The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-09-08


lust as the Lord God had made him af- |
ter all, and / suppose the poor fellow |
could not help his stupidity. Besides, I
he had never attended a political eau
Gus, been to a horse race, dabbled in
stocks, or seen the inside of a gambling
house; so you see no opportunity had
been afforded him to learn shrewdness.
Aside from these considerations, Adam
showed low, mean spirit in laying the
blame upon his wife. If he had been
any part Of gentleman he would never
have breathed her name in connection
with the fruit business. But so it was,
and so it has been to the present day,
the strong are too much disposed to try
to save their own necks by accusing the
weak. / think Paul is rather feeble in
showing why woman should '1earn in
silence with all subjection."
But there is another view to be taken
of Paul's ipSe Dirt He uttered it at a
time when the people were in condi-
tion but little above savageism, when
woman was held i'm low esteem, and so
he catered to the depravity of the times.
The teachings of Christ were very differ
ent, although living in the midst of bar
barism. When the Jews wanted him TO
condemn the woman, he simply re-
marked: "Let him that is without sin
cast the first stone" This was "set-
tier" for everyone of those scamps had
committed the same offence for which
he wanted the woman stoned. And
there are millions of the same kind of
Scribes and Pharisees to-day, warning
against defenceless woman, notwith-
standing our boasted but partial civili-
zatiOn. They would shoot wife for the
same fault Of which they are almost
daily guilty, and be justified by a jury
of men(?) like themselves. OF course no
woman should be allowed on a jury in
such a case, for she might be weak-mind-
ed enough to think that the poor, abused
man was guilty of murder. But reverse
the case, and let the woman do the
shooting, then see how these Scribes and
Pharisees thirst for her blood. Why?
Because their own worthless lives are
i'm danger unless there is some check put
to this shooting business.
The "subjection" to which woman
was reduced during the barbarities of
the past, still elings to her like riveted
manacles to the captive. The only rea-
son for perpetuating her bondage lies in
the blind selfishness of man. Knowing
her influence, he is jealous of her power,
lest some evil come to his own sex. In
this view man is as weak as Paul was in
his logic. The emancipation and eleva-
tion of woman would incommOde none
but the licentiOus and unprincipled
while to the honest and virtuous it
would prove the richest of blessings.
Besides, just so long as woman is held
in ''subjectiOn," just so long will she be
disqualified from becoming the mother
of type of men above the present grade
of Scribes and Pharisees. But place heI
in position where she can feel that hel
influence in society and government i:
equal to that of man, and then she will
become the mother of a superior race o
mOrtals.
How carefully the thrifty stock-raise
provides for the females which are to be
: come the mothers of his herds. No
: even the hog is neglected. His mind i
continually on the alert for improving
the breed. Is he equally thoughtful re
garding his wife and daughters? Mari
how closely he observes the young of hi
neighbor's herds, noting all the condi
tiOns which involved their production
Does he ever observe his neighbor's chill
dren with view to drawing the sam
conclusions Alas, no! 1t is n morti
flying fact, that while an animal, oCcR
hog, is to a certain extent sciclfif
production, a child, the dwelling pIac
of an immortal soul, is the Blorest dcci
dent! Shall we blame woman for thi
wretehed state of affairs? No, never, 5
i long as man holds the controlling influ
ence and she is compelled to 'learn i
" silence with all subjection." Place he
IN a position so that her influence sha
be equal TO that of man, and then sh
- should share with him the responsible
ity; but so long as she is held in sssuI
jection,n the "silent'' victim OF his pa
y sions and capriees, just SO long she wi
ie be excusable for becoming the mother
u. a dwarfed, degraded offspring.
I'd
ne eIn the Hebrew ELoHIN, the word here n
II dered Lord God" is plural, and translated
orally should be rendered "the gods" But h
~ the translatOrs given it an honest rendering
ne would have sounded very much like heath
i'm mythology. Hence, with an ingenuity wort
4 OF better cause, they make a show Of honei
by using two words, "LOrd God j" which conyt
y an idea Of plurality, yet obscured as not to
)d detected by the general reader The root OF
er ohim is FL, and means the sun. The termii
r. tion i'm forms the plural, as, cherub, one; ch
ubim, more than one; seraph, one; seraphi
y more than one. The sun, moon and plan
is were the gods and goddesses OF the aneier
no Our Lord GOdr has its root in the name Of
sun. What does this mean? VIII our clei
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