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)t gem jgsrtlf. MRS. A. J. DKNIWAT, Edllor and Proprietor OFFICE-Cor. Third and Washington St. A Journal for the reoplft. Devoted to the Interests of Humanity. Independent In Politics and Religion. Alive to all Live Issues, and Thoroughly Radical In Opposing and Exposing the Wrongs J TERMS, IX ADVANCE: of the Masses. One year. -SS69 - 1 78 .. 1 Six months Three months. Correspondents writing over assumed slgna tures must make known their names to the Editor, or no attention will be given to their communications. Free Speech, Free Press, Free People. VOLUME 1. POKTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, lrSi- NU3IBER 43. ADVErtTISEMEXTSInsertedon Reasonable Terms. in r ! i w Wn m NEwi Ui !J liii til Written for the New Northwest. Jly Boy. BY MINNIE St. MILLER. Dedicated to my Mother. One gtanee at the forest and hills, One sound of the rivers and rills. And my wild heart throbs and thrills "With memory's sweetest Joys. O hills that furrow the skyl O rivers that gurgle by! Heed my fond heart's cry 0 tell me otmy boys! Pair trees, shake hands together, Nod long plumes like a feather, And swear to be the tether That binds them unto me. Let winds a thy speech, And all thy fair laughs reach, Linked to the low white beach, And to the sun-edged sea. Tell them in lisping tears, "Well suited to their years, Of all my hopes and fears. Of all my cares and lows; Tell them I weary am, And that I long for calm, Long for the soothing balm, Dropping with their glad voices. Tell them my hopes arc crushed, And all my proud notes hushed; The key I never touched That waked the long-forstraln; 1 listened long and well The sweet notes never fell, My throbbing pulbe to quell; My lingers reached in rain. Swifter than any thought, Fleeter than message brought By magic courier fraught "With lightnings from on high, riay over my babies' cheeks, "Where the loud-voiced ocean shrieks, With a kiss and a breath that speaks Like a mothers lonely sigh. Tdll them that when the sky Sends white clouds drilling by. And the summer winds arc high, And low the summer tides. When they hear the sea-lions' roar Come to the answering shore, Hid them lay the long, white oar Where Ihe heavy anchor hides. Bid them loose the boat full toon When they sec the curved moon Dipping In the white lagoon, Where the blue, old lilies float; When the sea-birds leave the river, And the spotted fishes quiver, And the homeless breakers shiver. Darlings, bring the little boat. roRTLAND, Oregon. from one rocky ledge to another yet "But vour other slstera wore your "What is your name, little one?" their husbands, which would destroy more precipitous, often astonishing her- father's name. Don't you think it jus- The question was so abrupt that it the equality that should exist between self by her own agile feats. And when tice to your mother's memory for you to startled her. voters." The author of this quotation "What is that to you, sir?" will undoubtedly agree with me that "Nothing, if you don't want to tell when women gain the ballot, the po me." lineal power oi nusuanus win be ettec- The child seemed fascinated. Draw-1 tually proscribed, and thus the equality ing near to him, she laid her trembling now existing between votors would be at last, tired out wiiu ner wiiu wander- consent to bear the title she was once so ing, the twain wouia repair to the barn, proud of?" many were the apronsrui or pearly, pre- "I will wear It. but nnl r to please von. -- i . clous eggs that rewarueu meir searches It doesn't seem my real name." in the miniature niurdocK lorests. Mrs. Brandon had inet nnoueb to for- Ellen had expressed such decided dis- bear the mention of studies or discipline hand upon his arm and said, "Tell me preserved. After informing us that "to allow woman the ballot while still under the dictations of her master" her vote would only tend to "strengthen the chains with which man has bound woman to his will," he further says women arc ever to emancipate themselves it seems to mo they must all vote and vote together. This will not be the case so long as their oppressors Then approbation of the Idea of a governess until she should have time to become your name and I'll tell you mine. that for weeks, which at length gathered better acquainted with her pupil, and Thai's fair, Isn't it?" themselves into months, she was permit- this act of discretionary forbearance was "Certainly; Hezekiah Jones." fed to roam and gambol at her will, there- evidence