4
FRIDAY..
BETTEE EDUCATION 01 WOMEN.
That there is diflbronce of opinion on , rrcsident who has given woman a
many of the points relating to woman's ci,ance (0 participate in affairs of Gov
enfranchieoment is obvious enough; but crnmct. irc )jas appointel a large
whatever may be the opinion of intelli- numbcr of women to 110,iMon, flr
cent citizens concerning the advantages
which society and the State are to de
rive from the agitation of the question
of tho work and station of women, no
one doubts the gain to be made by her
better education. No sooner does a
man, by any means whatever, get lifted
up by an education, than he at once
comes among those who feel most keen
ly the need of applying the same elevat
ing force to Ills fellow men. Whether
h s training be gained in the schools or
in the ruder but effective teaching ma
chinery of life, the trained man is com
pelled to feel that the best thing he can
do for his fellows is to provide them
with the shortest, surest and cheapest
road up to and beyond tlie point he has
obtained, nonce Peabody's munificent
donations for educational institutions.
Hence tho large endowments by wealthy
men for schools on every hand.
But the education of woman has not
yet grown into a positive idea. The
schools or colleges founded or endowed
for her advantage arc comparatively
few. There are barriers which hinder
women from sharing equal educational
advantages with meu. All know what
these barriors are. Wo need not enum
erate them. They have their founda
tions chiefly in our social structure.
There is hut one road out of these diffi
culties. It is that which the women of
England have taken, and which Cor
noll University (New York) is about to
folloWjViz.: To found schools for women
in connection with the great schools for
men schools whicli shall reap the ad
vantages which come from the museums
and libraries, but above all, from the
spirit whicli exists about any place de
serving the name of a college or univer
sity. Suoh schools would not only reap (
tho advantages of the most costly part
of the material resources of the institu
tion to which they were attached, but
they would be able to share the teach
ing of many departments where it has
been found possible to combine the
work of the sexes without danger, nud
to profit by the unwritten traditions
and experience which arc a most valua
ble part f the capital of every great
school.
THE OENTEAL IDEA.
That. nnmnn i nnt. vot fnlfillm lmr
Xl-linlorirrliffnl irnrl: in il.n snmnl iwm. I
omv. is obvious lo common smisp. Ail-!
mission of this fact on all sides proves of course believe think when vou amI l'"anUy alone shall be the crltc- party. By persistent, united action for
that the woman movement, though (know the minds of the people here, rion of all human rights. The Republi- one rarty , luring this Presidential can
sneered at bv the unthinking, is yet you'll be willing to keep still. ib(t can party has been the party of ideas, of ' vasSf tIle WOmcn suffragists of the na
fonnded on rational principles. The crer" and here he inflated himself like Ingress. Under its leadership, the na- tion wm niai;e themselves felt as a
roal relative rights of the two sexes will
be settled only when each enjoys the
liberty of unfolding and exercising its
own peculiar character, whatever it
may be, suffering no obstruction or liin-
dranoe from the other. The whole
group of human faculties, intellectual,
moral and physical make what enum
eration or classification of them you
please unquestionably belongs to both
Soxes. Tho difference is in their rela
tive proportions and adjustments. You
realize nature's intention, not by ap
proximating to masculine women, or
feminine men, but by developing each
sex to the greatest capacity in Itself, and
tho greatest help of tho other.
Any debate about respective "rights"
Is impertinent strife. So, too, any dis
cussion and their comparative merits is
uuphilosophical and vulgar. You might
as well discuss the comparative merits
of morning and evening. Tlie whole
dispute is a monstrous anomaly, con
ceived in unnatural jealousy, protracted
by an insane insurrection against good
manners, and sure to end in nothing
hut a profane putting asunder of what
God hath joined together.
Intelligent leaders of the movement
for the enlargement to its rightful pro
portions of woman's work in the social
economy raise no debate about tho rela
tive "rights" of the sexes, with the vul
gar idea of putting the rights of one
against the other. AH rights and du
ties are correspondent and partake of
mutuality ; and their exercise leads to a
balance and harmony of unlike powers.
Let the powers of both have full expan
sion, restrained by no narrow prejudico
and trammelled by no conventionality.
Here is the contral idea of the woman
movement. In Teaching forward in
this direction woman is no usurper.
She simply asks opportunity to unfold
and develop the capacities and powers
within her.
BEO. IKE'S C0EEESP0NDENT.
A writer who signs herself "An Un
purohasablc Woman" has written to
the Herald, Bro. Ike's paper, a tirade of
abuse against the editor of the Nuw
Noetiiwkst because she does not sup
port that arch-cnouiy of woman's prog
ress, Horace Greeley. This writer!
seems to think that bHausn the New
. - ; - a a - - w '
-vraxHWHer censured certain conduct I console themselves that ignorant Re
whieh Gen. Grant was alleirod to be ! publicans sometimes act like thev were
guilty twenty years ago, it is very sin-.1
-. V1 10 ""PPort Gram now. What- I
,lM twenty years since, there1
reason
why a person of sense 1
W Mmvmrf 1.!...
should not now support h
formed and roelaimmi .
fnrmwl i V us u re-
rsrii,v 1... ... """ against
". against
ing Tammany rf ,J?P Vth tl,,cv-1
women have no rights Yht 1
bound toresnect. Tim ..1. La .ma. ia ,
wmnn nf Tv-iii .i. ..' ' asalle j
evidently a man who ha, lon?'
to be purchased and has now gone to
nw-Tr
price).
"honesty
i .
aro juugmg 11 mi wiu company n0
keeps. The company Grant is alleged
to have kept twenty years ago is notsoltlons that I ha i V perambula-
pertinent a subject of inquiry as tho 'passed. Then w I? K hlm 08 be
coinpnny whioh Greeley keeps now.
