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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 7, 1873)
"M 1tft Mrtf!m4 lour youlh was considered desperately with sword and battle-ax, but with a the period to do, but the break was made tf.St etPiU mil.iwfo3i. ' n.Mrt.iin,v.., .f.u i.i,in,.,n -nnoii.arctitiiciit t before she hardlv knew it. "No'." said ' .,...11 1 .11 1 11 i uauiisuuu ura auouiu, aim ourureams FRIDAY.. ..NOVEMBER 7, 1873. EDITOEIAL C0BEESP01TDEH0E. Ou the morning of the 28th ultimo we hurried ou board the Fannie Troupe, bound for Kalama, Tenino, Oiympia and "Down ihe Sound." Our party consisted of Iter. Mr. Knight and his company of mutes on their way to Olynipia to appear before the Legisla ture as exhibitors of the wonderful suc cess of the deaf and dumb system of ed ucation, who were intending to repre sent the mutes of Oregon, and our humble self also going as a specimeu of the other or talking extreme. At least that was the way we fixed it up. Gen eral Sprague, of the Northern Pacific Railroad, was also on board, but we suppose he would slightly demur to being considered "one of us," so out of deference to his desire to abstain from publicity, we will merely eay that he has not lost confidence in the rail road, and is as energetic, business-like and gentlemanly as he was before the failure of Jay Cooke or the temporary supension of the works beyond Tenino. The company of mutes in charge of Mr. Knight contributed very materially to the edification of the passengers. We were treated to an unlimited amount of alphabet and sign-talking, in which our friend, the minister, proved such an adept that wo were forcibly reminded of one of Capt. Crandall's local jokes on Col. John McCraken. The Colonel, disguised as an Indian, wassiuging that classic aboriginal ode entitled, "Wake CumtuxNika." TheCaptainwasdclight ed with the performance he's known to be ajudgeof good acting and he said in lite papers that "John McCraken was the must intellectual Indian on the coast." His idea suits Mr. Knight exactly, ex cept that we would substitute the word 'mute" for "Indian." Mr. Knight's object in going to Oiympia from Oregon was to secure the co-operation of Wash ington Territory in educating the mutes in one .chool under both jurisdictions. Certainly the ladies and gentlemen whom he had witli him as specimens of the ability of the school to educate these unfortunates, are deserving of more than a passing notice, and Mr. Knight's philanthropic interest in them is worthy of all praise. Arrived at Kalama at noon, where we spent an hour with congenial friends and secured a capital dinner. Then, made a call at the Beacon office, which is the subject of an editorial to he found elsewhere, and wereoon bound for Tenino on the X P. R. 11. train. This journey has been so often well described by tourists that it is needleNBtoattenipt a repetition here. .-Mifllee it to say that the scenery is va rolii, beltig sometimes grand, sometimes that night were of bright young faces, and music, and of gay colors and mazy dances, mingled with vocal arias and many a sweet acclaim. Friday at 10 a. St., and behold us on the steamer Alida, going out with the tide, bound forTacoma and Seattle. All day we plowed the waters of this mighty river-sea, mountains to the right of us, mountains to the left us, aud the grand forests clothing them in a vivid green of many varied tints, while torrents dashed from steep acclivities aud bright islands rose like smiling oasis from the watery desert of the Sound, whoso bil lows rolled away away in the calm Autumn day like wastes of wind-piled sand. Bteilacoom, which once could boast great expectations as a terminus-to-be, sits, as do all the embryo cities of the Sound, high upon asuccession of rolling and common sense. Among omer re diculous and outrageous charges, the fellow had accused us of having in troduced into Kalama, by letter, we believe, a disreputable dog, whom wo remember to have met but once only, and concerning whom we know nothing imf. Mi snMi nn aversion to as we have the man pompously, and with an af fected air that would impress you, if you didn't know better, with the idea that he was perfection personified, "aud I don't want to hear any woman speak who up holds social iniquity." Yours Truly was about to reply,',whcu the lady called her attention to a patent bustle on theother seldom experienced In anyone's compa-: side of the store, and taking advantage ny; although.in the few moments we saw him, ho behaved hlmseir properly, which Is more than we can say of Pick ett. We indignantly dedied the abom inable accusation, and witn a calmness aud dignity that surprised us after It was over, gave the low minded, impudent scoundrel our opin ion of him and his Ilk, whicli sent him oil instauter. A few momeuts after, as Mrs. Money and ourself were standingon the front stops, regretting such an en counter, Mr. Money came to the door and said that Mr. Pickett had returned, hill-sides, and gazes hopelessly out i and said that "Mrs. C ," a lady friend upon the waters, a monument of blighted hopes. It is two o'clock when we reach Ta coma. The usual number of idle men, who seem forever to have nothing to do but wait for cars and steamers, and gaze from docks or stations, come trooping down the stairways that iead from the town to the bay. A number of rough, rudely-finished houses loom up in the foreground, aud great business signs, proclaiming restaurants, saloons, baker ies and