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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (March 29, 1872)
FRIDAY MARCH 29, 1872 OUE SECOND VOLUME. The season is now near at band when many hundreds of our subscriptions to the New Northwest will expire. We urge upon our friends everywhere the importance of immediately renewing their subscription fees. A little effort now upon the part of each of our uumcr-1 ous readers will enable us to start out with the Second Volume with debts all canceled and in the enjoyment of safe financial prospects for the future. "We could then bring a light heart to our work, to which, since we took up the load of financial care that a large news paper business requires, we have been a stranger. There arc also yet many de linquents upon our list men and women who have regularly enjoyed the products of our toil for the past year, and yet neg lect to pay for their paper. To all such we say in respectful solicitude, tec need (lie money. The sum of three dollars is small to each of you, but the aggregate indebtedness of several hundred delin quents makes a sum of much import ance to us. "Wo trust that this call will not be passed unheeded. We have toiled diligently at dress-making, millinery, lecturing, story writing, editorial work and canvassing, doing faithfully the work of half a dozen to keep up the ex penses of the paper, and our strength is severely over-taxed; and wo now ask our friends, one and all, to cheerfully put shoulder to the wheel and help us through the Second Volume, which shall be in all respects superior to the flrsL From the New Northwest Extra of Thursday, March 2Sth. THE PEOPLE ADMONISHED. Next Monday, April 1st, an election is to be holden in this city for the purpose of filling the offlce of one School Direc tor for two years, one for one year, and a Clerk for one year. Patrons of our public schools are hereby notified that efforts are secretly and cautiously being made to elect men who shall be pledged to abolish the City High School. The object is to force the people to patronize the sectarian schools, or as willsuita few would-be aristocrats still better place classical education bey ond the means of the common people Fathers and mothers, look out' Don't let your oncmies cheat your children. See that no officers are elected except such as are pledged to the protection and support of the City Higli School. Go early to the election, and vote understanding-, that you may thus checkmate the designs of selfish in- triguors. WOMEN DON'T WANT TO VOTE-0, NO! Our man's riclits brethren of the United States Senate made their strong point against Woman Suffraco bv cit ing lustily, "Women don't want to vote." Then, in their futile efforts to prove their sophistry, thov rr-fnso in publish women's arguments, hoping mat tney can by tins means longer Hoodwink an inquiring people. But the women are not so easily outwitted. Under Ben. Butler's frank they send their arguments everywhere, requesting that they be printed in the secular and religious newspapers, as well as in the progressive ones, and we shall see if many editors do not willingly respond to the intelligent requests of their dis franchised sisters. The people are in advance of the party press, and the par ty press is in advance of the Senate. Our friends at Washington have sent out the following circular to editors all over the United States. Watch, readers of the New Northwest, and see how many of them will comply with this reasona ble request : To the Editors of the Vnlted States: The Sen ?' f Vnltd States having refused a Iicar ing to the Memorialists in person, they being members of a dlsfranchlsedclass and then? fore without representation in that body, and ii''f.'lP' !'vlng decllnf 'even to print their arguments side by side with their adverse report, the Memorialists do earnestly invite the press of the country to print these arguments in full that the people may dedal rr'eYlves whether women arc.or arc not. til tl ' y U"UCr tUe 'Uona' Con' "A TEANSACTION IN BEIBEEY." Our friend Holladay's man Friday is after the milameltc Fanner like a rat terrier after a buffalo. Because the Far mer & journal, by the way, for which we have no particular liking, because of its dogged opposition to Woman Suf frageis out with a fearless promulga tion of its editor's own ideas, O'Meara, who cannot possibly lmaeine how nnv man can work upon any other plane man the personal and selfish consldera tion of individual accumulation of dot lars and cents, a man who has served every party and even' partisan in -nnKt ical life who would pay him the price he claimed, and who has beguiled other men besides Ben Holladay into using his services as a sycophant in the news paper business, is out indignantly ac cusing the Farmer of beintr in the snmn category with himself. We have no fight to make for or against the Farmer in Its independent course. We like the ring of patriotism which it gives forth in the articles objected to by Friday; but we suppose that this objector knows much more than we do about the "buy ing and selling" business of which he says so much. Judging from his state ments, the man who sells himself is in his turn badly fold, and we know of no man who has had more experience in that line than James O'Meara. DEOISIOH AGAIHST--V70MAH-STIP PEAGE. Our citizens will remember that dur ing Miss Anthony's sojourn among us she made mention of the fact that Mrs. Ellen B. Van Volkenburg, of Sacramen to, had been met with a refusal when' she applied for registration as a voter. She thereupon applied for a writ of