SDPPOBTING GEAKT.
the leading advocates of
All
movement for woman's enfranchise-1
. . : .. ..i .. .1 i r. I po ..... i ... . ir .
IUUUI, IllliJUUIl., jho. .3UIUIU1I, .HIM .lll-
tliony and Mrs. Gordon, support Grant
as nealnst Greeley. Grant is the first
spousibillty, and not one of them has
proved unfaithful to the public inter
ests. Greeley would dismiss these
women ignominlously. The party he
represents treated womau's claims with
utter contempt, when they were laid
before the Convention that nominated
him.
THE HBSTEESPONSE.
After an exceedingly warm contest
the Republicans seem to have carried
North Carollua. As the politicians say,
this is the "first gun of the campaign."
The result in North Carolina is interest
ing chiefly because it points with great
certainty to the re-election of Grant.
EDITOEIAL C0EEESP0HDEH0E.
Sax Josn, Cal., July 27, 1S72.
Deae Xkw Northwest :
In rcspon.c to an invitation which I
felt in duty bound to accept, I left San
Francisco on the morning of the 23d,
and in a short time reached the lovely
city of San Jose, where, arrangements
being made to my satisfaction, I lec- j
lured on the following evening in the i
Opera House, with the usual California
acccompaniincnts of a fine band of mu
sic and a large, intelligent and atten
tive audience.
Vhen I reached the city I repaired to
the home of my sprightly little friend,
Mrs. Monell Yates, whom Portland
readers will be pleased to hear is pros
perous, happy and, as usual, hospitable.
Hcrhusbaud, a genial, sensible and in- 1
lueiunu gem.euKu., . ...
buggy to see the proprietors of the two
. 1 11 t 1- ... 1.1.
Uilll Jl.ljfl.-1?, itllll .113U lu suijii; ii...a-
bers of the Republican Centnil
' tee, who agreeil to pay expenses
rent, etc., etc, and one gentleman
Ifwl 11111 fi Kiimil." Iiofiiri. flin
Club. I was mentally weighing hu
proposition, without having come to :i
..It.. ...1. ..m... . 4 1... '
courtesy or not, when the President 0f j
the Club came in, and being intro
duced, said, with an air of pigmy-like
importance which would havo guaran
teed him a responsible position in Lilli-
put
"To be frank with y
you, don't think 1
party for vou to I
it will benefit the
speak before the Club, or even in San
.lose. And if Vou'liave the RllPCPs of
the Renublican nartv at heart-which I !
an over-stuffed toad "of course, if you
are disposed to speak, there is nothing
' to hinder you ; but the Club declines to
j have anything to do with it though
very probably I thall attend the Icr- ;
; tare." I
. "Indeed, sir," I answered, "I haven't
asked to address your Club. I didn't
know until invited to speak that you
had such a Club. But do you speak for
the Republican party?"
"I speak as an individual, ma'am;
haven't yet seen the other members,
but of course, as President of the Club, I
am supposed to represent the public
feeling."
"Never mind, madam," intermptcd
tne gentlemanly post master, "I'll sec
that the hall is reaily. Go on with your
lecture."
I did "go on," and from the enthusi
astic manner in which my address was
received by the gentlemen and ladies of
San Jose, I guess the inflated Celt who
felt called upon to tell me so pompously
of 7ii" opinion, only "supposes" he "rep
resents public feeling." I'd like to
make a speculation oft that man. If I
could buy him at his real worth and
sell him at his own estimate, I'd have
cash enough to mn the Nkw Noiitii
wkst a long time.
Mr. Owen, of the Mercury, is a
staunch, progressive Republican, a
Woman Suffragist and a man of much
influence with the people here. 3Te is a
great favorite with tho ladies because of
his broad conception of tho ethics of
liberty, and hi- paper 1 a decided suc
cess. Mr. Murdock, editor of the 1'alriol, is
another Republican, but, unlike his
more fortunate brother of the quill,
hasn't yet got his understanding suffi
ciently enlightened to enable Mm to ac-
cept the inevitable without many de
murrers. His notice of our humble ef-
forts was very gracious, but he could
not forbear repeating some of the ill-natured
comments that he professed to
have "heard" alioul the lecturer "drag
ing into her discourse the evcrla-timri
tonic of Woman Suffrairo."
Well! well! wc arc living in won -
drous times! And while wise Demo-
crats are rolling Greeley as a nauseating
nlll from ono corner to another of thnir
capacious iwlilical stomachs, they may
gnawing files when they arc forced to
admit the fact that Woman Suffrairo is
Co gather an impetus from the present I
campaign that will send the ladies to
...... . . . I
lUG 1KM1S 111 ailllOSL every prCClUCl IlGXt I
November. There is no denvintr that
sy
t,le contest will be very close In Cali-1
niia- AH tI,e iS"0" besotted ex. :
cresences of manhood who congregate:
in the allcvs and dims nf tnlsin- mill
ln tI'.e citles KS for
F'otoQrtoy.nlxrMxrallt-
occupied so n i xie ;
I than was hi i """ 0f 41,0 sidcwalk i
a lamp post and yelled lu
"tlly, "Hurrah
for Greeleyl D n him!" T"pa"iised,Tvorthy of woman's confidence and un
i amused beyond expression, and watched j worthy of the voles of truly liberal men
i . ... , , urrz.. lu tl.ia mn
'aim iiPienuu. miic -
Didn't I 'rah for Greeley jist now? Pat,
me darliut, have ye taken lave av ycr
sinses? Maybe it's the whiskey, hut,
by the howly Saint ratrick, I guess not.
Hurrah for Greeley! D-n mm!"
I hurried on and left the poor Hiber
nian to his cogitations and his politics.
