FRIDAY. xYPRIL 24, 1B74.
THE EIGHTS OP C0NS0IEN0E.
There Is nothing which women need
more to learn than that they must de
cide all questions of conscience for
themselves. We hare been accustomed
all our lives to be told that women gov
erned the public morals through their
social and domestic influence. Never
was there a greater fallacy than that.
Undoubtedly men have some respect for
the -greater acknowledged purity of
women, and defer to it in some ways.
But they seldom allow our opinions to
govern their acting, either In public or
private life. This boasted "influence of
woman" is chiefly conventional a cour
tesy of man to woman, of one eez to the
other and arises in the deference the
sexes pay to each other interchangeably.
It is a considerable force in itself, and
certainly gives to society its greatest
charm.
.But in matters of importance women
have too long been accustomed to evade,
if not to ignore, moral responsibility, by
refusing the settlement of all weighty
questions of morals, religion, or public
polity to men. "I will ask my hus
band," or"I will do just as my minister
tells me," is considered commonly as
an indication of the most refined wom
anliness. What has been the result
of this renunciation of the rights of
conscience? Has it been the elevation
of woman? We have only to look at
the position she holds in the different
countries of Europe, Asia and America
to be convinced that it has not in
Hlndnnsfan. tht nrieslhood nave so
perverted their ancient religion, and
misquoted their religious books, that a
mother willinrdv destroys her female
offspring, and even devotes her own
body to the flames of the funeral pyre,
on tho decease of her husband. Men
have killed in her the natural instincts
and affections of motherhood, and de
stroyed the very strongest principle of
nature the love of life; all this, too,
with no stronger motive on their part
than (he desire to obtain possession of
the fortunes which, living, men owned,
and dying, left in the meek and credu
lous hands of these religious (?) women.
Had the men of Hindoos tan been more
highly enlightened, such things could
not have been; but being themselves
ignorant, have joined with an avaricious
priesthood to fix these fanatical ideas ih
the minds of women.
In Catholic countries we see the same
tiling, Just in proportion to the general
intelligence or ignorance of the male
part of the population. In Italy, in the
islands of the Mediterranean, in South
America and Mexico, the very lowest
condition of morals exists among worn
en, not because the women of those
countries are any worse by nature than
in Protestant countries, but because the
priesthood are, and they derive their
views of right and wrong from the
church to which they belong, and are
baptised into at birth. Husbands and
fathers connive at the degeneration of
daughters and wives. Now, since it is
always the woman in these cases who is
called upon tosuflerthepeualllesoferror,
would It not be a great step in the right
direction if these deluded women coidd
be aroused to the knowledge or inde
pendent conscientiousness?
In Christian, Protestant America, fe
male children are not destroyed at
birth, widows arc not burned upon fun
eral pyres, women do not go to the con
fessional as to a brothel; but women do
still decline to set up any opposition to
wrongs which men commit against
themselves or against society, upon the
ground that it is unwomanly to do so.
They prefer that their fathers, brothers,
husbands that manhood at large shall
hold their consciences ns they do their
purse-strings.
Admitting that this course would an
swer best the ends of happiness on
earth, how will it be in that final reck
oning up which comes at last Will
they excuse themselves as Adam did In
the garden "The man thou gavest me
told me to do this thing, and I did it."
That excuse did not answer in the ouc
ense, neither will it in the other.
Even the Protestant churches the
mostadvanced In enlightenment of any
in the world are not innocent of will
ingly or unwittingly abetting this moral
degradation of women. They, too,
have kept woman in the dark as to their
moral responsibility, quoting to them
texts from the Scriptures, which were
written in Oriental countries, under the
influence of Oriental customs. The re
ligion of Christ, which was intended to
lift up all alike, has been rendered a
dead letter in a great degree. Husbands
and uriesLs alike sav to women. "You
do no need to tiiink for yourselves in
fact, the Scriptures forbid it we will
decide these matters for you." Will
they answer for us at the Great Day '.
Can they, dare they undertake to an
swer for the evils which this blind and
mistaken policy has engendered and
nourished in the world?
The sooner women comprehend their
individual accountability to God and to
society, the sooner will society be purged
of Its manifold corruptions. Do not
content yourselves with the false Idea
thatyour"womauly influence" is going
to purify the social or political system
of this country, so long as you sit down
In silent submisiiou to whatever if,
without lining np your voIco for what
hould be. Remember that there arc as
many women in the world as men, and
that there are good men enough to join
with you in any reform to secure a ma
jority over the bad ones. Tills la tue
way, and the only way, good govern
ment, pure reform, and the greatest
good of the greatest number, can ever
be secured.
Illinois has cx.leuueu to married
women every right but that ofsuHrnRe.
Tbey'cau keep (heir own earnings, and
transact business with their, husbands
os'Wlth' strangers.