stores, show that somebody has faith in Tacoma, and is showing faith by works. We are told that the scenery back of the town is beautiful, the- drives and lakes aud natural parks magnifi cent, and woareanxious to go ashore and see for ourselves. But the steameronly tarries for a few moments and we stay on deck and picture the prospects of fifty of ours, who was, of course, absent, "had testified that we had introduced" the disreputable fellow above alluded to. Said we in reply: "Tell Mr. Pickett that I don' I believe if. After hearing his recent conversation in your house, sir, I could not believe Ids oath, unless it were backed by the word of a respecta ble man." The Pickett did not show himself again, and we went our way, feeling more than evcrtho conviction that woman's aid is needed in making laws to punish the slandering tongues of dirty villains against whose machina tions they have no legal redress. Man's protection (?) of woman means just this: "You must obey us implic illy, never once daring to assume that you are other thau legal nonentities, called into existence to cater to our comfort, and we will bow and smile at ! . , t years hence, when this minature New j you if we are gentlemanly; aud defame York shall, perhaps, command thecom- . you if we are villains or cowards; but merce of the North Pacific seas. At jf you dare to use the Intellect that God present, immense stacks of lumber j iu His mistaken idea of your proper crowd the docks, aud great piles of saw-1 sphere has endowed you with, such of dust are encroaching on the beach where ' us as are low in mentality and brutal iu vessels may not lie at anchor because of Instinct will insult you, because your the great depth of water In the mighty conduct in thinking for yourselves just bay. The announcement, "Free Bead- . jfies the outrage." Ing Room," is very conspicious, over a ' Xow, let everybody know by these rudely constructed building, and hard j presents, that, while we adhere to our by, the Episcopal Church, also un- , cmt proposition, to treat all men as gen- tinished, looms up clumsily against a ; tlemen as long they will let us, we jare uot afraid to stand by our duty I as we understand it, nor defend ourself when necessary, a3 God has given us I power. We consider ourself an infiu ; alely better judge of our own duty than any man can be; ami wnue our juug' back-jiround of lire-blackened trees. This was Tacoma as we saw it from the steamer. How will it jook when' wo see it again? Slowly our steamer plowed her on- 1 ...... m.A Vn.lll fi r ! being laid up for repairs, we are plod-; lent asts, shall use it, no niattor what ding on in a little packet, wlncn, if j man or set of men shall essay to advle, slow, is sure; if small, is comfortable nhuse, run from or attack us. We know and neat. The Vivian troupe are on . that while there are thousands and tens board, and jovial, good-nature!, but jofthousatidsof noble men, whose idea of civil company they seem. Old friends womanhood isexalted and pure,there are from Albany are also fellow travelers, tens of thousands of other men who, by nr.i n 1 1 ... i i ,u ue j uK1J auu and in the forwarJ C3bhl g ft Gree, politicalsupremacy, hold always wild. The railroad accoramoda-. . . ,,.... ml vi.t.,. ! . ..,.., r .,., '., ,.i ir JuTtSSi? JeT tha? u,:f 2SSZ JS!?-! th? ldfa ' nb J h? i iimi sinwiin uui iinii.t OTuiimuu ... " iimaie uruiauiy. nine ueiier uay.i oi badgering tone, saying ne nas neani us nlen eould ail be made to realize the j say so and so in public lectures (which !SCnseof degradation which sensible, in-' we never said; and then retract the tclligent women feel when compelled to ; same in other lectures (which we never submit to the political superiority of did). There Is but one way to get brutes like Pickett, while paying taxes clear ideas into tho silly noddles of to support a Government in which thcy sueh models of morality, and that hai-e no power to make laws to restrain can never be until they're dead. You ; or punish tlieni, they would, with one is not yet as secure as It will be by an oMier year. George Coggan's Mage line connects witlt Tenino for Olynipia, and the ride of fifteen miles over a good road ami be hind a well-trained team of six horses is very pleasant. There is also an "oppo ition line," and both seem well sus tained by tiie ever-Increasing travel be between Portland and Puget Sound. Arrived at Oiympia at S p. sr. The first hotel we tried was full, but in the second we found good accommodations. Our first inquiry was in regard to the legislature, and we learned, to our amusement, that the Honorable Mem bers, prolmbly hearing that we were coming, had decided on a recess for a week. Its too bad, the way men in pub lic life are overtaxed, wearing out their lives in the service of an ungrateful country. Some of our friends assured us that tiie opposition to us, personally, was so intense among a portion of the worthy members that they hud declared their in tention to kill the Woman Sufirage Bill provided we we were allowed to "harangue" them. They thought a bill might be tmuyyled through, but it would never do to agitate it. 