mandamus, and the case was carried into the Supreme Court, and the decis ion of that august tribunal -was adverse to her claims. "What a triumph that pigmy-brained follower of the infamous Judge Taney, of Dred Scott decision no toriety, must imagine that he has gained. Says the Orcgonian: "The decision, written by Chief Justice Waller, is an exhaustive review of the whole ques tion." We should rather think it wsys! A more "exhaustible" mass of incom prehensible buncombe; a more complete mixture of dry-hone hash ; a more out rageous conglomeration of wooden-pated ideas; a more stupid effort to distort Constitutional law, never emanated from the brain of a mutton-headed mascu line. The only attempt this would-be wiso logician makes to render a reason is the following: It will be seen tlint the construction claimed for the Fourteenth Amendment by the counsel for the plaintiff would leave nothing tor tho Miiceutu to operate upon. So Justice Waller, of the Supreme Bench of the man-governed State of California, docs not dare to act upon the rules of justice, lest he "leave nothing for the Fifteenth Amendment to operate upon." Oh, what logic! Oh, what er udition ! Oh, what asinine stupidity! Is this a thing to govern women? Continues Justice Waller: The mere nowerof the state to determine the class of Inhabitants who may vote within her limits was not curtailed in me l ounccmn Amendment. Do you think, O Judge, that because the Fourteenth Amendment does not curtail the rights of citizens, you have an individual right, "with the concur rence of your associates," vide Orcgon ian to take upon yourself the responsi bility to do this little job for them? Chief Justice Taney is henceforth no where. The conclusion of this "exhaustive" document is thus summed up: The Fifteenth Amendment took away her authority to discriminate, against cluzens of the United States on account of either race, color, or previous condition of servitude; but the power of exclusion upon all other grounds inciuuing mat 01 sex, remains iniacu So it's all settled at last. Sex Is the only necessary qualification of a voter. Brains, morality, judgment, education, property, taxes, justice, common sense, common decency, liberty, inalienable rights all these must bow before the animal qualifications of the privileged half of humanity, distinguished by the masculine gender. O, liberty! O, wisdom! O, justice! how ye are outraged! ONE-SIDED POLITICS. The Orcgonian and Jlcrald are still worrying each other and the public with their onc-scxed and one-sided ideas of political economy. Hie Herald insane ly imagines that the Democratic party will corner Mr. Holladay's transporta tion market; and the Orcgonian, equal ly impracticable, thinks that capital is sovereign and that government cannot hinder Mr. Holladay or any other man from making just such lawful prey of the public plunder as may suit his am bition. As usual, both of these journals are right, and both are wrong. Mr. Holladay deserves great credit for the financial skill and enterprising abil ity which he displays in opening up to the world the hitherto almost unknown resources of Oregon. We are glad to see Jilm successful in his enterprises, and cannot deny that he, as an individual, lias an inalienable right to make just such charges for transportation as suit him. Thus far the Orcgonian is correct. But Legislatures can, if they will the Orcgonian to the contrary, notwith standing make appropriations for building not only canals and locks, but railroads and steamboats, which must belong to the State; then "let corpora tions snap their fingers in their faces" if they can. To this work must our legis lation come at last. Then wc can have uniform transportation rales, regulated by law, and the people, being their own arbitors, will out-Icgislatc attempted abuses. The Democratic party, upon which the Herald vainly builds its hopes, has no more and better ideas of public economy thau the Republicans. Both parties are enveloped in a great fi nancial and political fog of self interest and party politics. Good women of bus iness capacityaud economical Ideas look on and smile in compassion as they con template the furore which muddle minded politicians raise, while railroad corporations grow rich, the people pay taxes, subsidies ana perquisites, and mothers toil and scrimp aud eke and economize, and children, many of them, grow up without trades and education. How loug shall these things be? LEOTUEES. Our lectures upon "Woman anil li Bible" and "Marriage and Divorce," on Friday anil baturUay evenings of last week, were very largely attended by In- teingeninnu deeply interested uudiencwi Wc are just beginning to become ac quainted with large numbers of our i'ortianil friends, hundreds of whom have met us recently face to face for the first time. And this association with true and honest nelchbors nervos us to go forward in our duties with re doubled zeal. Truth is marching on. PEOHIBITION CONVENTION. We call special attention to an article in this week's issue, copied from the Christian Advocate, relative to the Na tional Temperance Convention, which met at Columbus, Ohio, on the 22d Inst. Our politicians, who are so dreadfully anxious lest a third party be organized to interfere with their schemes and pec ulations, may there see the handwriting on the wall. TEMPEEANOE- ANDs'W0MAF SUP-; PEAGE INJDBEGON. Under this head the San Francisco Pioneer, one of the ablest papers on the Pacific Coast, or indeed in any countrj'i a paper, devoted with the most fearless and untiring zeal to the promulgation of the same human Interests