1
SIGNS 01 THE TIMES.
The present is replete with swiftly re
curring events of great and momentous
interest, and numerous and unmistaka
ble sign foretell yet greater in tho not
distant future, with such clearness; that
"he who runs may read."
That thq minds of the people have re
cently upon various subjects undergone
a radical change is a self-evident fact.
That they arc still in a transition state
Is also true. We do not yet see "the be
ginning of the end" of the great reforms
that are causing so much public excite
ment and private discussion, but as
coming events are said to "cast their
shadows before," we may note in the
signs of the present an earnest of what
Is yet to b'e.
We who stand upon the shores of the
Pacific, working, waiting, walcmng,
hoping, striving by whatsoever means
in our power lies to hasten the glorious
day of woman's enfranchisement, as we
ask of our co-laborers In distant fields
"brethren, sisters what of the night,"
Io! appears the'slar in tho East," and
speedily come tho swift-footed messen
gers responding "glad ridings." Some
of these tidings we repeat to our readers:
Woman Suffrage has received a ma
jority vote in both houses of the Iowa
Legislature.
Tho Legislature of Michigan has
submitted Woman Suffrage to the peo
ple by a vote of more than two-thirds of
its members. This question will be
placed before the people of that State In
November, and It is almost certain that
the popular verdict will be given for the
right by a largo majority.
Similar bills passed the Senate of Kan
sas, and only failed in the House by a
small majority.
In Rhode Island, Massachusetts and
Ohio the question is assuming vast
proportions, and these and sonio other
States will soon follow In the wake of
Michigan.
From eminent persons and influen
tial newspapers come statements of tho
Impetus which tho work has received
from the theTempcrance Crusade, while
wo can scarcely open on Eastern paper
without seeing a call for a Woman Suf
frage Convention, the proceedings of
one, and comments upon the marked
success of others.
It must he apparent to those who have
watched and worked for the cause In
our own State that it is rapidly gaining
n public favor. Ministers who have
for years entrenched themselves behind
the doctrines of St. Paul now not only
allow but exhort women tospeak in the
churches. A host of men and women of
broad and cultivated minds, divested of
prejudice, step squarely upon the plat
form of Universal Suffrage and advo
cate equal rights for all. There is yet a
great homo work to accomplish, but
willing hearts nud ready hands
are, who, having espoused this cause, are
determined to work for it until success
crowns their efforts.
Friends, let us labor with unflagging
energy and zeal, turning a deaf car to tho
ridicule, calumny and misrepresentation
that ever pursues us, and when, per- '
chance, in time not distant we lift our
eyes and ask "what of the night," ready
and exultant will come the response,
"the night of oppression has vanished,"
"the day is broke which never more i c-ty. if any proofs wero wnnting he
shall close," the day of universal liberty. rore, that want no longer exists. It was
clearly aud distinctly shown that the
TEIAL OF THE OEUSADEBS.
On the afternoon of the 10th inst., be
tween fifteen aud twenty ladies assem
bled, at the corner of Morrison aud First
streets, and taking up their position on
the outer edge of the sidewalk, began to
sing aud pray. Only one prayed at n
time, and iu an ordinary voice. Very
few of them can sing, therefore the
"noise" or their singing could not be
very "loud." As soon as these ladies
appeared, Mr. Moflelt, by blowing a po-,
lice whistle, and by other means, began lot in llic lace or a "cloud or wit
making a loud and discordant noise, nesses" a jury of six "good and true
which very sooii brought a large crowd men" brought In a verdict of "guilty,
to the side-walk In front of his saloon, ns charged in the complaint," that is,
This crowd increased until the street
was pretty effectually blockaded. The and quiet of this city by disorderly con
ladies soon ceased to sing or to pray nud- duct.
ibly, because the nolso maile by the
gong-beaters, organ-grinders, bell - ring -
cr, aud tin-cau and drum-beaters was so
overwhelming as to drown every otlier
sound. These were the paid servant or,
Mr. Moflelt. Mr. Moflett's bar-tender, i
Inflamed with drink, and totally regard- j iudlflerent to a sense of the evil inllu
less of decency, used insulting language i enee so wide-spread and so potent which
aud committed iusulting nnd violent! rules in every department of business
acts in the presence of the ladies. All and politics. It may show men where
these facts were brought out by the
nuestionsandcross-oueatlonsof the conn -
selwhocouductedthecaseoneltherBlde.
The ladies, surrounded by an excited
crowd, remained hour after hour, ri
iently or luaudlbly praying, in tlie hope
of quiet being restored, and perhaps
also because it was not easy for them to
extricate themselves from the crowd.
Some of the men congregated thore
were of a rough and disorderly class,
but many also were of a peaceable and
right-minded class. Naturally, these
latter, and some of the former as well,
were indignant at the insults offered the
ladies, and, as Mr. Moffett expected, soon
got iuto a quarrel amongst themselves.
