The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1870-07-08
THE wouES's PROTEST.

A large number of the most promi-
nent women in Washington, with Mrs.
Admiral Dahl -,ren AZ their leader, are
engaged in obtaining signatures to the
following memorial TO Congress. The
list OF sispers is alredy very large. and
The movement is rapidly gaining
s.rcnss..:
We. the undersigned. do appeal
to yonr honorable body, the Congress
assembled of our beloved country. in
the firm belief that one petition rep
rcsents the sober conv ciions of the
majority Of the women Of the country
Deeply and painfully impressed by
the grave peril, which threaten our
peace and happiness in the movement
initiated by some discon:en.ed of our
own sex. and which has found its ex-
preston in your honorable body.
through resolution recently offered
IN the House Of Representatives pro-
posin. the adoption of certain radi-
cal changes in our civil aud political
rights, rs Six eenth Amendment to
the Constitution Of the u iteL States.
we desire her. by to enter upon our
protest.
Because Holy scripture inculcates
different. and for Us higher sphere,
upart from public life.
Because we shrink from the notorie-
ty of the public eyc-rcstrained by iha'
inodesty whieR we esteem our chiefest
ornament, and which belongs to us rs
our most precious inalienabie right.
we find ourselves in a measure de-
fenseless against the public assaults.
and declamatory harrangues of those
few disconicnted ones of our own sex,
who claim for us an extension of civil
and political rights.
Because those of US who are wive~
cherish as sacred tie vow Of obedi-
ence, in exchange for the honor and
respect we receive in yielding it.
Bee use, as women. we find full
measure of duties, cares and RESPONSE
biGties devolying upon Us, and we are
therefore, unwilling TO bear other and
heavier burdens, and those uasuited
to our physical condition.
Because history teaches US that
wherever attempts have been made
to change the Legitimate order; and
impose upon US conditions unsuited to
our physical organizations and wo-
manly nature, such changes have been
found to degrade us-witness the ex-
treme dissolu:eness Of the Spartan
women after IN extension of civil
rights had been granted them.
Because these changes, desired by
some of masculine minds, must in
troduce frightful element of discord
into the existing marriage relation,
and thereby increase the already
alarming prevalence of divorce
throughout the land.
Because no general law affecting
the condition of all women SHOULD be
framed to meet exceptional discomfort.
For these, and naIy more reasons,
do we beg of your wisdom that 10
law, extending suffrage to women,
may be passed, as fraught with dan
ger SO grave against the general order
Of the country. ~.
NonTHEns PAc1FIc RAILROAD a
letter addressed by Jay Cooke, the
eminent banker, to Senator Corbett,
Mr.. Cooke says:
The legisla ion required by our
North Pacific road having been con-
ceded to US, we are now ready to go
to work il earnest. The contract to
Red River has been let, and by the
1st of July, 1871, that portion of the
road will be running. In the mean
time, if we succeed i'll our foreign ne
gotiations, and in making a home
market for bonds, we expect to COM
Inlence the Wetern ends of the road,
and to have the whole line completed
within four years.
The seyop wonders Of the world now.
| are: The, Art of Printing; Optical Insfru-
.ments. such as telescopes and microscopes;
lGunpowder; the Steam Engine; Labor