which form the New Northwest's specialties, copies the proceedings of the Oregon State Temperance Alliance, prefaced by the following description of our highly complimented self : Oregon has a mine of moral and intellectual wealth In the person of Mrs. A. J; Duniway, editor and proprietor of the Nr.w Joktiiwbit newspaper, published in Portland, Oregon, de voted to woman suffrage in particular, and the advocacy or human right in general. A mother of flvo children, on tho sunny side of fnrty,abovc medium height, blue.soll and pen etrating eye, rather high forehead and very wide In tho region or ideality, complexion bor dering on the blonde, possessed of a varied and extensive business and literary experience, self-reliant and scir-polscd, rich in varied mental resources, quick to perceive, prompt to execute, ready and rapid with the pen, fluent, logical and persuasive on the rostrum, an earnest reformer or a liberal typc.glowlng with enthusiasm and blending in admirable propor tions business tact with extraordinary nblltUes, Mrs. Dunlway possesses in herself numerous elements of power which admirably Other for her npw nml ImnnHnnt field of labor. It is hardly a year elncc the first number of inc rEW SOUTHWEST was iwieu, uuu mrcauy she has lorccd nearly the eutire press of Oregon and also of Washington Territory, into the dis cussion of the question of woman suffrage. Falling to silence her by false statements and ridicule, those who souelit to vannulsh her In the field of reason and argument, came out of tne conuici second best. On the 2M of February, the Oregon State Temperance Alliance held its second anniver sary at Salem, at which about two hundred and forty delegates were In RUcnditnce. Mrs. Dun lway was one of tills number. The morning and greater part of the alternoon sessions were consumed In the election of pcrmnncnt officers for the ensuing year. A circumstance trans pired while the nominations were being made, thav called Mrs. Dunlway to the floor, and, with nil the strong prejudice or that large body of opinionated masculines against woman tak ing a leading influence In public matters, she fought a great battle, won a noble victory, nnd came out of the contest with flying colors. We copy a portion of the proceedings, as we find mem in mo -uregnuinn," 01 i-oniana, wnicii Indicate the tact, ability, and inagncUc influ ence of this remarkable woman. Our sixth child, a boy weighing forty pounds avordupois, aged two and a half years, decidedly objects to being ignored in your catalogue, dear Pioneer; and the "blue, soft, penetrating eye" you speak of, is in reality a dark brown, almost black, and more sharp and fiery than "soft anil penetrating." The editor of .the New Northwest is not a pargon by any means. She is in earnest, how ever, and is succeeding beyond her best friends' most sanguine expectations; yet she is not blind to their good opinions, and is pleased to return thecompliments of the worthy proprietor of the Pioneer about everything except the children; and here, dear sister, Is our hope that you may yet have half a dozen. INDIGNITY TJNPAEALLELED. Lucy Stone, President of the Ameri can Woman Suffrage Association, re cently addressed a communication to the Speaker of tho Kentucky House of Representatives, enclosing a memorial of the Association, requesting tiiat it might be presented to that body, at the same time expressing her belief that "Kentucky would treat the subject with chivalrous courtesy and enlightened lib erality." To show our readers what sort of stuff that Kentucky House is made of, we append the following official re port of that august Kentucky assem bly's "chivalrous" acknowledgement of tho receipt of the memorial: Woman's Sdffhaok a Communication from Oex. Lucy Stone. "The Sjicaker laid before the House the following communication Head-Centre and Illgh-Cockalonim and Jcrry- cwuniicr oi uic Oman's riunragc anu r roe Love International Association, and the '(J. R. J. A. O. ofthe .Strong-minded Sisters." Men and brethren, ye fathers, hus bands, brothers and sons of the forty thousand women who have already sent up their petitions to the Congress of the United States, praying that body for a Declaratory Act, are you not indignant at the manner In which such petitions are received by the man-made powers of Kentucky? Think yon that Legisla tive body would dare to thus insult a petition from an association of negroes, headed by Fred Douglass or the Hon. Hiram Revels? Don't you feel ashamed of yourselves that you do not arise en masse and demand of Congress and your Legislative bodies everywhere the full, respectful and dignified recognition of the Individual rights of your mothers, wives, sisters and daughters? HON. OAEYJ0HNS0N. By mistake, in the hurry of preparing our report of the Salem meetings, A. B. Meacham was mentioned as one of the speakers of the second evening Instead of Hon. Cary Johnson, of Oregon City. Mr. Johnson made his first Woman Suf frage speech In a Fourth of July celebra tion a number of years ago, when he officiated, as orator of the day before a large audience In Clackamas county. He alluded to this fact in our Salem meeting, and further said that in the Baptist Church, of which he is a mem ber, the recognition of the equality of the sexes dated back to the earthly days of Jesus Christ. He concluded his happy and able cflort by call! ng on young converts to relate their "experience," and took his scat amid enthusiastic ap plause. Hon. A. B. Meacham spoke on the first and third evenings, but, we believe, was not present at the second. It gives us pleasure to note that this gentleman has been chosen as candidate for Presi dential Elector. He, like Mr. Johnson. is among the few brave, strong-minded men of Oregon who dare to stand up for uic cause or Woman Suffrage while yet tho man's rights journals are afraid to speak. Gentlemen, the ladles will re member their political friends when they vote. .JO! Sn B- Anthony. a nee,l, tM-..i.. New York are e"lmat5 JJStR ,.rs"'utes In uic Kinu Hint "vkc,. . tj mm would like to kowhe?KmfeW"r W willing to stand unXl M S 8i5fS?"