Two men, accordlug to the evidence,
were knocked down, one man stabbed,
chairs thrown about, etc Mr. .Motiett
himself brandished a pistol. These were
the facts elicited at the trial.
But by some unaccountable reasoning
the Jury aarccd in their veniict oi
guilty, as charged in the complaint, of
tho City of Portland against Mrs. snin-
dler, Mrs. Swaflbrd, Mrs. Fletcher, Mrs.
H. Stitzel and Mrs. Sparrow, for"making
a loud noise," nud engaging In "violent
aud disorderly couduct." The jurymen
wero Messrs. J. M. Fryer, J. B. Kellogg,
C. P. Bacon, George Green, R. R. Thoinp
ion, and L. Goldsmith certainly nrjury
intelligent enough to understand the
case In all its bearings; therefore they
mieuiacntbj ngrecd to the guilt of the
above-named ladles, having heard the i their homes and children, the ouly wea
evldence above cited. . , . . pon society has heretofore allowed them
H la perhaps superfluous to comment humbleiprayervto God. .If the men of
upon tills docioion. except to say that it
did not take toavminuu from the charge
of Judge Denny, ailjias been unjustly
presiimediby some. f r g
. After three days' trial, and the aboyc
mcntioucd verdict, the ladles, attended
by many friends, appeared forcsentence
on Wednesday morning at eleven
o'clock, aud;were fined five dollars each
and costs-, or, in default of fine, one
day's imprlsonment-in tho-clty-jail.
The ladles with ono accord agreed to
spend twenty-four hours in jail rallier
than submit to be fined; and they are
there while.. wc .wrltojMs .report. A
protest was read by Mrs. Sparrow, whieli
will be appended to this report.
The defence was ably conducted by
Messrs. A. C. Gibbs, C. W. Parrlsh, H.
H. Northrup and Shoup, who volun
teered their services and contested inch
by inch the ground, as points were made
and objections raised. The statement
of the caso and the pleading were able.
Iu short, it will probably be some time
before the Police Court will witness an
other scene of equal interest.
It Is our opinion that the Police Court
never before was the scene of any trial
similar to this; nor was it probably ever
more orderly, quiet and respectable
showing that the presence of good
women everywhere and auywhere is a
warraut of decency and good order.
the rno-nsT of the cncsAnEits.
Your Honok : Xfe do protect agalnt any
sentence being A.ved upon us, for the follow
ing reason:
First TJiat (he venllct win contrary to the
testimony, ami to the charge of your Honor, In
that the testimony cleatly fchows, by numerous
itncsieK.ithat we were qulev and unlerly In
the midst or disorder and confusion. To such
an extent did some or nx preserve quiet that we
did not so much ns open our Jiioutlis, either In
tons or In prayer, ns your Honor will observe
by referring to the testimony.'
Second We, a Temperance women, do ear
nestly protect against being tentencetl on the
finding of a jury composed In part ot liquor
dealers, who, according to the won! of their
oath, had already prejudged us.
If we may be allowed to mention the work In
which we arc engaged, wc fcliould like to do fco.
The crime being supposed to be In the Intent,
wc would remind your Honor that the bun
bands nnd father of the landorobelngstrlcken
down on every hand by thin vile traillo against
which we wage war, and that the sons of the
land are m beset by temptation that many of
them (all early Into the drunkard's grave, nnd
many inore.who live on, Imt live to disappoint
the fond hopes which are centered In them, and
which, but for this fell destroyer, they might
fuinil. These evils, your Honor, are not In fatl
on ianu,oui ni our own uoors,as mm wne can
testify who a, few months since wentto a prom
inent saloon In this city and plend with the
proprietor to ell her husband no more liquor,
an her Hie was In danger whenever that hus
band came home under Its Influence, and she
was coldly told: "Oh, well, li I do not sell him
1 Iquor, some one else Trill." Or that other wife,
whoe twenty years' experience has deprived
her of everything the heart holds dear "but
! her trust In God," whose husband can go anil
J keep the books at this samo saloon, nnd Katur
day night take his pay In this cursed, Ore-water
and go his home to make it such n hell upon
1 earth that the children must be sent from the
Liir iiuum; huu uie vite rriuiiui in irmir in hit
life. Such Instances are not rare, nnd It is In
behalf of tlie-o suffering sisters that we act. We
have not owerlo amend the laws; but since
the day that woman was first at the sepulchre.
It lias been her conceded light to' pray, and
thls.rigbt wc claim as Inalienably ours.
The Jury have kindly recommended us to
m.-n-y : ire ask no mercy we demand ji-sthi
T7HATNEXT 7
It needed just such a trial as that of
the crusaders in the Police Court to
show un the wliiskv influence in this
"disorderly conduct," "noise," etc.,
, with which the Indies were charged was
not originated or participated iu by
them; that, iu fact, the noise which 3fr.
