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FRIDAY. JANUARY 23, 1874. AMUAL MEETING OF THE WOMAN" SUFPEAGE ASSOCIATION. The first annual meeting of tho Oregon State Woman Suffrage Association will be held In Portland, Febuary 13 and 14. Delegates from all parts of Ihe-State are expected to be present. First-class speakers have been Invited to address the meetings. California and Washington Territory are respectfully Invited to co-operate with us. tfrlcnds, all that Is needed to make our cause succeed Is earnest efforts among those most deeply Interested. Let us have a rousing meeting in the name of Freedom, Justice and Human Rights. AbbyB. Gibson, C. A. Cobctik, President. Secretary. position is- that of a bervaut without wages, will submit to this Idea. It will be urged that there Is no division oi in terests In the marriage firm, and that this labor of married women is all for themselves. We simply deny it, iutoto. Wo now call to mind a proof to sustain tho denial. We onco knew a woman whose husband was a- straight-laced, very pious deacon in the church, whoi agreed perfectly with his wife on one idea, and that was that while sue was perfectly willing to support the family he was quite as willing that she should. The old man, who from many years' In ertia had become a chronic Invalid, mustered strength enough to die one day, and after his burial the widow, who was also childless, found to her dismay BENEFIT OF THEJJEW NOETHWEST. Active preparations are being made for the "Centennial Toast and Tea Party," to come off on the 30th and 31st Insts. "Brother Jonathan" is very busy brush ing the brass buttons on his "bloue1 swallow tail coat; Aunt Columbia is rigging up her "stars and stripes;' "Ye Young Folkes" and "Olde Folkes" are but we shan't tell any more until next Tuesday. Then look out for an nouncements and programme in the dally papers and don't forget the 'Tea Party." PECUNIAE! "I0UBS TBULYAITEB FACTS. What ails tho genus masculine? Is there neither honor nor honesty, truth nor righteousness in the species ? Yours Truly Is onlyTi school girl, but she knows full well the mighty differ ence between these antagonistic ele ments, although charity suggests to her the idea that legal voters do not know, else they would eschew the criminal double-dealing with which, in an edito rial capacity, they so ofteuseek to blind their readers. The other day Yours Truly got leave of absence from school for a season and, gathering tho la'test Portiaud dailies on a string in her effort to solve the dim cult problem of considering wherewithal sho should bo clothed, arrayed SALEM C0BBESP0NDEN0E. j of his own to which we do object, and Dear Mr. DunlicnmX gentleman uie said to me a few days ago that he thought that two-thirds of her little proporty j,craef( a gjrj 0f jj,e period-should, In POLITICAL AND BIGHTS. A friend requests us, tills week, to ex plain more fully the assertion we often make, that the political right forms the basis of pecuniary rights. This proposition Is so clear to us that we can hardly see why auy one should desire its further elucidation; but, as there are many who do not fully under stand It, those who do will forgive us if we devote considerable space to its consideration. As our laws now are, a woman Is, in every respect, asilent partner In the bus iness of the marriage firm. She maj' earn money, but It Is not hers. She may work, as thousands do, year, after year, to pay the mortgage on her husband's home, and at his death find herself one third owner in" the property she ha9 amassed by her own efforts. If her hus band is profligate or drunken, It Is not possible for her to defend her home from the pollution oralis presence, be cause the property belongs to him. She, hersejf, Is nothing more than hischattel, the only difference between her and other personal property, eo far as he Is concerned, being that he cannot sell her body to pay his bills, though he may sell her labor as long as ho lives. Again wo must pause In pur argu mcnt to assure men who do not take ad vantage of the laws as they are, but are just to their wives in spite of them, that we have no Intention to license good men of injustice, and if they will not lake home the facts we give, which are Intended only for those who deserve them, they will save themselves much chagrin and us a great deal of annoy ance. But our friend wants to know how tho political right will affect women pe cuniarily. He will please note tho fact .that when women become voters they will be eligible to the Legislature; that In the State Legislature they will be al lowed representation, and that then bills can be pawed for protecting them In affairs of property. Then, too, she will be eligible to tens of thousands of paying positions, now occupied byt, men whose superior strength would thus be spared for more masculine endeavors, and thus secure to woman pecuniary ad vantages that should never bo given to vigorous and able-bodied men. She would'speedily repeal the law that robs herself and children of life's necessaries tu pay the fine sq, often imposed upon her lord through drunkenness. She would "at onco abolish the whole liquor license system, which gives a privileged class the legal right to a protective mo nopoly in the whisky traffic; a protec tion to the vender which