'Wlmt!" we said, "do you want us to go before the world and proclaim the news that your legislators aro such fool and eowanU that you do not dare present them with a courteous Investi gation of great, important j'acU '" They are reconsidering tiie proposi tion, and the probability is that we shall have bearded the Legislatorial lion in his Olympic den before this meets the eye of the reader. If not, we will have the satisfaction of making Washington Territory ashamed of the stupidity, ig norance ami cowardieeof her Represen tative; an accusation concerning them which we are not yet ready, aud will never be willing to believe. Wednesday found us a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester, in whose elegant home we retired for a day, in a dreamy, delicious miietude that cau never be appreciated by those who are not often weary in the wear and worry and toil of life. A preliminary Woman Suilrage meeting was held in the parlors of Mrs. Allen, in the evening, where arrange ments were made for the holding of an Annual Meeting, of which full par tleidars will be published next week, Petitions, for the signatures of ladles and gentlemen, urging the passago of a uiu.io remove all legal barriers from woman's road to political freedom, are i.eing extensively circulated and their effect on the Legislature will also be published in our next issue. Thursday was another day of needed solitude, nils eveulng was spent at a party under the auspices or the Unita rian Club, and our Presbyterian toes al most aelied to beat iu active time with the heavy tramp, tramp, tramp of many an electric heel. As one grows older tiie nreiudices of youth aro either strenirthened or dispelled, and we con fess that many an amusement looks haimless now to us, when viewed In the Hghi of a broad cswrieuce, which iu of the occasion, whispered, "Its no use to try to answer him. He'll have the last word, and you can't get him to sec that ! he's making a fool of himself." "Is he your husband?" queried Yours 1 ruly, opening her eyes to their fullest extent In her astonishment. "Yes," was the apathetic answer, "but that's no sign lie knows everything." The clerk came-back to his place at the counter and Yours Truly went on with her purchasing, stopping once to see what became of the sensible wife who wanted the New' Northwest, and the silly husband who was too moral to read it, and would you believe it, Mrs. D., that pattern man left that woman who needed his protection to keep her from reading your paper or hearing you speak, to, go alone to her hotel or other place of destination, while he skulked Into the nearest saloon, where tho voices of frail wantons were heard iu seductive laughter and tho purespirit of the guile loss man could be regaled on Ilavanas aud whisky. Now, Yours Truly has no idea but that this model husband re ceived his first and false impressions of you and the New Northwest from the wantons with whom he associated, and having once had an Idea ret, he was like au over-scalded pig, you might skin him, but you could make no impression ution Ids mental cuticle iu any other way. Again, there are oilier men, plenty of them, who think you. stumped the State and controlled thousands of votes for Senator Ji7cAciinstead of Jfiram Smith. That idea, like the hair of the pig, is set, and were it not for Yours Truly's faith in your energy and perseverance, she'd despair of your ever making them know any better. This stupidity iu men would be more endurable were they not iu possession of all the 2ower. If the clear-brained wifeof that model man could have owned three dollars In her own right, she might liavo had the power to purchase a year's subscription to the New Nouthwkst, thereby en joying youraid as well as Yours Truly's in removing her stupid lord's fast-set ideas; but as brute force is Lot ami in tellect Is bound, there is no help for the present generation of masculine block heads or their much-to-be-pitled thralls in wedlock. The very next time Yours Truly meets her Idea! young man with the honest face and broad shoulders she intends to sec If his intellect Is as obtuse as that of most men, and if it proves to be so, she will give him his walking papers with a blessing aud continue to subscribe herself Yorns Tnri.Y. must cut oft their whisky and let their stomachs cool, and that would kill them outright. But we are Hearing Seattle now. Dark, leaden clowds hang low uioii the hills, and cloud the moun tains in a veil of gloom. The omni- accord, cry out against such dire injus tice and see to It right speedily that women should be armed with legal power witli which to protect themselves. We do not wonder that ruffians, drunk ards, cowards, fools and bullies fear the advent of woman's jower; neither are present lumbering mill is sending forth wc surprised that they should fight it, the merry whirr of active work, aud Ullt we confess that we aro sometimes men are hurrying toaud fro with lights. astronished when cood men. who have The little steamer groans and creaks j no phonal cause to fear us, get friglit- aml grumbles. After an uuiimiicu ; cllei jest we'll bite them. amount of maneuvering she. is moored along side the docks and we go ashore, and meet dear friends aud true, iu whose I 'YOUBS TEULY" ON "MAN." cheery parlor we scribble the last lines of this letter, knowing that it must be mailed in five minutes or miss insertion in the New Northwest. A. J. 1). October 31, 1813. MAN'S TEAS OP WOMAN'S POWEE. We are certain that all intclligcutgen tlemen who havo kept themselves In formed in regard toour"mission of peace on cartii and good will to men and women," will agree with us when we state that it lias been a strict line of ac tion with us as a journalist and public speaker, as well as conversationalist, to treat all men as gentlemen unless, whon, In extreme