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About The new Northwest. (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1881)
A4 THE NEW KbllTinVEST THUBSDAr,-JULY 21,. 1S81: i . i ' . . . .. . i . - .. . : . i ; ,., y , . . -r-i 4 V--LJ j i .4 jMtrmtt far Ito W". , " ' " v tmirMeHt im JWificw in', iWtn, -f , ) Al f mil iJh NVit fawff W'mi'J pM4 ! EifmMmg Ito af tto . ttVhsrnttrios haiku itx jiHAXCKr-r itm0 Yrr, 'l..,.......M..-...-..i-;li" V,""V-- V Ad JkimfAw, i..MM..,.ununn..u.MM .....' .......... I ml f rv AimfA. " ...... ..................... I tui Vr JtfiMtJ I (Vly WnHM ,ttttr0;.7ZS...- itt . .hw(iiiwiii nflj to immrtmi 1 IfraamtV fXr. "M fVrrwaa Je Salwwlwl be jMUtfu .WjJ to Wrwint to X Mtar, ttll f h-tiri la'lto . " . -ir,Yrji r rrnusuixv iw.ifM vr, IUKTI.ANI e OKKMf. r 'TMl'KIAV, Jfl.Y 3MV lt4. vuiix -words.- The proprietor of the Nkw NoKTUWkT lirf nm Plain worda to uv to a portion of it eui and matter-of-fact way all bating coinmunlea tlons should be heard. We addre comparatively a small portion of our patron (about one-tenth), ' ami moat of them have thl week receive)! notlfl--1- cat Ion by postal card of the stateof their accounts. k- T1ire are on our mailing took the name of quite a nujrfiWr of, personal friend of the senior klv-nrelnol -continuallyin MRS. (lARFIELD ON BREAD. An extract from a hjtter yrlttfn by Mr. Oar- (If IJ to her huklwnU ten yvara ago U UoteI ly The Student of Hiram CVillcire, Into the hamU of w hone itrealdent it an-Mefitally fell. 'I am glatl, Mp Ciai-fleM wrtU, .'1o,teU. that, oat all the toll and dlHWpoolntnieiit of the StlmnVr Jut nletl, Iliaye riMii up to a victory ; that thr alienee of thought al nee you have been away haa won for hit aplrtt a triumph. I read aooiethlug like thla the other day: There la no healthy ttiought with out labor, and thought make the latmrer happy. lVrhaps thla la the way I have been, able to ell in b up higher. It came to me ene morning when I waa making bread. I aald to myaelf : Here I am, compelled by an Inevitable neceaalty to make our bread thla Summer. Why not conaider It a pleaa- ant'oocupaUon and make" It ao. by trying to aee what ierfect tread I can make? It aeeuml like an Inaplratlon, and the whole of life grew brighter. The veiV auiuhiue aeemed"flowng dowtilhrough my tame la rurnlheU witn letter breaa man ever before.!' ' ' ; All of which ! very fine aeutlment, and we are glad to aee It reaurrecfed by the pre.' Vt.afte all, why ahoukl aueh a fua h made over Mm. (iarrleld, and her bread-making th rough' a alngle Summer, when mllltona of women make bread ANTACiOXhSM. 4iiitlcai equality;, wouhl aniuae antagonlam U twcen the nexea!"' exclaimed a aciolUt, who 1hmh( hiaHitorlal pencil between hie fingeraand thumb and looked triumphantly at the bright- fared, (happy wife and mother who entered hie aanctum and aaked him to write a auffrage leader for hla little eouutry paix'r, oue day reeeutly. -. AhrliMlwNir theaollcltor asked, with a emile. "Will you tell ua how that deplorable consequence would come about ?,r - .VKaally enough, ma'am ; eaaily enough. Matt I la the natural head of the family the oread-win- ner, provider and boae,' A meaning glance at the editor' a wife, who waa clicking tyfiea at a case In the hottest comer; with her fojt on the cradle rocker, waa answered by .a bright gleam from bereyee and a quiver of the upper lip that almost melted Into a bitter smile. "Yon aee how It will be, ma'am. Here'a my wferor"1nrtance.the ivmncrat." ".Now, aupitose it' waa ehn-tlon day, ana we rtltor-wla-re lnot -com lnuay-Harrer.