The pill will do him good. It is not
surprising to see such Ignorant speci
mens of manhood as the one just citeu
thus imposed upon by the one man In
America who has abused them more
than all other men of the age, but it i
surprising to see once in a while a man
himself to be a sort of
Republican oracle taking up with such
company and crying "reform." Such
Republicans go for Greeley just as j
Nasby does because they have no hope
for office under the present Administra
tion. There are many sensible Demo
crats in California who not only do not
need the Greeley pill, but positively re
fuse to take It. These men wisely con
sider Grant as the least of the two evils,'
and have resolved to support him.
Invitations to lecture are crowding in
upon me, and I must go home overland.
I am to speak at Marysville on the SOth,
and next at Stockton on my homeward
way.
THE NATIONAL WOMAN SUFrEAGE
ASSOCIATION.
To the Women of the United Slate:
Women of the United States, the hour
for political action has come. For the
first timo in the history of our country
woman has ever been recognized in the
platform of a large and dominant party.
Philadelphia has spoken and woman is
no longer ignored. Shu is now ofllcially
recognized as part of the body politic.
The fourteenth plank of its platform de
clares "the Republican party mindful
AniCrIca; it expresses gratification that
wIdcravcnU09of employment have been
,,otif u,,cf,, l,"lt 5,1 t it is
"svhntvr," ami our "libcnil"
friends warn us not lo rely upon it as a
Pi the ballot to woman
What
i it is, wc know full belter than others.
Wc recognize its incagcrness; wo see in
, It the timidity of politicians, but beyond
and through it all, wc farther see its
promise of the future. Wc see In It the
lhiu W,S of t,U5 Serins wedge which
f",,il11 Ureak woman's slavery in pieces
and make us at last a nation truly free
a "atloil ill Which tllC C.lstc of SeX
hhaI1 fau dowu by the castu of co,or
1,011 031110 Mlci) mrougu me nery or-
party, this progressive party, having
1 1 11. ... ..;ii
taken the initiative step, will never go
back on its record. It needed this new
and vital issue to keep it in life, for Cin
cinnati indorsed Its work up to this hour;
the constitutional amendment, the
payment of the bonds in gold, tho civil
! service reform, the restoration of the
states. 11 tiianKeu tiicsoltliersnuu sail
ors of the Republic, It proposed lands to
actual settlers. The Republican parti
went up higher; it remembered all citi
zens. Tho widows and orphans of the
soldiers and sailors were not forgetten;
it acknowledged its obligation to the
loyal women or the Republic, and to the
demands for additional rights, of all
women, whatever their class, color, or
birth, it promicd "respectful considera
tion." Its second plank declared that
"complete liberty and exact equality in
the enjoyment of all civil, political and
public rights should be established and
maintained throughout the Union by
efficient and appropriate State and fed
eral legislation." These two planks arc
the complement of each other, and arc
the promise of exact and equal justice
to woman. They were the work of rad
ical woman suflragc Republicans
of
Wilson, Sargent, Loriug, Clatlin, Hoar, 1
lairclnld and others. They were ac-
i Annnrui f r xnm nil. mill if turf linr ilMtlnrnu 1 . i , ju- l..v TFaiiiiIiIiimi it ttmicn nf rithf nml lintmr un luuul
toiiimii- . , . . ... ,!... ! broad, deen and irenerous
01 a" ' . " , ;.,i .in. -.... l" ' '. 11 rt D, v-V, V; sympathies, and wo need her quid
In. nmiuii m u w. w,m,i.u. uniuu-1 AIU, now- an cspcciai um i. "-- a,i scn.-Uive conscience. There :
T-iimnr eriuiuji. muuiu iui ni.li. mis iiuik 1 wciiuu sullnurc organizations n un- women wno nave not tnee nuaiu
ucai 01 tne Jteuemon; minor 1 slavery Wolnu speakers, do not hesitate, no wnere me r Spr nu- held either consciously or uuconsciously
was destroyed; under it manhood suf- f not vascillatc; let no party or personal Hi. Viil we liono hat tho most by the majority of men. As wives, they
frage was established. The women of 'consideration bias you to act against the nent 'iwakers among the women of are oftener kept in ignorance of their
the country have long looked to it in r ubHcftU liarty at tho momentous , u.eland will be cncour.rseil to take the 'tYe "confld
hope, and not in vain; for to-day we are crisis. ,elncmbcr wo owe to itadebt rostm.n for U,e
launched by it into the political arena, J of RratilU(,c tliat it has made for us this j J o S ' la n- tak of b' 3e father until they
aud the Republican party mu'-thereaflcr!,, tunUv that It has thus launched I ue .'f e or two havo made them- " over to the care of a
ficht our battles for us. This great " ,, L i;filnl .,,. whore ;u: nm".wlvplv odious, tlie rest are . hustond. As aociatw, men instinct
ccptcil by tho candidates. Gen. Grant, tasked and weakened by the terrific
in his letter, expresses his desire to sec) energy of passion Iooeneil from rc
"thc time when the title or 'citizen' j stmiiit, uiitif like a dilapidated mansion,
.i..n...... .'11 11 11 . i- , I the "earthly house of this tabernacle"
shall carry with it all tho protection and I f.,,u hl(o inoiH ,lcc.iy Kaat voung
privilege to the humblest, that it does I nien, right about. Scientific American.
to lI,c moat exalted."
His course since
his elevation to the Presidency has al
ways been favorable to Increased rights
for women. He has oflicially recognized
their competency and has given them
,uani' government positions. Senator
! Wilson is an old and stanch advocate of
! woman suH'nigc, and his letter in lointeiI
j lerms rcrcrs to t,,c recognition given
I woman by his party, and says, "to her
uew demands it extends the hand of
grateful recognition and it commends i openings tlie sweat lorces useii iikcwa
r , , , ... . tcr through a solve.
ncr uemauus ior aii.iiuonai rights to the
cairn anu careiui cuiismeruiiou 01 the
nation." And, too, thus early in the
' "on" And, too, thus early in
' campaign, tho strongest men of
ii,
par,y' an,on whom are Fornei of t,,e
"'hiladelphia iVcw, Gerritt Smith,
"11
v,,v"
and President White of Cornell Univer-
sity SDCak of t,,Is recognition as Intro
uticlng a new era into politics.