robs the family of the consumer and fills the Nation's coffers from the hard-earned pence of voting fools, she would pass bills for the relief of all mothers, allowing a moderate pension from the general Government for the mipport of each minor cniid. as men and women are the property of the Government, It is right that mothers, whose prime of life is spent In rearing them to the exclusion of other and more remunerative toil, should be compensated for the work, and thus highest duty. Again, were women voters they would stand equal chance with men to be elected to the highest offices of the Na tionoffices that are excessively lucra tive, and the toil light enough to salt the most delicately moulded form. It is urged that these official duties would Interfere with the duties of moth erhood.' We answer that all women are not mothers, and even mothers are ex empt from the cares of maternity after they have reached the age a man must reach before he is eligible tothehlgheat offices In the Republic. But woman's domestic dull are al ways considered an Insuperable barrier Jo other positions. To this wo auswer that Providence Is throneine our W. ders with a subordinate race that is des tined to relieve emancipated and enfmn, chlsed motherhood from the tread-mill that she had collected as a reward for her thirty years of toil outside of house hold cares, had been willed to the church by her legal protector, bread winner and head, and she was left, at sixty-five, with precisely the same amount of property that she owned at her marriage. This woman was far more fortunate, too, than many others we might name whose lives are an un ceasing round of tread-mill toil and un- remunerative drudgery. Now, if the Interests of the ttfo parties in the mar riage firm were identical, a9 they ought to be, and as they will he whenever woman has equal political rights with man that she may thereby have a basis for pecuniary rights, no man could thus take advantage of women witli impu nlty. Professor Fowder says that woman, being more spiritual than man, possesses clearer intuition than he concerning business affairs, and we contend that If she possesses this power she should have tho privilege of using It for man's good as well as her own. HOW A WOMAN AVOIDS OEOWDING. Speaking of that woman who complained of lll-utnse at the Evangelical Alliance, a laJy writes to the "Olwerrcr:" A womanly woman nrver gt Jainmfrd, or crowded, or pushed. 1 am neither young nor pretty, hut I never stand, nor om I shut out. Do you know why? Simply because I never push. If I do get In a crowd and am pushed before u man, I beg pardon, and simply slcp back and give him his place. Do you mppoe he lets me; Never. On the contrary he will help me forward, and I thank him, and then he belpi me more. Xoman will but help a quiet lady; but don't they one and all like to be rude to a masculine woman ? I flrmry be lieve they ull do, and for It w have, only to thank the woruau'i right movement. We give place to the above, botli bc- tlp top .bustle, jaunty- hat aud stylish redlngote. Thus riggedshe went aboard the train on Fourth street and was soon bound for the Governor's residence, which for old associations' sake she still styles home. Once there, and time hung heavily. True, there was plenty of work to do, Dick and Phil had been at home for visit aud their rooms were strewn with old boots, .fishing tackle, guns, powder flasks and empty bottles, and Yours Truly, who possesses the bump of order, quite as well developed as" does the or dinary drl of the period, couldn't rest till all these things were In their places. But mother.dear, good, patient, plodding soul that she is, bad everything iu apple- pie order Iu the range of her orbit, and soon there was no other occupation for Yours Truly than tattln', tattln', tattin'. Now. if there's any thlug on earth more silly than man's pastlmo of whittling sticks or chewing tobacco to make litter for tho women to bother wltli, this endless tat-tat-tatln' Is that silly thing. So Yours Truly got disgusted! She'd been accustomed to reading a formidable array of newspapers eS'ery day In the city, and here no paper Is taken but tho Salem Mercury, which Is just that much worse than nothing. Finally a brilliant idea or two struck her. Wasn't she rigged up with half a dozen late pa pers Orcgonians and Bulletint a-la-dromedary! And wasn't alio out in the country where these things would not be appreciated as bustles, but where they might be highly valued for news? Mrs. Dunlwav had better enrolov. her time In lecturing on good house-keeping Instead of advocating the doctrine of Woman's RIehts. He said there was not more than one girl in fifty who could bo relied upon as a house-keeker. Of course! had my say with him, but as I learned that many more of his gen tlemen friends wero of the same opin ion, I want to say to them through the women's paper that they are all very much mistaken both as to what Mrs. Dunl way's duty should be and the nat ural incapacity of women as honse-keep-ers. Some twenty years ago a lady friend of mine made a similar remark in reference to a young girl, then fourteen yeara of age, whom she bad accepted as an Inmate of her family. Of course the young orphan was an In experienced house-keeper. How could she be otherwise with her lack