- Tbey are "good for the auWrlptlHi rlee a thou aand xtlmee over, yet they allow their due to roll p a the years ndrround. We dislike to aeratcli, their name from our list, becaun Uiey request that the aier te continue! to them.saytng they "will hand In the due In a lump mmiellme' We tnovt Infrni l these well-meaning but tlnugdleM friend, whose good-will la highly efteemeiU that their aubscrlptiona would le of nnre beueflt If iiaHlet I n yearly. ' There 1 another elasa 4, delinquents - those Wgularly-thrmigh a long- lifetime ami never even think the fact worth mentioning, since It Is part of their life' dally programme? ;. SupHse Mrs. tiarftehl had been oldigetl to earn that bread before she made it; ami uppo!e that with her feeble strength and dependent family she had been compelled, as thousands of women are, to do double duty on half pay because of her sex ; and suppnee that she had at lt rebelled against thla Injustice : would ahe be lauded then tJtap pose her husband had become a common drunkard Instead of a rresldent of a nation of men. Sup- who seelally reiuethejvstHJLbjauselhey ar ptwe h had bt'aten her, staryeVllter anl compelled - w A"g kftla. a- : . M a a. .a 'a rneiHls of tne woman niovemeni, saying mey will y as Mttut as po4blev and fhen allow their ae unounts to fuv They are piyfuse tnompliment about the exeellewe U the Nkw North wkst and in expressions of hope that It will luerease lu In1 fluenee and prosperity, and profe to be 'unable to do without li." Their praise would seem more sincere If accoainled by substantial evidence of their appreciation. A true regard Ur the paper's waltare ahould dictate, to them the propriety of either pylnf for II or not asking for it. They art only a detriment now. : There, ta another claea those wha order the pa per, pay for It tor a year, aud do not want It dis continued when their time expires, their Inten- tlon belug U make a second payment when It 4s doe or eooa after. Hut lime flies on, and they are soon tu arrears. linquenta liealdea those noted aborrvbul the.number la any one of them I not large enough tvc general classi dcatlou. - . Now, we want It undertool that if the paper is worth faking and reading, tt U worth paying ; for. We telieve if U a fair exponent ot the womau motentenl ami a xaably good family and liter ary paier.Tlie. least tne ment of the equal a tif?Wfnt ttni Thrra art llur MTUII.A dr her to sue for a divorce, and thereby set her to ad vocating the equal rights reform.'- 8uppoe her ehiklren had been taken from her by herdrunken lorxl ; suppose that she had had no flour, and could gy) iope wherewith to make her bread; aud that, for thla reason and other herein enumeratet, ahe had failed to find the. "Inspiration" above de picted doe any one believe ahe would have been lea worthy a a woman than now; even though ahe would have had no time for expressing pretty J sentiment? The world too often mistake plenty for piety, peace for patience, prosperity for amia bility, and selfish ease for superior wisdom. The wife of tbePresldcut has never earned a dollar, and doeajnot comprehend the productive struggle of life In any sense. 8 be doe not wUh to vote. The atotherof the President, having hadj rlsasft ihne flsli tin Ul tsslkd could Iwith vote. Do you euptosel would like It If My irie should vote against mtf" don't like It when you kill myvote1sald the wife, quickly, "but it Is because I can't vote too. An even stand-o(T would allay the antagonism." j'You don't mean to say 'that jjjww believer in woman's rights?" said the bread-winner and head, as he leisurely lightel a cigar. There waa repnW in lis tone and evident 'Antagonism" in his eye. . ' .-r - , "I itelieve in equal rigtits," was the epirite! re ply; "aud for this reason: I would not object to your, vote, even if I did uot like It, provided I could have mine too." v" . - - . 'Women were once contented with a secondary Iwitiou, aald the "husband, puffing vigorously at his cigar in an excited way. llTlicy-aeemed to he," aald the aolicitor, "but4 was only a seeming contentment. The' hopeless. helpless resignation of a subjected class cannot te properly called happiness. The more complete inei3esotTsm and the more hopeless the prospect for a change,'! he more smooi hly all things appear upon the surf see. The discontent just now ex pressed by your wife haa been smothering in her brain tor, year. That you were not aware of its existence does' not prove that it was not there." You are proving, my theory correct by your own admlskma,'raaid the veter, dryly. "And I thank no woman for stirring bp strife In my family." . . - ' . ' " , - . And yet thla man was, and Is, a public teacher. Hla paper goes