of much tact and skill. "My name is Ellen Dowd." by gaining such strength of nerve and "Pray introduce me," said the gentle- quickly, "No, 'tlsn't." muscle as was much needed in the liv- man. "Ellen Dowd did you say ?" ing trials of her after years. . "I don't wan't an Introduction to a "No, I didn't mean it." But the weeks and months wore ou, ghoul," was Ellen's reply, whispered A summons from her grandmother and at length the storm king, who for (for a wonder) in Mrs. Brandon's ear. interrupted further conversation, and many days had threatened the peaceful "He's good and kind and true, dar- she reluctantly repaired to the parlor, hold so large a majority of them in the valley witu a siege, gamereu ms allies ling, ana it will be well for you to secure where the line old harp, which had been bondage imposed by the marriage rela and, swooping down upon the unguard- his friendship. Speak kindly to him, her mother's, was skillfully played by tion." I am glad to find that ourjiuthor ed dale, took sole possession of the soil there's a dear." the hump-backed musician, acconipau- understands, at last, the true position, and trees and air. Jir. Killingsworth, Miss Ellen DAr- led by the sweet voice of the govern- and acknowledges so frankly that man The cold was as Intense as any that cy," said the grandfather. ess, making such melody as for more made the law that so harshly compels Ellen had before experienced ; and "A killing name," whispered the than twenty years had not been heard submission to his own will, and that he Bouncer, being well stricken in years, child, but she advanced and demurely in the grand old house. freely admits that men who make the grew more and more rheumatic, until presented her hand. Ellen could lind no excuse to repair to marriage relation a bondage arc opprcs his kind owner, fearing for his life if left "slender lingers these, but they are the kitchen again that evening, and sors. "We shall find, as we proceed in in his outside kennel, prevailed upon just the things to play upon the harp, when she awoke the- next morning the pur investigations of Scriptural author- Harris, the hired man, to give him win- Have you over learned anything about strange driver had departed, and Boun- ity, that opjtrcssors are no part of the ter quarters under the woodshed in an music, little one?" leer lay outside in his kennel in the 'I sing, sometimes." wood-shed, stiff" and bloated and dead. outside chimney corner of the kitchen fireplace, where he dally baked his stiff- "Can't you give me a little song this He had been poisoned ening joints and enjoyed the luxury of evening?" (To be continued.) high life as though he had been to the "I can, but I icon'.."' i-- I 4 1 1 e . - . mauur uuru. -v iwk ui surprise was loiiowed by a tjq WHOM IT MAY 00N0ERN, .eaten was standing at tue parior win- uiush, wuiuu cxicnucu over his shining dow in the dusky twilight The snow pate and kindled into a ruddy glow at was falling in blinding fury, filling up the the roots of his straggling side locks. the idea of woman's enfranchisement in all the multifarious bearings in which it 5- ed rows of rotten teeth "And you won't baa becn tcU b those who per- crn say t when you learn to know me bet- sistcntiy oppose the movement, I will Ioolf ELLEff DOWD, THEPABMEE'S WIPE. Entered, according to the Act of Congress, In the year IS72, by Mrs. A. J. Dunlway, In the Of flee of the Librarian of Congress at Washington City. CHAPTER IX. To correctly delineate the many inci dents of the weary journey of our friends toward the distant rising sun would oc cupy a space beyond the limits of this narrative. Other and more thrilling phases in the life of Ellen Dowd are waiting to be narrated, and for this rea son we must hasten forward. The autumn with its golden fruitage had blazed upon the earth ere the haven of the D'Arcys home was reached. Chesnut trees dropped their bounteous fruitace in the crav. old woods, and squirrels chattered to each other from the laden branches. Apples fell contin ually from their leafy lairs, and luscious pears fell helpless from the parent stem The long, wide walks around the quaint D'Arcy mansion were beautifully bor dered with box and myrtle. Chickens cackled in the baniyard ; birds sang in the groves; lambkins capered on the hillside; cows grazed in the meadows horses galloped over the pastures; the hired man and his wife, the prim old housekeeper, who had made the D'Arcy house their home for thirty years, all seemed to these long stinted and