of years? My friend was fully convinced that not one girl In fifty would ever make a house-keeper fit to live in a log cabin. But she has lived to see her error in this instance. The orphan married young, niy friend Inwardly pitying her poor husband for having secured nn incapa ble wife. Well, lately she paid her a visit, and upon lier return revealed to mo her pleasant surprise, at fluding everything abut this woman's house so tidv aud thrifty. Her sensible husband had left everything to her own manage ment and choice. She had even chosen the different varieties of fruit that flour ished In their well-kept grounds. My friend said that everything was fault lessly arranged for thrift and comfort, even to the well-ventilated cellar, with a safe in the center for butter and milk, Her coffee was excellent, and cream, biscuit, cakes, pies, vegetable meats, etc, delicious. But with all this to make her happy, tho woman is careworn, nervous and miserable. Her husband is as busy over the farm as she is in the house, nnd her work and care aro wearing away her once strong constitution. She Is very fond of working In the garden, but has been compelled of this occup looked up It Is a deplorable fact (deplorable because fa vorable to woman suffrage), that many men who paw a good portion of their time In politi cal meetings know nothing whatever of parlia mentary usages, and are continually retarding the proceedings with their numerous motions and suggestions. As It Is highly ntcessary that the ladles learn thoe things before assuming the responsibilities of an enfranchised posi tion, and their aptness Is probably not Inferior, we are In favor of letting them hold the reins In their own meetings. Another thing, the nghl Is theirs, and they should bo allowed to tight It through and have the glory, when they And it. It Is presumptuous and ungentlcmanly for men t attend a woman's meeting and, at tempt to run the machine with thclrgralultous motions and opinion, especially when they know little or iiothlng of the usages which should control thoso meeting!. It Is not Im proper for U5 to lend our assistance If our sym-H pathics are with the caue, but we should fol low In the ranks, let the ladles lead the attack. and wait -for a chance to distinguish ourselves until our services are sought. Now wo would like to have the Statesman and nil other newspapers know that women do not claim "these meetings as exclusively their own." They invite tho co-operation of their gentlemen friends, and insist on receiv ing it. They are thankful, too, when they get It, and if the Statesman or any other man is jealous because some men aro being left behind iu this work, let such timid mortals como to the front aud help to run the machine with their own opinions and they will feel better for the cJIor,t. We want men neither to "follow in the ranks" nor attempt to "lead tho at tack," but -we do want them to step with us right up to the front of the ranks where all reformers belong. Our meetings were very harmonious and successful. Mrs. Belle W. Cooke distinguished hcrsolf la a very fine ad dress, last Saturday, which I hope to see published In the Nr.w Nortiiwkst. Hon. 1. C. Sullivan is to address the Association next Saturday evening, find we nnticlpnte a rousing meeting. For freedom ever yours, M. J. R. LETTEB FEOM SA0BAMENT0. The Outlook. Willi Mm advent of the new year thought naturally turns us to prospect aud retrospect To those who reach out impatiently for great results, mu aiu stages through which an moveneiiw must pass wuicu iook mc tini.ini. nf nnf nrnmincnt phase of society, will create despondenay and dis- trust; uie uacKwaru y vlgorate or to cneer. dui mw nature sees often exhuberant promiso, where the- short-sighted only discover defeat. - . So in looking over me past yea., although some events have marked it which leave an Ineffaceable stain, yet the preponderating movement nas oeen onward. .. , , The effort to throw on ine incuoua which false Ideas of the relations of man and woman, a dense shadow cast from the crudites and inconsistencies of past imperfect civilizations, have fastened upon us with bands stronger than steel, has been met with symptoms of success. The very damps thus created have rusted the imprisoning bands; a few more stalwart blows, a little more un flinching and persistent action, and the corroded ligatures will fall apartand tho young giant of reform will stand forth in full-fledged strength, palpitating wih life and vigor. Though a Judge Hunt lia3 Insulted justice and humanity by a cowardly act which he would not have dared to per petrate If one of his own sex, tuo gov prninrr and not the sublcct class, bad beeu the party concerned; the right of an Honest verdict froma jury, ignomni lously aud arbitrarily thrust aside where a woman for the simple dignity of self assertion bad been arranged before the prent ami nowerful United States Courts, their insolent hands thrust out to insult her; .yet this very outrage awakened a throb of indignation through the hearts of the people, and thousands were con vinced of tho injustice suffered by women from the outrage thrust upon this one woman. Though a year ago in our town a woman was ejected from a subordinate oiiice witicii sne nau long tilled with credit to herself and the community, because, being a woman she had no rights which the law had not power to extinguish, yet the men of Ohio saw clearer into 1 10 right than their laws recognized, and the first amendment adopted at the Constitutional Conven tion ameliorated the stern rigor of the laws toward woman, and made her eli gible to appointive office. Thoucli in the State of Illinois : woman who had possessed herself of an fu tlrnr Mm. Tiunltoatu Tlip Woman n..,t ia .i,., ii.i.c".i.i 0i.t. i affluent lecal education was refused per '"'T , "-""'"" t"J l mission to practice in its courts, yet the inn- T n-iiil mi- f i v imilnt- nml r.c 1 . . . . .... . .