"VVhiIc t,,e ollJ and tricd Republican
'party in its platform and candidates
"" S?vcs woman assurance that her
aim to equal political rights is to ue
respected, the other party in tho field
..in.uin.au uhj is u
V"1' 11 has 1,0 record; It Jguores w
vom-
en, anu by its silence in regard to tho
cqual rl8hta r one-half of the people,
political horizon, il proves itself un-
In regard to its candidates, dratz
Brown, once our friend, has practically
gone back on his record. Horace Gree
ley, its chief nominee, has for years been
our most bitter, scathing opponent.
Roth by tongue and pen he has-heaped
abuse, ridicule and misrepresentation
upon our leading women, while the
whole power of the Tribune has been
ued to crush outourgrcatreform. And
now that he is a candidate for election
to the highest oliice in the country, ho
still rmifimira liU bitter and hostile
course toward, one-half of its citizens.
He presses the Iron heel of his destiol-
ism upon their liberties; and in answer
to our anneals he savs, "lie neither ue-
sires our help nor believes us capauie oi
giving any,
What can liberty expect from such a
mnn? What, can women 110PO lrom
such a nartv? Women of tho Republic,
you cannot in self-respect give your aid
to such nominees: you cannot in sen-
respect work forsuch n party. It has re
pulsed you, pushed you bad:, said to
you "go hence."
The Republican party, with Grant
and Wilson as its standard bearers, opens
its doors to you. By its fourteenth
plank it invites your aid and co-operation.
Shall it not have it? Women or tlie
South will you not work for your own
freedom? Women of the North will
you not strive foryour own enfranchise
ment ?
"Then-1- a title In the affairs of men
Which taken at tho Hood lends tin to fortune,
ltul we must take the current when it erve
our turn.
Or lo-ws our venture.'
For us to-day this tide has arisen; for
us to-day the current serves our turn.
Let us lay aside our parly preierences,
Lot us one and all forget our many
grievances of the past, let us forget the
many times wc havo been Ignored, buf
fetted and spurned by politicians. Let
ii Mirmv ntir whole influence of voice
campaign, and
country. Prepare to noiu mass meet-
ngs In all the large tttlcsot 5our-
be reaily to co-operate wmi .im.-ihiuiiu.iu
committees; send into the election ills-
tricts your best women speakers, circu-
t . ,1 11 ,.......) ii.mimli
late addresses and documents through-
out every school district, persuade fath
1,I .llfrinl iiorviimlo f:itli-
ers, brothers, husbands and sons to work
and vote for Grant and Wilson; oiler
your own vote, as in many election dis
tricts women's votes havo already been
received and counted; in every possible
way throw the whole weight of your in
tluence on the side of the Republican
, 1(0wer by W(
j it mUiil H on iUK1 on till justice and
I 0 ........
equallty to woman shall at last triumph
in a true
,o Itenublle; "a government of
.ilc, for the people, by the poo-
the peoji
pie.'
On behalf of the National Woman's
Sullrage Association.
Susan B. Anthony, President.
Matilda Josmn G.vok,
Chair. I"x. Com.
AViiat Bkkaks Down Yot'xo Mi:n.
It is a commonly received notion that
hard study Is the unhealthy clement of
college life. But from tables of mortal
ity of Harvard University, collected by
Professor Pierce from the last triennial
catalogue, It isclearly demonstrated that
the excess of deaths for the first ten
years after graduation is found in that
portion of the class of inferior scholar
ship. Kvery ono who has seen the cur
ricum knows that where Kscliylus and
political economy injures one, late hours
and rum punches use up a dozen; and
that two little fingers arc heavier than
Euclid. Dissisipation is a sure destroy
er, and every young man who follows it
is as the early flower exposed to un
timely frot. Thoso who havo been In
veigled into the path of vise arc named
Legion. A few hours sleep each night,
1I1I2I1 livlntr and nleiitv of "smashes"
1 make war upon every function of the
body. The brains, the heart, tho lungs,
I L11U Hill, luu syiiii-, iiiv- iiiuuci
find. n..tii nnrt mill f-innlfv ivi nvnr.
. .
WONIIKKS OF TICK MlCItOSCOrK. Ill-
sccts of a various kind may be seen in
the cavities of a grain of sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees, with
the branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes.
The surface of our bodies is covered
with scales like a fish ; 11 single grain of
sand would cover one hundred and fifty
of these scales, and yet a scale covers
nvo nuutircu iwres. Through these
The mite makw llve hdrcil steps a
second.
Each drop of stagnant water contains
! a world of animated being-', swimming
...in. .... .1. in 1.. ...i. ..1.,.. :.. Il.n
iviiii .is nuii'ii lioei ij as iiiiiiius 111 iiiu
sea.
Each leaf has a colony of Insects graz
ing on it like cows in a meadow.
Moral Have some care as to the air
you breathe, the food you eat, the water
you drink. Journal of Health.
S. Wardwcll, a Pittsburg liook-
binder, who has lately come from South
' America .rtM
"f Tf r ,?.?; 7,171
I hibition in the Berkshire Athenieum
drink -
undred
the
graves ot Peruvian -Indians, iie nas
also an immense silver medal, ono of
tho 100,000 which Mr. Melggs gave away
at the opening of tho Arlqulpaand Puna
Railroad. But tho most "curious" relic
of all is a small piece of dried flesh, said
to be from the bodv of Pizarro.
land pen into this campaign, ami in
tFroni tho Itochostcr Democrat and Chnmielei
The Eelatioa of Woman to the Crountry.