Moffett caused to be made so completely
drowned the voice of prayer and singing
that nothing could be distinguished of
the services.
It was further shown by the evidence
j that at Mr. Molletfs Instigation every
j lowest device was resorted to to insult
, and frighten the Indies, even to present-
ing pistols.
guilty of wilfully disturbing the psace
-Now, althougU we am sorry for the
! defeat of the ladle?, as a defeat, and
j ashamed of Portland morals as shown
uy inai vcruict, we are giaa mat, tins
strong and pointed case Has occurred
just as it lias. For it may awaken the
, tuey sianu as io uieir own saiety wnen
. t comes to a contest wltli whisky.
But that which. Is most vividly pre-
sented to us in this case is the need of
something stronger tlian moral suasion
in the hands of women. No better suf
frage argument could possibly be found
than facts such as these, that Iu this
nineteenth century the bad morals of
men should force women to street pray
ing nnd exhortation, nnd that they
should be arrested for it, like common
rioters, nnd after trial by jury found
"guilty" of "disorderly conduct,?' The
flue irony of their recommendation to
the Court's mercy must hnvebeen espe
cially stunning to the guilty creatures.
Is it possible that there remains in Port
laud, after this, one man or one woman
(above the influence of whisky, of
course who can longer be blind to the
pressing uecd of the ballot in the hands
of women ? Either one of two things
is inevitable : Womeu must consent to
relinquish all hopes of happy homes
and virtuous children for the future, or
they must have their hands strength
ened to defend those hornet and children.
Men cannot do it any louger ; they have
sold their birthright of moral freedom
for whisky. All they con now do, under
the existing order of things, is to stand
idly by and sec their Christian wives
and mothers arraigned In Police Courts,
upon the complaiut.of dniukcuanddis-
nrrlorlv men. for using. Iu defenso of
Oregon are not oshauicd of their record I
in tills mailer,' they should be. We be- j
licvo they will sootl be convinced of,
tho necessity of their past blludness ill)
this respect. It is the only hope of pa
tiont, long-sufferine; woman it Iamorol
to the Christian woman at this moment
than prayer, for prayer is "disorderly
aud voting is not.
"YOUES TEULY" YIBITS-THE'-PO?
LIOE COURT.
Not ns a prisoner, you will please to
understand. No, thank you. ' : Not
while juries are composcd'of' saloon?
keepers and whi3ky sympathizers.
Dut as Yours Truly. had heard many
aud various opinions expressed upon
that all-absorbing topic, the offense and
trial of tho crusaders, she became pos
sessed with a desire to see and hear for
herself. So, having coaxed a reluctant
consent from the powers that be, she,
armed and equipped with Phil's dilapi
dated note-book and Dick's newly
sharpeued pencil, proceeded to the fa
mous (or rather infamous) headquarters
of tho police.
Undaunted by the imposing presence
of Chief Lappeus himself, Yours Truly
mounted the Iron stair-case, elbowed her
way through the gaping, staring crowd,
aud finally, with a little flutter of rib
bons, andacurefuldisposltion of flounces,
settled herself and glanced around.
"High on his throne of royal stnte"
sat His Honor, the Judge, grave and si
lent, as if upon Ills shoulders rested the
weight of mightiest monarchies. '
Around the tablo Inside the bar sat
the attorneys who wero to defend the
city from the persecutions of the ruth
less crusaders, nnd those also who were
daring enough to defend the crusaders
from the lawless element 'opposed to
them.
After the farce of empannelliig a jury
of their peers (?) had been gone through,
the trial proceeeded.
An individual, whose nose wnssufll
clent introduction as counsel for the
prosecution, after a glaring misstate
ment of fact, proceeded with that redic
mlous assumption or superiority, so
common in animals of hi mental rail
bre, to inform the jury that ho did not
"consider the defendants as accountable
beings," meaning, of course, that they
.- nnj,tn. tint, cvmnnn
It occurred
to Yours Truly that if this were the true
state of the case, that he of the nose was
guilty of gross Inhumanity in conduet
the prosecution against them, to say
the least. This insult to the intelligence
of woman was not without effect upon
tho spectators, however it may have
been regarded by the "gentlemen of the
Jury." After spending the entire after
noon in pompous nothings intended,
perhaps, to impress the lady auditors
and prisoners with some of the pomp
nnd circumstance of law, although they
only succeeded in impressing them'with
a mockery of Justice a recess was de
clared. As Yours Truly stood waiting
for the crowd to pass out, she heard in
tones strangely familiar, "If 1 had a
wife, I would not allow her to come
here." Turning slightly, she beheld
great, broad-shouldered Tom glancing
patronizingly over the crowd, as he
kept his spirits up by laying imaginary
commands upon that mythical person
age, "my wife." And that said wife wai
a myth, was thankfully remembered
by Yocks Trtta.
