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FRIDAY MAY 20, 1876.
XOTICE.
Agents -will please take notice that it is a
great tax upon us to pay express charges upon
mall sums, and they will confer a great favor
bv remitting to us through money orders or
cgistered letters.
"THE AMAZONS AGAIN."
Under this bead the New York
Graphic thus discourses relative to the
recent Convention of Woman Suffra
gists in that city:
The women are coming next week. And
ihey will-take Wednesday and Thursday to
tell why they ought to vote, and what cruel ty
rants men are for kecpingthe ballot-boxes and
offices all to themselues. In looking over the
list of speakers, we miss the names of some of
the old-time advocates of what may almost be
considered "a lost cause," but Miss Anthony's
name is conspicuous still. She is too cour
ageous and tenacious of her .rights to put In a
disappearance on such an occasion. But Misses
Braith, whose cows have made so much noise
at Glastonbury, Connecticut, will recite their
wrongs; and Sarah J. Spencer will tell what
monsters men are; and Mrs. Dr. Lozler
will doubtless demonstrate woman's superior
ity to man on physiological principles; and
Mrs. Oiympla Urown may show the Incompat
ibility of matrimony with the ministry; and
Mrs. Wcstbrook may lift the audience into a
region of poetry and romance from which it
will be brought back to hard facts by Mrs.
Gage and Mrs. Blake. Doubtless the occasion
will be Interesting; the women always are so.
But it is hard to lose sightofthe fact that while
women are steadily gaining ground in educa
tion, Indnstry, society, administrative posi
tions, and moral influence, the signs of their
enfranchisement as steadily diminish. The
experiment of universal male suffrage has not
proved sufficiently successful to encourage an
extension or the privilege, and there Is hardly
a question that the majority of our people
would reduce the numberof voters rather than
give the ballot to a whole sex as yet unused to
political responsibilities. And it would be
well tortlie women who agitate so persistently
for the ballot to consider whether there are not
other and more effectual ways of Improving
the status and Increasing the usefulness and
Influence of their sex.
It is seldom indeed that attempted or
assumed opposition makes so many
strong points in favor of womau's en
franchisement in so short a space and
in such a pleasant manner as is wit
nessed in the above extract. Time was
and not so long since either when
editors of otherwise respectable journals
would descend to the lowest form of
abuse and the vilest of innuendoes upon
those women who dared to brave the
disgusting storm of vituperation and as
sert their'right to citizenship in a free
country wherein they were free-born.
"Courageous and tenacious of her
rights" Miss Anthony has ever been,
and her ere-while bitterest opponents
are compelled to respect her therefor.
It is no wonder that men try to conceal
the shame they needs must feel at the
repeated outrage of taxation without
representation which has been imposed
upon the venerable Smith sisters, of
Glastonbury, behind the noise made by
the cows of these defrauded women, as
they were taken from the pastures of
tlrelr rightful possessors to satisfy the
unjust demands of the tax-gatherer.
True, the protest of these dumb auimals
was much more eloquent than are the
words of those who seek to raise a laugh
to cover their confusion by referring to
it; but that is neither here nor there;
the laugh must be raised, else people
might bo so shockingly Indiscreet as to
listen to a "recital of wrougs" at which
even dumb creatures cry out.
It is gratifying to observe that after
the most ingenious attempt to bring
ridicule upon the women whose names
are mentioned in the above ext ract, that
candor compels the writer to admit
their intellectual ability, their versatil
ity, and their power to render the "oc
casion interesting."
Can it be possible, after the admission
which persistent demonstrations have
compelled from man, that "women are
steadily gaining ground in education,
industry, society, administrative posi
tions, and moral influence," that any
one can expect bis words to be believed
when he further says that "the signs
of woman's enfranchisement steadily
diminish" Does any one for a moment
belisve that history will reverse the re
cital of all times past, and" spread upon
Its future pages records of a people
steadily advaucing in social, moral, and
educational power, yet compelled to
continue political serfs, controlled by
the rabble of a nation, held amenable to
laws which, in many instances, bear
with gross Injustice upon their personal
rights and property interests? And
would it not be as well for men who ar
rogate to themselves superiority because
of their sex, to consider the political
problems of the country which affect
women and men alike, from an intel
lectual, rather than from a physiologi
cal stand-point? And if they have an
idea that it is pleasant, remunerative,
or expedient to work in political bond
age, let them tell us how they would
preserve the present political influence,
power, and status of their sex, to say
nothing of improving itber or all. of
them, if they should suddenly be de
prived of the privileges of the frauchise.