That woman lias a powerful influenoo
UPOtl thO political tcildnnrdivj of
country is self-evident; for she mu-f
necessarily wieM a potent influence dn
every question. She has inteiests at
stake, ami she has purposes to accom-
pnsu. ii mere uo any wiio are not bur
dened witli interests or purposes, so also
are there many men who are not. If
there are women who are uncoucerned
with regard to tho country and its des
tiny, so there are many men who are
equally indifferent. And this indiffer
ence is itself a powerful influence; an
influence for evil. Women of character
and of thought arc as potential as men,
in all except the power to voico their
thought at the ballot box; and we need
not be alarmed at the extent of Hi Mr In.
terests, the depth of their feelings nor
the strength of their power, but rather
take courage at the sight of their Inspi
ration. The time has come when respectful
consideration must be eiven to tho claim
of woman to the right to express her
preference with regard lo the govern
men of the country she aids in sunnort-
i . r ii. .1 T ...... i i . r 1
ingj ior mo uuimuuui, puny in mo na
tion nas promiseu mat consideration.
The time has passed for sneers all the
world knows that woman is intellectu
ally rar above tlie sneers of the scoffer.
Tho lime has passed for contemptuous
doubts as to her capacity lilstorv re
cords her shrewdness in diplomacy and
uureireiigiu is council, tlie lime lias
passed for empty-headed men to mil at
the woman
whose well-stored bruins, if
put into tho balance, would outvote
tnem a nunureu to one.
We are not unmindful that there are
objections to conferring suffrage upon
woman; but we are certain that candid
consideration would reduce these ob
jections to a very small and compara
tively iiiMgiiiiicam, nuinuer. iiio ob
jections are not so great as arc the prac
tical difficulties in tlie way of success
fully inaugurating the system. But we
have not reached that point, as yet.
Our duty is, first, lo eliminate every ir
relevant element from the problem, and
to banish the frivolous and fullaeioiis
, j arguments with which it is generally
opposed from the field; our next is to !
ucciue 11 justice 01 me ciaim ami me;
policy 01 me cnange; ami our mini is to
make the change in such a way as to
work no damage by its sweeping and
radical character.
AVc need in politics woman's intuit i-
her
htimanitarian
ened
ire
ICS '
so uieic are im-u uu are inuMiig in ,
trut. ,vlH! of ci(iZenshiP. But woman i
, jes-s valuable qualities which are
! needed in government. She supple- 1
I nients man in these respects; and makes .
Him a coiiiineie aim iienect wuoie. cue ,
. i.r l!..rLts.and man his. And each
1 n...t ..iD !!.... r,.i .
I1UC 1111:11 LuuiiasiiUgC.vtliiviii:!;.''. JAl
them work in harmony.
Klsewhese we publish a summos to
this work, from the officers of the Na
tioanal Woman's .Sufl'ragc Association.
Miss Anthony, and Mrs. (Sage. This
appeal has been furnished us in manu-
script bv these ladies, who have been
engaged in preparing it in this city;
and we direct attention to its sharp-cut
sentences with pleasure. We trust the j
women of our country will respond to
this appeal witli alacrity. In tho quiet
of the r' homes, and in their social inter-
.i... o,.ii-!i nrMt i I
ii iiiu iiniuii .
They can 'grace tho public meeting,
without stain either of irosslp or of con- j
duct. We shall continue to discounten
ance women who seek the dissemination
ofiai fi. ?uf jy regret that
any have brought discredit upon pure
v, , : "'V, f;..i,i . i,,.i
S"i.rVi,h"S TZ!,;
lence. e imuui vre
true-Learlcd to the good work before j
tnem. .
Wo welcome nay, wo earnestly in
vitewoman's hearty co-operation 111
all the various methods of influence she
knows so well how to use; and we trust
that she will give no doubting expres
sion to her desire with regard to sullrage.
while we appeal for candid bearing and
speedy settlement.
Tin: simi'i.icty and Modesty at
tkndimj Tin: Dkclakation oij Inik
I'kndknck. A distinction of the Dec
laration of Independence and of rcptiu-
linmiwm tin til'i thn document its full
significance, marking it among all his-
. . . I . ,.lniniin:Q mill
uran auuioii 01 uiu .
110 theatrical pegeantry-noiiui.gout
theonlinary ceremonies of an act of leg
islation. Neither history nor tradition
tells us of thoe rhetorical exclamations
which have been usual on great occa
sions In a national assembly, and have
served as an illuminated ftni to the
work. Even the debates on the Declar
ation must have been but little memor
able, as tradition has not preserved one
single sentence of them. We arc vague
ly informed of a "great speech" by John
Adams in favor of independence in reply
to Mr. Dickinson, but that speech was
made on tho 1st of July, and addressed
to the resolution projioscil by Lee. It Is
probable that the bulk of debate had
been expended In Congress in the pre
ceding discussion of tho Sth and 10th
of June, and that when the Declaration
came to be considered, thespeeches were
limited to its literary details, and did
not rise above the tone of ordinary busi
ness. Perhaps the rhetorical nakedness
at tlie close of the drama was the more
becoming, fortheespecial reason that the
Declaration Itself supplied a sufficient
and incomparable eloquence. It needed
no ornament of words outside of itself
it required no rhetorical label lo desig
nate Its true place In history. T.ipjtin
eott'e Mayazint for July.
