
to shield them from merited condemna
tion. Justice would not hide irullt from
punishment, or crime from infamy.
But there is a class of people, gener
ally women or effeminate men, who are
never so happy as when pondering over
some heinous crime; whose minds nre
to given to tho worship of all that is
most revolting and disgusting that they
fairly gloat over the contemplation of
vice and shame ; who so dearly love to
parade and discus their favorite subject
that under the plea of condemning the
perpetrator they find excuse to display
all the sickening details of the deed ;
t.i i A
....... ... Lutu ..HAu.-y iu tuuunuu wiu.ui
one, become quite reckless whether their
abuse is launced at innocence or guilt,
and with the same feeling that prompts
children to throw mud at a white wall,
they delight to have for their victim
some one who has hitherto been free
from reproach, that his or her degrada
tion may be the more complete when it
docs come.
Justice has no desire to shield crim
inals l.ot even from the attacks of
these human ghouls but would sug
gest that it is a maxim of law, as well
as humanity, to consider a man innocent
until proved guilty. The real criminal,
if thai may be considered criminal whicli
the lata license, has hitherto entirely
escaped. Nor was thero any injury
done to the woman except by herself in
becoming an offender in the first place,
and in cxiwsing herself to tho weather
In the senseless and uncalled for man
ner'that she did. Itis perfectly absurd
to blame any one except herself fortius,
which was the worst feature of the
whole affair. Neither Mr. Fay or the
real author of her misery can justly be
censured for her own reckless and fool
ish acts. She went of her own free will
out into the storm aud darkness and the
forest, periling the lives of herself and
her child. Mr. Fay, by taking her to
his house and caring for her there after
she was found, shows that he did not
send her away, nor does she accuse him
of doing so.
Mr. F. did not "blast her reputation;"
he did not "place her beneath the feel
of society;" did not "ferret her out" and
"proclaim her to the world." All the
evils of notoriety that have come upon
this woman, now so cursed with evil
fame, have come from her own acts and
from the over-eager partizanship of those
who have made her name and wrongs
the excuse to attack and malign an in
nocent man. "Man's Rights," Mrs.
Daniels, and even Justice, have been far
more instrumental in fastening her dis
grace upon her than he, for he has said
and written nothing about her in any
way not even made one attempt to
"consign her to the infamy" that
"Man's Rights" thinks "she so richly de
serves." Justice .-till holds to the opinion that
"Man's Rights" and Mrs. Daniels arc
not so much her friends as his enemies'.
Had the person accused been other than
the very man whose influence and tal
ents make him hated and feared by a
certain political ring, even had he been
jrovcd guilty of far deeper crime than
that of which Mr. Fay has been unjustly
accused, Hannah Ralls might have bur
ied her wrongs and her sorrows in obliv
ion, uupitied anil undefended. Mrs.
Daniels would not then have rushed to
the newspapers, eager to acquire fame
like
"That Ini-pin-il youth who Ilrcil thu Athenian
lllllUl-."
"Man's Rights" would not then have
had opportunity to "pay oH'old scores."
Women may not ban all impure men
from their society, for tho simple reason
that society would be too greatly
thinned, but they may ban those of their
own sex who become so degraded as to
sink to man's moral level. Because her
moral status is higher, woman may
hope by keeping it so, to keep the world
still evenly balanced between good and
evil. Iter's is the Sampsonian labor,
Iter's tho saving grace. She must en
courage reformation wherever found.
She must unhesitatingly consign vice
and error to the stern decrees of
Justice.
BRIGHAM IN TROUBLE.
It is reported thatBrigham has left
Salt Iikc City, bidding it a final adieu.
His power seems broken. The Mormons
no longer believe in him as heretofore.
His infallibility, like that of the Pope's,
amounti to very little when applied to
icmporai auairs. nic institution of
polygamy, of which Brigham was the
founder and chief exponent, is in a rapid
decline.