!iw?r 1 form T-lWalla Wafla SUtesinan. " " ''V"" Pnnotiln,ltii 1. r . . . ' .....s W1U ,ucl Ulat masculine prostitutes in New York city, as else- i pro nm In fnm ... a i ... ... uijuiium iu me lemi- ttillfi riTnw na fTl tr nnA ... 4t.:..i . . . - -, iu iillllK ".M1S3 Anthony's charity," granting that she said such a tiling, is very much dwarfed indeed when placed in contrast with that of her man's rights brethren. FrimThTCfdeirAsST AN OLDLETTEB. The' following letter originally ap peared in the Golden Age of Dec 2d. As it will probably interest 'our readers who do not get Theodore Til ton's' wide awake newspaper, we publish 'it. al though it is out of date. To the Editor of The Golden Aae: Far away on the Pacific slope, beyond the flutter of the stars and stripes, in Vic toria's Dominion, Susan B. Anthony and my comparatively unknown self, have strayed inouritinerantoccupation. ior the last four evenings the unanswer able loglcof ourfeminine Patrick Henry lias held tho British Colonists as by a spell, and to-day -we leave them, thor- ougiiiy convinced or the power of Uni versal buiirage, as the only safeguard of universal nuerty. Miss Anthony reached Portland. Ore gon, on tho first day of September, hav ing parted from Mrs. Stanton, her hith erto Inseparable companion, in Califor nia, some days previously. Since her arrival in Orecon un to tho present time, she has been constantly occupied, having spoken upon forty different oc casions, traveled sixteen hundred miles, and converted thousands of people to mo principle or woman suiirage. We havo together journeyed to the head of navigation on the broad Columbia; gazed with bated breath upon the mighty mountains of the Cascades; stood upon the towering bluffs of black and gray basalt that loom bleak and desolate above the dashing Oregon; crossed weary miles of rocky desert in great lumbering coaches; glided over magniucent waters in elegant modern steamers; dashed through fertile val leys, and over darK deep gorges, bemud the iron horse; have traveled for suc cessive days through forests grand and old, some or them green and glorious, as they were for ages ere the white man's foot had pressed the soil, others all bare and black and ghastly, holding their skeleton arms as u in mute appeal, their headless trunks all scarred and shrunken, yet mijrhty in their wicnl maguiiicence: nave watcucu tno bril liant day god as lie sunk beneath the rolling billows of the broad Pacific; and again havo greeted him as up he rose, refreshed and dazzling, to bathe the snow-capped summits of old Hood, Hauler, aim Adams in ms itmpm glo ries, and illume the gladdened earth with his most welcome presence, and in these mighty seencs have gathered strength and inspiration. At Portland Miss Anthony lectured three evenings, always to crowded and appreciative audiences, carrying convic tion to the minds of hundreds who flocked eagerly to hear and understand this new gospel of humanity and justice. From Portland we proceeded to Salem, the capltnl of Oregon, where success In gratifying form crowned our repeated efforts. From Salem we went to Oregon City. Milwaukic, mid then back to Portland, thence up the Columbia to Dalles, Umatilla, Wallula, and Walla Walla; bade again, up tlic Willamette to Albany; from thence to Corvallis, Monmouth, Dayton, LaFayctte, Mc Minnville, Forest Grove, and towns of lesser note; then back again to Salem to the annual State Fair, where by special invitation of the Agricultural Board. Miss Anthony addressed three thousand people in the open nir; then oil by steamer and stage coach to Olympla, the capital of Washington Territory, where by invitation we addressed the Territo rial Legislature in joint session assem bled, and where, one of us at least, ac quitted herself right royally; then down the majestic waters of the world-famed Pucet Sound to rouse the stolid sons of old Brittannla, and to-day we are olf again ror Madison, Townscnu, iaiuiow. Gamble, Steilacoom, and Seattle, and arc to be back again to Olympla by the 8th proximo, when a Territorial Woman Suffrage Convention will be held over against the walls of the capital where the Legislature sits in state and man's rights doctrine trembles on its tottering throne. By virtue of the Territorial law and under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitu tion, the women of Washington are al ready voters, ami the object of the Convention is to insure harmony and concert of action nmoirg them at the next June election. Everywhere I reap rich harvests of subscribers for the New Southwest, and send you to-day new subscribers for the Golden Age. I nope ere long to send you a large list. Miss Anthony will proceed from Olympla to Portland, where a farewell reception will be given her in Oro Fino Half, utter which she will depart over laud forCuliforiiiaand hcrcastcrnhomc. Mits. A. J. Duniway, Editor and Proprietor Of If EW NORTHWEST, Portland, Oregou. Victoria, B. C, Oct. 27, 1871. LETTER PE0MP0LZ COUNTY. Luckiajiutk, Polk county, Ogn., 1 March 15, 1872. Dear Sister Duniway: I cannot deny myself the