EQUAL EIGHTS AND MATEIMONY.
The sentiment that there Is a position,
a sphere for woman outside of matri
mony, is gaining popularity and doing
much to redeem and elevate marriage,
since it tends to the prevention of many
of those uncongenial and unjustitiuble
unions, which have been directly and
indirectly the result of woman's une
qual position. Thousands of wives have
passed a life-time void of happiness to
themselves or others, when, if they had
been taught when young to believe no
sin greater than unjustifiable marriage,
and to regard upright self-dependence
preferable to marriage with sordid mo
tives, would doubtless have been a ben
efit instead of a curse to the race. When
woman once stands on a plane equal
with man, wise and happy matrimonial
relations will be tho rule not the ex
ception, as now.
A STEP INADVANOE.
The dispatches inform us that a reso
lution has been ottered at the General
Conference of the M. E. Church, now in
session in Baltimore, to the effect that
women be declared eligible to the office
of leader, steward, exhorter, and local
preacher. Whatever disposition that
honorable body may make of the reso
lution at this time, it is evident to all
that sooner or later the powerof women
will be felt in the church to an extent
that will compel a recognition of their
rights, whether, pompous bishops and
bigoted clergy like It or not.
In justice to the Methodist Church,
however, it should be said that women
have long been allowed more of a place
in its active work than is accorded to
them in almost any other church. We
can remember a quarter of a century
ago, when our mother, patient, devout,
and toiling Christian that she was,
would deny herself the much-coveted
privilege of attending the morning ser
mon, that something nice migbt be
cooked and waiting to be devoured by
the bevy of ministers whose arrival on
each Sabbath converted our paternal
home into a Sunday restaurant, with
meals from 12 till 3 o'clock. And these
godly men, supposing, peihaps, that if
this hand-maiden of the Lord wished to
know anything, she could "ask her hus
band at home," seemed to think this
self-denying labor on her part was as
necessary to the salvation of mankind,
as was an implicit belief in the brim
stone doctrines which they so loudly
proclaimed from the village pulpit.
"Six days slialt thou labor and do all
thy workV could not by any possibility,
even in the most creed-bound days, be
made broad enough to cover the servile
condition in which tho "mothers in
Israel" found themselves. We won
der whether it never occurred to
them that the curse, "In the Bweat of
thy face shalt thou eat bread," had by
some strange mischance been added to
their own, as they lifted the steaming
viands from the glowing stove and
wiped the perspiration from their fore
heads, and bade their soft-banded, cool
beaded masters "eat and be filled."
We imagine that had a good angel
whispered the purport of the resolution
referred to above in the ear of one of
them as, weary and worn with manual
labor, she donned her spare dress and
prepared to attend the evening service,
she would have been no less amazed
than delighted at the prospect de
lighted not for herself, but for the little
daughters that were growing up around
her, destined, so far as she could see, to
follow in her weary footsteps.
It would, indeed, ill become a church
that has been blessed with the untiring
labors of Mrs. Van Cott to ignore the
claims which such as she have upon it
for recognition of the work so valiantly
performed in the Master's vineyard, aud
all friends of equal rights must rejoice
if the resolution in question is adopted
by the Conference. '
"NEITHER D0LLSN0B DUMMIES.'
It is quite refreshing to find a man
occasionally who is disgusted with the
current clap-trap about the extravagant
desires and tastes of American women,
and who is manly enough to state plain
facts in their defense. The infrequency
of such an occurrence tempts us to pub
lish the following from thePuget Sound
Express:
Opinlonsdiffer as to what is"themoa serious
social national question of the age." Some
think it Is "temperance;" some think it is "la-
bor reform;" others think it is something else;
but one of our Eastern exchanges believes It to
be "matrimony on $1,000 a year." That is a se
rious question and no mistake, but we do not
think this inquiry of an Eastern contemporary
very difficult to answer: "Where can honest,
competent, and even cultivated poor men get
wives that will occupy their positions and cir
cumstances, and be happy In them until hon
est toll and thoughtful endeavor have raised
them higher?" Right here on Puget Sound,
ngnt here in Washington Territory, "honest,
competent, and even cultivated poormen"can
get wives, tbelr peers In every particular, who
Will do their lull share of "honest toll and
thoughtful endeavor" to raise them higher.
Thousands of that kind have been found, and
thousands more can be found If sought dili
gently and in a manly way. American women
are neither the dolls nor the dummies that
some men think them to be.
AN0THEEVI0T0EY.