- i .uetrtsiaiure immediately enacted a nro- Off came the bustle In a twinkling, have the assistance What If Yours Truly's dres3 did flap as vacation comes on in harvest, they limply upon the floor, a foot too long for w'Hl tuke most of the work off of my her? Wasn't she In the country i out of ' hands, and then I hope to have a little the reach of the eyes of herbroad-shoul- better chance to lie down aud rest." cause there is good common sense In all dered young man, with whom tho gov- , My friend said, however, that Lucy but the closing sentence, and because it j crnor and his lady are not on the he9t of had an ugly cough aud she could see will please our neignnoror uieAetr to term? i her clasp her hand to uer side with every have his scissoring noticed iu these , Yours -Truly straightened out the I naroxvsm. But sho Is very ambitious newspapors and sat down In the corner j to live aud educate her children, and by the open fire to read. It was the I and she hopes may regain part of her first time in many weeks that she bad , lost strength before It Is too late. of late to lay the most t-"'iy wuuiwuuruireemiier uuiuou, j vision oy wnicu no person snouid neue- Mnn liv Tliil Ilipii riii aiii'iiii fain iiw hpuiu nave me """" j....n vv;ui- .Uion uj. uui men sue i . account of sex: thus overriding pleasantly and said, "I now l- .. ... -v.- me j the unjust a(.tiou of au unjU9t Jud - of tho children, and maue mention i mir paying lasea un- amI mak nc the wav c ear for anv tlie columns. During tho past three years it lias been our fortune to travel many thous and miles, and never yet have we been " moro ti,an c-ancea at the editorials, but Jostled, pushed or rudely treated ou any now w!ln0 the Winter storm, howled car, steamer, stage or throughfare. No W!tliott and the merry fire crackled matter how dense the crowd, a lady who wjti,In, and mother sat nodding iu the carries about her an air of womanly arm-clmlr with her knitting lying idle gentility will find herself treated with ; j,, i,er lingers; while pussy played with deference. 'Hie rule of action laid i,pr ravMed ball, and the e-ovcrnor. with i Then I said, "Do you remember that you used to say that Lucy 'would never mako a house-keeper fit to live in a rail pen or log cabin?'" "Yes," she said, "I remember it well." "Well, my friend," I paid earnestly, his feet on the mantle-piece, pored over I "you were disappointed In her simply his political Bible (thoafore-menlloned , because you required too muclTof her at Mercury) and gobbled, without a single . au early age. She was proud and am grain of allowance, Its many ribald lies, Yours Truly read and iondered. bilious, aud she felt that she did much more for you than she was paid fordo- down by the writer of the above can bo safely trusted at all times among men who are sober. We are sorry, however, that she spoiled what would otherwise have been a faultless article, by charg ing "masculine women" to the woman's gi,e iiaa before read the official proceed-! Inc. And I nm pleased to see you.ac- rlghts movement. The fact Is, the ingsof the late United State Court, In knowlwlgc your mistake as to her house strongest opponents to tho woraans which It was stated that one repeater ' keeping capacities." movement whom we meet anywhere are ;a Tesmltli voter in Salem had been! And now, I want to say to all these old tbeknocktlowu-aud-drag-outspeciuiens; convicted at the extra session, and In 'grumblers who cothplalu of the slip or masculine femininity, who believe In 1 her simplicity slie had accepted the of-, shod incapacity of girls, pay them for taking their rights with their fists, and ( -ciai uat aa fact. juiigc ti,eII of her their work as you would pay boys for abusing men and women with tlielr J surprise at seeing a declaration in the tongues, bucli women tali, as do men ot , Orr70iiiai tliat eferoi indiclmenU had resulted in sa.cn convictions, aud that one man who was clearly proved guilty of buying votes had escaped through nn error In tho indictment! Now, it isn't der protest. The following Is from Sacramento Union: The following pni was served on Sheriff Dryle oil the -Kit ln.luut: To the Tax Collector of Sacramento county Sir: Having been asesetl Uy the Ascsor of this connly upon property owned by us, and having been called upon by you for the pay- mem o. u lax e nercoy so.emn.y proxeH Ab, appreciation of the claims of ngalnst the collection of said tax for the fol-1 .. ',,r ,.. i . ... ...... , ! viucii uuu junii nixa ikisqcu mu snuiu lowine reasons: u e are naiive-oorn ciuzcus m . i:k. i.i i n,i t... ....... n , ,, ...., , . , ,, i liberal school laws, and her women have the United Suites, of lawful age, entitled to