A German poet has lately written a
touching poem, in which the hero is rep
resented as devoured by an alligator, un
der a palmtrce, on the shore of Lake Erie,
in America. Tlie heroine hears of the ter
rible fate of her lover, down in the ever
glades of Florida, near the banks of Lake
Superior, where she Is living, and rushes
down south to Lake Erie, and lies in
in wait for that crocodile, captures him,
cuts him open, extracts the bones of her
ueail lover, purcnascs a ncu cunm, uuu
has him Interred in magnificent stylo In
Greenwood Cemctry, in New York, in
the State of St. Louis. The poem is too
affecting.
Tn lCv.v.v Tell. Mnke a double iocket
1 r nirninr woolen cloth, no matter how
, coarse and faded It Is. Have a space of
two inches or so oetween me inner asm
outer pockets, ami iacic this space as
full as possible with feathers. You have
no need to use gecso feathers; lien's
feathers aro just as good. With a pocket
thus constructed, and kept closely tied
at the mouth, a few pounds of Ice may
be kept a week.
lnZ iv ' i he c rcinn "t nces dokly and the well, are all subjectetl to
uhlol. it finnllx "tool' K on Uiyc!" c u,c ll0 "f thc ""
u JCl 'the"' VfJnly There wa 'no school iliscinHnc, and all breathe the
IFrom the Boston Womair.s Journal.)
The Same Old Story.
"Always the same old story. Not a
new argument in the whole course of the
meeting: hnrdlv a new illustration. I
should think the speakers would be as
ureu 01 leiungas tne puunc are 01 ncar
ing it."
"Of course, the whole subject is worn
threadbare: why can't they sec it, and
dry up?"
This brief dialogue, between a couple
of well-dres'ed men, caught my ear as I
was" leaving a recent Woman Suffrage
convention. If I should tell the whole
truth, I should own that it brought a
hot Hush of indignation to my face.
Tired! I should think so, gentlemen;
tired to death of saying over and over
what is so obvious that there ought
never to have been any need for saying
It at all. 'N hat a comfortable wav of
disposingofa great question! "Nothing
now lo lie said on it; it no longer enter
tains us why don't these talking women
see it and dry up?" Have these men
any conception of the worth of a princi
ple? of what is involved in devotion to a
cause ?
The discouraging thing about every
reform is. that it is bv Iternf ion. rather
than by argument, that the truth is got
into people's heads, and that this, after
all, is not enough; you must not only get
it into your heads, but into your hearts;
notonlyconvlncethcirreaso'n, but touch
their consciences. What isevervbodv's
business i nobodv's; and onlv b'y mak
ing men and women feel that they are
personally implicated in a great wrong,
cart wc arouse them to action.
The great majority of intelligent men
frankly admit that there is no sound
argument against Woman Suffrage.
Arc they, then, readv to take action in
its behalf? Not by any means. Iook
at that juiltry and most transparently
"thin" plank in tho Philadelphia Plat
form the utmost recognition that could
be wrung from any political party of the
greatest question that has ever claimed
the attention of Immunity. They arc all
ready enough toadmit woman's abstract
right to the ballot; but, instead of lifting
a linger to secure to her the actual right,
they discuss questions of expediency,
and assure her that she is too angelic to
i,:iVe anything to do with politics,
calmly assuming that it is theirs to
decide
how many of her riirhts she may
safely bo tnisted with.
Jxive of iiower was the strong demon
that stood in the way of justice to the
slnvi Love of nower. thn scum of
mvnoi-hiti. Is onn.-iHv imv. a htmilrrwl-
fold mure the demon that stands in the
wav of iiMice to woman. The idea of a
being made expressly for him; to ad
niiiiUtiT til linn, to rnvnlve .ilinur. him.
to thinii his ttiougiits after 111111, is inex-
The literature of all ages arc full of it
It varies with tlie age, and country, and
individual character, but it is always es-
sentially the same. Now it speaks
Oltllltl v. ami avs :
' '
"I will -- mma.r
r of what is mine onrn
Tourh Imt wliwver iliire.''
Ami now it sentimentalizes over
"clinging vines" and "ministering
angels." The chivalry of the very best
men is more apt to find expression in
bearing the bit
helplessness, tin
all women com
burden of some womau's
mn in trying to secure to
conditions favorable to self-
help. A hundred men will admit the
right of women to vote, where one will
place an unmarried daughter upon a
toothi"1 of iM-eiminrv liidenenriciice.
. , . -. , , . i . . .
esiaunsning ner 111 ousiness or
paying her for her services, it she is
! needed at home. That women are chil-
making them companions in the true
sense of the word.
, Z'u
I U)e j,-. Ule nJ. isyL.t haral
Any one who will take the trouble to
more timuaterm a seeu-term wo win
destlniHl by-and-by to bear fruit
' ..,.,t:.,. r
e. we shall
I have to go on repenting "the same old
story, u.-tng tne oiu argument, iterat
iusr and reiterating the old truth.
CT.1.1.V Bciu.uiou.
Ee-Breathed Air.
The crowdetl, badly-ventllateil school
room is often the placo where early in
life, re-breathed air commences its dead
ly work. Not ono school room in a
hundred in this country Is a fit place in
which to confine children six or eight
hours of tho day. The little ones are
herded together in a promiscuous crowd,
those of tender years and those more ad-
, ,1.0 lmii mnv lm aliln to n-sist the in-
, -"- , - - : ;7. .nL- V,. 1
tender ones grow pale and haggard, and
struggling on through theirschool-days,
live perhaps to tne age oi puoerty, anu
then drop into the consumptive's grave.
Will parents never awake to the enorm
ity of this evil?
Small, ill-ventilated sleeping-rooms
in which re-breathed air is ever pres
ent, are nurseries of consumption.
These are not found alone in cities and
large towns, or among the poor and
lowly. Well-to-do farmers' daughters
and son- in the country those who live
among the mountains of the New Eng
land States, where God's pure air is
wholly ttndefiled are often victims of
consumption. How is this explained?