pleasure of telling you how highly the people of Bucna Vista and vicinity were delighted with your lec tures. You have done an incalculable ninount of good. Even Democrats are almost persuaded to be Christians. Your second lecture especially is regarded as the finest and best discourse ever deliv ered in Bucna Vista. In fact, all your lectures are greatly praised. I reg?ct that circumstances were such that I could not bo present the last evening. But my heart was with you in the good work. Tills good cause in which you arts earnestly engaged with tongue and pen must finally triumph, despite all opposing forces. I regret to see that Mrs. M. M. Miller, the gifted and talented lady, in her lec ture on "Man," has taken sides against this great reform. "She ran well for a season; who hath hindered her that she should turn against her best friends?" But truth crushed to earth will rise again. She will certainly see her error and again embrace the true gospel of woman's enfranchisement. I will try and see if I cannot get a few subscribers in this vicinity for the Iskw Northwest. Also, in conclusion, I subscribe myself your true friend and well wisher, and hope you will live to see "the good time coming" when wom an will have all the rights of her brother man and enjoy that happiness which re sults from being free. Laban C ask. "WANTS TO J5E NOTICED. The editor of the Olympla Courier wants somebody It matters little whom to notice him. His paper Is filled with pointless nnd far-fetched attempts at witticism, directed at the Oregon and Washington press, and to ourself iu par ticular. The sample we published a short time since is an average specimen of the remarkably brilliantC!) scintilla tions of his literary genius. Won't some body notice him just a little ? It would relieve him so much! F. Pionecr.T Eejected Answer to "Motherhood" in the BY MKS. L. IV. CHANDLER. We have read in the columns of the Churchman an article upon "Mother hood" taken from the Overland Monthly. It contains, together with some correct statements worthy of consideration, muclt which is untrue which misrep sents the social state, married life and womanKtnu. ine writer must nave failed eminently in attaining such Knowledge oi lacts as warrant a judg ment, and made up tho case from the surface hints, most prominently in the torm oi suameiui advertisements or uos- limn:?, tc;uiiia .luixcu vuuiia, wtuu Bowlsby disclosures, childless house- noius, etc., etc. The frivolous life of fashlon-servlmr women wc deplore bovond the power of language to express; out wneu we near men exclaiming that "women should bo only a being of grace and ornament, shedding light iu the household of hus band, father and brother," (if she pos sesses either of these three dependence,) trcsec, n masculine intellect cannot, a close relationship of cause and effect to the customs which havo resulted in such a style of womanhood as finds delight aud satisfaction in a devotion to dress and adornment whose souls are empty of aspirations and aims, and therefore iiim a necessity lor dissipation. The sin of women, in consenting to or projecting the criminality now lloodlmr ouriauu, we neitner justify nor exten uate, nut we deiy any tribunal, appro priately informed of facts, wo find wom an the guiltier party. Wc will take up, seriatim, the postulates of tho writer: "Children are entirely out of tiie fash ion." "Woman, who ought to have more to say upon the subject than auy- uouy eise, pronounces against mem." "An eminent physician, who has prac ticed successfully for thirty-six yeare de sired me to state thatdurintr those vears she had, among a very large number and all classes of women, never found one who, being happily married, did not uesire to nave ciiiiurcn." Our knowledge and observation, which extends over more than a quarter of a century of mature experience, is that women, as a class, by no means nro- noutico children "nuisances." And if slio had been allowed "to have more to say on the subject than anybody else" a condition which we claim is her in alienable right, and which the simplest perception of justice would accord we should possess a means of judging more intelligently what are woman's inclina tions in the normal state. Hundreds of thousandsof women havo endured martyrdom of spirit, physical torture, inexpressible weariness, and have been borne down with an ex hausted, buidensome existence through excessive marital demands and frequent exercise oi maternity, this grand, beautiful and sacred olllcc creative and nearer to the Divine than any other hu man function lias to multitudes been only a dread, and this necessarily by reason of the ignorance, sensuality and even brutality of man. Children have inherited the cflects of this transgres sion upon womanhood nnd motherhood. Man has assumed that the demands of his selfish appetites were the normal in dication of what woman should be to him, and lias been more than beastly in Ills defiance of all physiological and moral law to unborn offspring. "Is there not an active, irrepressible crusade against these mewling infants going on ?" etc If wo could array the records which the future will disclose, accusing both men and women, they would by no means show that woman has waged this war most vigorously. Numerous instances could be brought to witness, to my positive knowledge, where the wife has, after enduring the "ruling over her" which violated first her personal sanctity, been forced, at the risk of her peace and happines, to "as sail the stronghold of life;" and this not only, but under thrcatof beingnccused of matrimonial