all , , niron,i.. !!.! witl, hnnnr mnv- -itlTonvliln anil " " J other places or trust, in the Iowa leg- woman, after suitable preparation, to ob tain a license for the practice of law in the courts of that State. Woman is also in Illinois made eligible to office under the school laws, and but recently several women have been elected In their sev eral counties to the office of Superintendent. Other States have demonstrated con- tbesame mental calibre, to comprehend the true basis of human rights or the true stand-point of natural good man ners. But it is a wholesale slander, concocted by silly women seeking cheap !Ut all to be wondered at that men who notoriety, and circulated by effete men cannot tell the American eagle from the who love to imagine or ape a dignity turkey buzzard should make other mis- and superiority which they do not pos-1 taj;eS ma Is a little singular that they sess, which calls maf-cullno women , should so distort facts when thev know Woman Suffragists. better. I Being thoroughly nauseated with the WOMAN STJEPEAGE IN 00NGEESS. ' Oregonian's uncandid stupidlty-a dull- Senator Sargent has presented a pell-;'' wW"' ,falnl9,,t briby 1 t,le Hon from the Woman Suffrage Associa- yr, ' ,3 , "m,,J """" tion of California asking for the adop- dreils of dollars though choking fear tlon of an amendment to the Conslitu- j fully on an imaginary "two dollars and a tion of the United States, declaring that F'- wr Truly turned to the flu -the right to hold office shall not be de- , W a there read the "other side. " nui ntfr nn.ifimt.ilii.lawB N ow, will some edi tor be kind enough of theDistrictof Columbia and theTerrl- to give the public an unbiased statement i i.i .i... i,nii 01 Uie lacia as uiey occurreu . mere .m, -ti.f t ,.. ,.,! iml.l r,ftlr-n,must bo a mean between these strange and exercise all rights under the laws as are now exercised by men; and futlier that no State bo hereafter ad mitted to the Union in whicn any dis tinction In favor of sex shall be made. Tills petition was referred to the Com mittee on Judiciary. Senator Sargent is distinguishing . ., . i himself ill the p-rent i-nnc. nf irumnti encouraged to periorui uieirt - , drv.u.ii. iuc viuujuM win letiieiuuei their friends in this great moral battle when they get Into power aud will also prove, to the chagrin of many a 11 mid soul who will want favors of them In the future but fear to stand by them now, that they cannot forget tlielr prcent enemies. extremes, and that you, Mrs. Dunlway, or some other capable. and honest woman, will take pity on a fchool girl of an inquiring turn of mTnd and por tray this history. from an independent stand-point, Is the ardent desire of Youits Tnci.Y. the same tasks, or those not half so hard Give them liberty aud reiponsiblllty and encouragement. Do not expect them to bo experienced while they are yet children, but be patient aud just with them till they are women. .Look over our country, my croaking breth ren, and see whether the mothers do not perform their part of life's duties as well as tho fathers do ? Why, then, this cry about the incapacity of girls and women, as though boys and men were perfect ? Why continually censure women for not training their daughters to be cooks while you say nothing about tho vast army of men who never learn to be pro viders?. What motives aro laid before slrls to induce them to be good house-keepers? Let me sec: Somo rich gentleman might have the pleasure of hiring them for the pitiful sum or $12 or $14 per month to wait upon their wives who ".have all the rights they yaut, Yes, Mrs. Duuiway, this is the secret of the whole matter. Men want women kept in ignorance of higher duties, that they may be trained to cater to tlielr well-gorged stomachs for a paltry price, -. 'I? A. Johns. Salkm, January IS, 1S74. ORGANIZE! OEOANIZE! Friends of Woman Suffrage, men and women, without distinction of party, in every locality, are urgently requested to form, in their own town without de lay, a WOJIAX SUFFltAdK POLITICAL CLCn, CompoHed of members who will sign the following article of association: We, the undersigned, residents of , in the State of , of all political par ties, believing that Woman Suffrage Is n Vtttnl 1 1 t t t I 1 1 routine of unpaid toll to which woman i t..i - nr c V.,.?. . . u...!.....i t.. . . u Into a woman SurTraae Political the rlght-i and privileges of citizenship and amenable to the law, both State and National, notwithstanding which wc arc deprived by un-Jut-t discrimination of the rls?lit of sudrage, thereby subjwclln- us to the onerous and op pressive burden of be-In c taxed without repre sentation a bui.Ien all the moro oppressive because cnlurew! by physical owcr In an age and country wlueh claims to be governed by the most enllxnteiied principles of Justice and equity. For th-.