cases, we find it necessary to defend ourself from the coarse and brutal attacks-of masculine monstrosities. The other day, while we were Iu Kalama, waiting for the Olympia-bound train, we called, as is our custom, upon Mrs. Mone', of the llcacon. While we were her upon sprightly, common-place top ics, aburley fellow, who is employed in the ofllce as type-setter, and whom wc had formerly known by sight as editor of tho Albany Journal, came up, aud standing before us, began a coarse, cow Yours Truly has come to the unwll i ling conviction that man is a constitu- tloual dullard. He will get a single I pated, angularly-twisted idea into his pate and stick to it aud harp I upon it and abide by it witli a ' pertinacity that is born of stu pidity or mullshness, or both. Profes sor Royal had excused Yours TQdy from active duty on a recent Friday afternoon, and she deemed it proper to improve tiie occasion by augmenting her account at Clark & Henderson's. She had ru ined her best winter rigging iu the rain of the State Fair deluge, and was busily engaged in selecting the very necessary accoutrements in the way of ornament required by a girl of the pe riod, when, the clerks be ing called away lor the time being, her attention was arrested by a conversation between a lady aud gentleman regarding "Mrs. Duni way." Said the lady, in a pleasant EDITOEIAL NOTES. Oi.YMftA, Nov. 0, 1S7S. Just returned from the Seattle jour ney. Spoke last night to a fine audi ence; subject, "What is Government?" Voyaged on the opposition steamer Zephyr, Captain Wright, commander, making the trip iu five hours. Legislature again iu session. The Suilrage Bill has been presented, read and referred to Committee, to be re ported on to-morrow. Convention meets to-morrow. Expect a busy time. Tho excitement over the Hardman affair is intense. Another evidence of the "safety" of woman in trusting the protection instead of commanding the reprctot men; another cvidenco that something is wanting in our social su perstructure to ensure, even to the un born, right to life and protection. crowns it with thorns au enlightened understanding, never. There bus been soiourniuz anion? us a sister woman, held as a chattel slave for many years, yet she came to us, who have nevercalled ourselves free, to teach and baptize us with the spirit of human justice. Her energies have been gener ously thrown luto, and all her Impulses are in favor of, universal liberty. She has dived into the ocean of trutli and ! brought many pearls to the surface, and tiie name oi cojourner i rutii isauueu to those who have toiled that you and I might be rree. oon, nowever.lierenrran chlsed soul will find an abiding home on that ever-green shore where the rights of none are disputed. I have often thought that all had been said that was needful to convluce the neonle of the justice of the woman's cause; but when wo consider the vital imnortance of a just legislation, and re alize that enfranchisement and libera tion of woman is the basis of all futnre reform, then we seo that the necessities of the case call loudly for the expression of every favorable sentiment for it is Ideas expressed ami out wrougtit tiiat is to bring about every desired result. This demand of noble women for political franchise is but the voice of humanity demanding a holy motherhood and a wise legislation. It is not to place herself In nigh positions, nor to wrest from her brothers prerogatives especi ally theirown, forcommon sense teaches us that all places of honor and trust should be filled by those who, by nat ural ability and attainments, are best qualified, whether it be man or woman. Neither Is It desirable for woman to assume mascuinity or demeanor, for feminine qualities in their purity are too essential to the character of a true woman to be by suicidal acts Hchtl v sct aside or ignored; but what woman demands, and what she will surely obtain, is wider scope for her powers. .Men nave tried nam to impress us with tiie idea mat making laws is a mascu line privilege, nml that obedience to those laws is essentially a femlninepriv ilege. Woman is rapidly learning to see the absurdity of sucii a positon. Confine woman in narrow limits let her soul be fed only on facts, upon that whicli conies from the external, through tho avenues of the senses and the powers of her mind contract and her soul easily becomes tho receptacle of evil thoughts, when it ought to be the beautiful home of divine virtues. It is needful that woman should learn to know herself that she should under stand more of tho )ossibilitics of her na ture. It is blasphemous to give utter ance to the idea that woman, by strengthening and enlarging her capac ities, is thereby less a woman, or Ies3 feminine in her characteristics. There is a law in nature, which science ac knowledges, that iu the ascension of every element from the grosser to the higher form of manifestation, it loses noueof its es-entiul properties, but the full measure of what it throws off is given in added (lower; and while the forces iu untuie are struggling for high er and still higher expression, shall that spiritual es-ence, of which woman is the divine embodiment, be longer turned into unhealthy channels, aud produco so many abnormal results? Every force in nature seeks to escape oppression, but whenever the feminine principle has sought to escae bondage, it has been hindered by the presence of an external force. Tiie world is oppressed with mascu linity. The masculine clement is