.APRIL 3, 1874.
"OHEEK."
What a pity it is tbat mcn uavc 80
little assurance, nud that women bavo
so much ! Only the other day ono of
these over-modest men said to us, con
cerning the women engaged in the tem
perance crusade, "They must have a
good deal of cheek!"
Cheek to do what ? To go where men
go? To go where thte same shrinking
critic acknowledged that Ac went? "We
thought to ourself, "young man, that is
a pretty commentary on the places you
frequent, that it requires so much as
surance to enter there." "What an ac
knowledgment that you are not at all
times to be found in proper places or
proper Pursuits. Wbcnyoucotonlaces
that requiro ''a good deal of cheek" for
a company of women to enter, engaged
In God's work, and imploring God's
protection and God's blessing on their
work, forthe contrary purpose, as your
criticism acknowledges, yon do not
manifest any cheek, we presume?
Cheek, indeed! "Who ever heard of
its being "cheeky" for men to entr the
vilest haunts of their own, or the other
sex? TJ'at is only "seeing the sights,"
informing themselves of what there is
in the "world, etc., etc No contagion
clings to their immaculate garments.
A mother, a wife, or a sweetheart may
not go with them to "see life," but they
can go reeking with the filth of partlc
Jpation in this "life" straight to tbo
presence of the purest woman iu the
land yes, and criticise her every word
and action, too. Oh, no! Men havn't
a bit of "cheek!"
There are other things about which
meu have no assurance not a particle!
Who ever heard of a man, even though
he had been steeped in every vice, who
thought himself not good enough for
the best of women? To be sure, he tells
her she is an angel, and all that that Is
a part of the programme of courtship.
But is ho not worthy of an angel if ho
fancies having one; and ought not the
angol to be Immensely flattered by his
honoring her with his preference? It
does not require any assurance to tell a
woman yon regard her as very greatly
your superior in moral purity, and then
to ask her to "come rest in this bosom,"
aud when she has, like a fool, accepted
the. position of your reformer, to show
by your jealousy and suspicion that
you Judge her by your own standard,
and think she will bear watching.
If it should happen that women in
despair of their husbands and sons
should undertake to wrestle with God
for their salvation, even In the very
haunts of vice, let some man, who is en
tirely lacking in assurance, hold up his
hamU in horrorand cry out against such
evidence? of cheek. By his own confes
sion, he knows the places he is not
ashamed to frequent to be too vile for
woman's, and too lost for God's holy
presence.
These clteeky women are inspired as
.Esther was to save her people. She,
too, violated custom even law. She,
too, wliilo men were powerless to avert
thfir common danger, bade them go
gather together all the people and fast
for her three days and nights; aud she.
too, would fast with her maidens; "and
so I will go in unto the King, which is
not according to the late, and if I perish,
I perish."
Such a sentiment as this will hardly
be appreciated by the unassuming and
modest critics spoken of above.
THE WOELD MOVES.
The Republicans of Lane county, iu
convention, have nominated, imam
mously, Miss Ella Sabin for School Su
perinlcndont. We havo the names of
the gentlemen who presented Miss Sa-
bin's name to the convention, and of
the gentleman who decided the legality
of the nomination; and wc shall bear
them in mind when it will be pleasant
for them to be remembered, whether or
not we fight the battles of the Republl
can party. Lane county has shown that
her people believe that mcn can vote
for women, whether women can vote
for men or not. They will discern the
remainder of this truth before long.
is .a triumph to have a woman's name
presented for any office in a man's con
veution. It will be a signficant event.
should the people's vote show their ap
proval of the nomination.
Had the Republicans of tho State, as
well as of Lano county, seen the point
to be male sooner, they would have
helped themselves as well as the Woman
Suffrage cause. They will have to come
to it yet.
"A VEEY PBESEHT HELP."
Can It be that the Almighty is com
ing to our help in the temperance move
ment? Truly, it would seem so. The
answer of men to our petitions for suf
frage have always been that the polls
were noplaces for women, because drunk
and disorderly men abounded there
that politics was a "filthy pool," etc.,
etc Suppose we put an end to drunken
ness aud disorder? Suppose the "filthy
Pol" Is cleansed of alcohol? Where
would be the impropriety of Woman
Suffrage then ? We do not believe men
are willing to say of themselves in their
that they are too brutal for
rMtasocIa,ewilu general as-
Sweet, Pension Agent at Chicago
a very important and responsible noYl
tlon. Her father once held the oX
miny-stx AnUover students havo
scut iuuou w uio .Massachusetts
Legislature praying that suffrage may
bo granted to women on the same basis
that Is now enjoyed by men.
FRIDAY.