- realms; we offer our solemn protest against the collection of taxes on our property until snch tlms no our rights as American elilzrn shall be secured and pro tected under the (.'institution of the I'nltcd States and thte commonwealth, ami we ask that you plaee this protest on Die In the archives of this county. Kespeclfully, Mrs. U G. Wateuiiou.se. " L. r. CRtTrs, Mtiw LomstiA W'AsuncaS". I am doing all I can for the cause, but it is hard to get women to go ahead as long as men tlielr legal masters ridi cule them for It. I visited the Senato yesterday. The members are just beginning to work. I am told they arc the most liberal body that has ever met in California, and I believe that if the cause of women was brought before them properly we would gain tho suffrage. I think we shall hold a Convention In Sacramento soon. Bidding you Godspeed In your labors, T am very sincerely, your friend, L. O. Wateiuiouse. Sacramento, Cal., January 10, 1S74. has so long submitted in her vassalage Club for Uiai man attqiw u wunouijinjj the thoughtof recompense, as tuougn ti were his birth-rlgbt. There Is no justice in the long-prevailing custom that calls household la bor uuremuneratlve. .Nobody but a working m&rrled woman, whose only ANSWEBS TO GOBBESPONDENTS. Mrs. E. A. a, Xehslem: Your kind letter is received. Glad to hear from you. Ilavo written you a dozen imagi nary letters" lately, but haven't had time to place them'on paper yet. Mrs. It., Salem: Your note Is very un satisfactory. Please explain, or we shall be lead to believe that your "legal voter" has been acting the tyrant and that you have been so unwise as to submit In body to dictations against which your soul rebels. A. It. P., near'Portland, writes: "I send a sack of anplo and a sack of po tatoes foryour use as interest on my sub- i scrlptiou to the New Noutiiwest. In view of the editorials, selections and original stories you use so lavishly In the paper I can't help saying God speed you, and I will speed tho cash before long. iotir self constitute a mi i. .. i iv.- t.fml tvnnlq nml liuiutv yuu, iiicuu, iui ". - ----- The expenses of the paper LETTER IBOM SALEM. Dear Jr. Duniway: As the Mon day's Statcman contains a very falrac count of our lato Convention, which I suppose, of course, you will seo nnd copy, I write to-day to express the In dignation of some of our friends rela tive to an Item that appeared in the lo cal columns of tho same paper, written, doubtlehs, to lrlgliten men away from ! counties tho WomanJSuffrage meetings. How 'Women are Treated in Politics. We find the following suggestive items occupying prominent places in a late isstio of the daily Bulletin of this city: Mary Ann West, of Glastonbury, 111., who was chosen School Superintendent for Knox county at tho recent election, thus describes her experience iu the can vass: I was elected for Knox against my wishes, but In such a way that I could not help feeling flattered theroby. I knew that for the honor of mankind you will be pleased to know that throughout the entire campaign and it was one of the most hotly contested ones our conntry Iia3 known for years there was not one thlug faid to wound me; from tho first to the last the gentlemen did everything nossiblc to make It nlca&iut for me. The geutleman candldato received the usual amount of abuse; but not a shadow of it was shown me, even by the bitter est opposite papers." Since tho elec tion I- have been serenaded and congrat ulated almost to death. My bonds $30,000 were sinned by leading men of the county, who" came all unasked, and told me that they would be glad to sign them; and so with everything. So far as I know, the fame Is true in other rue gentlemen snow that wherever they think a lady has shown WIipii fA-iiicmniinnitfiMans.tnni-r.fii.f 'er iimess ior a piace uiey nave been .. . , I ready and anxious to yield it to her. women are striving not to usurp the j The causc,. s fast march!n?J on. Te rights of men, but rather to join them postmastcr at Mannassxs, Va., having In the great work of perfecting a good resigned his position, was asked by the system of Government ? (Department to recommend a suitable ThearticleInquestIonsaysthat"anex. lT' BeI!V? UtlYll' . , , ... .. , , Ing to recommend any one without test- pert mathematician" had been "consol-; ln the desire of tho people, he onlered Ing himself with a computation, based , an election for the purpose. The vot upon the ttvosufiracrenieeliiiL'sheld here Ing wa3 without reference to party lines, nun mere were very lew oi ine wives rs or the prominent cm Islature as enrolling and engrossing clerks they have already proved to the satisfaction of tho people of that State their ability. There are already women reporters, women copyists, and the ma jority of the State officers, and the judges of the highest State courts accept with sincerity and earnestness the prin ciple or Woman butlrage. In Michigan, by the amended const!- ; tution, women are eligible to any office under the school laws, and this too alter an adverse report by the committee to whom the proposition was referred. Even iu Kentucky, where we do not j look for an unusual amount of progress, a woman has recently been appointed to i the olllce. In. tho county of Boone, of deputy circuit clerk; showingan ad vance gained there also. In the great organization of Grangers, which the past year has developed into remarkable prominence, women hold au entire equality, in all respects, with men. The Grangers are practically Woman Suffragists. In Massachusetts, as an exceptional Instance, that State, so famous forgoing back on its promises and professions, women after fairly being elected on the School Board of tho city of Boston, have been set aside by the decision of the city attorney. But it is a noticeable fact that all the especial