We notice in an exchange the an
nouncement that the California Medical
Society on the 20th ultimo agreed by a
unanimous vote to admit women to full
membership. Thus, one step at a time,
arethecourageouaaud persistent women
of the-Jaud advancing in the highway
of justice toward the citadel of equal
rights. And though the gates of the
castle be triple guarded by arrogance,
Ignorance, and prejudice, yet will these
grim wardens in due time be forced to
yield the keys to tolerance and justice,
and as the massy bolts and bars, wrought
iu the forge of tyranny, and strength
ened by the weight of ages, fly back at
the bidding of the new wardens, women
will enter their rightful heritage as co-
laborers in the work of humanity with
their brethren. The next step in ad
vance will be the opening of the legal
profession to those women of California
who have tho desire, opportunity, aud
ability to engage in its labors and share
its emoluments. Let the good work go
on.
Dr. Dillon, of the Pacific Christian
Advocate, "though differing with us
widely in his religious views," as he
has an undoubted right to do, is yet so
tolerant in his opinions and so kindly
iu the expression of them as to com
maud the respect both of bis readers and
ours. In proof of this, witness the
following, taken from the last issue of
the journal over which he presides with
such ability and dignity:
"While on Puget Sound we met Mrs. A. J.
Dunlway, who exhibits a zeal and persever
ance in the prosecution of her self-imposed
mission, worthy of all emulation. She lectures,
sells her books, visits, canvasses for subscrib
ers to her paper, In every place she comes to.
Although differing widely from her In religious
views, we rejoice at the temporal prosperity
which her genius and toll have enabled her to
achieve. Let the lords of creation take a lesson.
EDIT0EIAL 00EEESP0NDEN0E.
Dear Readers op the New "Northwest:
Once more the mutations of an itiner
ant missionary's labors bring us to
"home, sweet home," and, as we sit in
tlte brilliant glow of the morning sun
shine and pause from tbecontemplation
of the scenes of gladness around us, all
hallowed as they are by the merry hum
of laughter and conversation that wells
up from tho happy hearts of our loved
aud cherished ones, we resume our jot
tings of yet unchronicled journeyings,
relying wholly upon a memory dimmed
by recent illness for details which
should have been penned whilo yet
fresh, and full of the vigor which the
inspiration of the moment never fails to
create. But 'tis useless to moralize or
apologize. What is past is past, "what
is writ is writ," and much of what has
not been chronicled has followed the
old thief Procrastination down the
steeps of Time, to be recalled to memory
nevermore.
On the steamer "North Pacific," go
ing over from Seattle to Port Townsend,
we met Rev. Dr. Dillon, of the Pacific
Christian Advocate, who was taking a
run over to Victoria for his health.
Conversation with him and a few other
friends concerning theology, nature,
politics, literature, etc., etc., beguiled
much of the time from dawn to 0 a. m.,
which would otherwise have been left as
a trackless waste upon our imagination.
The morning was too raw and cold for
out-door observations, though we did
once in a while brave the chilly atmos
phere while gazing for a moment at the
Olympic range, aud from that iuto the
green waters, of the Whulge, as the
good steamer lashed them iuto spray.
This, aud a glance at the blue-green
forests that everywhere abounded would
suffice us, and back we would go to the
great coal-stove in the steamer's cabin,
shivering like an ague fit possessed us,
Port Townseud is a quiet, romantic
aud dreamy place, like Natchez on, and
Natchez under the hill, being separated
in its interests by a precipitous bluff,
which it is an average day's journey to
climb and descend. The place was
once the seat of a very thriving trade,
but its terminus bubble burst when
New Tacpma rose to the surface, and
now, like Steilacoom, Port Townsend is
decidedly quiet. Here is a Port of
Entry, where Hon. Henry Webster and
our genial friend, Col. L. H. Briggs
and his estimable lady, may be
found at headquarters under the hill,
while the residence of the former gen
tleman is on the hill; and at botli places
we enjoyed a feast of reason and flow of
soul which can never be forgotten. If
you want to have good cheer and see
happy families, go among Woman
Suffragists. If you want to seek a spot
from which you can get a desirable
view of everything in nature that is
grand, romantic, and lovely, go to the
residence of the Collector of Customs at
Port Townsend, and, standing upon the
eminence where his home is, you will
see such a diversity of mountains, val
leys, forests, rocks, and plains, with the
great ocean bounding at their feet,
as will compel you to exclaim as did
Byron when he beheld Lisboa:
" Oh, Christ ! It Is a goodly sight to see
"What heaven hath done for this delicious
land !
wnat iruits or fragrance ulusli on every
tree I
"What goodly prospects o'er the hills
paud !"