At the recent session of the Grand Di
vision of the Sons of Temperance of Cal
ifornia, held in San Francisco, the fol
lowing resolution was unanlmously
adoptcd:
llcsolvcd. That we commend to the
Sons and Daughters of Temperance the
wiman V0""?', Publisheil by Brother
William J. and Sister Carrie F. Young,
expressing confidence in it as an exp
pfes "dvocato of temperance princi-
"Doctor," said a weaUiiypaUeiit to
his physician, "I want you : tobi thor
ough. Strike at the root of the disease'"
"Well I will," said the doctor, IS bo
lifted his cane and brought It down hard
enough to break into pieces a bottle aud
glasses which stood upon the side-board.
It was his last professional visit to that
house.
SEVERE.
The Golden City, the leading literary
journal of San Francisco, has tho fol
lowing severe paragraph about "Joa
quin" Miller, which is in decided con
trast to some of the fulsome flattery Ie
stowed upon him in the East :
Joaquin Miller, the Thymine rhanso-
dist, is still in this city lionized by a
few soi n is ant poets, impecunious i$o
hemlans and gunny-bag aristocrats.
From the Orcgonlan.
The Poet Joaquin Miller.
ACOMMVXICATIONTOTIIK rCBLlC FItOX JIP.S. M.
Sir: As Joaquin Miller Is now ex
pected to arrive in Portland, I deem it
my duty to say a few words in his behalf
to the people of Oregon. I have received
many letters from different sources re
questing me Co disclose as much of his
conduct toward his children as I will.
Although I feel that these things concern
no one on the face of earth butmy children
and me, still he belongs to tho world
now, and I have remained silent until
remarks have been carried so far as to
niakc my children subjects of idle gos
sip, and deem it right to now ask a truce
to charges and accusations, and request
of you to behold tho oet and receive
him in a manner that will give due
tribute to his genius and success. Mr.
Miller has earned a fame, and an appre
ciation of his cflorts should be awarded
him. He is a man of literary culture
and
research; lie has read constantly,
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very best oi literature, ancient anu
modern. It had been his sole ambition,
for yearn, to go to Europe and acquire a
literary fame; lie felt, and justly, that he
was gifted, and his mind bcinsr of tine.
poetic structure, and ins brain very del
icately orgauized, the coarse and practi
cal duties of providing for a family, ami
the annoyance of children, conflicted
with ills dreams and literary whims.
So, when he wrote me that he would bo
absent Iu Europe live or six years, and
in the meantime, I need not expect to
hear from him often, as he should be
very busy, I asked for and obtained a
divorce In the courts of Lane county,
and your singer was loosed and free, and
no longer chained to the annoying cares
of a family; he could give his whole
attention to his poeiiH. I. mvself. sym
pathize with him in his desire to have
time and money to "tamior with the
Muses," and cultivate his taste and tal
ent for literature, and I feel that all
poets and authors will also sympathize
witli mm.
I did not intend that my misfortunes
should be publicly known. Illness
overtook me in Portland, and by Irregu
larities of the mails and accidents we
were cut oft' for a time from communi
cation with our friends. My younger
brother was witli me, and I did not ask
for assistance; but by accident my
friends found me. I must ever remain
grateful to them for their timely and
generous assistance, but they can bear
me witness that I made no public com
plaint, and the charges made against
Mr. M. were not made with my knowl
edge. I was as much surprised to see
them as any one. If, iu livo years of
labor and complete isolation from my
relatives and the world, I worked witli
him, anil not even my nearest neighbor
or dearest friend heard one complaint or
murmur from my lips: if, through that
long winter in Portland, Iscwed humbly
day after day, and day after day, as long
as I was able; passed the offices and
residences of our mutual friends, who
were leading and wealthy people, and
chose rather to let my babes come upon
tne verge oi starvation titan to biemisii
his reputation by letting my circum
stances be known, it is not likely that
after the day of hope came, and all was
over, I should publicly make known
what I had tried so hard to conceal. As
I said before Mr. Miller felt that he had
gifts of mind, and if his system of econ
omy was rigid and hard to endure, it
was, at least, a success; and if he needed
all his money to carry out his plans. I
am satisfied that he thus used it. Tlie
bitter experience of the pastcanuot come
again. My babes lived through all, and
I am more than satisfied. I am grateful,
and all is well.