impov erished children as so many living won ders. The two older sisters were soon placed In boarding school, whore they remained for several years; and as soon after leav ing school they married and settled in the city of New York, I will not pursue them further. , Old Mr. D'Arcy decided that Ellen who seemed the exact copy of her moth er, must not be sent away to school. "I'll teach her myself; I'll employ governess; I'll go to any expense or submit to any sort of inconvenience rather than part with her," he said "But, father," softly expostulated the grandmother,"wecan't keep her always, -Somebody will want to marry her some day. It isn't best to place our affections too deeply upon her. Remember how we suffered once." "But, thank Heaven, there can never be another Peter Dowd!" "There's a Ziek Hamilton though dear. "We must not pride ourselves too much upon the safety of our lamb." "Surely the devil never owed me grudges enough to pay me off in any more such matches. "Wife, I swear by the Eternal that I will shoot any self ish, low-lived wretch who dares lo rob lne of my child!" "Well, father, this is borrowing troub ie. t.iien may not live to be a woman, She may never fancy a man who is her inferior if she ever becomes marriagea ble. She may never get an offer. Let's not worry about her, at any rate, for few years yet" The old gentleman was firm in his de termination to keep Ellen at li the child, only too glad of the wild free dom of the groves and streamlets, soon , swoc over the separation from her sisters and her western home, and grew as happy as the day. Bouncer was her daily companion. The flocks aim uerus ueiongmg to the farm were at first afraid of the rheumatic do but they gradually became accustomed to his presence. Accompanied by the sa. gacious uug, tue cnuu would wander the grandmother of articles which I find in the late numbers of your papcrr entitled, "What will you do with it?" iu which the author, iu his various windings and turnings, seems to have entirely lost sight of the principles of justice. In article No. 1 1 find the followin; "Every member of the commonwealth, no matter of what sex, what color, or where born, if free from the tutelage im- poscd by the domestic relations, should have the right to vote .or hold office, if morally and mentally qualified to do so." Editor New Northwest: As I am deeply interested, as well as door-yard, making pyramids upon the "Young ladies seldom sty 'I M0 lo - ' hn rritn nncfo 'ind IniHmrf friTtM. iliu olmc mo.1' (in Cfiiil tIHt 41. i l.i I 1 and larches with a weight under which have been handsome but for his wretch they creaked and groaned most dis mally. 4 - II .. rti i r i . .1.. e uiumeu luoiuiau juauu siuw i. I nfT!r n. frw tlinm'hfs in ronlv fn n unrto and halted at the gate as if uncertain as afraid of you?" to his locality, while the jingle of sleigh "Ellen D'Arcy, come to me!"exclaimed bells was faintly heard in the distance, her grandfather. "Grandmother, do come and look!" But Ellen had been brought up with- said Ellen. "Here's a man nm Med to lout other discipline than her own wild his eyes in a great fur overcoat, coming will, and manifested no disposition to floundering through the snow; and I obey. oeneve ue-s coming nerc : And l to prevent a scene hear sleigh bells, too. Come quick!" and i spoke. the excited child danced before the win-1 "Supper is ready and waiting, father. dow in a perfect flutter of expectation. And I know the travelers must be hun ".No wonder you're excited, child, we gry after their long, cold ride," and the ,;mUiu ua.cuuj BjmiMuj, uuk ncic suuu uusiesn iircceueu mem to me Xow. wlillp T froolv ulmtt Hnl Mm A, . , At 1 I 1 -' I T . . . . . I I ...... ..w BAjH.-ci.iug a iiuiy auu gemiemau uere Kitcuen, wuere a bountuui repast was auM,or of Mm nlmvn Is. m,,M. mnrn lllw uo are to you uirougu u regular spreau upon u long, narrow tame, wnere crai than many of his sex, yet his con course oi siuuy.