I
The present certainly offers a most-!
favorable opportunity for persons hav
ing a genius in that line, to bring for
ward their peculiar and individual views
upon the Bubjectof reform. And from the
doleful and persistent outcry of these
would-be reformers, we would suppose
our entire system social, political and
religious to bo in a condition deplorably
bad, rapidly descending to worse, aud the
worst only to be averted by their untir
ing and disinterested zeal in behalf of
degenerate humanity.
It is not a little amusing to note the
fact that those who prate most loudly of
the evil times upon which wo have
fallen, are the samo who have for years
connived at, aided and abetted this
"corruption In high places," which they
now feign to have for the first time dis
covered, while with a wcll-asSumed
expression of holy horror they de
scant upon tho bribery and" political
trickery which have for years placed
themselves iu office, aud bountifully fed
them there. Let them labor with what
zeal they will, render more "stale, flat
and unprofitabIe,"(if that were possible),
tho leading reform newspapers, vex
with speech-making the "drowsy ear of
night," continue to beat and beat the
"beaten track" to the manifest disgust
of all true reformers and sensible per
sous, aud they willyet surely fail to con-
viuco any considerable number of the
people that they are actuated by disin
terested benevolence.
Ou the contrary, perverse humanity
will persist in the belief, that this noisy
demonstration is naught but an escape
valve for the petty grievances and sur
plus spite whereby these disappointed
office-seekers hopt! to revcugo them
selves upon some political party or op
ponent for personal injuiries, real or fan
cied.
The advocates of temperance reform,
though not less noisy aud conspicuous,
"nor or of renown less eager," still pos
sess, to a mucli greater degree, the sym
pathies and confidence of the people, as
they certainly should.
An endless array of figures are
brought forward toprovo the undisputed
ravages of intemperance, and the theo
ries, tine-spun and long drawn out,
whereby the country may be rescued
from tho blighting effects of this giant
evil, are only limited by the number of
theorists, each morally certain that his
plan only is to be relied upon.
Many of this class of reformers excel
in the very solemn manner in which
they assert an undisputed thing. And
while wo'hall with pleasure any and
every auxiliary that can be made ef
fective in tills war upon intemperance,
we yet feel and know that many of these
Ideas brought forward are Utopian, and
very many of the theories impractica
ble, albeit those who advance them are
honest In purpose, correct in principle,
and untiring in zeal. We are not of
those who would discourage true re
form; and while we do not believe that
original sin and natural depravity are
more frightfully prevalent than at any
former period of our national history,
we yet are assured that there is, as thero
has ever been, ample room for improve
ment. And when these bogus reformers
havo had their day, and In tho progre
of events are remembered no more, aud
the better element shall overcome their
fast diminishing prejudices and admit
women to the councils of the State aud
nation, then will the abuses now so
loudly proclaimed be swept away; then
will the reformation havo begun.
VERY TBUE.
When a buy Isjuit to farm labor hp i glien
an old hoc, a fork with a broken tine, a round
edited ax.aseythe thnt nolnxty el- will use,
and Is expected to work more hours than a
hired hand, to do nil the chore, to build llrcs
In the morning, to run on nil errands, to turn
the grindstone, and so to mectlns In cow-hide
boots. With thl experience hednegnot like
fanning; nud lecturers, editor, members of
Congress and petty lawyers mourn became so
many young mcn go from the farm to the city
Exchange.
We have rarely seen more truth con
tained in one paragraph than is given
in the above. Aud yet, there is another
side to the picture:
When a girl is put to farm lubor she
is given a cold, unsightly kitchen
muddy door-steps, broken pump handle,
leaky pans and pails, slovenly hired
mcn aud burly brothers with muddy
boots to wait upon; and her own wants
tastes, conveniences and comforts gen
erally arc considered as of no accoun
whatever. She must care unceasingly
for the teething baby, perform all the
menial and repulsive offices for the two
aud four-year-olds, collect wet and
frosty chips to kindle kitchen fires, milk
the cows iu a muddy barn-yard, run up
stairs and down on errands for every
body, and go to meeting without artifi
cials on her hat. With this experience
she detests farming, and "lecturers, edi
tors and members of Congress," and
dainty, fine ladies iu silks and jewels
mourn that so many young girls go from
the farm to the city.
Tlie final settlement of the lifjuor traf
fic question is to be at the ballot box. If
the men, after experimenting for a gen
eration and a half to find out how to
deal with It, have had to throw up the
sponge and let the women take the case
In hand, why do they not put all the
weapons Into the hands of those who
are to do tho fighting ? In other words,
why not give woman the ballot, so she
can make secure by legal enactment the
victory she Is expected to gain by moral
and religious influence? If any logical
reason can be assured why this should
not be done, a clear aud definite state
ment of it would bo In order at this time.
Oregonian.