The absurd statement of the Eugene
Journal, thatldiad indignantly returned
monej' that Mr. M. sent me, is incor
rect; aud his informers aro as economi
cal of truth as they are of affection for
their own flesh and blood. It would be
a sad time to show indignation towards
a father when his babes were suffering
for the necessaries of life. Joaquin Mil
ler docs not claim that he litis ever sent
a dollar to his children, or provided any
thing for them in any way from the
time of his leaving Oregon until about
two mouths ago, when he sent mc
twenty-five dollars. He has since sent
fifty dollars to Mrs. B. Cooke, for my
little girl, and twenty-five to my mother,
who has the care of my younger chil
dren. He will doubtless make expla
nations, winch will be satisfactory to
those interested, when he returns. II is
true that I had a home with my wid
owed mother, but the place was dreary
aim sei-iiiueii, aim mere was not a
church or schoolhouse within lift j miles
of my mother's home. So I did not
deem it a proper place to educate my
children, and I came away bringing
them with me, which was contrary to
the decree of the Court, which gave the
two older children- to the care of my
mother. As I brought them away he
was released by law from caring for
them, and I have no reason to complain,
nor can any one have, justly. Two
hundred dollars si year alimony was al
lowed, but as it was not secured, vou
will readily sec that Mr. M. was 'en
tirely released from any obligations.
The marital relations between Mr.
Miller andmyself arc dissolved, but that
docs not prevent our holding our pre
cious babes in mutual love and protec
tion; anil although there are many false
sentiments in society iu regard to these
tilings, I beg the privilege of exercising
my own judgment in regard to my duty
towards the father of my children, and
my children.
As wc are both mortals, it would be
atleetation m me were I to profess to
take upon myself all the blame, but I
ask to bear my full share. The many
who feel an interest In him arc of more
consequence than tho few who know and
love me. and henceforth I would have
you deal only with him as a poet and
author. Pronotinco vonr indfrmont
upon his books. Know him by his epic
Heroes. No mortal man can go beyond
himself in any conception; wtien he at -
tempts to, he only strikes against tlie
bonier of his imagination, nnd rebounds
further back, and when man attempts
puts upon the shoulders of his God wings
which belong to a lower order of erea-1
tion. Good sometimes comes ot evil;
the most deadly pistil exhales a delicate
perfume, and ourscparatlonand sorrows
produced the jxems of "jryrrh" and
"Even So." If I have, after all, recov
ered my health and sometimes smile,
as others do, I feel that I have some
kind of apology. If I am not to-day the
shadowy, laded woman that might be
expected, I beg pardon; aud if. as a
facetious editor writes, I must go "down
the stream of lifo alongside of Lady By
ron, Mrs. Bulwer and the obstreperous
wifo of tho author of 'Boz,' " let that be
my punishment. M. M. Miller.
Sale5I Oregon, Nov, 5, 1871.
Spinsters and Mothers.
"No. I shall never marry ; but it sad
dens me that by missing the experience
of a wife aud mother, I shall always be
less or a woman than I should navo
been with those experiences."
So said my friend, Sarah Weston, one
of the truest and sweetest women I have
ever known. She is what the world
calls an old maid, a woman of refined
tastes, riie culture and generous im
pulses. Herglrlhoodhaditslove-dream,
with its bright anticipations of home,
and the joys and interests of wedded life.
The dream ended in her lover's grave,
and to a nature like hers it could never
return; no second love wa3 possible.
