The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1871-08-11
THE "WEsT-sIDE"sPRAKETH.

THE W 66l~c4U1 lbIEAAnl6s
BY ydintofindiscriS,sa.eis z BBerseyerance,
and the aid of shs.p eye-sight and a
good constitution; we have been enabled
TO decipher q colin llz, o.. so of sleIectahIe
hash, which has lSee1 served up IN the
West-Side, wee ly Journal, which.
like Ourself, s.gat Start in Yamhiil,H.
but which, unlike self, has failed to
improve its opport les sufficiently 90
enable it to keep " + n Tie present age
of journalistic prog son.
This West-Sidsis aa ihtee=sr local
paper, but it always bns dirty face aad
mud-be-spattered l5aHtaleans 10 be a
useful family newspaper it EIll be rec
essary for it 70 XasA its face, renounce
mans rights politics and establish itselfi
upon the plane Of feommon sense al.
This journal prates Of tSse silly
whims" of women, wi0, alone Of 0ii
their sex, are seeking TO uisprove the,
calumny that is rife 3an1ong men COD
eerning their friSoiity nduseiessness as
class Of humanity; and by thus pratt
ing evinces clearly that it knows about
as much concerning the woman move
ment as a parrot knows of political econ
Omy.
"Dabbling in politics." of which the
West-Side so contemptuously speaks, is
libel upon manhood. Who made pol
ities "filthy pool?"
Why is it that men ''fall from their
high moral standpoint upon entering
the arena of National politics ?n Why
cannot politicians ''resist the hand of
the tempter" when once inside the pale
Of politics? Hold on, Bro West-Sideg
Scratch the mud from your journalistic
eyes and look us squarely in the face
while we tell you why our politicians
fall, and why politics to-day reels as a
.'filthy pool"
1t Is because the VirtuOus, the refined.
the sensible, the noble mothers, toires
and daughters of this nation do not as
sist in the national housekeeping.
Women are not 'just as likely to fall
into the same snare as men if they mix
in politics." Women are the conserva-
tors of public and private morals. Where
there is one bad woman there are at least
twenty bad men; and where good women
meet men on plane of social equality
the morals of each are uncOntaminated
by the vices into which either will nat
urally fall if left without the harmonic
ing elements which are necessary to the
proper developments and restraining of
both.
ID We have ''thousands of ruined men
. and played out politicians simply be-
cause men alone are unable to resist
such temptations as are sure to exist i'm
One-sexed and unnatural state of soei-
ety.
81 Women alone would do no better than
men have done, but the efforts of both
men and women would soon cleanse the
Augean stable around which has collect
ed the filthy pool" in which politicians
50 delight to sldabble."
afG Mrs. stevens, whom our sage Vest
Z Side raps so Inercilessly over the knuek-
les IN bis accusation that she is never
satisfied unless "engaged in doing some
lgzhing unlady-like and absurd,n can
bear, we trust, with our garrulous con-
temporary, especially as he says ''she
bears good moral reputation, which
cannot be said of all their leaders,"
Now, We courteously ask this would-be
" Sir Oracle if it is any more a matter of
~ rrror,,lor that eor,,a 1oo1 f A. ,,-,,,,.,,,
movement have false stories circulated
against their reputation than it is TO be
wondered at that many leaders IN the
= men movement have true stories in cir
culation against their public and private
character, which cannot be gainsayed ?
Emily Pitts Stevens name will be re-
membered and lauded i'm the annals of
history long after those of the narrow
minded men, who seek to impeach her
wOmanly motives, will have rotted in
Oblivion.
The allusion Of our friend to the "com-
ing reign of Petticoats' leaves us to fear
that at home he is sadly hen-pecked.
Such men naturally fear the increase of
woman's political influence. If "God
placed woman just where he meant to
keep her" why need our brother worry
but He viii succeed? And why does
man legislate to enforce His DEGREES? f?
All! Bro. West-Side, We pity you in
your sore dilemmal Let us weepl
n. b. \ lady visiting our Office,
whose attention we have directed to the
West-Side's article, begs leave, through
the columns of the NEW NORTHWEST.
TO conjure the writer Of the same to in
sure his life. She says he surely can't
live long after evincing such an aston
ishing degree of acute perception as
eharacterizes his closing paragraph re-
lating to the DEGREES of God.