infelicity if she refused to do this, even at tho risk of her own life. "Do not many women good women, as the world goes congratulate them selves upon being free from the annoy ance and care of children ?" "Do they not invoke all aids, lawful and unlawful, to ward off what they deem so great a calamity?" The injustice and untruth of these questions is iu the implied nlllr mation that the whole burden of this crime is due to the folly, selfishness and wickedness of woman alone. We could cite columns of facts and testimonies, showing that to many a young wife the purpose of "laying the axe at tho root of the tree" Is first suggested and urged by the husband. "We aro using tongue aud pen, according to our poor nbility, in advocating the claims of the child, aud the need of an elevated motherhood as the grand hope of future well-being in society. But the fountain whence all corruption springs must first be cleansed, and the demon of lust nnd selfishness banished from marital life. When the mother lias the sanction of public opin ion, the knowledge of all the laws or be ing, the courage and power to protect herself from an undesired maternity, and her child from the transmission of lust, wo may look for an order of men aud women who will not look to mar riage as an occasion for indulgences and excesses destructive to physical health and moral sensibility, and who may en ter upon the serious responsibilities of parentage voluntarily and with prepara tion befitting tho invocation of a soul into an endless existence. The statement that "Frivolous, pleasure-loving womanhood lias brought us into this dilemma," is a magnificent falsehood. There is quite as largo an clement of pleasure-loving manhood re sponsible therefor. Man asserts his right to enjoyment, and pushes woman into the commission of crime. The "selfishness at the root of the evil" is quite as much man's disposition to make his wife the Instrument of his gratifica tion as is the "selfish desire for comfort and case" on the part of woman. When children aro not regarded by man as "perpetual crosses;" when man prefers a noble, unselfish life to personal ease and gratification; when parental love conquers self love we shall sec a very great release of woman from tho neces sity of committing crime to escape tor ture. The widow of a physician recently testified that herhusband tormented her constantly after the first child with so licitations that sho destroyed the ex pected "angel;" heaped upon her un klndness, and treated the children al ways with' neglect and harshness. We need not only a powerful revival of motherhood, but a birth and develop ment of manhood and fatherhood. God appoints the times and reasons of re production In the animal kingdom, and the male is governed by His law in the female. Let masculine selfishness and intellect receive the truth thus hinted by Nature. Let man ask himself if he would passively consent to tho fulfill ment of a function involving immense suffering, entire self-abnegation, many risks of health and life, and rejoice in it when no regard to his wish was mani fested. The burdens which he cannot share burdens the most onerous, botli physical and mental he has no right to impose. Our writer asks, "What Is substan tially right, and what can practically be effected V" We know that man must re spect the wish aud bo subordinate to the inspiration of woman, in reference to the fulfillment of parentage, before the first condition of rigliteouncss and har mony can obtain. He 1ms no moral right to subject her to the burdens of maternity when undesired by her. We believe it to be the duty of man and woman to consider their position as pos sible parents before .entering upon mar riage; to be well informed anu uuuer stand their fitness or unfitness for as suming the office. It is by no means the most desirable of all things that many children should be born, but that those which are born should be well en dowed. This is a point which many really good women are seriously consid ering, and which many pleasure-seek ing, uiui ruiu-uriiiKiui;, iuu.iu;un- ized and debauched men should serious ly consider. in tne light of our present knowledge, meagre as it is, no conscientious man or woman can with impunity invoke the life of a child, regardless of tho evils which may be transmitted. We believe that children and youth can be so In structed by a judicious, well-informed moiiiernoou, mat tney snail iook to marriace asacomnaulonshinnnd means of mutual unfoldment of the parties into a higher manhood and womanhood, in stead of a respectable outlet for propen sity and a safe means of indulgence. w e claim mat tne moral sense needsa higher education In the light of science, nnd that the false distinctions between manly and womanly virtues must be set aside. Legalized prostitution and debauchery? under the false title and sanction of marriage, must be outcast irom tne lives or decent men anil wom en, Iustead or the frail girl who has yielded to temptation or been ensnared by want. All persons who love right eousness and desire human welfare, must displaco the unhealthy and long-main- uuned reserve by a calm discussion or these vital thouch delicate subicets. and agitato not only, but educate the thought aim iuur.ii sense oi mo rising generation. Man has never and can never compre hend the creative power and the neces sary conditions of motherhood. He must wait at the portal of this "holy of holies," and put his shoes oh" his feet. Children are the natural nroduet of con jugated manhood and womanhood. lliey are a curse or a blessing to them selves or their