now the conservative clementr The mass of men seek to repress all high expression of the feminine principle; they seek to keep alive a condition that makes the weakness and dependence of woman keep measured tread with their own sensuality. Men soil the waters of life, then force the generations to drink. ar, rapine ami sensuality, the tri une demons of the past and present, arc the legitimate creations of the active forces of the nm-uline period. -When a piece property is ablaze and likely to be destroyed, men rush and ring the bells loudly until the midnight is alive with activity; but when a sister soul is sinking down, down to perdition, who is on hand to save? Those members of society are most corrupt, who are the most satisfied with existing conditions. Individually they are not to be blamed, for, their percep tion being darkened, they know not that they have overdrawn, and are now drawing, their sustenance from corrupt fountains. More than jails, more than houses of correction, are neeueti tnrougiioui me length and breadth of the land, homes for homeless, defenceless women, so that In no instance will she be forced bv necessity into a life of degradation Nature lias ci veil to th.. mothers of men n rlirht to homes of comfort, and when ever it is otherwise, they are robbed of their birthright. Woman lias ever given into inan's keceping her life's best in terests, and in return she has received only the privilege to creep along on the road of progress wholly in his shadow. All the vices that run rampant through the world are chargeable to masculinity, because woman is forced by man-made lawn ami institutions to be the mothers of unbalanced organ izations; but those vices arc destined to be uprooted by the overwhelming cur rents of divine forces. So long as woman consents to b3 con- poisonous honore, aud women are forced Uion of ignorance into the light of ccr- ....... i ii.niLt..lt.:i:.. tonnnLitAfin v nil now before our meiiuu WOMAN. 1IKBOFF1CEIS TIIE vroKM HKB MHEIlATIoN T1IK 1IASIS OK ALL KKKOIUIt! Il HIM. MAIIVH. III1IUARD. The following article was written to be read at a Woman's Meeting held in Rochester (N. Y.) City Hall, in May last, but no oDuortunity then presented. It was afterward, by request, read be- ironeji oy a power less virtuous man iiuiseii, ewia ujii e.xiai, au I'Jiiir us voice, "Won't you let me have three ! There are many fore the Radical Club, met at the house of Isaac Post. Sojourner Trutli, referred to in tliearticlc, was present at tho meet ing in City Hall, aud made startling revelations of the revolting social cor ruption which came to her knowledge during her residence in tho National Capitol: There is a nuestion before the world to-day, which woman is destined to an-1 swer, and mat is: remove the evils woman consents to be the scavenger of tiie masculine clement, so long will crime be perpetuated; so long as she continues to be the mothers of dis eased spiritual and physical organiza tions, so long will she continue to be the commlsnriat of hell. Man will ever be blind, ever deaf to this truth until touched by the magic wand of female power. Conditions of remote aires have been borne down to the present upon the swollen currents dollars?" "What do you want with three dollars?" was her companion's impertinent question. "I want to go and subscribe for the New North west." ''I've no money to spare for 5: " hat can be done to of jculine forces, which havodcluged i that oppress society?" i lh centHries, leaving In the valleys and iy who liaye earnestly ! H t, Jow .,iaees ti,e debris of institu- any thing of that kind," was the uncivil ardly and brutal wordy attack upon us reply. "Why," said the lady, depre- i relief are unsatisfactory, as they have nersonallv. accusing us of being "no I catlngly, "you said once that It was i ''e or no bearing upon general c lis. endeavored, not only by volco and pen, j tionB bas(Hi l.mi jaw. r force, not only uui unceasing lauui w icmvii iwu 111 the world; why have they not been suc cessful 1 Philanthropists aud reformers have failed of great accomplishment, unless when thcirefibrts have runparal lel with tiie currents of spiritual forces. which has been rarely. Isolated cases of iiinnkniiinv the avenues to true and beautiful lives, but exhaling a magnet ism out of whicli are bullded high the walls of hell. The house-cleaning of the nation is essentially woman's work, however revolting to her refined sensibilities. Nature kindly pushes before us sym .. , , I i ii i bols for our onmiumtrpmpnf. nml If ;...!! o ,lif?,.I lmrri.lan" "out of 1 the ablest naner in the State. I should . . ... " 7. . ?'"" ! .. t...t r,l tlm Evn,li " " Vii iauj, " i .1.,, , . . . i exist, we suggest mai a system oi un- , . ,.,,. r."b"" . ' "'" our sphere," and everything else that; think you'd want to encourage home I derdralniuir be applied to society. see this truth: that all institutions based wis low aud uncentlemanly which ho enterprise, iiesidcs, l want it, audi About a Hundred years ago a woman i i.ii.to v.uii,uuii oi vuai world) what she thought of woman's PaM away; when they no longer sub condition. With a vigorous Intellect nnd 1 6(:'rve l,le purpose of humanity, they bc a clear perception she grapsed a truth in 8 10 notwithstanding the tenacity an aire and amomr neonle where, in re- i with which conservatism clincs to them. gardtothissubject.impotencyofthoucht IThey nre weighed in the balauce and abounded. W ith superior powers of pen-' 'und wanting. could