But she did not therefore devote herself
to nursing a selfish sorrow, nor darken
her own life or that of her frieuds with
useless lamentations. Thanking God
for the love which, having entered into
her life, had made it richer for all the
future, she shut in hcrown heart all the
sweet and sorrowful memories of the
past, and went forth toher work. Many
a sad heart has been uplifted and
strengthened, many a heavy one light
ened of its load, by the sympathy born
of that experience. Everv vear has
added strength to her character, iriven
her a broader horizon, and a moresatis-
iymg uie. tJlilldrcii are irresistibly at
tracted to her. voimir men and women
make her their coi.hdant, and the old
bnguicn at ner coming, and grow young
in her presence. Emancipated from
mere personal interest, she has a disen
gaged attention and ready sympathy for
ail with whom she comes In contact.
liOokiug in her bright, cheerful face,
thinking of her character, so strong and
sweet, the full flowering of a perfected
womanhood, I pondered her words. Is
it true that any nature is necessarily
impoverished by the missing of certain
cxiicriences ? 1 cannot think so. Such
an idea seems to be a reflection unon tho
justice of God. I cannot think that his
best gilts are put beyouil the reach of
l.i.. . f . ; i i ii .
any oi ins uiiiiiireii, or mai a soul can
miss of its highest development throuirh
tlie force of circumstances beyond its
control.
In my first public utterance on the
Woman Question, I claimed that wom
anhood was a greater fact than wifehood
or maternity, and all my thought on the
subject since has but emphasized that
utterance. Some of the best and wisest
mothers I have ever known were women
who had never borne children, while on
the contrary I have seen mothers of
large lainiues wnose love was a mere
animal instinct, aud who knew abso
lutely nothing of tlie claims of a true
motherhood. Half the love that is sen
timentalized over as motherly has iu it
no higher elements than animal instinct
and self-love. The undue indulgence,
the showing oft" and elaborate dressing
of children, proceed not from love, not
from a wise consideration of their best
good, but from a weak fondness that can
deny them nothing, aud from personal
vanity that plumes itself on its own. A
witty friend of mine, commenting upon
a family of sadly spoiled children, '
claimed, "Poor tilings! how thev
ex-
do
need a goon, judicious stepmother."
And many an individual of that much
abused class has done incomparably bet
ter fora family of children than their
own mother would have done. Women
who take the place of mother to children
not tneir own are apt to be actuated by
higher motives than mere instinct or
self-love: the best interests of the child
are considered more important than its
inclinations, and weal; indulgence anil
disastrous "yes-es" are superseded by a
wise control.
In one of our largo Western cities lives
an unmarried woman, who has adopted
aim illicit me piacc oi motner to more
thnii twenty children, and in Iter care
and training of them shown a self-sacri-lieing
tenderness, a devotcdness and
wisdom, which no mother could have
surpassed. To train children was her
natural vocation; from childhood she
had shown an aptitude for it, and, at
taining womanhood, this was the one
strong desire of her heart. Hcrbrother,
a successful business man, with whom
she lived, had large means and a life
filled with varied interests. She had a
handsome room in his house, plenty of
money ior tne gratiiicatiou oi ner per
sonal wants, and an aimless life. "I
wish I were a. man," she exclaimed im
patiently one day, as ho was unfolding
some new project that was sure to result
in a golden harvest. "No, I don't
either," she added; "but I wish I had a
man sopiiortutiitiesforniakiinrmonev."
"Why, Mary," exclaimed her brother
in a tone oi grieved surprise, "don't you
have all t lie money you want' I am
sure I wish you to have."
He was one of those large-brained,
active men, who, had he been doomed to
a life of dependence aud inaction, would
have gone mad or committed suicide,
and here was his sister, only a year or
two younger than himself, sharing the
same nature, and he was astonished that,
being sumntously housed and clothed,
she was still unsatisfied.
"No, Harry," she replied, "I don't
have all the money I want; I want
ciioush to do a work iu the world aud
have something to live for, instead of
having everything provided Tor me, and
tlie days left so dark and empty that
when 1 wake in the morning 1 wonder
how I shall manage to exist till night.