cases whleh we have noticed of gross injustice, have been ex ercised through the exclusive power of one man only; generally where bodies of men have acted, there has been a strouger tendency toward the recogni tion of rights. But we have yet to see whether an American Congress will pass the Infamous "Utah Bill," intro duced by Senator Frellughuysen, not only disfranchising tho women of Ttah but also rendering the women of all the territories, subject to all the tyrannies of tho old English common law, and depriving all married women of all the rights of person, property, children and earnings. We cannot be lieve that Congress can be Inveigled into prostltutiug itself to any such odious legislation. .... But "eternal vigilance is still the price of liberty," aud constant watch must be kept that no retreat shall be made on anv steps once gained. The nrosnects for the coming year are fair. Igis!ati6u does not often move backward, woman nas aireauy gained a decided advance over her former con dition before the law. In all parts of the country her needs are making them selves heard; it is not that the people Ignore her demands, but they receive them slowly; they are willing to grant enlarged fields to women as fast as they can be made to see the entire fitness and necessity for tho change; therefore it is the duty of al' friends of woman's eman cipation to work assiduously, nothing daunted, with full faith (hat no labor Is lost, that all effort is sure of result. whether perceptible at once or silently ami nitideniy working; and all neglect, by unchangeable law, creates loss. How soon results desired are attained, de pends upon the persistence with which j the right levers are moved to produce them, t-au hull individual cilort is tue key-note of success. Toledo Journal. Centennial Tea Party in Philadelphia. The Centennial Tea Party celehr 'on in the Academy of Music, is descr..-eil iu late Philadelphia papers as being an immense and enthusiastic affair. Krom many large quarto pages of report we select the following: the opening. The doors were thrown open at C. aud from tli.it hour until late In the evening a steady crowd poured Into the hall, and from there to tne Acauemy of '.riisic After the exercises in the Acad- emv had been concluded, the vast audi ence proceeded to Horticultural Hall, nnd soon me tea-urinKuiB m was crowded to Its utmost capacity and the greatest difficulty was experienced Iu keeping me crowu m munuu, u t iu clear the hall. After enjoying inem selCcs n sight-seeing and sipping from the "cup that invigorates, -uiu auui- ence, at ii:ki i. ai., acui.- uuim- Ing, and tue exercises ui mc vj cele bration were concluded. AMONG THE SPECIAIj MEMENTOES On sale at the various tables was a pleas ing poem, composed ior ine occasion uy thl venerable Eli K. Price, set to a pretty air by Mary F Howell, the music of which accompanied the ballad. AN INTERESTING INCIDENT. There was present at the party last week, in company with Colonel A. iv. McClure, aMrs. Finch, who isadaughter ofMr.Bushrod Washington, who was a neohew of GenerarGeorge asnington. Mrs. Finch is about forty years or age and Is the nearest living relative to our first President wlti tne exception 01 an aunt. The first named lady brought with her a omit made from the various dresses worn by Mrs. Martha Washing ton during the receptions at tne execu tive Mansion d:ring the term of office of her husband. She also brought with her, and placed on exhibition at the "Connecticut table," a pair of eye glasses and a snuff-box once belonging to President Washington. SOME INCIDENTS OF THE CELEBRATION. At the celebration Mrs. Gillespie was requested by a lady on the stage to ex amine an antique porcclui n plate, embel lished by a view of Mount Vernon. The lady stated that it had once been In the possession of the Washington family, and that she had brought it from a great distance. After admiring it greatly, Mrs. Gillespie thauked the lady and said she would have been happy to place It on her table for exhibition, but that she was so frequently absent therefrom, she feared to take charge of so valuable a relic, lest harm should come to It. Then to her astonishment she learned that the plate was brought as a present. Of course, she was anxious to learn tho name of the liberal donor, but with an emphatic "never" the lady retired amid the throng, and was lost signi oi. Auother pretty present was made by Mr. Pascal. It consisted of a pair of ear-rings in tho form of a bell, with gold clapper, made from part of the bell beam of the State House. This elegant and appropriate memento appeared to afford the recipient much pleasure. THE NEW YORK VISITORS. ' The lady gue.ts from New York have expressed themselves so highly charmed with the entire celebration that they pro pose, within the next four weeks, to or ganize an entertainment similar in character in their own city, thus prov ing that on all sides the enthusiasm is spreading on all matters in any way connected with the Centennial Celebration. Bishop Thompson's Opinion of TiTomen. Women have ranked side by side with men of proudest name. Sappho, "violet-crowned, pure, sweetly-smiling Sap pho," for grace and elegance, f -nus and cultivation, had no superior . -er age. She was regarded by hercou-iry-inen as a supernal being, aud