- iiospuaiiiy uau ocen dispensed lor ai- ,inii nm nni. .mM.ntivi.mn.i (n.,t. Ellen's countenance fell. "I don't in- most half a century. isfv our roasonal.lo .lomaml rr noiinni iciiu iu line -eiu luai amueu;- aiicei- llie 11 U ire 10JT lire in llie lone Old- fivuxlnm ciaimea. "x:ii nave no more long, i lasnioned nrepiace nad burned to a He further says: "I think vou will ureamyuaysinuiewoos;anui iiiiave glowing neap oi embers, wnicn sent a agree with me that no person should to be on my guard lorever, lest 1 say or ruddy glow of mellow light up through vote who is not free to vote their own do something to displease them when the long festoons of dried pumpkins and opinions and sentiments " I have man v apples, or which the mansion always times heard of men who dnrl nnl. wlmn contained an ample winter store. at the noils "vote their own nnlntnna vexed question. The driver of the sleigh had becn aid- and sentiments" for 11m renoon Mmt earth" in ages past Had but a ed by the hired man in caring for the their employer, who held opposite glimmering of the principles of the iaded team, and he now sat baklne-his i:mo 1,0.1 n,toi i.t.i ,... sublime justice taught 111 the sacred 0 uiiiiiiuiui iiuu Liiii.iiLi:iii.it f?aauuiu likt The old gentleman tied his comforter shins before the glowing coals, appar- vote contrary to their wishes to dis- about his ears and advanced to meet the ently absorbed in the one idea Of be-1 ohfirrm Mmm frnm Mmlr sorvlpo. Mmroliv ....... 1 .... 1 0 - travelers, wuo, preceded oy tne driver, coming comfortably warm. rendering them helpless to supply them who nau been limiting out tne way oni wny did .nen start and stare at selves and families with bread. Is it foot through the snow for several miles, him? Her heart at first stood still, and possible that the author of No. 1 enter- huw siuuu ujiuu 111c uiuau, siuiit; uuui i nicu muuiuu in jieak ueuvjr uiuua ilia. I talUS the Idea Of disfranchising 7J1C1 steps, stamping their feet to restore the seemed as if they would choke her. I Mm rnmnolloil tn vnf Mm "nnininn. benumbed circulation. No aristocratic ideas of caste prevailed nnt spnMmonK" of mmf lmr. Anronlimr government that offered such perfect re- Wraps were removed in the outer in that homestead, and all were alike to the last nuotation it would be lust ligious tolerance as that secured to us by hall, and the two teachers entered the invited to partake of the royal fare so But perhaps our author will regard those our own; yet so long aswives are denied large, square room with its low ceiling, generously spread before them by the employers as tyrants. a share in the law-making power because waiuscotted walls, deep windows and thrifty housekeeper. Just what he means bv "the tutelage of their religious faith, just so long will wide fireplace. As they stood beforo the The winds howled through the tree imposed bv the domestic relations" is t" beautiful structure be faulty. L 11- crackling lire of logs, shivering and rub- tops, wailed in the gorges, whistled expressed in this : "I obiect to dvinc doubtedly the authorofso.2 is familiar down the chimney, whizzed through the key holes and rattled the heavy casements and the strong oak doors. Bouncer whined at Intervals, and his they put on airs." "Ellen, Ellen, Viiw7 Don't let your grandfather hear your complaints. "We are considering only your own best in terests." Christian economy. Again, "women cannot be free voters so long as marriage is a covenant of obedience on the part of the wife, pro tection on the part of the husband." On what authority is marriage made a "covenant" of compulsory obedience on the part of the wife? Not on that of the Bible, as we shall see. Ecclesiastical rites and ceremonies should not be allowed to hold political sway in this land of religious freedom. Is our Gov ernment, whicli we have been wont to upon with affectionate and grateful pride as the nursing mother of freedom of conscience, just at the moment that other nations are emerging from relig ious thralldom, to set up the inquisition and our rulers to assume inquisitorial robes that they may judge of our religi ous fitness to receive the ballot? But, would not the marriage contract be as holy and quite as binding if obedience were left a voluntary .offering on the part of the wife, the husband and wife simply covenanting to love, cherish and protect cacJi other, thus making them politically equal? Thus much for lo. In paper No. 2 is the followin, "Without claiming for the Bible divine origin or superhuman I claim for it, both it must be acknowledged that it is the basis of the religion and jurispru dence of all the nations of the earth in which women have any rights accorded to them." I am satislled that our author has in the foregoing expression found (perhaps unconsciously to himself) the right key to the solution of the The nations of the had but a faint writings contained in the Bible. I be lieve that wherever its precepts have been taught and received, therehas been elevation of the minds of men, corres ponding to their perceptions of the truths ta