command his filthy tongue to utter. When the conversation first be gan, we had uo idea that the man was intending to offer such insults, so we answered some of his mildest accusa tions jocularly, but polutedly. When he threw off the mask, and began to use the names above alluded to, wo turned j you never ask me if you want a paper." "Jlut Mrs. Duniway is a corrupt politician," said tho man. "I don't see it," soliloquized Yours Truly. "I don't know what makes .... .. . i aiAiuiiueii. i youmiUKSO, ' was me iauj- a ai.S er, , etraliotl 6ne saw bineath with a tone of sadness In her voice. "Well," was thedeclsivecommcut, and to Mrs. Money, and remembering that j thewordswerespokenasthoughtheman the fellow had been a habitual drunkard I were throwing logic away upqn an Infer- in Albanv. as well as the first occunaut ior being, "she don't look at all at prin- of the Kalama jail, we said, t'ls he Iciplein politics. If it hadn't been forher, drunk?" Mrs. M. answered in the neg ative; but, as she and her husband both seemed afraid to to command tho bully to respect their house or guest, we felt as the Quaker did who was com pelled to light for himself aud his relic-'Truly. It might have been an impu lou, and we fought; not as the Quaker ' dent thing' foran unsophisticated girl of the existing surface of things, aud perceived theim fiedlment which everywhere lay strewn n woman's way, and her efforts to dis cover the cause of the difficulty were not iruitless. for the truth, to which she gave bold expression, has come down the years and inspired others with the In the evolution of atoms it lias ever been the "sphere" of the positive forces to externalize principles; and of the necrntivi or fmuiniiic forces to weave into bcautv and harmony the interior essences of being. The "good men" ilnilv meet have ceased to challenge our admiration becauso their voices are so lecoiy raiscu against uy really btdleveMitchell would have re- 5LfS5?J .a-U.d-t-L,.? f M.arv- i v?i , f ?,? signed his seat iu theScnate. Then her i advocates of 'mghL tie or IUcaI ""uence. leaving the stump speaking; packing the crimes of such a man upon her back" "Did you hear her speech ?" interrupted Yours fiiun i,af r n i .... ,w,mii nmimio bo controlled by intlu whose consciousness the truth has been i enccs the evils of which are distributed rofiunii 1.11 n... 1 1 1 . Mirnmriuiiit the laud. I ho names of 1 .'.. A 1 .,iiiininni mill lp!?isl: auu uuuseu and end that ignorance only u, but they have been Ignored i mrougnuui, iub .. ...v .- used vet thev have Tnersevered , politicians and legislators have become ai duVed with VatlcMrkMwffi aby-wonl and a hissing, so that those b loSaul' tmlh at& sfd are morally pure avoid all such th recocmizo the true disnitv and import ance of the love principle in the evolu tion ot numan attairs, into ouiwani cir cles of action in order to externalize those truths with which their thoughts are burdened. The results or the late war are deeper aud broader than many think. The Srison of Andersonvillo and kindred orrors of war have taught the mothers of this generation that Spartan courage is not In keeping witli the truths that aro illuminating this latter half of the nineteenth century. As the blood oozed out of broken hearts beside desolate hearth-stones, the desire to rear sons for soldiers spilled out with it, -and the thousands of mothers now see that It is more honorable, more glorious for their sons to be virtuous men than to leau armies to battle. There is not probably a mother among us who, while stand ing beside the cradle, and taking that cradle as a stand-point of observation, but lias seen spiral pathways, starting from the little sleeper, and stretching far up and away Into the azure depths of the sky of Intelligence, where it would be lost were it not for the telescopic vis Ion of a true mother's mentality, which discovers a nebuhe there through which the spiral pathway leads to brighter Heavens and broader fields or action be yond. But enshroud the little sleeper, fond mother coffin him pillow him up for tho grave, and make the grave large enough to hold nil your high aspi rations concerning lifra, for it is better thus than that your darling should lose ins innocence aud absorb into Its con sciousness the poisonous intluence or foul institutions fostered ami cherished by an unbalanced government. We see in the history of the race that in ages past an active condition of the positive principle was needful to enable mankind to emerge from barbarism aud the grossest kind of materialism, corres ponding to a past geological period. The exceeding activity of that principle caused it to grow to large proportions, and there has long been au unbalanced condition ot things. The positive aud negative forces must come to a perfect state of equilibrium in all social and governmental arrangements, as well as iu the mental and physical organiza tions of individuals, in order that morality aud virtue bedeveloped among us. The internal economy of govern ments and nations, as well as the in ternal economy of isolated homes, should depend upon feminine ingenuity for harmonious adjustment. We have learned from observation this fact, that only one-half, of the universe Is mascu line, the other half we claim to be es sentially feminine. Tliereare in the realms of intelligence many truths waiting humanity's accept ance; but they will never limi cutrauce into tills world of ours until woman is released from bondageof public