IxmiU into their bed rooms; examine
into their daily habits of life; and tho
cause is made plain. Old-fashioned fire
places aro boarded up; rubber window
strips and stoves have found their way
into the most retired nooks aud comers
ot the land; and the imprisoned moun
tain air in country dwellings is heated
to a high point, and breathed over and
over during the days and nights of the
long winter months. It is certainly
truo that girls in tho country take less
exercise in the open air than those re
siding m cities, iney appear 10 ue
more i if mid of pure cold air than city
girls. Consumption is not less rare
among feninles in the country than m
cities, in the present age. It was not so
formerly. The declarations of grand
mothers and old physicians go to show
that, fifty years ago, consumption was
hardly known in the rural dirtncts.
- . .... a i K tltn i I P II-
KS-bte and roared
ings then, and th ""IHf t" Mme. in
upon the hearth. H?"
the winds whistled mryus" "--,
cold winters,
.vinters, "tho bacKS oi
orson were roastii g, a""- ...
were
flu. nnrnTi
'. . llinll HOW. SI
was less niciira.ni'"' vY.;.i s;-i
consumption. -
-Xirl,
l tore j
encc.
Denmark has a school furnished for a
iJcnmaru " 0 gesston is held
thousand children. UIU; , ... ,i,0 ar.
in the morning and anot her n t he al
ternoon, and each ses .Ion Ib atte ndeu
a different btxly of chl Idren, bo t h b eiug
under the same general head ffu
nils, therefore, attend sc ol onlj half a
Sn,a r ft s:
vantage In some of our crowueu ciucs.
1 vauceil. the feeble ami the stronir. the
MtlUU ucii'it'iiuua iiit. j. iiu itin unit
IlEAitTi.ES.s AVkhtcii. The San Joso
Mercury furnishes this instance of ras
cality: In the latter part of June, a man who
was named by ills parents, blephen
Lninc, broucht" his wife, who was dan
gerously ill, to the County Infirmary and
desired tho Superintendent to take care
of her. He was advised not to leave her
there, as she was in a critical condition ;
blithe said il made no difference: he
was going over to the San Joaquin, and
he was not going to take her, as his bus
iness would not allow him. The poor
woman was taken in and well cared for,
but in three days she died, surrounded
by strangers "and buried by tho
county. This loving husband has not
been heart! from since he came to the
hospital.
National Kepublican Platform.
Kor I'restdent,
vi.rssm s. gkaxt.
For Vice PresWenl.
IIEXItV 1VII.SOX.
rresidcntlal Klectors,
A. It. Jfoachniu, of UmatUIn Coumy.
'W. U. Hiiro, of Washington County.
-J'li. 1'. Una-ley. of Douslas County.
The lU-iHiUlran Part v of the fulled Mates .ni-
srmuieii m National Conventhmintheeltvof
l'lilladi-lnlila.ou tlu-Mti and 6th dnysof June,
nzain derlaivK il.s faith, apinuls to ill
liitor , arid announces Its position ujHinthe
qtip-llons In-ion- the country:
1. During tlie elerpn vi-Mfv of ItK nwemlanev
It has accepted with grand courage tlie sohmu
duties of the time; has nippr"setlai;li;antle re
lielllon, emanriimted rour millions or slaves,
decreed the equal citizenship of all and estab
lished univcmal sultraue. Kxlilhitlmf unimr
nlleled magnanimity. It crimlnailv punished
no man for political otrenss and ha warmly
welcomed nil who nmviil ihwlr Invnltv liv
obcyliiB the laws and dealing Justly with their
iiuiiiLNJi?-. ii. mi iinieitn new policy lowaru tne
Indians; the Pacific Itallnm.l ami similar vast
enterprises have been generonxly aided and
ucccsiiuiiy conuucteii lo completion; the pub
lic lands have beenrreely Kiven to actual wt
tlers: immigration has been nmtm-iol ami n.
counii;ed,niid a full acknowledgement of the
riunis oi naturallzetl cltizeiiR secured from
Kuroiieau iiowers. in the lorm of National
currency, it has jinivided for the National
credit, and nislaini il it under the most extra
onllnaiy burdens. Ithasiiegntiated new bonds
at lower ratei. of lnt.-ret. The revenues have
been carenilly collci-led and honestly applied.
Deplte the annual large reductions from the
rate of taxation, tlie public debt has been re
duced diirine U.S. Oram's Presldencv at the
rate of iIIOX.0 per year. A great financial
crisis has been averted, and peace nnd plenty
prevail throughout the land. .Menacing foreign
dllllcultles haveitecn peacefully and honorably
iiniirised, and the honor and power of the
Nation kept ln a high position throughout the
world. This glorious record of the pant is the
party's best pledge for the future, and we be
lieve that the ieoplvwiIl not entrust the gov
ernment to any iwrty or combination of men.
comixised of those who chlelly have resisted
everj- step in thU beneficial progress.
i Complete iibertyand exact equality in the
enjoyment of all civil, political and public
lights should lie estubllnlied and effectually
maintained throughout the Union by efficient
and appropriate state anil Federal legislation.
Neither law nor its administration should
admit of any discrimination ln respect to citi
zens by reason of nice, creed, color, or previous
condition of servitude.
3. The recent amendments to the National
Constitution should be cordially sustained be-cau-c
they are right, not mere'y tolerated
because they tire law.and should be carried out
according to their spirit by appropriate legisla
tion, the enforcement of which can be safely
tru.sted only to the jwrty that secured the
amendment.
I. The National Government seeks to main
tain an minor-able jeace with all nations, pro
tecting it-eitlzens everywhere.and syniitnlz
Ing with all people-, who strive for greater
lllierty.