THE END OF IT.
About half-past eight o'clock-Wednesday
evening, ns the lady prisoners were
preparing to spend the night with what
comfort they could In apartments so un
usual, a Captain of Police suddenly ap
peared upon the scene and turned them
all-out of .doors. They insisted that they
wished to comply with the law, aud to
i suffer for their "disorderly conduct" to i
the full extent of their sentence, which,
being the sentence of the Court, was of
course just and right. ButCaptoin
would not permit it. He polltely'invilcd
them to "get out of this," and contended
that he was "boss" Iu that institution.
" 'Tis ever thus," etc. If the ladles do
what they think right, some' man (say
Moffett) gets them sent to jail. If they
then meekly submit, and just as leave
be punished as not, to please these cap
tious gentlemen, a policeman turns
them out upon the street, amongst a
crowd of waiting men. These gentle
men are very hard to please, seems to
us?
Well, the ladles, finding they wero
houseless for that night if they did uot
go home, asked a young gentleman, a
stranger whom they found near, to es
cort them to the church, where a meet
ing was being held, nnd where they
knew their friends could be found.
Their appearance at the church was Mm
signal for such a round of cheers and
bnrst of enthusiasm as never was heart!
since the war times of 'KM. It was In
vain that Mr. Tzer requested silence aud
decorum inside tho sacred edifice-There
are times and occasions wheu the voice
or the people is the voice or God and
will be heard; and it was heard on that
night. Several or the ladies made ad
dresses, which were very Interesting.
So the good cause goes inarching on.
But we don't see how that Police Cap-
inin nn.,M h n ..nmln.lful of lustier- n
to turn those poor prisoners out into the
Btreet! O Temporal O Mores I
Miw.Du.NnvAY'sLKCTCM Tnese
ture at the theateron Thursday evening j mines -yield an immense annual rev
was of the highest order. Every one enue, hut are owned by wealthy com
who attended, wlih whom we have panIt;g and lll0 laboring man's wages
T The laSyU ralenle!l!gisein l twoaiid three dollars per day.
aud Is a very line speaker. Her lectures , The Temperance meetings iu Nevada
aro productive of good to the cause she ; and Grass Valleys were quite largely at
represents. Her lecture on that eyen-: teuiled ' Htre n3 eisewilere, wo find
lug is a guarantee of what the lecture ,, ... ' . ,, . ,
on Col. Baker will be this evening, ir u,e Woman Suffrage question is being
sho can talk as eloquently as she did on settled by the logic of events. Often at
the subject of tcmpcrauce, she ought to the close of our lectures, when tho petl-
? EJS.0-? c"t suuJf"
or Col. Baker. He was her friend from
iufnucy, and she will relate many per
sonal reminiscences or him; All who
attend the theater to-night may bo - as
sured that th'ey will lea vcj .satisfied. A
largo audience will doubtless-listen' to
the lecture.- Xevadd City' (Chty: Tra)T
rcripl. ! . . it J
EDITORIAL COBBESjjQNDEKOS.
fc,, KBiorTiiKNWSoCTiiww:
Tftvin-r StoidUoifnn Mondavthemh
if w - - o r
InsfT, after having closed our lectures
with agvery largo audience on Sunday
evening in tho,' Methodist church, we
took tho overland train at noonday, by
the way of Colfax, for Nevada City,
where we had an appointment for the
evening. .. Our road lay through thel
louely valley of the Sacramento, whose
exquisite verdure of spring-time green
was gorgeously variegated with every
Imaginable shade of floral beauty.
Cattle stood'to their knees in the muddy
waters of lazy, sluggish sloughs, chew
ing the cud of swoet contentment, while
jaded horses tugged away at the rolling
sod, their drivers perched upon the
spring spats of sulky plows, seemingly
in need of nothing but umbrellas, fans
and bottles of cologne to render the
curse of eating bread in the sweat of
their faces as imperative as the most
devout of them fear that woman's curse
of being ruled over by husbands will be
in the now dispensation which is just
upou her.