In favor of the proposed reform
Woman Suflrage we find some of the
strotigest and brightest minds of the
day, while many of our best men and
women honestly oppose it. The writer
who sneers at the question shows only
th.at.he fttHs to comprehend It, while he
who derides its most prominent advo
cate ia this city shows either that he
ito .. "-yfi'reiiciiu ami appre
ciate her nw.Uocheeter Krpreit.
BEFOBM.
EDITOBIAL OOBBESPONDENOE.
Deak Headers okthkNew Northwest:
I seize the first opportunity that pre
sents itself to give you some hasty jot-
tiugs of my works and wanderings.
Those of you who have never tried the
task of hurrying to and fro in the earth
upon such a mission can have little Idea
of tho difficulties attendant upon con
necting editorial duties with the thous
and other calls upon time, strength and
ability.
Arriving in San Francisco on the 18th
Inst., I was waited upon by the Suffrage
CommltteeoftheState Association, who
immediately began act've preparations
for work that will keep me till May 1st.
A temperance meetingwasbeld in the
Presbyterian Tabernacle on tho 20th,
which I addressed, by invitation, as did
many others. The meeting was largely
attended. Mrs. Sears, a lady who moves
in the highest circles in society and tho
churches, read an able address upon her
experience in circulating temperance
petitions among. the rum-sellers, sup
plementing this with an exhortation to
those having control of the churches to
utilize the great costly edifices that
loom so uselessly in the atmosphere forso
many idle hours each week, by opening
the doors as constantly for the use of the
homeless aud unoccupied as the saloon
doors are kept open, thnt the stranger
within our gates may be tempted from
tho allurements of wickedness into the
abodes of pleasantness and purity. Sho
urged that amusements of some kind
arc necessary; and that every church In
the city contained unoccupied rooms
where light and warmth and books and
music should be furnished constantly,
and the the Christian women should not
be ashamed to go out into the highways
aud hedges, it necessary, to bid the wan
derer, the tempted, the desolate, to come
forth from the vicinity of the lurking
places of evil and cuter the genial at
mosphere of a grand domestic influ
ence.
After a three hours' session tho mect
ng adjourned to Union Hall for tho
evening exercises. I was Invited to
speak, but was too badly fatigued to at
tend. Tho Clironiclc made merry grim
aces over tho whole matter, but the
reign of terror once exercised over the
consciences of the people by the scurril
lity of the press has lost itsstingand the
thunders of newspaper nonsense have
no longer power to t'eter the onward
march of the ages.
On Sunday evening I had thepleasure
of giving a temperance lecture before a
largo audience in tho Powell street
Methodist Church, Dr. Wythe presiding.
The meeting was one of those harmoni
ous', genial, homc-liko seasons of song
and speech aud supplication which are
ever grateful to the -hearts of all who
love their neighbors as themselves. Dr.
Wythe looks older than when we knew
him in Portland, but he low nothing
in spirituality of face and geniality of
manner as he treads the Master's high
ways on his way to the invisible bourne
towards which we are nil hastening.
On Monday evening I addressed a
largeaudiencein thePresbyterianTaber-
nacle, the subject chosen by a com
mittee being "Woman's Duty, Capacity
and Influence In Suppressing Intemper
ance." Dr. Cunningham, the pastor, was
absent, but every needed arrangement
was made to render the meeting a suc
cess. I shall not soon forget the busy,
obliging sexton and tlte sunny faces of
appreciative friends.
Arriving in San Jose upon the 21th, I
found that owing to the shortness of the
notice given the appointment was not
sufficiently circulated to make a suc
cessful meeting for that evening.
The Santa Clara Woman Suffrage So
ciety held a business session In the af
ternoon, which I attended, and was
much gratified with tho interest and
wide-awake enthusiasm of its members,
who are composed of the first circles of
society in the city.
Mrs. S. L. Knox, whose elegant hos
pitality I am enjoying during my so
journ, a lady of much wealth and influ
ence, iias Mpcui, wiiu ner associates, a
month in the Legislature, engineering
a bill for making women eligible to ed
ucational oflices in the State. The bill
passed in spite of much opposition, and
I wish that every reader of the Xkw
Northwest could hear her read and
comment, in her own peculiar, pleasant
way, ujk)h the speeches of sundry "llou
orable" fossils who opposed Its passage,
Had I time, I should dearly love to make
copious extracts from her "journal." It
is unique, taking aud splendid. Pity
but every man who failed to do his duty
as a freeman in his capacity of Legisla
tor could have a chance to study It.
I neglected, iu beginning this letter,
to state that my headquarters when iu
San Francisco arc at the hospltablo
home of Mrs. M. A. Lewis, President of
the San Francisco County Woman Suf
frage Association. This lady, though
au invalid, pos.-e-yes a remarkable vigor
of intellect, accompanied by decision of
character and suavity of manner rarely
blended iu one individual. Her hus
band, a genial, whole-souled gentleman,
is proud of his wife and the important
position she holds.