But, unlike the times aud country of
which Byron sung, all this is wild and
new; aud, but for the greed of the land
shark, would be as free as the electric
air that bathes alike the brow of Mount
Baker and the base of Olympus in a
nectar, fit for the inhalation of the
Goddess of Liberty.
"Ah, me! what hand; can pencil guide, or
pen
To follow half on which the eye dilates,
Through views more dazzling unto mortal
ken
Than those whereof such things the bard
relates,
Who, to the awe-struck world unlocked
Elysium's gates ?"
As we wonder and gaze, our iniagiua-
Hon all dazed by the "mixed aud
mighty scene," we look in vain for
toppling convents, carved crosses, rude
shrines, and other evidences of Oriental
superstition of which Byron sang so
feelingly, and we gather the inspiration
of the rare, electric air, aud iudite an
apostrophe to mental freedom which
respect for the illustrious poet above
quoted, (to say nothing of our own
modesty), prevents us from transcribing
here, and thereby risking the dauger of
making ourself ridiculous by con
trast.
Port Towusend-ou-the-hill contains a
fine array of dwellings with well-kept
yards and flourishing fruit trees. The
same town under-the-hill is occupied
by stores, saloons, hotels, and so forth,
where tho men engaged in trade, sigh
over hopes departed, and dream of bet
ter times. This was the first place yet
encountered where we failed to get large
audiences; yet, it seeme.l to be nobody's
fault, and we charge the whole to in
ertia on general principles. The citl
zens subscribed liberally to the Journal
of Peace, and our four days' sojourn
among them was au interval of long-to-
be-remembered hospitality and pleas
ure. The hotel, kept by Mr. Clapp, is
a quiet, orderly place, where good food
and reasonable charges kept one in
working humor.
But we must not longer tarry at Port
Townsend, forhere comes the"NorthPa-
cific," and we are bound Olympia-ward
Again we meet Dr. Dillon and a number
ofothercongenlal friends; agalD we chat
and philosophize and speculate and poet
ize and theorize, and, at a late hour, re
tire to rest, assured by the steward that
the steamer will tarry on the morrow
at the Olympia dock to "wait for the
turn of the tide," and we can indulge a
coveted morning nap. Sleep so soundly
that the great vessel lunges herself
against the piles at the dock at 3 A. M.
without disturbing us; and at G we
venture forth, to meet a messenger from
the hospitable borne of our good friend,
Mrs. Sylvester, who takes charge of our
limited supply of baggage, and we walk
to our place of destination, feasting
eyes and mind on the spring-time
glories around us, and noting witli sat
isfaction the many evidences of taste,
thrift, and prosperity that abound on
every hand. Our friends are already
astir and expecting us, aud soon the
greetings are over and we all sit down
to a capital breakfast, prepared by the
bands of one of the best cooks, tidiest
house-keepers, deepest thinkers, finest
talkers, and greatest readers on tho Pa
cific Coast. Dou't tell us that intel
lectual culture unfits woman for the
duties of home. If you think so, visit
Mrs. Sylvester and paitake of her bis
cuit and coffee and other good things,
and go to ber well-kept kitchen and
hear her unfold Bible mysteries while
broiling steak and makiug lemon pies,
and you'll acknowledge yourself mis
taken.
The lectures were giveu on Thursday
and Saturday evenings at Olympia
Hall, the audieuces being large, and
the leading people, as ever, genial, ap
preciative, and fully imbued with the
spirit of freedom.
iurs. A. 11. H. Stuart, who, as
Chairman of the Board of Imm!
graliou, has her bands and brain
well occupied by work that well sub
serves Territorial interests, drove us
over the suburbs of the town aud gave
us many a sparkling thought, as, iu
her quaint, terse way she chatted of
things past, present, and prospective
relative to public and private interests.
On Sunday we awoke seriously ill,
with a lecture appointment out for the
evening which we were unable to fill.