opinion. Then there will be au intluence of truth to the world hitherto unknown, for the faculties of woman's mind (she being tho mother and legitimate educator of tho race) are the only avenues tnrougii which these truths can fiow to human ity. To a distant observer tho people appear like the lorHslnro school, as described by Dickens. The priests, the rulers, and teachersor Humanity occupy tho place of "Squeers" and his delect able spouse, who are standing spoon aud cup in hand, while men and women line an army oi poor "jsmiKes-' wim out-grown clothes aud open mouths, are swallowing with meekness their doses of brimstone and treacle. The strong arm of many a Nicholas will be needed, backed by muscles ot virtue and honor, to aid (in removing by the levers of truth those boulders of error under neath which tho slimy forms of ig norance aud superstition have so long nestled. We cannot wonder that in those years when barbarism and sensuality envel oped the earth like a cloud, that the feminine principle in its purest forms of manifestation could not live. The cross and the fagot stood ever ready to crucify ami burn sucii specimens of the love principle. It has rarelv been the case that pure woman could breathe the outer air of external life, unless wrapped in the swaddling clothes of imperfections. But Hie principle of love has been carefully husbanded by nature, and, silently gain ing strength, she has waited for Time, who, with sharpened scythe, has moved down the ages to make room for her ap pearing. At times the clouds of ignor ance and sin were rolled away, and in valley and upon the mountain ton have burst into existence rare specimens of woman character, and the pages or His tory hold up to us many women who have been tho embodiment of sublime virtues, but they havo appeared as me teoric lights against a blackened sky, to be quickly quenched by the darkness of the ages. What woman can be found among us but what has aspirations be yond hergiasp? Beneath all this rub bish or fashion there are desires and as pirations which, if realized, would lead us directiy up to the true aud beautiful. i..,tt m,t- ItanWa ttohrtflt fit imlsnll 111. ...... ' 1. v-J .- and our lives to keepime and tune with Nature's orchestra, witu me mu sic of rolling worlds. We want tho win dows that open on tho shady side of lire closed, and those thrown wide open that innk abvivnnl. so that the warm nws or justice and mercy and loving kindness may Illuminate au mu tu.u, ... ners of our lives. How long shall we wait? Tho people do not realize that in throwing obstacles in the way of wom an's progress, they are really crucifying Christ, 'The effort of a principle to es cape its narrow limits and enter brighter fields of life and activity is, iu essence, tho second coming of Christ. Those qualities possessed by Jesus which have mauc mm an object ot worsiup tor eighteen centuries were mainly inher ited from his mother. That purity which permeated her bdng and gave cuaracter 10 tier nie became pnoto graphed upon the nature and conscious ness of her child, aud in Jesus' purity lay his power, and his life is a beautiful prophecy of what we all may be. Woman, iu loving Jesus, loves the di vinity within herself; in worshipping Uod, she worships him wiio stands ou the lofty heights or a noble manuooti. To the same extent that the babe is dependent on the mother for lire nnd nourishment, is the race dependent upon woman for a full and perfect dcvelop r..f 'cin Rwiiiumiivn enercies of na ture are so abundant that nothing of value in all the universe can oe iiireai ened but immediately through all the avenues leading to the thing thus threatened rush vitalizing csseuces to harmonize and to save; but If the tl uing in danger lack receptive ability to ap propriate those aids, then a downward tendency is the result. Now t here are certain powers in woman's mind 1 that have Ian dormant, that have nocr been quickened i"to actity, a ml bj forth those quauu "'-", ";r aud save. For wuat oiuer leuewpuuu i there, what oiuer icicmj.i.v.. lere be, that no escape from a condi- V131011 where nrktnaa tltir IkOHllIlIIU rUIUU I Rebecca, all wrapped in the folds of di vine strength, isawaitingherchampion. Wnni i itrninrhr. to her that the shades are changing upon the circlo of the dial; the tempter is at ner siue, out. lier iaim aud her heroism have grown to such proportions that sho can say to him: "My soul and senses keep touch aud time; the flames may have my body, but my soul shall not lie made a thing of barter." And now the hour allotted has passed, and she is living only by the sufferance of her foes. She has transferred her hopes from man to God, when into the lists come weary horse and dust-besprinkled rider, and Brian De Bois Gullbert is unhorsed. So hath woman in her extremity and her pain flung down the gauntlet, and taught by an intultivo faith iu principle, she is certain that the sun will not "throw lengthened shadows across the lists" ero her champion appears; and io! a greater than man comes to the rescue, for the infinite God lias accepted the challenge. When the angel of progress roll aw&y the stone from the sepulchre where the love principle lies entombed, then will burst upon the world the resurrection morn. Already there are signs of breaking day. Those who are standing upon the watch-towers of thought tell us that a star lias arisen which betokens dawn, and which will guide woman to a holier destiny; and that star pro claims the rising of the sun