On tho evening of the 2.1th, I lectured
in Sau Jose iu the Metiiodist church
upon "Woman's Work in the Temper
ance Reform" to a fair audience, and
have promised to give Monday nnd
Tuesday evenings of next week to this
place iu order that the appointments
may be more widely circulated.
The Temperance Reform is permeating
every branch of social life. TbeWoiuau
Movement Is assuming immense propor
tions. Men will be ashamed, hereafter,
to use the old exploded arguments about
"woman's sphere," for they forget them
all in their present desire to urge the
"protected sex" to go out Into the sa
loons which their own laws have fos
tered, to break down by their geutle In
fluence the strongholds of man's pecul
iar province.
I am very anxious about our work in
Oregon. Dear readers, are you paying
up your subscription fees? The paper
cannot go on without them. We depend
upon you to do yourduty. f
To-day I go to Sauta Cruz; to-morrow
toGIIroy; next day to Watsonville.and
so on. inteudinc to get uacK.to &an
Francisco by the 13th proximo.
I forward two subscribers from San
Jose, and am promised a goodly number
in addition upon my return next Mon
day. A. J. D.
San Jose, CaL, March 20, 1S74.
THE TEMPEBAKOE MOVEMENT.
This noble work goes bravely on. The
interest in it is not confined to the
churches, or even to the classes usually
most Interested In reforms thinkers,
writers, speakers; but reaches to all
classes from the most intelligent to the
least so. While the very properly
named crusaders continue to pray daily
at tho churches and on tho streets, the
ministry, so long silent on the giant
evll.have wakened up to consider and pre
sent every phase of this great national
slu nnd calamity to the minds of the
immense congregations nightly assem
bled. Not only tho moral, but tho
monetary, hygienic, the social, the polit
ical and economic phases are faith
fully presented. Aud the summing up
Is trucly something startling.
Hardly acrime but originates iu strong
drink. Annually King Alcohol requires
a holocaust of seventy thousand victims
besides the hundreds of thousands he
has in preparation for this death. Annu
ally he draws into his treasury money
enough to pay the expenses of the na
tion. Constantly he undermines every
noble sentiment, aud corrupts tho best
bra! ti3 of the land. No wonder the
Esthers of the American nation have re-
solved to go In unto this kiug, to Inter- j
cede for the people, and to save them, i
or If need be to perish. j
-
G0VEBH0E BOOTH. !
were, tor instance, is a new mat papers am
tliilina mftrlit ifimtli tlinl litalli ami! .
their tongu upon for a long while without
doing It harm: For lYesldent, Charles Franc! I
Adorns of Massachusetts; ftir Vice President, j
"nd 'Tie ,1aWlranf Ca,lrTn,tt- lsPr,nBId
(Ind.)iiepa can. j
les sir, out naught ns advocates can j
say ior n .u uo a,.y guuu, ..,
unless iiuvernur ixjiii.i c;ui jxuvu
the ugly report that he is a rum-seller.
Democratic papers charge this boldly.
Republican papers maintain a discreet
aud snspIciouBsileuee.
Now, let us have the truth, gentle
men, and have it wo shall, for if such a
thing be true, it can not be hid. It is
of no use to say that Ciovernor Booth is ,
sincuy lerapenue ami exemplary ... ,
his habits. So much the worse, In one
bciibc, ai icaau oucu i.m.i can m, ,
pieaci ins appeuit ins nenei inai in-.
toxicating drinks area good thing nor ,
an obtuse moral nature that allows its
possessor to sink to the same degrading !
level to which he drags his victims.
No no-
He is an honorable, "high-toned," ,
moral gentleman or refinement anil cul- ,
lure, a fccholar, a writer, a thinker, a
reformer, It Is said! !
Stationed on this lofty bight, liekinii our .Smidnv schools all over the
caimyueais out ins inoiisaiiusoi ganons
1 A I f - 1 1 . If
of liquid death, and receives in return
therefor the gold that belongs of right to
toiling wives and mothers to ragged,
hungry and homeless children. Gold,
did I say ? Ah, it is blood-red, the very
price of blood! God only knows how
many broken hearts; how many blasted
reputations; how many murders, sui
cides and robberies; how many crimes
of every dye aud grado are locked up
with the Governor's gold in the massive
vaults. Do you ask why there? Be
cause they all belong to him as truly as
that gold; because they arc as truly
produced by his liquor as the gold was.
He has accumulated a largo fortune, it
said, in this accursed traffic; aud now,
because he is wealthy and honored; be
cause he has risen so high that his
friends forget the dreadful foutidatiou
upon which his fortune is built, the peo
ple of theso United States are asked to
ignore his murderous trade because of
its magnitude aud joyfully hall him
as the chieftain of reform, nud place
him in the second, some say the
first, place ln this enlightened Christian
nation. God forbid!