Arriving at Colfax, a little railway
station, perched among the foothills of
the bold Sierras, wo learned to our disap
pointment that the staging to Nevada
city would occupy us till far into the
night, aud prevent the possibilltyof onr
meeting our engagement for the even
ing. To make the best of circumstances
was the only alternative, and wo lugged
our basket to the nearest hotel and took
lodging for the night, speculating upon
tho uncertainties of mundane calcula
tions In general nnd ours in particular.
jMnc.oxiQCK on lucsuay louud us
aboard (hostage, with the usual crowd
of passengers nnd baggage. We never
saw a stage that wasn't capable of hold
Ing one or two additional passengers after
it was already fall. When about twenty
feet from the hotel door, tho horses
plunged into a mud-ljole, gnin down
until, but for many similar observa
tions, wc should have expected to lose
sight of their ears. But the horses came
up aud down went the coach, throwing
the travelers into a heap upon tho for
want wheels aud, righting them again
witli the next lurch, ouly the matter
was m badly overdone that the cerebel
lum of the undersigned received the
next contusion, thereby through sym
pathy, restoring a painful equilibrium
between the organs of intellect and an
(agonism. Miles of tedious repetition
of the firf, moment's experience sufficed
to reconcile us to our fate; besides, when
you get your spinal column snugly tele-
scoped, you become iu a measure stage
hardened, nud you learu to endure
everything but the patient suffering of
many pairs of rat-tailed, ewe-necked.
ring-boned, knock-kneed horses, for
whom we humbly hope there- Is a fu
ture life, where cruelty will be un
known forevcruiore. The lady passen
gers walked up some or tho worst pulls
and down some of the deepest gorges
through pity for the patient animals and
alaudibleambition to preserve their own
bones unbroken.
Iu justice to the Colfux and Nevada
stage company wc make grateful men
tion that their horses nre as well kept
aud kindly e.ired Tor as the nature of j
their occupation will permit. But the
road are lined witli teams of the above
description, drawing ponderous wagons
which withoutaload would weigh a ton.
These wagons cut up the roads with
their broad, kulcned wheels, making
channels which the mountain torrents
soon wear into gulches, and the travel
ing is fearful. But the railroad era is
already upou these people, aud ere the
vicissitudes of our mission bring us
here again wc hope the iron horse, to
whom spavin is a strauger, may go
snorting through these fastnesses,
I bringing ease and security to both man
aud beast.
Arriving at Nevada we were made
welcome by our good fricuds, Mr. aud
Mrs. Crawford, in their elegant hope,
where all the implements of civilization
are utilized in perfection, and where the
good husband nud wife, with souls alive
to every needed work for the promotion
of Immnnlty's best interests, use liber
ally of their substance to sustain the
friends of Human Rights in tlieirmlsslon
of love to the people.
The success of our meetings here was
largely duo the efforts of Mrs. Emily
Rolfe, a whole-souled, wIde-awake,Tem-peraucc
woman and earnest Woman
Suffragist, who exerts a powerful Influ
ence for good in the community at large.
While iu NcVada we Indulged in a
visit to the hydraulic mining works.
Steady streams of water witli over two
hundred feet fall, are brought through
large pipe.', with six-inch nozzles, to
bear upon the solid mountainsides with
' a "orcc Ulal uemuoweis me compiam-
lug earth, aud sends it crashing to the
plain below. Occasionally blasting Is
resorted to, thereby aiding to loosen tho
solid mountain wall from its founda
Hon, upon which the ceaseless waters
play with such stupendous power as no
army with strongest fortifications could
long withstand. Tho flumes thntgather
up the debri ot the olemcnts extend for
many -nlles turougii tne guicues, nnu
i wo t0 u,c . wu. wuen tue waters
t'd from their course to allowfor
j lrM "aning up" of the shiices,
Ings." His life would quickly pay the
tlous for an election upon the Local Op
tion hill arc being circulated in tho au-
dieuce .for the signatures of "legal
voters," Lome gcutldman will arise and
say: "Itam 'sdrry, ladies, that you are
not legal voters. But I know the 'day
Is comlngfwUeii yoti ucllt be,'nnd then
this temperance&ucsUmiwlll settle it
self." To lead the people up to tins
Idea, aud then letj it "whistle itself
has been bur plnnl of action in every
place where wc ha;e yetjpokcn in the
State.
This evcnlngwpSre to lecture upon
'Wbat'will we do with our boys?" in
the Methodist church in Grass " alley,
and to-morrow night, the twentieth lec
ture since coming to the State, the sub-
ect will be, through request of many of
his old friends, "The Life and Times of
Col. Baker."
Eerywhcroweare greeted by thopress
and pulpit with the utmost courtesy,
though in many places we are com
pelled to fight our way through many
obstacles engendered by the "shrieking
sisterhood," whose rabid "Woman's
Bights" doctrines have thrown tho
Woman Movcmeutintodisrepute. These
man-hatingfanatlcs, wholn dowdy dress
and disheveled hair avail themselves of
every opportunity to force themselves
before the public to denounce "tho ty
rant man," are our pet aversion. They
Have hitherto kept many noble, wom
anly women from coming to tho front
in California, but through the Temper
ance reform another class are now being
led Into the ranks, and soon a universal
shout for suffrage will go up from the
people which no interests of office-hold
ers or Jaw-makers snail be able to
withstand.