regularly to several hundred hoaoe, and he prate eloquently and volnbly of adividual liberty and Inherent right. But he cannot see that the present self-assertion of wont- rights movctuent can da ta to pay tbrir ubH) 'lions, whkU tWy receive, we hsv an equiva lent. It the paper la sent tree to anyone, It should he to aa eppooent, that a convert may be niadev (Vrtainly little 1 gained by ear eeicly wwk I ly jrr pYr,prtwMk,co4uotion, rent, etf., In order tUat ujhoWer el vootan right jucuy nave-W Journal for nothlag. rYiends of the Terns shomkt be tS last lo want or expect it as a compliafteatary. We have endeavored to practice the Mvpynit idan. bet hare m4 been com pletely MJrtyM. fw leaAMk stated above. On wd after September tith the; et 'l jour tenth wlme, we CsaU adhere to it more strictly than ever, and at that time shall place all delinquents rvat ta t&e hands of an attorney with la-, trvhrtkxMT 7 e&$orce " collect ion. The date at whkh every pdoMt svbscriptiott hs expired or wl expire U printed ewefc week after the afcirrs kk r tor pper.s Rvery shokl ,knw whether or M he1 in arrears and be governed acevrdtaxty. : ' "" 01UTR. ' but her opinion is as nothing compared to that of the shielded little wife of her Illustrious son, a son who, but for hi maternal heritage of strength and character, would never have reached the Presi dVnt'a chair. : "-, " . r We attmlre the seiitimeirof Mr. CarfiekTs let ter; but we do not admire the fulsome laudation of It with which the pnrs teems, as though she were an exceptional ieron. when in fact ahe is not In sttywMLJft etrnmUnary ejUaraeter neither would ai ..ow BicjftAjMi .ju unrasoua bly . tb j ecivls .xv bopeof our higher civilization In right condi tion, the right of men and women are equal and their Tyibertie eeeentlally one. Tf our editor wiEes to vote the Democratic ticket, he haa an fnndispoted right to do aosr If hla" wife wishes to vote the Republican ticket, she ha an Inherent, though prohibited, right to vote also. Were each empowered with, a like liberty, they could both use the richt or loth abstain if ther chose, ami aiuoug women, except only as she has leen fortu nate In watrimory. WI LLKl'L FAlKJltXD. The jwtty papers " In Oregon and Washington that make It a practice to systematically misrep resent the aim of the equal right movement and malign It advocate will no douN be gratified to - Net On1jrdo Woman Snffragtst twv, bt tbe Wserikalfd sWImv th4,4se faXs r-Vuet A WVMAN 01l.kTAR. ' oratKMi at !, ton, W. T and . the (V4t asserted a string of falsehoox ; and knowiag that TsVewastVe prist It In fait Iter addre was elo- he ha asserted a serie of natrvth. be prove . quet, gracerl and patriotic. . Net eoe voter in a i hinMtit, ts te the tersest exprewion la the Ian thowsand cMtkl rqual It. Na weKler that, la the rmgew a wiUfal, liar. He cannot. naaW a sisgte IVght el her on awwlened piriotiaa, she ha KWeman STragi who ha toonced a ahan donbta and feu- for the (erpetaity t a gowm kned villain all person w ho Tentare t think Went that Oek her liberty. , "I tremble," he t tbat woman proper spa hoaae-T and hi cries. In an etp.l ontbarO, "tsr I fear that it S nnsvpported remark t evMentTy made for ahme nay ttt withstand the alarm el hnman r-1 pnrpoMr el deceivlag: any person nnncqtmiated Yet again, when I perws the CWstittK with the equal right aaevement w ho aaay happen d these I'ntted State, my fsilh strengtheek. to read hi artkte. Th otbee febood arean- There U poorly hidden wrrnm in the wwrd W a' Asrif ssjatwiwli s Ll?riiy i engaged In the wwrk for her right,! n bv hnsbanl and chii- byt he other 1 ran nyrf The1 husband culd comprehend the situation easily enough If the condition were reversed. And he could properly interpret hi present tyr anny tf hi wife sltould oppose his right to liberty with the bugbear of "antagonism" if tlte shoe of power were npoo the feminine foot- . rOCKIIRYAXD INSULT. team that the Chicago rntos aLoeagage in the! It voald be vastly amusing to note the absnrd same disreputable work. v.e sugge! to - tbem i egotism of the genu mascnlrne In ignoring that they approvingly copy the following