light It has been repeatedly asserted that no nation has ever possessed a bmg their hands, Ellen, who was crouched in the dark comer behind the jambstone, carefully scanned their fea tures. the ballot to a woman under the tutelage of a husband, 1st, because a person bound by fier religion to obedience in 'all things' to her husband or tutelary, with the histories of the deadly persecu tlons which occurred under the power of the popes of Rome, at whose bidding emperors and kings seemed to vie with The lady was a pale blonde, evidently complaints smote - heavily on Ellen's amj wlio cannot by law dispose of either each other in the butchery of their sub- upon the shady side of thirty, queenly ear. her person or property without his con- Jects; also the victims of the infamous and beautiful, but there were lines of "There's always sorrow a-bre wing for sent, cannot be a free voter therefore Jeflries, who under the reigns of Charles thought about the forehead and mouth me when Bouncer whines like that," and a sort of spasmodic expression In she said softly to her grandmother. the tight-set lips that betokened sadness Tut ! tut ! child ! Don't be supersti- and suffering. The child intuitively felt tious." that they would become friends, and the "I'm not superstitious, but I know idea of having a "governess" lost half that when Sarah got married he whined its repulsivcness. I just as he whines now. And when any The tutor was a stoop-shouldered, lit- bad luck befell us he always gave me tie old man of sixty, with a shining pate warning." and snow-white side locks. As he re- "Where Is this wonderful animal?" moved his cloak a hideous lump upon queried Mrs. Brandon, poising a piece should not vote." second and James second 01 .cngianu Asthcaulhordoes not inform us except reveled " t,,e Wood of those who dared bvinferencowhatnarticularrelltrlontlie to excrciso tne nguis 01 conscience. wife is held by, I conclude by that iu- Undoubtedly those persecutors, in their ference that he has reference to that blind WgtO, thought they were doing taught in the Scriptures. Tho Bible God service in compelling submission, tvmlma nlmlloimo fn linslmmla nnil van because 1110 fccripiures plainly leacil shall sec, further on, in that manner the to be subject to their rules, admonition to obedieuco is applied to us I We will examine some of the argu by the Author of that Holy Book. But ments brought forward in No- 2 by our I inquire, are there not wives all over author. He says, after giving'us to mi nis back revealed the cause of his stoorH of pumpkin pie upon her fork, as she our land who are devotedly attached tolderstand that the Bible "has received ing, and when he smiled a distorted row looked up with a quiet smile. "Can't their husbands, and whose love Is rccip- some rude shocks from the truths of As- of teeth, in all stages of decomposition, I you invite him iii to entertain us?" I rocatcd by those husbands, who do not tronomy and the natural sciences," gave a hideous expression to an other- The invitation was seconued by me recognize obedience to husbands as any I "that which accords with Its teachings- wise pleasing mouth. The eyes were of grandparents, and -t-ncn, giad 01 tue op- part of their religion f Would our is right that which Is in violation of a beautiful, beaminsr blue, the chin per- portunity to introduce the animal, ad- author prohibit such wives from voting? them wrong or sin." He continues feet iu outline, and the nose, as if nature mitted him to tneir presence. ne uog There should especially in our land be (though with the expression still wear- had made an effort to establish an equi- had in younger days performed many freedom of conscience on this point as ing the shadow of his own doubts) : llbrium iu his form, boasted a huge amusing tricks, and his young mistress, well as others. Again, may not the peoplo that believes in the Bible will, as lump,- which would have made it a Ro- anxious that he should create a favora- "everything" mentioned in the Scrip- a matter of conscience, live in obedience man nose had not the effort been so bad- hie impression, urged him to show offl tures, have reference to matters strictly I to laws winch accord with its moral ly overdone. some of the feats with which lie hail so private between the husband and wife? teachings." But professing to believe, "Catch wc ever learning sums or iiiu- oiten uciignteii nersen anu sisters, uut jugnt not tne man-made law, of which and humbly believing at the same sic of a ghoul like