I am bored to death with an existence
that is fit only for a canary-bird or a
lap-dog, but which is euough to drive
any woman witli an active mum ana a
healthy body into a lunatic asylum."
'Plirt limf Imr u'nc mi nvi'onHnnnl nttn
for he neither laughed at her, nor asked
why she didn't get married and have a
house and children to occupy her, hut
he askcdamueli more sensible question,
"What would vou like to do ?"
'I would like to have a large house
and till it with children who need a
home and be a mother to them. That
would interest me as much as great bus
iness enterprises tio you."
The brother made no reply. He
walked the length of the room and back
again, went to the window, and with
both hands thrust in his pockets as if he
hoped to find at the bottom the solution
oi tne tiilllcuity, stood looKing our.
Suddenly his face brightened, lie turned
on his heel, and went briskly out of the
house.
"Well, Molly," hcexclaimed gayly as
ho met her at tlie tea-table, "I have
bought vou a house, and you can begin
to gather your flock of vagabonds as
soon as you like." And it was no joke.
ii; istirs wonl had set him thinking.
He had gone back to the time when,
hardlv more than children, they were
thrown, a pair oi raininess uriiui,
! upon the world; ofal she had been to him
during thoscycars when theconflictwith
fortune seemed so unequal, and more
than once his heart failed him, and but
for her love and trust he would have
. 1 . "VT .1...!
been ready to despair. N
those years had she failwl
icicr uuriuz;
or doubted
him, ncycr added to his discouragement
and weariness tne weigiu oi ner own;
and now that fortune had smiled on
him, and he had won success, now that
his lifo was enriched by tlie love of wife
and children, why should he not see to
it, that she, too, had the means of being
happy in her own way? So the house
was bought and furnished, and a sum
appropriated to meet its demands. One
after another the rooms were lilled with
homeless waifs, and the life of the lonely
woman, before so purposeless and bar
ren, blossomed with loving interests and
beneficent cares. And what a lamily
gathered about her made up of all ages
from the week-old baby to the girl on
the verge of womanhood? of all nation
alities and every shade of color; but
harmonized and attuned uy tne strong
will and loving heart of the genius of
the home.
"Aunt Mary" was not the slave of
tradition; she had no inflexible theories
about government. She managed one
child this way, and another that. A
self-satisfied, obstreperous boy was sent
to the public school to find his level and
learn subordination, while a shy, sensi
tive little fellow was sent to be cuddled
and made much of at a little private
school, kept by another spinster with a
warm, motherly heart. As the years
went by, some were fitted for college,
and others apprenticed to learn trades;
some of the girls fitted themselves to be
housekeepers and nurses, while others
learned horticulture and telegraph. To
develop each one according to tlie best of
his genius, to find out what was in him,
and make the most and the best of his
powers, this was the purpose kept
steadily in view. The only two things
that Miss Mary set her face resolutely
against, were sewing and teaching. No
girl of her training, she said, was to take
tlie bread out of any other woman's
mouth by entering these, sadly over
crowded departments of work.
What has this woman missed by being
a mother to those children instead of
bearing children of her own? Will she,
think you, in the hereafter find her
woman's nature impoverished by not
having tlie experience of maternity ? I
think, rather, that when she passes to
her rest, and her works follow her to be
compared with the work of ordinary
mothers, the verdict passed upon it will
be, "Many daughters have done well,
but thou hast exceeded tlieni all."
Celi.v BuKi.F.iair.
Our position is one easy to understand.
We iiropovc to defeat, if pomtible, every
anti-suffrage candidate. We shall
leave no honest measures untried to ac
complish this. Opposition to Woman
Suffrage is opposition to a woman's
right to ownershipof herself ownership
of her legitimately bom minor children
to her coutrol of her own property to
her having a voice in the laws by which
she is governed to her trial by a jury ot
her peers to her having a representa
tion when she pays taxihj in short, to
her being lifted out of the minority,
guardianship, childhood and inferiority
to which tlie partial and one-sided leg
islation of tlie world has doomed her
from time immemorial. It is idle to
tell us of the goodness of a man who
stands in this attitude to woman. He
may not be a thief, a burglar, or a crim
inal of any grade, but he is unjust to
woman; stands in the pathway of her
development, and must not be backed up
in this position by the suffrages of peo
ple I Boston Woman1 a Journal.
