The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-09-22
PROFESSOR OHANEY.
EprroR NEW Norr1rwrsr:

EhIrOR NEW NORTHWEST.
Permit me, through the medium of
your paper, to present a few thoughts
in relation to the great question to
which the NEW NORTHWEST is de-
voted. He who points out our faults
is certainly no less a friend than he who
eommends our virtues The faithful
physician viii not withhold the true
remedy in consequence of its unpleas-
antness to the taste of the patient
What / have to say will be said in the
utmost candor, and with direct refer
ence to the good of Woman Suffrage,
while I doubt not that my sentiments
differ widely from those of many of the
professed friends of the cause. advo-
cate Woman Suffrage simply because I
believe it to be just and right not be-
cause think men have failed to form
and administer the Government judi
ciously; not because 1 anticipate any
considerable improvement in the affairs
of our Government from the cO-opera-
ton of women therein; but because /
regard women as the equals of men
not their superiors-in all that pertains
to real humanity. Woman has as
much at stake in the Government as
man-as much to gain and as much to
lose; has to conform to the same
laws, is protected by them, has to be
tried by them if charged with their vio-
lation, and has TO suffer by them when
found guilty; therefore I think her en-
titled to a voice in their making and
execution.
But while / advocate and sustain the
abstract principles, / am truly sorry to
witness the course adopted by many of
the professed friends of the cause. The
nomination of Mrs. Woodruff for the
Presidency is premature, TO say the
least It will be abundantly early I,
present a list of candidates for Office
when the rights of women to vote an,
hold Office are legally acknowledged
Until then all such demonstrations ar
fit subjects for the ridicule and con
tempt Of the opponents. Again, wer
the rights of franchise fully acknOwl
edged, the name Of Mrs. Woodruff, as
sociated with the "free love" insanit,
rs it is, would blast and sink the whole
thing indefinitely. There is no use to tall
about her talents. What of her talents
If they were ten times greater thai
they are ! would not sustain her for an,
position outside an insane asylum
Thank God, the religious Christian sen
Of - 80
powerful, to brook for a moment sue
sentiments rs she is charged with aC
vancing.
once more. If the cause Of Woma
Suffrage requires the publication of sue
articles in papers advocating the eau
as Prof Chaney's on "The Status
Woman in your issue of the sth inst
/ beg to be excused from any come
tiOn, either directly or indirectly, wit
the whole thing. If n trdr upon Il
Bible Is necessary to its success, then
say adieu-an eternal adieu--tO WOms
Suffrage, with all its concomitants. B
/ deny any such necessity. 1t is Il
teaching and principles of the Bill
that have led me to espouse the cause
Woman Suffrage. Put down the Bib
and then what have you left to prote
and shield woman from the degradati'
that heathenism pours upon her? Pr
Chaney's article is infidelity in all
hateful deformity, and 1 cannot al
will not patronize any paper, or suppC
any party, that relies upon such sen
ments or teachers for support. t
Bible and Christianity have stood I
severest tests for some two thousa
years, and to-day stand as imprerr
ble rs the eternal hills, while all I
cavils of infidels have been answe,
and refuted a thousand times, and
day are only calculated to mislead,
wilder and ruin the inexperienced q
the ignorant.
In conclusion, / inquire, i the y
NORTHWEST to be the advocate of
woman cause upon Bible principles
thodox Bible principles is it opan
TO the taste of skeptics and infidels
trust you are prepared TO take deci