that!" said Ellen, to the poor fellow was evidently in his our author speaks, prohibiting the wife time and governing the life by the herself. dotage, and was not in a mood for fun or from disposing of her person or property principles laid down in the Scriptures, "Where is my little charge." asked frolic He sat upon his haunches for without the husband's consent-thereby are very different, and we are often the lady, pleasantly. several moments, wagging his tail and destroying the freedom of her vote be forced to admit that though many (hus- "Ellen! Ellen!" called her grand- watching the fire; and then turning es- made, with equal justice, to turn upon bands included) profess to see rules in mother. pled the strange driver, who, occupied nusuanus as well as wives? It is fro- the Bible which they delight to see "Ah! here's the chick!" said the grand- with his supper, had taken no apparent quently alleged and dwelt upon with af- others practice, they will not so much notice of his other surroundings. The fecting pathos by men, that a great as. lift a feather's weight to lighten the dog suddenly appeared attracted to the inauy husbauds are so effectually ruled cross others are bearing. There are sev stranger, and again as suddculy re-! by their wives that they dare not dispose I eral portions of Scripture which contain The child drew back as if struck witli pelled. His conduct was certainly sin- of any article of property, be it important admonitions to husbauds and wives, but a Whip. iy name a .i-iii-n -iuiHi( 1 guiar, auu x.iieii UAuaineu iv uui j.i-i- 1 v. luiuui iu. uaiing u vote I -. uuiiuiu iuut uuuuu ijussulu is (juuicu she said. mother that Bouncer's actions exactly their own opinions and sentiments," witli more supreme satisfaction by the "Darlincr." said her grandmother, ner- expressed her own feelings. without first obtaining the consent of opponents of Woman Suffrage than vously, "your grandfather has adopted Supper over, the tutor and governess tneir respective wives, isow will not "wivessubmit yourselvesuntoyourowi you as Ellen D'Arcy, and that is now returned with the grandparents to the our author attend to the immediate dis- husbands." I do not certainly know, as vour lejral name, it was the maiden great parlor, while Ellen lingered to ca- iranciiiscineut 01 nusuanus . According our author does not say, whether he in name of your mother, who died to give ress the dog. to 111s ruies expressed 111 the quotations tends this or any other passage 111 par- you life. Will you not wear it?" The strange kitchen guest threw off above, it would be perfectly just ticular, when he speaks of the authority It was not my father's name, I his reserve as soon as the quartette had "id, to allow women so bound to vote which husbands exercise over wives, but though." I departed. 1 would m effect be giving two votes to 1 1 shall venture a few remarks concern father, rubbing his hands. "Mrs. Bran don, my adopted daughter, Ellen D'Ar- j - ing its real significance. If the reader will take the trouble to turn to the fifth chapter of Ephesians, and beginning with the twenty-second verse, reading to the end of the chapter, it will be found that Paul in this chapter brings forward the relations existing between husbands and wives as the figure of a perfect -church, for he says in verse thirty-second: "This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ ami the church." The next verse begins thus: 'Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as him self, and the wife see that she reverence her husband." The word "nevertheless" ndicates with certainty in what light Paul intends his readers to interpret the entire latter portion of the chapter, and I feel very confident that if husbands so loved their wives even as themselves wives would find rib difficulty in rever encing them, were it not that men roll tliis particular portion of Scripture as a sweet morsel under their tongues, to the exclusion of all others, so that even the words of the blessed Saviour, 'Do unto others even as yo would that others should do unto you," are passed unheeded by them in their haste to quote Paul, I should expect that when they do at last comprehend the entire freedom which wives will enjoy wlieu the civil law ceases to uphold the tyran nical mandates of husbands, they will "chew the cud of bitter fancy" without reserve. But admitting that tho "civil ami religious institutions of all ages" have placed the wife and the children, equally, under the tutelage of the hus