Oregon Republican. [volume] (Dallas, Or.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-02

garding her own will, then it would
seem strange that any enlightened man
or Christian nation could give their ION
sent to the punishment Of woman un
der any circumstances whatever; let
alone the idea Of a just God condeunl~
ing her 10 endless punishment, when
she has been acting under and governed
by Superior representative all the
while. Justice, common sense and
sound reason, together with the Divine
teachings of Christ in his sermon on
the Mount, in laying down the Golden
ilule as a2gulde to our treatment of our
| fellow man, which also means woman
used In its true Generic sense. Ii the
idea be correct, that many appear to
| hold, that the man is the true reprc>
sentative Of the woman, he of course
should 0e made responsible tor her acts
and suffer The penalty OF misdemeanors
and crimes perpetrated by her, but such
is not the case. He stands back and
let's her represent herself, he not being
wiling t. represent her only in such in
stances us are to his own personal in
terost.
We hold then that woman has an
individuality of her own. and If SO, she
is IA part aud parcel oil us, aud of the
body politi, and could not be dis.
penscd with without depopulating the
world. Consequently she is Of the
family Of mankind, and if so should be
entitled to all the rights, privileges aud
immuuities of the male citizens Of the
nation or government in which she
lives, Therefore, In Il Republican form
of government, ltk3 ours Of the United
States, she should be eotitled 10 the
right Of suffrage, 10 hold office, practice
| law, medicine, or follow any other oc
cupation she may see fit, having no re-
strictions laid upon her more than those
Of tie male citizens under similar cir
cumstanees We have now thoroughly
committed ourself upon the equality OF
woman with nan, aud have presented
reasons for the satue. that are sufficient
at least to our mind, fl guarantee our
position. At the same ine We are aware
hat we come in direct conflict with
some OF our best men who view thing
through different glasses. But we eau
not help that, knowing that every hu.
uan beng i responsible TO God Tor the
right, as God gives him to see the right
The opponents of our p ,ition quot,
freely from st paul's writing. and
probably their strongest and most of
repeated quotation will be found in
lst Corinthians, l4ih Chapter and 3fth
aud 35th verses. To wit: " Lcs our
women keep silence in the Churches,
for it is not permitted unto them T.
speak but they are commanded To be
under obedience. a. also saith the law
And If they will learn anything be-
them ask their husbands at home for
it is a shame for woman to speak in
Church" =" by reading the preceding
part of this chapter, it will be found
that Paul was talking to the Corinthi
ans upon the subject Of tongues and
prophecies 1T appears that there was
considerable confusion caused by the
diversity OF tongues aud that Panl even
requested some Of the men to keep ST.
lence 1t appears by reference to the
Acts of the Apostles, that they were
continuity annoyed by prosecutors and
by questions asked with design to en-,
trap them 1t is held by eone that in
this instance aud at other times, the
APOSTLES were frequently annoyed by
fast women of i'll fame coming into the
Churches and propounding questions
upon subjects irrelevant and thus crcat-
ing disturbances, consequently, Paul's
sharp reproof as above quoted, knowing
at the same time they had no husbands
at home of which to learn BE this as
it may, and by giving its full force of
the meaning, and supposiug it was ap
piled to the virtuous, married women
belonging to the Church, it simply de.
fines the usages prevailing in the
Churches at that time But we are of
the opinion taking in the whole tenor
of the Scriptures in connection, that
Pauls' design was not to deprive good
women of speaking In the Church, for
we find the Apostles in other places re-
commanding to the Churches Phoebe,
Priscilla and others to the confidence
of the brethren as teachers aud preach
ers. Now, if it was the design that
women should learn at home of their
husbands, what are those to do who
have no husbands or what will be the
condition of the women who have ig-
norant ones We oplne under such
teaching that many will live and die
without knowing much of the glad
tldines of salvation, and many things
that It is proper and exredient for her
TO know. We arc among those that
believe that it is essential almost above
everything else, that womans nina
shonld he well stored with useful knowl>
edge of all kinds, including domestic,
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