3. Any system of civil service under which
the subordinate positions of the Government
are considered rewards for mere party zeal. Is
fatally demoralizing, and we therefore favor a
reform of the system, by a law which shall
abolish the evils of patronage and make hon
esty, eillcicncy and fidelity the essential quall
ficatiousfor public position, without practically
creating a lile-tenure of office.
ti. Wc are opposed to further grants of public
lands to corporations and monopolists, and de
mand that the National domain be set apart for
free settlement by the people.
T. The annual revenue, aner paying current
debts, should furnish a moderate balance for
the reduction of the principal public debt, nnd
except so inurh as may lie derived from a tax
on tobacco and liquors, be raised by duties on
Importations, which should lc adjusted to aid
in securing remunerative wages to laborers, and
to promote the Industries and growth and pros
perity of the whole countrv.
8. Wc hold In undying honor tlie soldlcrsand
sailors whose valor saved the Union. Their
pensions are a sacred debt of the nation, nnd
the widows and orphans of those who died for
the country are entitled to the care of a gener
ous nnd grateful people. We favor such addi
tional legislation as will extend the bounty of
the Government to all our soldiers and sailors
who were honorably discharged, and who ln
the time of dut Us-ame disabled, without re
gard to length of icrvlceor the cause of such
discharge.
It. The doctrine oi Great Britain and other
European power- concerning allegiance, once
a subject always a snbject. having at last,
through the etlorls of the Kepublican party,
been abandoned, and the American idea ol tho
right of nn Individual to transfer his allegiance
having been accepted by European nations, it
Is tlie duty of onr Government to gard with
Jealous cure the rights of adopted citizens
against the assumption of unauthorized claims
by their foiiuer Government, and we uree a
continued and careful encouragement and pro-
leeiiuii in voiiinutry emigration.
10. Tlie inHiKiiur nrivilece onsht to lie abol-
I-heJ and a way prorsised rbr reductions in the
rates of pontage.
11. Among tne questions which press for at
tention Is that which concerns the relations of
capital and labor, and the Republican party
recognize me uuty oi snaping legislation so as
to secure a full protection and ample field for
capital, and for lalior which creates capital: the
largest opiorluiillles add a just share of the
mutual profits of these two great servants of
civilization.
Ii We hold that Congress and the President
have only fulfilled an important duty In their
measures for the suppression of violent and
treasonable organizations in certain lately re
bellious region- ami for the protection of the
ballot, aud therefore they .ire entitled to tho
thanks of the Nation.
11 We denounce the repudiation of public
debt, in any form or disguise, as a national,
crime. We witness with pride the reduction of
the principal or that debt, and of the rates of
interest upon the balance, and contblpiiflv
cxjiectthatoHrexcellent national currencywitl
be perieeieu uy a speeuy resumption to specie
payment.
II. The republican party is mindlul of its
obligations to the loyal women of America for
their noble devotion to the cause of freedom;
their application for admission to further use
fulness is rcceiveti wnn satisfaction; anti tno
honest demands of any class of citizens for ad
ditional rights should be treated with respectful
consideration.
Ii We heartily approve of the action of
Congress in granting amnesty to those engaged
In the reliellion, and rejoice In the growth ot
peace aud fraternal feeling throughout the land.
16. Tlie Kepublican party proposes to respect,
all rights reserved by the people tothemselves,
as carefully as the powers delegated by them to
the State nnd Territorial government. Itdls
approvesof asserting constitutional laws for the
purpose or removing evils by the Interference
with rights not surrendered by the people to
cither the State or National Government.
17. It Is the duty of the General Government
to adopt such measures as will tend to encour
age American commerce and ship-building.
IS. We lielleve that the modest patriotism,
the earnest purpose, sound judgment, practical
wisdom. Incorruptible integrity and Illustrious
services or U. S. (Irani have commended lilni jo
the heart of the American PeoP'e.0 .'li.l'"."
at our head wc start to-d on a new march to
victory. , ,
Platform of the "Woman Suffrage Party of
the Pacific Slope.
,, ,, iv. the representative women of
.iA"rS& SwV iiiCoiicnti.m assemble.! in
L"T Knciscthis ilst day of Junc,lS72,bellev-
'J.nSdniT! as TcoTne to form a new jiolltlcal
.,-d.onnVeunderthe nameof the Worn
12 ill rragc l"irty of the Pacific Coast, and
.iH-iare the following platform of principles :
lit Ml men and women are created treo nnd
lsu..i .....l,.,tn.l UL-o .rill. ..H.t. 1
eouai. uuu , .-.v...-. ...... - ...... in
alienable right, among which are the rights to
life, lllierty and the pursuit of happiness.
id. Wc hold that under the Fourteenth and
Kiftecnth Amendments to the Constitution of
Hie United States women are already enfran
ftKriorthe
Una miinterpn
so. ii-miinS
chised and cutitled to the right to vote, nnd are
ii me privilege only in rougu prejuuico
terpretntlon of the law.
Ing a decision of the Sunrcme Court
as to the full import of the-e Amendments, ami
In vlcwof the ixwsiblllty of an adverse decision,
we will lalmr with our utmost Zealand energy
foran additional amendment to the. Constitu
tion to secure those rlelits. Wc will also work
I with determination for the revision and modi
fication ot tlie Constitution and laws of our
respective States.
4th. All persons alike, both men and women,
are entitled to equal rights before tho law.
5th. All personsand partieswhooppose these
principles shall be treated as our political ene
mies, from whom we will withhold our Influ
ence lu jiolltlcs and our patronage In business.
6th. We will work for the election or any
worthy candidate of whatever party who will
work with us, and we will vigorously oppose
any candidate of any party who Is opposed to
these principles.
7th. As a political party we unite upon this
common platrorm, rm?anlles of natlonalitv.
sex, religion or condition. " '