Is ho less guilty, think you, be
cause a score or moro of men deal out
this poison in ills stead, at his com
mand? Because he has the power to
send misery, disease nnd death into
thousands of homes, shall wo look upon
him in his elegant ease and leisure ns a
superior being, who Is above criticism,
and to wbogc actions wc must not ven
ture to apply the rules by which we
judge the mcn who retail lu hundreds of
gay saloons nud vile wretched rum-holes
tho body and soul-destroying poison
they obtained of him? Wherein Is he
bcttt-r in the sight of God than the man
who is only able to buy of him a few
hundred dollars' worth of liquor, aud who
only causes a small number of crimes
annually; only a few broken hearts aud
lives; only a few lost, ruined souls?
aii, uoveriior xuuin, uu juu ncui
think of tho fearful balance footing up,
against you above while complacently
gazing at the eariiuy i.a.anco in your,"-;
.....
f rf flil tlmf fiii ivmilil nnaivrr tlio i .
. . w... ...j
prayers of the women or San rancIsco,
and forsake your sinful business, and
)i,rn, n, ,rii.i nr vn..rrr inflnnnnA
and example on the side of the right as
strongly as it has hitherto been given to
the wrong! Will you do it?
Of one thing these Presidential slate
makers may rest assured: The women
proposetohavesomethingtosayastoour
next President, and even have hopes of
voting for him. Bo that as it may, we
will most certainly defeat any man for
that office or for Vice President who is
guilty of the stupendous wrong o( de-
grading and ruining thousands of his
fellows in order to enrich himself.
We havo suffered enough from the
direful effects of intompcranco at the
National Capitol, in the Legislative oven
more than In theExpcntlvedepartments;
aud we do not'propose to assist any man
Lto office, however perfect he is thought
oy. mstirionds, who has not moral prin
ciple enough to refrain from selling
liquor.1 The. influence of such a man,
however correct inJils deportment, and
finished and elaborate iu his orations on
reform, must be a hundred-fold worse
than that of poor Dick Yates In his
worst- days at Washington. He had a
warm human heart, aud would have
succeeded in his desperate attemps to
free himself from the demon of drink
Uiat enslaved and finally killed him,
but for these omnipresent Hquor-sellers,
who laid In wait for him at every turn
nnd made him fall till hope loft him and
despair seized him. Can we hopo for
prohibition legislation in Congress while
ono of its most honored members is a
leading rum-teller as well as a leading
Senator?
Wbnien aro not going to pray In the
saloons' aud labor as they arc doing in
every other way for the suppression of
liquor-selling, and then turn right
about and throw their influence for a
man whoso high position alone saves
him from the same selgo his subordi
nates have to stand. No, we don't pro-
prose to elect any person to any office,
when we vote, whom we know to be un
worthy, no matter what his belief, his
talents or his genius. If there are in
deed no men who unitcall the necessary
qualifications as somo tell us we
must look among tho women.
Portia.
WOMAN MAN'S EQUAL.
To the Editor or the New North west:
Allow me to furnish a few thoughts
under the above caption
"And your sons and your daughters' shall
nrophfwjv - Arrs U:17.
History gives us a sad picture of hu
inanity. How degraded and wretched
arc nine-teutli3 of the human race to-
!"' Umpire and Kingdoms rise and
i fall. Jerusalem, ouce the great center
of an(, lcarnIng ls now ln com
parativo heathenism. The fact that a
nation sways the universe to-day does
not prove that she may not sink into
ruin. As peoples and nations there Is
no standing still ; we arc either ascend-
or (Iei!BeIllUng , Ule scale of civlli
MtioIK Christianity contains the ele-
metit which, if cherished, will elevate
nun and nations. Sin possesses that
which is a blight to both mcn and na
tions. The one serves to give woman
I her proper sphere; the other, to degrade
her. The Bible comes to her rescue, and
gives her her proper position in society
Read these cheering words: ''Yoursons
nnd dauglllcni sllalI ,)r0phesy
nr CIarko says as ,Q t,e above. Tll0
won, .prophesJ.. ia 110t lo be umier9tood
as iIUpiyi,lg the knowledge and
,lifiC0Verv of future events, but slcnifies
to teacIl all(j proclaim the great truths
of (;od, especially those which concern
relomption by Jesus Christ."
q'hese words refer
First To the Gospel dispensation or
thtf present lime, a period of great light,
wUll rlleil,ies foracquiringaknowledge
of wiIl of Goil far beyond that of
anv former tj,o in the history of man-
..i..,,:.,,! .vori,i cliabie tlle children of
the
present day, in the early dawn of
life, to see and understand their privi
leges, as well as the danger to which
they aro exposed.