dignified with the title of the "tenth muse." Even Solon, on hearing one of her poems; said he could not die till he had learned It by heart. Corinna of Thebes, In five successive contests, boro the palm from Pindar. Let the advantages enjoyed by Eliza beth Carter or Madame Dacier be pos sessed by all, and examples of female greatness equally illustrious will become frequent. .Still, it may be said that tho world has produced no woman to stand up side by side with Bacon or Newton iu philosophy; with Aristotle or Locke In logic; with Homer, Shakespeare, or Milton in poetry; with Hanulbal, Cresar, or Napoleon in arms. To this it may be replied, woman has had a poor opportunity thus to distinguish herself. But how came she to have so poor a chance, if she be the equal of man? Why not, iu the course of ages, assert and prove her equality, and make,her lord her eqtial at least, if not her sub ject? Woanswer that though woman's intellect is equal, it is different iu kind in memorj't perception, imagination, woman is not inferior to man; in ab straction and ratiocination, perhaps she Is. Though she surpasses mau In somo mental eil'orK she cannot match him In mere analytical power "or sublime conception. Her beat productions, like Cleopatra's needle, aro of fine material, graceful form, beautiful proportions, and full of meaning. Man's noblest work, like the pyramids of Egypt, are amazing by their breadth and solidity. However this may be, she is certainly superior to man in sensibility; her emotions are more intense, and her af fections more lively and persistent. Only a woman, when her sons wero slain, could have- kept her betl of sack cloth on the roct;s from the beginning of harvest till water dropped on the corpses, out of heaven, that ishe might prevent ine turns 01 tne air irom reaiiuu upon them by day aud the beasts of the field by night. None but a mother could, day by day, carry her dead child through the frozen woods, and night after night suspend his cradle of bark upon the brain-lies beneath which she slept, and nowhere fix upon a spot in which to bury him. . Woman if superior to man I. taste. HIS songs aiu ..." v -;-rkUnir: istiesmorv ui.k "--'-, c- Bliw i -nM ,, ,, i,i,,,in.wiii.. ami mere wc r, Vnnis Tmlv aud "m &" ..v ,-,-, ,i.. sef'constltu'te a Stirling trio." : woman's enfranchisement would come . zens of tC0 vilage that did not improve oty """'""- . . , sboilt hrn million vmk Imnr-n V lm i-. I rtn.f V.r.-.a M-;.,lo lo.lL.a M(r liarl (, t .... j - - ...... ...ow . uo objection at all to seeing this man to cxerciso the right or suiirage. the purpose of forward movement mnr&llv lt..-. - llllCailV. IV fltn .nl.n.ll. tion of UacU aml newspapers, by hold- kc(?P U t.uuiic meetings, and especially by ! A Boston court has decided that If a I frightened when they resort to such des- I 1 .1 l I ltln vt i v. ii nmV n and we need the ! " quiet his perturbed Im and Po-int.i nrnii imn lmnds and hearts fo!aB'"Iou by figuring against fate. ueiping to elect the friends of Suffrage ' womau lends money to her husband she to me LeglMatnrn nmi i . i..i. ri.t. .t.iuinn -iii uy Helping to defeat its opponents. . not bo new to many wives. Tho 1 i . . .i . ... ..nM. m i. f. J . na result oi tue election was ;ij '"'"'" anticipated. A larger vote was polled limn vrasfwr cast at any. Presidential deed, I, for one, ratherllke It. It proves , or State contest, and of the 323 votes that man's rights men are getting badly i iou!f. la "L. ? " In- Tho Rev. Cella Burleigh says of the prevailing style of .feminine ''Woman wasorlglnal r created la .biped. And tho Creator doubtless intended her to remain a biped: but t Prent, thanks to her swinging, trailing cum brous dress, woman is forced to make us of her hands In locomot ng through any narrow passage wav, BrK,dJ" stairs, and 5 is virtually reduced to a quadruped." men as to uci -- - ,1 no capacity of taylncJu.81. more, and she finishes the job In lust ler e . v -,-cter more ac her aw'n''rdewiptroito of nature curate, uVe5,-ftd, like an un SA farms and hues , li Jms Ground and above it. CI ie i v S '.er moral sensibility evince superior delicacy; her views of rtght are more vivid, and her moral lmnules more powerful. Pity, gentle nci. and compassion, are among her marked characteristics. The stranger i.n in driven from the abode of the envnrn hv man. may hope to find mercy ! from woman. It is woman that, in her nltv. can administer relief to the bleed ing or dying invader of her country, at the risk, and even at the cost of life; and who, at tho couch of suffering or of death,' like unto a wife, a sister, or a mother. Shall we say that woman is inferior? It Is fabled tlrat, among the heavenly of natural history to '"s."' j " rank higher than the Cherubim, angels then as to hens- A -hen Jim tne up 'llielr cour- perate means to whistle age. But the editor offers a faw suggestions received 303 to her male opponent's It is best pot to skato iuto air holes. Most of them are filled with water, and are exceedingly damp. what is to be done more, and sue live years. au. i.. 1 i exclaimed n urchin whose father dealt In poultry. Au Ohio jury the other day acquitted a thief who stole fifty pounds of flour and made up a purse of fifty dollars for. his family, to keen whom from star vation ho committed tho theft.