Went in the afternoon to "Swautowu,"
'to the pleasant abode of good Mr. and
Mrs. Dobbins, where, as we were for
several days an invalid, we were com
pelled to lie by, that time might have
chance to repair the damages which
constant mental aud physical effort had
wrought iu au overburdened const itu
tion. Our genial friends spared no
puius to make our visit profitable and
pleasant. Good nursing and plenty of
rest sufficiently restored us to euable us
to make a few calls on Wednesday, and
a visit on Thursday at Marshal Moss-
mail's, where we found good Mrs. M. up
to her eyes in work of every imaginable
description a help-wieei iu fact and
deed to a worthy husband who fully
appreciates ber. This woman does the
housework, including washing aud
ironing, for a family of nine, teaches
wax and feather-work, does stamping,
embroidery, braiding, etc., for cus
tomers, and makes a speciality of visit
iug cards, which she sells at very low
prices, stamped to order in any- kind of
type, upon tinted, plain, marbled,
white, enameled, sensitive, or rep cards.
Yet, with all her capability, the mas
culine ignoramus who grades her door-
yard for a dollar per day, and who
couldn't be made to pay poll-tax or read
the Constitution, is her political sover
eigh, wnue sue is denied a voice in a
governmeut which she is taxed to
support.
Brother Murphy, of the Standard, is
getting along famously, as every good
suffragist ought. He has bought a
steam power-press, with engine and
fixtures complete, and, in connection
with Brother Bagley, of the Courier, is
printing the Olympian, a sparkling
daily, well filled with choice readables,
Brother Cook is also busy with the
-fccio, which he says is progressing
finely. The Transcript also flourishes
here, making three weekly and two
daily papers iu a town scarcely large
enough judged by ordinary standards
to support one weekly. But the
Olympians are great readers, aud they
fully understand the power of printers'
ink.
uwing to severe illness, we were
wholly unable to canvass for subscrib
ers, aud were glad indeed when we
were so far recovered as to be able to
take stage for Teniuo, aud there take
train for Kalama, at which place we
went aboard the elegant steamer "Bo-
uita," bound for Portland and home.
A. J. D.
May 23, 187C.
YAMHILL COUNTY . S. A.
Concerning the recent session of this
organization at McMinnville, Mrs. Ann
M. Mactln, Corresponding Secretary,
writes: "Our meeting at McMinnville
was a decided success. It was as inter
esting a meeting a9 I ever attended
Every one seemed to enter into the
spirit of the occasion, and worked to
make the meeting a success." What
ever suffragists are doing in other local
ities, those of Yamhill are. not asleep.
We hope the "sovereigns" of that
county will see to it that this portion of
the citizens thereof will not be so shame
fully misrepresented in the Legislature
as they were at the last session.
PUE0HASINGDEPABTMENT.
Mrs. S. C. G.: Sent hat 22d.
Mrs. G. A. H.: Sent bonnet 23d.
Mrs. M. M. A.: Sent bracelets 23d.
Hattie: The polonaise is again in
vogue.
Airs. i. M.: The plated ware you
mention will cost from $33 to $40, owing
to quality. Can get very nice and war
ranted for $35.
Miss C. A.: Can send you a pattern
for the full suit for $1. Patterns of all
kinds range from 30 to 50 aud 75 cents
for the garment.
ANSWEES TO
00EEESP0NDENTS
F. M. B., Salem
order attended to.
Note received, and
Mrs. M. F. C, Lafayette: Please let
us know if the package sent per steamer
"Beaver" was received by you. If so
we hope for good results.
Mrs. J. A. J., Salem: The article rel
atlve to Abigail Adams, from the "Ed
Iter's Easy Chair" in Harper's Maga
sine for March, was published in the
New Northwest of April 7th
WOMEN IN BENEPI0IAL 0EGANI-
ZATI0NS.
To the Editor of the New If orth west:
The question has been asked whether
the attempt to build up the Order of
Champions of the Bed Cross in this ju
risdiction promises to be successful.
We answer, that although we have not
met with the success we have desired,
nor the encouragement we bad a right
to expect, wo are uot disappointed, nor
doubtful as to the permanency of the
Order here. For, since ours Is the first
secret Order that has ever attempted to
confer its benefits equally upon its
members irrespective of sex, is itstrange
that the public should regard the exper
iment as a doubtful one? Especially
when we remember that women gener
ally have no means at their own dispo
sal, we cannot wonder that people re
gard them as beiug unfitted for the pro
visions of a beneficial organization.
Orders composed exclusively of men,
lor oovious reasons, require, as a pre
requisite to membership, that the candi
date should have some visible means of
support; but under the present state of
things, few women are acknowledged to
be thus fortunately-situated.
Yet I am proud to say that all the
Encampments of our Order are required
by constitutional law to provide sick
benefits alike to all their members, and
siuce the Order is steadily growing and
crystallizing under this regime, we feel
justified in saying that the practicabil
ity of t he measure has been demon
strated, public opinion to the contrary
notwithstanding.