Second "This text alone, twice given
by inspiration, even if thero were no
oilier, would establish the right of
women to all the Immunities and ordi
nances of the Christian Church." Then
If Christ calls young men to the special
work of "prophesying," or preaching
the Gospel, may he not with the same
propriety demand thescrvlcesof women?
Third These words fix unmistakably
tho fact that what he requires of theoue
,,e cspeola of tlle other. Both are held
equally bound to answer to the calls of
God; and, If never before, womau now
becomes man's equal, and the two are
expected to do what they can to evan
gelize thu world as a part of their duty
in life.
Then does it not naturally follow that
if women were the first to proclaim, tho
resurrection of Christ, they were jus
tifiable in so doing? And if women
essay to preach the Gospel, and to lead
sinners to tho cross, may they not do
so? The reader, perhaps, is ready to
inquire, in what sense is woman man's
equal? Wc answer, in every respect.
And yet this may strike some with hor
ror. Let us look at this matter.
Thero arc large men and small men
some aro strong and some are weak;
and just so with women. The stylo of:
life lias much to do with both men and
women ns to the development of the
physical powers. For Instance, plants
grown in the shade are much more ten
der than those grown iu the aunshine.
Mcn and women subjected to equal
hardships will havo equal powers of en
durance. As proof, we cite you lo the
statement of Frederick Hccker, the
noted German, who writes as follows of
the condition of women in Germany:
The condition of women among the laboring
oiawse in the country 1-t really revolting. I will
not .peak at the cltle where women carry
'"onnr up turee or rour htories.and work ln
. "I . nu... IU
miiitr ratrwwra iil-. i.wic a r t. ...... . . ...
,!., uare observed as well as mrir
. -..v.wiMn-Amci-
j the worst or nil was a man cuidin" a plow
to wiiUh his wikk and a cow were"yoked to
Pilier."
But
i If such be. true, whilst It sickens tho
. heart, It proves our theory,
j On longjnurneys women of nllclasses,
j In cold or hot climates, are fully equal
i to tho opposite sex as to being able to
staud fatigue. We therefore couclude
' than woman is man's equal physically,
t In point of intellect, surely thero need
j be no controversy. Lot us visit the
schools and colleges, nnd we will find
that, whether in mathematics, natural
' science, composition, tho languages, or
anything else, she is not found wautiug.
As to oratory, whether in tho mass
meeting, on the subject of temperance,
ou tho rostrum, or In the prayer circle,
nono are listened to with moro Interest
than women; andI have no uoudi our,
a3 the way opens, 03 will bo the case In
tIme,-womeu will be equal to me aver
age In this respect.
As writers, they have only to mane
' . . .
IJie effort, and there Is nothing to ninuer
them from reaching the topmost round
of literary fame. We might cite you to
thousands who have already distin
guished themselves in this capacity.
Antiquity furnishes the names oi
some venerable women wuo uiauu
guished themselves as profound think
ers and rulers, to wit: Eliza, who
founded Carthage, one of the most noted
nations of antiquity, over which she
ruled for years. She was not only brave
and capable, but excelled as a dipo-
raatlst. Hypalia was an accomplished
scholar, as well as beautiful and amia
ble. Sho ascended to tho very pinnacle
of fame in consequeuco of her literary
attainments; and yet she lost none of
her love for home and friends. "Uhe
record of tbo famous women of antiquity
might be lengthened out Indefinitely,"
showing that, as thinkers and rulers,
they were man's equal; and yet it can
not be necessary. The Bible, from Gen
esis to Revelation, sustains this view
when properly rendered. Reason in the
miuds of the thinking portiou of our
race proves it. The man wuo iooks
upon her as au inferior being, in any
sense of the word, has failed to investi
gate tliis subject.
As Christianity advances, so will civ
ilization; aud as the two advance, so
will woman come up to her proper
sphere. Everybody must see that the
present great national uprising on tho
subject of temperance will greatly facil
itate this great doctriuo of the Bible,
that woman is man's equal.
The Clergy of this city aro doing a
pod work in the temperance cause, and
I bid them God-speed. Now, will they
go a little farther and suggest that our
wives, daughtors and sisters go with us
to the ballot-box ? Certainly, after the
"crusade" in this place, which I think
Is right, there can be no objection to
Woman Suffrage. If our wives aud
daughters afford us so mucii pleasure in
accompanying us to church, and to the
social party, why not go with us to the
polli,anil vote with us, as here the great
evils of our country may be made right?
R.
PEBSE0OTI0N OP ELECTION IN-
SPE0T0ES.