from their big ally, as probably' none of them will be able to condense in soch brief and rotapoct form so ranch lylnj: ' '' A 1 1 Hla T trwmin iyrl tW f Uttrttsw la atrt alte a tk n r kM 4 tli -J Mfit Wowii all vranwr iaia (( bui fiqt nw m Mmi Tttwt' W tele rt ta aarV aJ fci are aw( ta kia4 taal will f i cao ra ftm ta tae raar ta I wu jaarMk, TVr tvai wc. s a . aaaayry anaaw aat ttnant? -esatta eWMiidrsa a piatfrta JTd to the Ubeely 4 me o the anniversary W the eonntry wife and mother, honored n:! viae. herseCS desded the exeerise el the very ; drew, and ntbtnr a harry hcmK rt;ht Kfte i ewpJsyed to prod!, whew she ex claim. T y o, men el Amerkw, La dVecenied j rWrwat hertage. IW any man w ho listened -n-hVrr -'t""" t.r j-a: iaprivi hero! her rigit t, vote j v My- We wenkl sgyT- that the preprWtor cl the Satom aijaa iaHravt their newvledfed axnl editor to ceolntt hi depart atoat la a gent2maa- aNet n W iVrbt- are etemptibSe and rvJownd to the paper discredit. y . ' ,; women a Individual factor In the national Idea. If it were not so hnmiliating to the iguored clas to be treated a nonentitie that the merriment is lost la Indignation. Witness the folio log. from PrrmJt LtdM! Xtmtkly : , 1 .. 1 . ' j TW roI'xVai T ta ratt4 at a IwaW apna la awriaty a ta ttmiaat': ate t.rty rttta ta ta aal af nrj'a(ar ta at avtturat rfffkM aa4 ta iVlaur W k nmf ta la iuif. It aia aa a ataa ar taM.UTte a VjtV ta t aath T MywltWwal t a anr af fvrtaltj la ta fw.f ta It f4a ta awtarst ,m taaa ta wnaia ta wa aT mmj aa4 all k ata k ta taa. ' It k ta ialitMial UW waa. la Ui j a'jMia ratny. riwnu k laiiny vWa 4iilayaKr TW IM aiajtaa Aay at tW caMa Oane af aoa hart; iiant aa warn Wara Sarajaiar.aUql.wail a. AsatWeaatraf Waa ar .r WW Mr wam to tw- s aaaM ta IkmfU aa4 riar ae Ovr ha to lam lai Vaa tW nan avra U aar Lkas Paaa arary taat ta WaVral aatmral r- tW ataiy t immtm a aaa . Svaac feaciaaa UtW the Ta lh tateaigentraaanitiasML aspiring who knock in vain ad the citadel el -ocpocta-aity- fcjr high rromotk. declaration that the politicai ytem of the Uaited Slate Uft no eTeryTreatiat ItArrwr In te. rtv.h of ifty rtejosland I ."place the higheat and hvwrst station within the reach el nay and all who may nspcre to fill taen,Hmtk h a awktrr tad aa iawlt. Does the JfWAjs mewn to teU c 'tkat any weaaan. o. anatter hov iateCigent, tf the eqwal l any . man la tkia eowatry in ' poiit- KaJ-Jggtfvtgsgr. aa' r.attrr, rarw aikatk ? Wa the iwrmdknl. point a to nstrt rngr OVERWIIELMINO. Header of the kw Xoktji wkjst will doubtU.- J be over-awed with atonUhment when they learn tnrougn tue uimiy teaching of the IWt Orford W that It Is "impossible to give the world cnll. dren .only 'a Ootl Almighty hlmaelf bMeml In tbe , beglunlng !", .'.. We ar. also gravely Informed that "child-bearing by proxy can never 1 be, and the, original office of motherhood caunot be performed by. an agent." The Pmt further cites, ,,4for the benefit of the New NoAtiiwest," the fact that l4Hon. II. W. Corbet t wna largeiy en gaged, In mercantile purngltsryet he served six years In the United State Senate, while hla bus!, nes .went; on as usual," and pathetically . aska "what a trie would have- done," etct, etc. To thin we make answer that Mrs. Corbet t-was also In Washington during that Senatorial term, and was as free from maternity all the while a her lllus-v trlous husband. v ' . ' "The picture1 lluted btlieM would be.'a felrT better, would lead him to think that no woman, if a wife, is at any time or under any circumstances exempt from child-bearing. And especially does ' the W lay stress upon' the fantasy 'that as an office-holder ahe would be compelled to do double"" duty In (hat direction. Let Intelligent readers -restrain their mirth while we solemnly Inform the JXwt that wise women are gravely consideringthe problem of fewer children aud better ones. - Tliey -are learning that motherhood is a business which r f Jlghf ought to be under their owiff control, and that when ami under what circumstance they are--"to give tatheworId , children". Is their own ' , affair. They have learned that too frequent repe tition of the ordinary