Ohio expended this last year in an ed
ucational way $7,150,560,03.
OUR AGENTS.
The following persons are duly authorized to
act as Agents Tor the New Koktuwest :
O. B. lUood... TravellnK Agent
?;r,,;.JV1Tr,eB- Traveling Agent
II. ir. Welch -Waghinirton mntitr
Ur.J. Wait...
Lafayette
A. J. AnioId... ....
CS. ". Lnmon.
51. V. Onen
5IrK. C. A. Cobuni
5Irx.J. DeVore Johnson AjL...
Thoi l'nr&ons .3E..
Albany
-Salem
.Salem
...Oregon City
..Oregon City
It- l'entlnml Vi, 11.11..
-uiiwauKia
5IKsSaIlleAp1,legate Yonealla
x 'Sr .wen,i Itoseburg
J. T. Scott, Ksq. Forest Grove
Ti VI- v-urwl" Xehalem
J. AV. Jackson.
..-AValla Walla
...Bugene
11. l-lslier uun
Sirs. I-Hiirn Deforce GordnZ California
Otherpartles desiring to aet as Agents will
please forward their names. AVe want Agents
at every postofllee throughout Oregon" aniF
Washington Territory.
SPECIAIi NOTICES.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON,
K.011I Estate Denlcr.
OFFICE-No. 64 Front Street,
POniLOiD, OIIEGOX.
T3K.VL ESTATE IX THIS CITV AXTJ KAS1
rortlanil. in the most ileslmhln
emulating of Ixrrs, Half IIlocks anil lirjwiva
Houses and Stoieks.
Also, Imi'iioved Faiois and Valuahlb Vs
rui.TivATKn Ivxds, located in all purls of the
State, for sale.
ItBAi. Estatk and other Property purchased
for CorreMMllldeiltA. In Tine rt-rv iul fl.nu.ni.-
out the Status and TmutrroMKs, with great
care, and on the most Advantageous Tekms
Housis axi Storks Lkahbd. I-oax Xmn.
Ti.vTBii ami Claims ok all DKscRiiTinx-H
I'nOMlTLVCOLLWTED.alld a Gkxkkal Pin-.vn-cial
and Agency Iiusixiaj Transacted.
Agents of this Oppick in all theCrriEsand
Towns In the Statf. will reeeivedeseriptlons of
1-Aiui PitopRirry and forward the same to the
above add row. n1'
Parrish, Atkinson & Woodward
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
Curlier Alder mid Front Street.
HAVE PROPERTY FOR SAMS IX 10 RT
land anil throughout Oregon generally.
We can offer
SUPERIOR INDUCEMENTS
to Purchaser!! of Real Rotate.
Jfousp I touted.
ltrnls Collected,
Sloiiey Thinned,
Tnxct l'nld.
And everything that pertains to the Real Es
tate lluslneHS attended to Willi proniplnatK.
ICGAt PAPERS WRITTEN AND ACKNOWLEDGED'
J. I ATKIXSOX.Xotary Public.
L. 3t. PAItltlSir.
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EMPLOYMENT 0FFICEJ
Xo. SO Front St., American Exchange
Unildln?.
COXTRACTOItS, Hotel Keepers, Farmers
Carpcntors and Bulkier. Families, and In
lact all who require help or any kind, will find
it to their advantage to call and leave their ad
Jrcss. , J. 1L WITIIEUKLL.
1 . s. I have also some (iood Farms and Lots
for sale. n; J. R. AV.
COBURN & McCABE,
BOOK AND JOB. PRINTERS,
5 WASHINGTON' STREET, UP-STAIR",
Portland. Oregon.
AVoik done at REASONABLE RATES.
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