Two of the inspectors of the election
district who received the votes of Miss
Anthony and other ladles, in the Presi
dential election of 1S72, were last week
arrested, by order of District Attorney
Crowley, upon their neglect to pay the
fine and costs imposed upon tlicm by
Justice Hunt In the trial had before
him, at Canandaigua, N. Y. Beverly
W . Jones, one or the inspectors, is un
derstood to have paid his fine since his
arrest, and to have been released from
custody. Edwin T. Marsh, the other
inspector, is now incarcerated in the
Monroe county jail, having refused up to
this time to satisfy the judgment against
him.
The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
says:
Wo regard this action on the part of
uismci Attorney irowiey ns an out
rage, in that these young men, who, at
. the worst, are but accessories in the vio-
Iation of law, are made to feel its ter
rors, while the chief criminal is allowed
to defy tho law with Impunity. No
effort, as we understand it, has been
made to satisfy tho judgment of the
court against Miss Anthony. She con
temns the law which adjudged her
guilty, and its duly appointed adminis
trators aro either too timid, or too neg
ligent of duty, to endeavor to enforco it.
The inspectors received her vote and
those of her associates, after taking the
best legal counsel obtainable at the time, 1
and after the votes had been sworn in
upon challenge. It is doubtful whether
they had the right to refuse these (
votes. In any event, their offense,
is venial as compared witii hers. It I
docs not look well for the District At- i
toruey thus to proceed against tiie lesser j
offenders, while the chief offender snaps
her tluger at the law, aud dares its miu- j
isters to make her a martyr. ;
Of course, in this review, we have not .
touched upon the legal questions in
volved in the judgment against Miss
Anthony. Sho may be right in her in
terpretation of her prerogatives and Jus
tice Hunt may iu his bo wrong. That she
aud earnest in the cause, to which she
has devoted many years of persistent
is conscientious lu her interpretation,
effort, we know. We write in uo spirit
of vindictivencss, nor even in one of an
tagouism, towards her; but, in the name
of justice, wc aro called upon to protest
against the unseemly proceeding, which
persecutes two excellent young men,
and hesitates to attack this woman who
stands as the representative of what she
regards as a great reform, and iu its
advocacy shrinks not from any of the
terrors the law may nave in store lor
her. Mrs. District Attorney, It is your
duty to arrest Miss Anthony to cross
swords with au antagonist worthy of
your steel. Yonr present action looks
ignoble aud is unworthy of you and of
tue mucc you nil.
The following is a copy of the com
mitment:
The President of the United States of
America to tne Marshal oj the North
ern District of New York.
We command you that you take Bev
erly v. .tones, jMiwin r. .Marsh, Wil
liam B. Hall Defendants, If they shall
be round iu your district, and that you
safely keep them so that you may have
their uouies before- tho uircuit uourt oi
the Uulted States of America for tho
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uiirLiiHru mai rifTL til r ut mini nui
, , , . .rV.....--rtr!r
' foro the judges of the same c
' thlnl Tuesday, 17th day or J
1 each tosatisry the Lnitci
foro the judges of the same court, on the
... . . .... , ft wt. IIATf
nlfml States of
4 I Ir, tho mini nf twelltV-llVC UOl-
& imposed "on each of said defendants
separate fine upon conviction on indict
ment and sentence by the court at the
June term 1S73, for illegally registering
cer aiu persons as voters and receiving
So "votes anil also to satisfy the fur
thw sum of $57 50 adjusted by sa d court
against the said defendants Jointly.
Awl that you also have then aud there
"wYtncsa the non. Nathan Clifford,
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
or the Unite States of America at Tj ttca,
In the wild northern district of New
York, the 3d day of February, in the
v.r nur Lord, one thousand oiRht
hundred and seventy-four, and of the
Independence oi tue uaiu uuueu oiaies
tho ninety-eighth.
RicHAitD Crowley, U. S. At t'y.
CluBLKs Mason, Clerk.
The officer did" not -find WilliamjB.
Hall, and lie Is consequently still at lib
erty. Beverly W. Jones was released
last week on the payment of his fine
by his father. The amouut was $25 and
one third of the whole costs, which were
in all $57 50. The other Inspectors will
refuse to pay, as we aro informed.
Miss Anthony is, of course, indignant
at the incarceration of the inspectors,
and is prepared to move heaven and
earth In their behalf. She has received
the following letter from General Butler,
in relation to tho subject, and has his
promise to argue her case either in Con
gress or iu the courts:
IIousu of Representatives, 1
Washington, Feb. 22, 1S74.
My Deak Miss Anthony: In regard
to tho Inspectors of election, I would not,
if I were they, pay, but allow any pro
cess to be served; and I have no doubt
tho President will remit tho fine If they
arc pressed too far.
I am yours truly,
Benjamin F. Bctlek.
A reporter heard of the arrest and pro
ceeded to the jail at once to see the pris
oners. He found both of them at dinner
and in good spirits. In the course of
conversation they expressed far less re
gret over their incarceration than Mr.