parents, according to the conditions which have been made for them. It is time, in the progress of tho race, that we seek to come into natural relations. Force and the domination of masculinity have brought us to the present estate. If a woman is unwilling to accept the office of maternity, sho is surely unfit to fulfill its important duties. Let us seek to learn the law of feminin ity to elevate womanhood above the sphere of frivolity, and manhood above that of sensuality. Tho reform will necessarily be slow and laborous, but the demands of the hour make it imperative. God has not left woman without a law of her being, whereby to regulate the exercise of motherhood. Let man wait patiently and unselfishly, obedient to the expression of this natural indication of Divine order. The National Prohibition Convention. We lean from the WalcJncord and Patriot that there were 194 delegates from nine different States present at the National Prohibition Convention which met at Columbus, Ohio, February 22d. The President of the Convention, Mr. Samuel Chase, took substantially the position mat masmucu as eaclt or tne present political parties was disposed to nrnore the temperance clement for the sake of obtaining the liquor vote of the couiito'i therefore the formation of a tlunl political party recognizing the im mense importance of this element was justifiable. in accordance with this, the preamble of the platform adopted declares that as all political parties are hopelessly un willing to adopt an adequate policy on tho question of prohibition, therefore this convention declares that the traffic in intoxicating beverages is a dishonor to a Christian civilization, inimical to the best interests of society, a political wrong of unequaled enormity, sub versive of the ordinary objects of gov ernment, not capable of being regulated or restrained by any system of license whatever, and imperatively demanding for its suppression effective legal pro hibition, both by State and national legislation. The resolutions declare there can bono greater peril to a nation than the exist ing party competition for the liquor vote; matiiieremovairrom pUblicouices ior mere uiuerenco oi opinion is wrong, that fixed and moderate salaries should take the place of fees and nomnisites: that all means be taken to prevent cor ruption and encourage economy; that uie iTesment ami vice I'rcsident should be elected directly by the people. They also favor a sound national cur rency adequate to businpss and convert ible into gold and silver at the will of the holder; insist that the rate or ocean and inland postage, railroad and tele graph charges, and rates of transporta tion should be made as low as possible by law; oppose discrimination in favor or capital against labor; favor thecntcn slon of suffrage to all regardless of sex; fostering the extensiou of common schools by government, and a liberal policy to encourage immigration. Having adopted the platform, the convention proceeded to nominate Jnmcs Black, of Pennsylvania, for Pres ident, and John Itusseli, of Michigan, for Vice President. Both of these men arc represented as zealous third party mcn, whose devotion to the cause of temperanco will prompt them to do all in their power to make the movement successful. No one supposes that temperance of itself can furnish all the ground requisite for the foundation of a third political party; but, unless one or tho other of the present political parties will sec enough in the subject of temperance, out of which to construct at least a plank iu its platform, wc confess our inability to sec any other way of dealing justly with this hydra-headed monster of Iniquity, which is in its measure ruining our country than to raise up a political party which, if it caunot remove the evil absolutely, will at least labor for such legislation as shall notcountcnaucc the nefarious traffic iu intoxicating drink any more than It does murder or any other crime against God and hu manity, mere is involved in this mat ter a huge principle that has already as sumed shape and form In individual consciences, and will inevitably, sooner or latex, bo developed into a public soui so 10 speaK, winch, real though invisible, will go marching on through the length ami breadth of the laud "conquering and to conquer" when the bodies of these progenitors, like that of old John Brown, lie mouldering in their graves. P. C. Advocate. BEAiTiFrr. Thouqiit. Fortv vears once seemed a long and weary pilgrim age to ireau. it now seems but a step. Aud yet along tho way arc broken shrines where a thousand hopes have wasted into ashes, foot-prints sacred under their driftlmr dust: creep mounds where grass is fresh with watering of tears, shadows even which we could not forget. Wc will garner the sunshine of mose years, and with hastening step ami heavenward hope push towards the evening whoso signal lights will soon be seen swinging where the waters are still and the storms never beat. From Ouegox. Our lady friend Mrs. J. . Briggs, formerly of Ifctyef te county, now of Portland, Oregon, has placed us under renewed obligations, by sending us a nice package of Oregou papers, the Orcgonian and the Nkw Noiithwest. We once supposed that in Iowa we were somewhere near that much talked of locality, termed the Northwest, but we find ourselves grandly mistaken; we aro quite too near sunrise to presume to take to ourselves that credit. If our readers could all take the Oregon papers, they would soon arrive at the conclusion that in order to be sure of not becoming ob noxious to the anything but euphonious