A few evenings ago we were met at
tho residence of Mrs. Rolfe by a party of
ladles and gentlemen who arc well
known suffragists, aud a few others who
have not yet identified themselves with
the movement but are becoming sym
pathizers through the Temperance re
form. How wo wish some of the stupid
mortals who hold back from active work
in this great moral field, for fear they
may lose caste, could travel for a few
months among the people and note the
high degree of intellectuality and re
finement, as well as wealth and domestic
happiness, of those who are so far eman
cipated from Miss Nancy-Ishness that
they dare to speak what they think!
Nevada is the old home or Senator Sar
gent and wife, two of tho most active
Woman Suffragists in Washington.
The citizens hold them iu high esteem
and nre looking confidently to them for
valuable aid in the enfranchisement of
woman.
In Grass Valley the Ladies' Tern
pcrance Union, assisted by our ever
ready friends of tho Methodist church,
gave us three large aud apprecia
tive audiences, and . much interest
upon the woman's work in the move
ment has been awakened and will, we
doubt not, go on till the great work is
accomplished.
Wc were here agreeably entertained
at the hospitable liome of Hon. A.
B. Dibble and wife, who have spared
no pains to make our visit both profita
ble and pleasant.
From this placo we are soon to retrace
our way over the fearful stage road to
Colfax, and rrora thence to Sau Fran
cisco and Oakland, where we shall flu
isli up our work and take the first May
steamer for Oregon and jiojik.
A. JfD.
THE INDEPENDENTS.
Now come the Independents with
their ticket, prating of the political
millcniura. We confess that we would
have much more confidence in tho pro
fessions of the party through its plat
form if it wero not engineered and con
trolled by disappointed place-seekers
aud men with old political grievances
to redress.
Although there, is- not a ghost of a
chance for the election of the Independ
ent caudidates, tho ticket may accom
plish the darling object of its leaders'
ambition, viz: the defeat or the Repub
lican nominees.
Be this as it may, wc.are sure that
when the smoke of the June battle shall
have vanished, leaving the political at
mosphere again clear, that the shattered
fragments of the "Independent party"
will be sought in vain.
AN OPENLETTEB.
T A5TY MAS WltO MAY CIUX IT.
See Ke w Northwest of JIarch 27th.
They tell me you aro what the world
calls a "rake;" that whatever little at
tractions nature may have thoughtlessly
given you have been subordinated to
base uses, and that, instead of being a
strong, noble, manly protector of the
"weaker sex," you have openly boosted
of your power to win the hearts of too
susceptible maidens, and then cast them
aside as lightly as though they were
made of caoutchouc, Instead of sensitive,
palpitating flesh and blood.
They say that you talk with owl-like
gravity of the necessity of woman's being
kept in herprcsentstaleor political bond
age, for fear she might loose something
of her delicacy and purity of character,
were she allowed possession of her
natural right to "life, liberty and tho
pursuit of happiness." They tell me
that when you tiro of siugle life, and
seek a wife to sew the buttons on your
shirts, darn your socks and cook your
meals, you are as rastidious as though
you were yourscira model or propriety,
iitul will not deign to think or any
young lady as a wife, unless she unites
In her character all the attributes or a
charming and superior woman. Espe
cially must sho have the most irre-
nmm-hnliln plmmofpr for
virtue she
. .
must be like Caesar's wife, "above sus -
.,,,, , , , i recomment anon v i no. and I would
piclou" Probably you should be cx- give more for what T can tell about a
cuaed for that, however, as, having no , boy by using my eyes ten minutes, than
virtue yourself, you think it necessary , all the tine letters ho can bring me."
for her to have enough for two. But did! . ...
f .., .. in nn iit u ; tt, CoL- Bakei:. The lecture to-night,
t npver occur to you "iat it is the ou lhe aubject of Co, Bak wilb
height of Impudence the mildest possi- well worth listening to. All who were
ble name for you to make such re- admirers of his eloquence, bravery and
qulrements, while living the life you ' Patriotism, ought to 1 ear his merits re
do? It occurs forcibly to other people, iJSS
at any rate. They think it very absurd, 1 familiar with his record, public and pri-
to say the least, tual a mau. wup cuews
and smokes.'and drinks liquor for a Jiv
ing, as you do, should think biuisolf en
titled to a wife at all, whtfn he doesn't do
honest Vork enough, to support a fair
sized buftcrlly. And now that women
are getting such strange ideas about
Human Rights, aud are really thinking
that the same rules that govern women
ought to govern men, there i3 really a
strong impression that, if you choose to
live an idle, dissolute, licentious life, you
are not entitled to any puror person than
yourself as a companion. It seems to
these unreasonable peoplo that it is
monstrous for you to associate with tho
vicious and degraded whenever you
choose to, nnd then go from the polluted
ntmosphereofdrunkennessand debauch
ery, straight to the parlor of some pure,
innocent, unsuspecting girl, and palm
yourself off as a decent man, fit for her
associate, escort or even Heaven lor-
bid her husband. "Do you thins tuat
the true woman whom you could honor,
as a wife, would, if she knew it, take to
her embrace a husband who had lived a
life of perfidy and treachery to her sex
a life of impurity and degradation?