Jones does over the fact, that since he
has paid his fine, he cannot share their
confinement. A great number of their
friends, and friends of the cause for
which they are suffering, called on them
during the afternoon, and did everything
in their power to lighten the burden that
rests on them.
As Mr. Marsh served ten months zs a
prisoner of war in the pens of Anderson
ville, Salisbury and Florence, Monroa
county jail cannot have many terrors
for him.
Miss Authony, who happens to be in
the city, having been called home from
her tour in Connecticut by the danger
ous illness of her mother, is doing all in
her power their behalf, aud it is not likely
that their imprisonment will continue
for any very great length of time, al
though they are determined to refuse to
pay a fine, or in any way acknowledge
that they have been guilty of a criminal
offense.
Mr. Marsh sends the following letter
lo the editor of the Democrat and Chron
icle, from which it will be seen that he
entertains a very hopeful viev of the
situation:
Celt. No. 0, Mont.oe County Jail,
l'cbruary lbi-i. j
"In tho nrison cell I sit," and recall
the memories, which come more forcibly
to me now from surrounding circum
stances, of that other "prison cell" in
which, amid cold, hunger and death, I
suffered ns cheerfully as possible, never
falteriug m my tievotion to my country.
And now I am suffering an imprison
ment as much in the cause of human
rights as the ten dreary months which I
spent at Andcrsonville, Salisbury and
1 Iorence.
Placed in a position where we were
forced to mako a decision on a question
unexpectedly brought before us under
oath to act according to our best judg
mentinstructed by tho law to receive
the votes of all persons who claimed the
right to vote and who took the prescribed
oaths, and in opposition to a prejudice
that we held iu common with most men
on the question of Woman Suffrage, I
took tho coarse that I did honestly, and
as I believed then, and still believe, the
right one. Prosecuted aud persecuted
for the sake of fees, and from a determi
nation to give the cause of Womau Suf
frage a deatli blow, we have been un
justly dealt with from the first.
A power controls us against which
we are helpless to contend the power
of might over right, but I havo learned
to submit with good grace where I must,
aud will stand for the right while I can.
Our conviction was a shame, and tho
fine imposed an injustice. The first
cannot be recalled, but the fine we will
not pay, aud proposo to "fight it out iu
this line if it takes nil summer."
Respectfully,
Edwin T. Marsh.
A Pew Home Questions.
A "Farmer's Wife" puts the following
home questions to the readers of the
American Agriculturist. Attention to
these Iltltle matters would save many
steps by weary feet, and the feeling
that the men and boys of the household
are indifferent and careless in making
work, which is sometimes harder to bear
than unnecessary work itself:
"Do you, after having kindled tho
fire, sweep away the shavings and ashes
neatly, or leave them on or around the
stove"? When, you bring in a pail of
water, are you' careful not to spill It, or
! ml,st smc one use the mop after you
I fveri' time? hen you (men and boys)
leave the barn-yard, do you scrape tho
dirt from your boots, or bring it to tho
clean door steps, or, what is worse, into
the house, aud scrape it on the nicely
Eolishcd cooking stove, that has cost an
our's hard scrubbing to make bright?
Do you ever spit on the stove, floors, or
carpets ? Do you leave hats and over
coats in the hall, or do you wear them
in and lav them on tho table with books,
papers, etc., scattering hay seed and
dust over the cloth and its contents,
making it necessary to remove and re
place them much oftener than would be
required, if the rules of order were ob
served? Do you put your own clothes
In their places, or leave them for some
femalp member of the family to take
care of? .
"I could ask many more questions or
similar import about door-yards, gates,
garden walls, fences, tool-houses, etc.,
but I will not intrude. I insist that
farmers homes ought to, and might be,
as neat and beautiful as any others, if
all would do their work in the best
manner, or at the earliest opportunity,
and not leave for another what they
ou'ht to do themselves. I know that
Ion"-induIged habits are hard to over
come, but may I not hope that young
mcn will heed advice? You would not
like to have a slatternly wife; but it"
you are slovenly in your habits, you
could not be happy with a neat one, for
she would be dissatisfied and unhappy,
and uules3 she were uncommonly
heroic, you would be likely Xo hear of it.
Perhaps you think these thin res of very
small moment, but I know of but few
things that grieve aud Tret a woman
more when sho Is weary and dispirited,
than to have all her cflorts at order and
neatness unappreciated; and I know,
too, 'more offend from want of thought
than from want of feeling.' So let me
say to farmers' boys, and girls too, if
you wish to have pleasaut, happy
homes, be not only virtuous, but or
derly, industrious and neat."
The report iu the Legislature of Rhode
Island recommending Womau Suffrage
is signed by four of the five members of
tho Joint Special Committee on that
subject. The othor member declines to
sign, but will present no minority res
port.
J.
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