In this jurisdiction, some of the En
campments, in consideration of the
shameful inequality in meu's aud wom
en's wages, have in the kindness of
their hearts discrimatedin favor of their
lady members both in fees and dues.
Tiiese Compauions were doubtless actu
ated by the kindest motives, yet I think
it a mistaken policy. We, of couse, de
sire equal privileges and equal benefits
with our brothers, but wish tbem only
on equal terms. We wish to perform
our parts fully, and each count as much
as a brother in sustaining our Encamp-
meuts. We know that one dollar rep
resents as much of our time and labor
as four times that amount does of theirs,
but we also know that one dollar of our
money will go no farther in sustaining
the enterprises of the Order that! tbat
amount of theirs, and hence submit to
this hardship until the "good time
coming comes," when we shall be re
leased from the odious coverture and al
lowed to stand before the world as indi
viduals; when our right to invest our
money in a way to insure ourselves
against the danger of want shall be uni
versally acknowledged and respected,
And does not au Order founded on the
eternal principles of right, and taking
this advanced position before the world
merit the support of all those who are
laboring to lift the unjust weights from
the shoulders of the women of our land?
Our husbands and brothers are appro
priating means to insure themselves iu
organizations where we are not admit
ted, for which I do not blame them; but
have not we an equal right to make
like provision for ourselves ? I would
not urge my sisters to join us in ou
great mission and work, were I not fully
satisfied tbat all the pure aud good
would be more than pleased with its
teachings and work, and ultimately
reap great benefit from the alliance with
us.
I do not wish to convey the impres
sion that it is any part of the direct
work of the Order to promote the polit-
'ical enfranchisement of women, for it is
in no sense a political organization; bu
1 do assert that our laws and usages
fully recognize the principle that th
one sex is entitled to precisely the sam
rights as the other.
When we consider the full scope and
character of the Order iu question, we
could not expect nor desire for it a rapid
growth; but we do expect and hav
seen it demonstrated that it will tak
a firm and permanent hold upon the af
fections of those who desire the welfare
of their race, and we believe tbat tb
day is uot far distant when its bounda
ries will encircle the civilized world.
Then, brothers aud sisters, take cour
age ! You who have stood up so faith
fully for the Order amid the thousand
obstacles we have had to encounter, de
serve a nobler name than the victor in
a hundred battles, for the organization
you have so persistently labored to plant
and sustain, will, we trust, live and pros
per after your work is finished live to
bless the millions yet unborn !
Celia
Portland, May 22, 1870.
LIBERAL CONVENTION.
The Liberals aud Free Thinkers of
Oregon and Washington Territory are
requested to meet in Convention at
Portland, Oregon, July 5, 1876, at
o'clock a. m., at the rooms of the Lib
eral Association, for the purpose of per
fecting a general organization of the
Liberals and Free Thinkers throughout
the country, and for such other business
as may properly come before such Con
vention. It is hoped every community
will strive to be represented.
By order of the Liberal Asssociation of
Portland, Oregon. J. B. Garrison",
H. B. Nicholas, President.
Secretary.
The editor of the Eastern Oregon
Tribune recites, in pathetic terms, the
impositions practiced upon a "copper
colored sister" by her lazy lord, and af
ter suggesting blood-curdling punish
ments, calls upon us to come up to her
defense. Iuasmuch as this particular
field of literature seems especially
adapted to Brother Abbott's brilliant
rhetorical powers, we decline to Inter
fere, though we don't doubt tbat the
aborigine could appreciate and under
stand logic quite as well as some editors
we wot of.
At the meeting of Plymouth Church
on the 18th, Henry C.Bowen was unan
imously expelled.
WOMAN'S EIGHTS-NO. 3.
BY BILLY BUSTER.
One more example of ray idea of
a wife aud mother Mrs. Heury Clay.
What a noble example for emulation!
See berat home faithfully attending ber
household duties, carrying ou the farm at
Ashlaud, raising her children, aud inak-
ng butter for the Lexington market
whilst her noble husband made laws for
the couutry at the Capitol, and love to
the beautiful women who througed the
Presidential parlors.- How generous he
ever was to the poor! How profuse in
spending his money ! It was all neces
sary to be done, for be was a politician
one of nature's noblemen ! What a
splendid life he must have led, know
ing, eveu in bis glory and splen
dor, that back there In his "Ken
tucky home" one faithful, virtuous
heart was toiling, economizing, wear
ing Kentucky jean, cutting and making
garments for his negroes and rearing
his children, not even manifesting any
objection to what you might term ber
"drudgery life." It was sufficient for
her to learn that her husband was a
great man. How uoble that woman
appeared when his gay dream of ambi
tion was over, aud he, sick and dying,
went back to Ashland to that "domes
tic drudge," as you may call her, but to
whom I would give the holy name of
wife. Then she ministered to his
wants, and comforted him. He had no
other to look to, for his children were,
as you might say, a degenerate race of
beings, only one young Harry, killed
at Buena Vista giving any promise.