"You may plead in extemuation of
your faults" that men are not required
by public opinion to live up to the
samo standard to which women must
conform. For shame, to urge such an
excuse. If there is anything truly
manly in your nature, it must reproach
you for such miserable efforts to hide
behind the flimsy screen of an unjust
anti cruel public sentiment. Where is
vour boasfeil strength ? No. sir: if it is
ricrhfr. fnr wnnmn. flip 'vrnnlror vkqspT.
to be held to such strict accountability,
so much the more sdiottld oi of tho
stronger sex hold yourself bound. There
is no such thing as two codes of morals,
one for men and one for women. Jlotli
are alike subject to the laws of God and
man; both thoutd be, and soon will be,
held equally amenable toy public opin
ion as regards personal character. Be
pent, then, of your evil deeds, andstrive
to atone by a life of purity, henceforth,
for the errors of the past. Abandon, at
once and forever, everything you could
not approve In your future wife, and
when, after a satisfactory probation, you
find and win her you musn't insist on ,
an angel, though conllde to her indul
gent ear all your faults and repentance,
your errors and your reformation, tha
in after years no truthful story of your
misdeeds may shock her and "cast a
shadow between you and her who ha3
trusted you" so "much more thauyon de
serve. Poktia.
Fort Clatsop, Or., April 12, 1874.
HO ! FOE EQUAL EIGHTS.
To Tar. JlDtTOROF TiinXEwNoRTirwEsr:
I take the liberty or announcing to
you the result or a very interesting
debate which took place In the new
school building at Columbia City re
cently. The question was:
Jietolvcd, That women should have
equal rights with men before the law.
The participants in the debate six
in number were as follows: In the Af
firmative, James C. Woods (brother of
ex -Governor Woods), Uncle Caleb
Woods.andWm. Clark; in the Negative,
Professor E. G. Adams, Dr. C. G. Caples
aud Geo. W. Merrill.
The house being well crowded at an
early hour, the meetiug was called to
order. A president and competent corps
or associate judges were chosen, after
which the aforesaid speakers proceeded
to "spout." And (pardon the expres
sion), there was socio "spouting,"
which was pretty warm on both sides,
and lasted until a late hour,when tho
quesition was Mibmitted to the judges,
who, being both honest aud impartial,
were obliged to decide in favor of tho
affirmative.
Since the evening of the discussion,
one of the negative party has remarked
that if ever lie spoke again on that
question lu- would be ou the other side.
So you me that the good cause "goes
marching on." ThaukGod! And oh!
that it may still continue progressing,
until women can stand on an equal
footing with the lords or creation ! And
until she can fill her proper sphere, for
which she was intended in the begin
ning, namely: an helpmeet for man
not a mere slave, or doll, one or which,
she lias to be under the existing laws
and customs'.
We, down here in this remote part or
the world, sny amen to the Woman
Movement .in putting down intemper
ance in the land.
Not wishlug to tire your readers, I
will say good-night. Yours truly,
T. J. McFekox.
Letters of Recommendation. A
gentleman advertised for a boy to assist
him iu his office, and nearly fifty appli
cants presented themselves to him.
Out of tho whole number he selected
one nnd dismissed the rest.
"I should like to know,"aid a friend,
"on what ground you selected that boy,
who had not a siugle recommendation."
"You are mistaken," said the gentle
man, "ho had a great mauy. He wiped
his feet when lie came in, and closed
the door after him, showing that he was
careful; he gave up his seat Instantly to
that lame out man, snowing ne was
kind and thoughtful; he took off" his cap
when he came in, and answered my
questions promptly and respectfully,
showing he was polite; he picked up
the book which I had purposely laid
upou tho floor, and placed it on the ta
ble, while all the rest stepped over it or
shored It aside; and he waited quietly
for his turn, instead of pushing and
crowding, showing that he was orderly.
When I tulked with him, I noticed that
his clothes were carefully brushed, his
hair in nice order, and his teeth brushed;
and when he wrote his name, I noticed
that his finger nails were clean, insteabl
of being tinned with iet. liko tlmt hand.
some little fellow's in the blue- jacket.
' Tin ft' t vntl onll (linen 1 1. T .-. l.tl P
?.n,t J', " those things letters of
vate, nud who has the nbilitv to relate
thu.sanju. In a manner that will do credit
to' the memory of that great orator and
statesman. Xceuila City (Oil.) WV
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