band, docs it necessarily follow that, ill au enlightened nation, whose laws arc in tended to govern au entirely free people, the laws cannot be so arranged that they may be equally agreeable to the wife as well as to the husband? It is certainly a singular spectacle to witness in this country renowned for its intelligent and progressive ideas, meu, right in the light of truth and science, unblushingly advo cate oppression, toward those, too, for whom they profess to entertain the ten- derest regard. It truly is a sight at which men and angels might with pro priety weep. But if it is true that woman has been regarded toy the "civil and religious institutions of all nations and ages" as under the control of their .husbands, thus rendering them oliti caily impotent, how is it that all nations and ages have ever recognized the sovereign power of women as rulers over empires and kingdoms, which they certainly have done, as far back at least as profane history gives information concerning governments. We shall not here enumerate the wives and mothers ho arc described throughout the his tories of nations, as having successfully governed empires and kingdoms, at the same time attending to their wifely and motherly duties as well, but come at once to cite one who iu our own time lias rendered her name illustious by the noble character she has manifested both in public and in private Victoria of England. She was a devoted wife, now a widow, always an affectionate mother, and has been throughout her entire womanhood and still is a success ful ruler of her country. We have the testimony of Mr. D'Israeli that her pub lic duties were always and arc now numerous and arduous, but thoroughly performed. But there is an explanation regarding the independence of woman which it would seem our author has not thought of. Has it never occurred to him and others whose tongues and pens have moved so freely on this question within the last few years, that tt?c, like themselves, are free moral agents? Is it wise for men at the present time to arrogate to themselves power, of which Paul (judging from the persuasive char acter of his writings) never dreamed that men with their creeds and bigoted dogmas should Inspire their fellow men with the idea that husbands, be they ever so bestial and degraded in infamy, are placed here for the purpose of forcing their wives into heaven, where, because of their own moral unfitness, they cair not enter .' au, gentleman, you are entirely too kind ! Your dose may be very sweet to you, but it proves very nauseating to those to whom you delight to administer it Cannot you perceive that the Scriptures arc offered to us on precisely the same terms that they are to you namely, for our acceptance or rejection, the consequence of our decision to forever rest upon ourselves and not upon you ? Or are you willing to repre sent us at the last great assize, as you insist upon doing now? If we shall stand as our own representatives then. so we may stand now. As our author in No. 2 endeavors to impress us witli the fact that our Gov ernment is based upon the principles laid down in the Bible which are founded upon justice he .certainly ought to find no fault if we wish to act upon that impression. But I ask, is the Bible partial, giving one law for the government of the husband and another for the government of the wife persuas ion for the former, force for the latter? I trow not, if I shall be permitted to in terpret lis precepts for myself. Is our author or any other person so utterly regardless of reason as to entertain the Idea even for a moment that Paul, wlmn he speaks of "the man being the head of the woman, wen as Christ is head of tne uiiurcu," intended in this figure to meiuuu imiueis auu atheists who. how ever much they may respect mau-made laws, have not the slightest regard for the laws of God as expressed in the Bi ble? That such men, together with an innumerable multitude of drunken,, las civious debauchees, should venture to take up the language of Paul, exclusive ly designed for the admonition of file humble followers of Jesus, and use it to further their own selfish schemes, is nothing less than the most outrageous blasphemy. But if our author will search the Scriptures with care, he will find Paul giving utterance to this : "Ho that givetli his daughter in marriage doetli well, but he that giveth her not in marriage doetli better;" all of which I feel bound to believe, 1st, because I have perfect faith in the inspiration of Paul's