The rest were lunatics and gamblers.
The old statesman was tilled with sor
row, disappointment, and grief, but that
noble wife, who had never had the ad
vantages of au early education, who
was never in society, who neer as
pired higher Hum a helpmeet, who bad
not been blessed with the companion
ship of her lord during their married
life, who allowed him to enjoy alone,
(as she should), all the pleasures and
pomp, gayety, and fashion of society,
when he came back to her broken and
subdued, bowed down with dissipation,
and humbled in spirit, found her still
ready to receive him.
Examples such as these might be mul
tiplled, but it is useless. They all go to
show that women should be content
with what they have, and not strive for
things never intended for them. Now,
I do not put my opposition to the right
of woman to have an equal chance
with man on the ground of want of in
telligence. That is silly twaddle, and
can only catch fools; for every oue
knows that women, as a class, are just
as intelligent as men when they have
the same .opportunities. A school
teacher will tell you that the girls in
bis school are just as susceptible of
receiving instructions iu the solid
branches as the boys. Neither can
say that a woman should not vote, be
cause, if she did, she would have to
work the roads, act as juryman, aud
bear arms, if necessary. We all know
that there are thousands of men in our
community who do neither of these
things, and yet, we never urge tbat as
an objection to their voting, so that is
no argument; but I place my objection
upon the broad, and ouly grounds sus
ceptible of argument SHE is A woman !
That's enough, is it not? because the
act of voting would deprive her of her
modesty, or corrupt her. I don't think
voting could have any such effect, but
it is, as I said before, because she is a
woman, and for no other reason; and
this reason is supported by the Bible,
by St. Paul, by all the patriarchs of
old, by the common law, aud by every
man who has been educated up to the
standard of feeliug his superiority be
cause he is a man. Tbat is the long
and short of it.
Don't you know that a man is called
"hen-pecked" if he lets his wife know
anything about his busiuess? What
right has she to know anything of his
affairs? She must be kept in such a
subordinate condition that she will not
even inquire. There is another thing
which I tbiuk to be of some force, aud
that is that it is estimated that nine
tenths of the marriages, fashionable or
otherwise, that are now entered into,
are engaged in by women for homes,
because they have no means of self-support.
Now, just give them an equal
show with men, and see what it will
lead to. They will be Independent and
self-supporting, aud will hesitate long
before entering into a marriage, unless
prompted by love. They would no
longer marry for convenience. See
what that would lead to. Why, many
men would not be able to get wives to
do their cooking, scrub their houses,
and wash and iron their linen. That
would he terrible, and would overthrow
our present system entirely.
Now, in conclusion, allow me to say
that we have already gone too far with
this matter. Look at the trouble and
expense it is now to get rid of a woman
you dou't want. Look at the hundreds
and thousands of dollars tbat are squan
dered iu courts by men who are trying
to get rid of women that they no longer
like. Perhaps she has grown old and
ugly, or he has struck a lead and be
come rich, like the example given by
Mrs. Victor in ber essay published by
you a few weeks ago. Why should not
her husband have bad the right to turn
her off when she got old and did not
suit him ? He was the man the head
of the family. All the property be
longed to him, and she bad no right to
kick up such a rumpus because he
wanted to eujoy the rest of his life.
Now, you see if your doctrine was
carried out, that woman would have
had an equal chance and interest with
him been a copartner! and see what
that would lead to. That old lady was
perhaps good enough in her day. She
served his purpose when he needed a
helpmeet, but when he became rich he
could live without a helpmeet, and no
doubt desired to spend the rest of his
days in luxury, and be reputed to have
a beautiful young wife, with an occa
sional newspaper notice like "Mr. ,
with his beautiful and accomplished
lady, arrived this morning, and stops
at the Palace Hotel." Now, would not
that be gratifying, and look well in
print ? And why should an old woman
play smash with all his fine hopes?
Stop, I beseech you, aud don't advocate
your pernicious doctrine any more; "for
it can't be did." We propose to bold
on to our rights as we have them now,
and not advance a single step in
your proposition of "emancipation of
women."