sobriquet of "old fogies" they must at once emigrate to the West. "V e like the ring of the Oregon papers tljey .are chuck full of business; and why should it be otherwise, when we remember that if we ever had any right down go-ahead, git-un-and-git specimen of man and womanhood in this country, they are now at least a portion of them in Oregon. People's Paper, Clermont, Fayette Co., Iowa. Bothering a Doctok. A few nights since, at a late hour, the speaking-tube at the office door of a popular physician was used by some midnight wag to the following effect: The Doctor wxs in a very sound sleep, when lie was partially awakeued by a "hnlloo" through the tube, when the following dialoguo took place : "Well, whnt do you want?" "Does Dr. Jones live here?" "Yes, whnt do you want?" "Are you Dr. Jones?" "Yes." "Dr. Simon Jones?" "Yes. yes! what do you want?" "Why, how long have vou lived here?" "Some twenty years. " Why ?" " Why? why don't you more?" "If you stay there ten seconds more, you'll find that T am moving !" He bounced out of bed, but the patient was heard "moving" down the street at a rate that defied pursuit. Cincinnati Enquirer. Tit for tat. A woman was walking aud a man looked at her and followed her. The woman said: "Why do you follow me?" He answered: "Because I have fallen in love with you." The woman said: "Why are you in love with me? My sister is much hand somer. She is coming after me; go and make lovo to her." The man turned back and saw a woman with an ugly face. Being greatly displeased, he went again to the other woman and said: "Why did you tell a story?" The wom an answered: "Neither did you speak the truth; for if jou were in love with me why did you go after another wom an?" A married woman iu Decatur, Ohio, the other day, pining for her husband's society, went with her three little chil dren to the billiard-room and took a seat by his side. "It's disgraceful," said he, looking daggers at her. "I know it," continued the injured wife, "and you have borne the disgrace so long, my dear, that I am determined, henceforth, to share it with you," and she took out her knitting work and settled ddwn for the evening. He went home much ear lier, and it was the last of him seen In that billiard-room. A Wcolyx Farmer. The Royal Ag ricultural Society of England having placed 50 pounds at the disposal of judges, to be awarded to the most Highly commended iarmcr,they awarded 25 pounds to Mr. Brewster for the suc cessful management of good Innd. Mrs. Elizabeth Sankey's farm was highly commended and awarded 25 pounds in recognition of her profitable man agement. Here we see that a woman comes to us with the key to success In rural pursuits profitable management. Prairie Farmer. Several women in the city of San Fran cisco have, within the past few. weeks, committed suicide, because of their in ability to procure work, and preferred death to dishonor. Yet men, liaving failed to so shape the institutions of la bor and commerce, religion and govern ment, as to secure work and wnirea to. 1 the poor, friendless, and the destitute. I 1. !, 1 ., , . ' wime uieyureeu ignorance aim poverty, desease and crime, refuse to allow wom an an opportunity to assist to bring about au improved condition of affairs. Pioneer. Women holding property in their own right have the privilege, in Kentuoky, of voting on questions of special taxa tion, and widows who are taxed forschool purposes have the power of voting for school directors. They may vote cither in person or by proxy, and they usually prefer tho latter course. The Boston Journal tells of a physi cian in that city who says lie has a pa tient in charge married at fourteen, and who at thirty-seven had been the moth er of twenty-five liviug children, and never more than one child at a birth. The Atlanta (Ga.) Comtilution says I1ii n.imnts nf mnrrinrrmililn vnnn MAn i n j 1 -j uiuii of that city have agreed to enforce as a Mil. ilinf- In.lf 1 mi .. iuis tii.ii. juuug juuii-s jmying attention to their sons must not stay later than 10 o'clock at night. Portland Market. Flnnr T?xtri ruie kaMl. -V i oAim country brands, S-j u05 75. w neat Market miseuied. TUltiPr Vino lnlrv iVu. va i arv,.rni; ' '"""""J OUR AGENTS. The followine perrons are dulv nnihoriTi , act as Agents for the New Xokthwbot : . Mrs. M. J. KimlRii rertlnnil H. Wood -TrnvHnBAnt Mrs M . JeHes- -...TimveHng AwSt H.H. Welch Washlneton TeolJntir K?. O. V.. Ijwsoil Salem M. I. Owen ..Snhim Mrs. C A. Coburn.. Oretten C&tv Thos. Parsons ".."."..Mn wauklo It. I'entlaml Tli Dalles Miss Sallle Applegate Yooealla Miss It A. Owens . Keeebanr J. T. Scott, Esq Forest. GrovS Mrj A. K. Curwln - N'ehaUm CI. W. Monmn Wufia it'n J. V. Jackson- tJi.uT U I Mslier .Siki Kraneteoo HP- fe"?.1? IJSForee UorUon Unlifbrnhi Mlelllp Mos.mil Olympla I. T. Maulsby Vancouver Other parties ilealrlng to act as Asents will please forward their name. We want Agents at every postonice throughout Oregon and Washington Territory. SPECIAL NOTICES. ASTHMA. imo.VClIITIS. CATAKRU M2?7ll'u,",ed "ds, Opacity ofthe CoA Z. '""' e,.a.re. snceeswtally treated by Dr. mf?.-7i.eir,T 'J."1 aml MorrisJm streets. n.SiU'P PLEASES. esieclally such cases as htne resisted the ordinary modes or treat miJ?ii. 1ro t.he ? 1.as, or maladies which Dr. Ait J?.nEF2,!l )yIth ""paralleled suecess. NO CHAUOE for Consultation. ,rms3Iolemte ana ?reible to the clr n .m?ccs or tl,e Patient, so that all who are atilicted can procure his treatment If they wish. naj,f-' COBURN & arcCABE, BOOK AND JOB PRINTERS, 5 WASHINGTON STREET, VP-STAIRS, I'orilaml, Orcson. Wotk done at REASONABLE RATES, nl