genus masculine is not a judicious occupation or profitable Investment. A nest full of birds is a pretty spectacle, but'it is badly spoiled by the presence, of diseased or dead ones, A nouse run or happy cntiuren is-an abid- Ing' joy, provTderriTmerhenTTrre sickly orUy ing, and none grow up to profligacy and lust and - d run ken nes. J 1 . Free womanhood will regulate thesethingvand motherhood will then .become an honor and a blessing. It is vastly amusing to note the terri ble conclusions that some men Jump at whenever they coutemplate the -awful consequence they conjure up aa n result of woman' liberty: - Evi dently the iW Imagines that when women are free all of them will become office-holders and every one will be a motherat least once a year, with now and "then an admixture of twins or trip lets. - Restrain yourself again, good reader while we tell it that women who have reached their prime or the time of life when men are success ful aspirants for Important office are beyond the age when nature exacts maternity. The women . wtm "sltlif llillabvs to their find born'' are voun inTunaspiring, like the fathers of those self-eame urchins are, or ought to bey-and there Is no more likelihood of the one being elected to Congress af that unripe are than the other. : RINC.INO WORDS. Mrs. Fawcett, the amiable auI accomplished ifeW the Potma.ter-Oeneral of England, re-''- cently presidol a t -a auflTrage meeting nt the-Wet-minster Palace Hotel In London, Among other used arliir things she said, speaking from the chair: The arrumenfs which have bn Woman Suffrare are difficult to answer, chiefly on account of the flimv character ther assume. For one thing, we are told that women should not ha,ye a vote because the battle of Hasting was not won by a woman. " Another distinguished oppo-. nent a member-of Parliament said "women onght not to have a vote, because' when women committed murders the?-ran a risk of abnut one per .rent leas than if tbey were, men of being banced.- Another think there would be dancer of hi frtrrettlnc the simple leaaou he Irarned at his mother' knee. Another gentleman, more philosophical than the rest, said women oucht not to have vote, because. If Mr. A should vote.. Mr. B would leave orT loving herehiMren." In one" nrvatn we have bad this double-barreled argu ment that women ourht not to have vote because they did not want them, and because if they had them they would sacrifice evenrthlnr. Including home duties and affections, for tne sake of piang ing into the mid-t of political excitement. I believe women will ret thetr political rirhts in America before we ret them here, and 1 am jwtsuaded that we are going to win Jn En gland. "GALLANT-AtT. of American history ,whrin t!W shine, who l-ae "thws el w. bararitr Francis WhitUker, of Coiora io, who was pres ent at the Tremont Temple meeting of the Na tional Woman Suffrage Association in Msy,ay na letter to Mn. Smith. President of the For Collin .Woman Snffrage Associatloo Li -v ' On Thnraiay evenine the tadie'of Philadelphia presented Mis Anthony with an elegant goM crossv. -Mts Anthonr made a short sneeeh ol thank, and then the ero was pnsswd down to the reporter Uble to be Inspected. One of these re porter, n gentleman from Saagws, Mas., rose and said that when Oh firstj Masasvrhnaetta regiment wr. (kvernor Andrew In their presence took a rifle which had been ntsed bv Theodore Parker granKatber in tbe Revolationary war and alssra it toshovhis d rot loo to th niv So this cen- tleman said he won Id kts the croso a a token of Las admiration for Mim Anthonr : which bedM amidst great applansw. and, a the paper stated. what to tbe ronfnsion ol Mia Anthony. . Tharwiav afternoon, while n construction train wa backing down from Davton, and crose tax a roai mile above Waitsbnrr. It wa thrown r 1 Mr, -x r, ilayexel lincoln, laVwrite: ctt and tmSx2t xtry bgc jed wit taw miH axmnst tna pottfeaJ tyUemTanJ tens k. antasLIti It U Twriiraagrrwrt; lriewsot-ftri Pjwr, l nv T-i7isiKwwnT"snP'i :l5w arcMm. not erKojy, ee ovr avoavm. worii Ws i I Wtoa and J. C. Ctark .. I, " ... t - ' aaBaaaManmaaSjaaajnan 21&SJ