Portland, May 19, 1876.
LETTEE FE0M IOWA.
To the Editor of the New Northwest:
Persons who, after the lapse of a quar
ter of a century, have visited places fa
miliar to their youth, can imagine
something of the feelings with which I
looked around me on our arrival at what
once my home, in Iowa. We
reached here on the 4th of May, after a
pleasant trip by sea and rail.
After looking around me a while, I
began to recognize some things, but
there Is still a strange peculiarity about
the country to me, and one that I never
thought of before I left here, and that is,
it seems so small. The people have
small farms, which produce good crops
of corn, which, together with pork,
seems to be the staple product, so far
as I have observed.
The time was when an account of a
trip across the continent migbt have
been writtei with a prospect that some
body would be interested in reading it,
but siuce travel back and forth has be
come so frequent it is too common a
subject to write about, much less read.
I will mention, however, one incident
of our journey, and that was a terrific
thunder storm that took place ou the
night of April 29tb, as we were going
up Weber Canon. The deafening peals
of thunder and blinding flashes of light
ning were enough to scare a Webfoot of
27 years standing out of his wits. Then
the rain it rains In Oregon, but noth
ing like this deluge. A land slide oc
curred, which delayed our train for
some time, but we finally moved on to
Laramie Station, a place of about 2,500
inhabitants. It was a melancholy time
for some of them, as they bad just
burled eight of their citizens, who had
been killed by the Indians.
For the encouragement of the farmers
in Oregon I will say that that is not the
only country visited by late rains and
unseasonable frosts, for here it is still
raining, and yesterday itsnowed. There
is as yet no corn planted nor gardens
made, and but little plowing done. The
roads are almost impassable. We will
go on to Ohio in a few days, from
whence I will probably write you again.
G. W. B.
Given, Iowa, May 5, 1S76.
EE0ENTEVENTS.
A fire at Green River, Wyoming, on
tho 20th, destroyed about $7,000 worth
of property.
Daniel Drew is In a critical state of
health, with small prospects of im
provement. Suow fell iu Powder River Valley on
Monday and Tuesday of last week to
the depth of seven inches.
Ben Holladay's property at his West
Chester couuty (N. Y.) farm was sold at
sheriff's sale on the 19th, to satisfy judg
ments. Charles Francis Ada in 8 has been se
lected by the Centennial Committee of
New York City for orator on the Fourth
of July, 187G.
From 25,000 to 35,000 persons were
within the Centennial Grounds on last
Monday.' The paying visitors on Sat
urday numbered 18,182.
The Senate on the22d confirmed the
nomination of Pierrepout as Minister to
England, Taft as Attorney-General, and
Cameron as Secretary of War.
A hail-storm of great fury passed over
Morristown, N. J., on the 21st. The
hail-stones killed chickens and many
birds ou the wing. Plate glass was shat
tered as easily as common glass. Some
hail-stones GJ inches in circumference
were found.
The funerals of the murdered consuls
took place at Salonlca on the 19th with
great ceremony, and in a manner satis
factory to every one. Perfect order was
preserved. A Paris dispatch says it is
expected that the widows of the consuls
will each receive two hundred thousand
dollars Indemnity.
Mitchell has submitted a resolution
instructing the committee on commerce
to inquire into the extent and condition
of thesalmon fisheries on the Columbia
River in Oregon and Washington Ter
ritory and report a bill for the regula
tion of such fisheries and protection of
artificial hatching in said river; adopted.
Frank M. Pixley, one of the delega
tion appointed by San Francisco to
urge action on the Chinese question by
the Federal Government, appeared be
fore the House committee on foreign af
fairs, accompanied by Congress
man Piper, and presented an argument
on the subject. Among other things,
he stated that there were 60,000 Chinese
in California, of the lowest class of Coo
lies, Mongolian criminals; that the ar
rivals number not less than 2,000 per
month, and that the State is, in fact,
rapidly becoming China's Botany Bay.
The sub-committee on expenditures
in the Treasury Department, investigat
ing the bureau of captured and aban
doned property, is of the opinion tbat
Bristow's course has been entirely cor
rect, but in the administration of bis
predecessors, Richardson and Boutwell
and McCulIoch especially the latter
the committee finds an inexhaustible
fund of evidence of the most startling
character. Thus far there Is an unex
plained deficit of over $6,000,000. Sixty
seven thousand dollars are charged
against S. H. Kaufraun, who was at
that time clerk in charge of attorney's
account, and will be called upon to ex
plain what he did with the money.