teachings ; and, 2d, if husbands intend to call in the aid of the civil law to assist them in the subjugation of wives, daughters had much better re main, tinder God, the arbiters of their own destinies than link themselves in marriage with men who, having the power, do not lack the will to compc j submission, regardless of justice. But last finishing, nourishing flourish the author in No. 2 tells us that "voting is nothing Itself it is only a means to gain an end." That is the very reason we desire the ballot, that we may assist 11 gaining a good end, and that we may enjoy the freedom which men declare is so precious to them. Again, lie asks, "Have you considered the terrible consequences that may re sult to yourselves by abolishing tho marriage relations?" Who desires tho abolition of the marriage relation? Cer tainly not the majority of women, for they entertain the highest veneration for that institution. Do the majority of men regard the marriage institution with reverence? If so, then there will be no abolition of "marriage relations," and these "terrible consequences" need not result from the enfranchisement of women. By reference to the quotation given in the first part of this artiele it will bo seen that our author admits that women who arc "free from the tutelage of the domestic relation" should be allowed the ballot. Is the author of that quota tion not aware that the idea thus ad vanced is only adding insult to the Fujii ry wives are already enduring? He says that lie is willing to grant the privi leges of the ballot to "maids and wid ows," but cannot consent to allow those privileges to be enjoyed by wives. Is it in this way that our author intends to perpetuate the "marriage relations" about which he seems so much exor cised? Has lie no fear that women, pos sessed of intelligence enough to enable them to comprehend the disadvanta geous position in which marriage would place them, would not.hesitate to choose freedom instead of marriage? In paper No. 31 lind the following: The marriage ceremony, as prescribed by the rituals of all Christian churches, enjoins obedience upon 'the wife as one of its covenants." I again respectfully inquire, are church rituals to be made a political test? If so, it is quite time that the fact be thoroughly understood. Our author, further on, places before us gloomy picture of.the anarchy and de moralization which lie declares will in evitably follow the exclusion of the "ob noxious clause" from the "marriage cer emony," but 1 have not the least idea that such a result need attend the en franchisement of wives. In speaking of the relations existing between husband and wife, our author, -an illustration of his argument, says: "In case a husband and wife d.fler on a vital point, both be ing equal, one or the other must yield, or separation is inevitable." Now, con cerning this very point, Paul whose authority I believe holds good on suck matters with our opponents speaks with distinctness. He says in such a case as the one cited by our author. 'But if the unbelieving depart, let him. depart" If husbands would not persist in unbelief, refusing to receive Paui's admonition to "so love their wives even as themselves," said wives wnnl.l lm much more likely to yield in matters relating to the control of the family. . isow, whether the author of the pa pers entitled "What will you do with it?" is already on tho shady side of life, and, having a wife to whom he has sung, during the many years past, his merciless song of "wives submit," with out once mingling the harsh music with the sweet refrain of "do unto others even as ye would that others should do unto you," or is a youth not yet attained to his majority, thus denied the delicious privilege of using his vote as well as his pen against Woman Suffrage, I will not here inquire ; but his question, being a pertinent one, deserves an amwr When we get the right of franchise, of which wc have so long been unjustly defrauded, we will use it in a manner that will (if such a thintr be iiii open the eyes and ears of men who are now blind and deaf to everything that does not tend to minister to their own pleasure, pride and the increase of their own power-men who now seem per fectly unconscious of the fact that our Constitution was so framed that all may enjoy the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and by the power of the ballot we will cause tyrants to tremble. ObivK. Oregon Cm-, Feb. 14, 1S72. How the worst man can make homo happy keeping away from it.