of intelli gence, whose rays will drink up all tho damp and the dew, and dispel the chill and the mould that lias gathered over earth through the long dark night of masculine rule. And as this sun of righteousness arises and ushers in this t I l.t..T.nw .....1 Htn Ueauuuu uiujiiiuk, liiu uiiuncia jim ,uu workers will be aroused to asublime ac tivity, and the chasm between ignor ance and real knowledge will be bridged, that sorrowing, suffering humanity may walk fearlessly to the kingdom ot me The nuptials of ages will then be sol emnized. All of value in the masculine age will have been preserved and car ried forward to quicken and vitalize the active forces of subsequent periods. Tiie masculine and remiuine forces. Having by and through sad experience thrown oil their imperfections and weakness, will, as wisdom and love, be joined in holy wedlock, and the miilenial age will be the divine child of this divine marriage. All the vital forces in the realm of mind and matter will be in a state of equilibrium; pure marriages will be the rule and not the exception among the children of men, and governments will be based upon justice aud equity. And there will be little or no sickness, for, harmony prevailng, there will be a power generated iu each individuality that will repel disease. And as har mony Is developed, sin will disappear to give place to every deilic virtue embod ied in the human soul. And then will have passed away the conditions which make depraved women, they having eaten of the tree of knowledge which ever inspires to choose the right, they will have gained a footing ou the higher plane of female excel lene not by the efficacy of the blood of anybody's lamb, but bv the heroic efforts of their own noble deeds in the law of growth, as oue vast sisterhood march on to higher and still higher conceptions of fadeless truth. The "Women Heard. HOW THE I.AHIRS OK BCS1IXE1.I. SPOKE ATTHI BALLOT-BOX OS THE LIQVOK QUESTION. Bushxell, III., Oct. 13. An election was held here on Saturdry, called foran expression of the citizens for or against licenses for the sale of Intoxicating drinks. The judges of the election de cided, as the election was for a geueral expression of sentiment, that they would receive the votes or the ladies. In a few hours li'i of the most respecta ble and independent ladies in the city assembled at the Methodist Episcopal Cuurch,aml from there inarched to the polls and deposited their ballots, it is needless to say, against license. This emphatic aud resolute example of the ladies aroused the temperance element, and whisky was defeated by an over whelming " majority. Put Bushneli down as ahead in progression, it beiug the first instance within our re membrance within the State wheret he ladies have demanded and have been heard upon a subject of such interest to them. The whisky men were enraged and threatened prosecution, but all to no avail. Mr. W. P. Evans, on quitting the ed itorial chair of tho Ida county (Iowa) Pioneer, wrote his valedictory in two words: "Good night." His successor, Mr. J. Vail, began with an equally terse article, consisting of the expres sion, "Good morning." ' Miss Virginia Vaughun has been giv ing lectures at Newport. OUR AGENTS. The following persons are .Inly atitltorized lo act as Agents for the Nbw Nokthwhst : .K. McConnell North Yamhtll Horace II. Day New York CHy Sirs. S. M. Stiller Ij4 Chance .lwer Clear Later, Cat Albany . Benton omnty CorvaMbt Olynipia MeMlnnvftfc- HnrrtibHrs Butcene City Uuena VlsHi HIMom Sverton Mrs. Mary Hybce.. Airs J. il. Fnswr Asliliy I'eartt.. Dr. liayley . - A. A. Manning. MIs Vlntlnla Okl. II tram Smith Mrs. J. W. Jackson AY. W. Konoh Uev. Wm. Jolly Hon.T. W. Davenport MarvJ. MttfrprH A. W . Human! - BmwmiViiie S. II. CIaui;hton - rhntim C. A. Itceil Sahsm Mrs. O. T. Daniels . Saknn Mrs. Nellte Curl .lem I. C. Sultlvan -Dalian Mrs. M. F. Cook LafcveUe Mrs. M. C. Cllne Kalama Jin. It- A. Vawters Valtobur Mrs. 11 n. nuiH. lV-mlMou Her. J. K. Damon- Seallle Hev. 11. llasley ;r-T,l!?f .Mrs. Jan M. Wllxon Walla Walla Philip KHz.-- . ? " I D Jtoore l"ort Townsend John HoUen TravellngAwwt Mrs. M. J. Kntn - .lrtlan.l l. B. HI"fKl .TraveMsAeent Mrs. M. Jenrls Traveling Affeut if 11 Wrie " - Washington county nnXW.WjU- - .TmvellnAgent rn i k'ritv irayetie A. v. Arnokf. - .Y bany li. W. I-awson r c a. Cnbnrn - Sirs. J. DeVore John.wn ... TImm. raron- K. rentlaml MlssSallle Applegate Mis U. A. nTOK J. T. Scolt, K1 - Mrs. A- K. Corwln Cieo. Ensle J. W. Jarkon L. r. nsner ...Salom .Parent Orow Oregon City Mllvrauklo Ttoe'Daltes -..Yoncalta Itoscburg Forefct Grove NeliaIn ....Traveling Agent ..KiiS;ne San Francisco Mrs. Ijiuni Do Force UorUon California Miss Nellie Mossman- Olympta I. T. Maulihy Vancouver a. W. llrck L'nkn Ktdge, W. T G. W. Barnes Ochoco Valley J. N. Gale wnmilngton Territory Mrs. K. uaKsneu - iravenng Ajeni Mrs. J. C Hayes Uervals, Oregon Jnmes Vance Yreka, California M. F. Owen ronei. imiiuruiiL Mrs. I. F Whltniorc...-Sacramt-iito, California Mrs. Sarah Harry .Stockton, California Mrs. Sarah Walli MayflWU, California Mrs. Clianmaii Yale ...San Jos-. California "Woman's Journal" Boston, Matfachusetts Charles W.Tappan Salt Ijike City, IT.T Mrs. u M. iiowen ruriux.uregun Mrs. M. J. l'cnlaml... - .Halsey, Oregon Mrs. M. A. Dlnilck HubUmi, Oregon D. P. Porter - sheJd's, Oregon Other parties desiring to aet a- Agents will please forward their names. We waBAgenU. at every postofllce-throiighont Oregon .auq Waxhlngton Territory.