The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-06-21
EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
BosroN, Mas, Nav 29th. 1s72.


they, being composed of the voting or
influential element of American society, |
attracted so much attention that it was
difficult to awaken the people, and inn
possible to interest the newspapers, upon
any other topic than the "eight hour
law and the rights of the working men"
Consequently, though held some very
profitable and pleasant meetings in the
city, and made many powerful and in
fiuential friends, scarcely a ripple was
made upon the surface Of newspaper
dom, and without such ripples to cause
me to get up stump-speaking steam, l
never feel that make a public effort
worthy Of my constituency, myself or
womanhood. But my meetings were
well appreciated, as the long line of sub
scribers' names enclosed bears witness.
Although the Woman Movement
seems comparatively inert in the great
Gotham-which a Chinaman many
years ago appropriately dubbed ''the
city of the thousand smells"-I have
found il to contain many ardent, enthu-
siastic supporters of stsunch Republican
principles, which interpret TO mean
that taxation without representation
is tyranny !" and if any Oregon reader
doubts that they so understand them. let
such go to New York, as did, and be-
come acquainted with the leading men
and women there who are earnestly
struggling for the emancipation Of
women.
But if 1 found the newspapers apa-
thetic, and the majority of the citizens
so absorbed in money getting as TO have
no time to devote to the great issues
that form the very basis of our idea of
Government, / was agreeably disap-
pointed upon arriving in Boston and re-
pairing to fremont Temple to find a
large, enthusiastic gathering Of men and
women, famous in the political history
of the Government, and noted for their
love of justice and equality, while the
vast building was thronged by thought
full, earnest listeners to the gospel Of
glad tidings of the great joy that shall
be TO all people when the great idea Of
sexual equality, for which we are strug-
Cling, shall have become a living fact
William Lloyd Garrison, with his
clear voice, commanding form and in
spired eye; Rev. Freeman Clarke, the
eloquent and whole-souled preacher,
who dares to tell the truth and has force
of character sufficient to make the truth
popular; Rev. Stephen Foster, husband
of Abby Kelly, whom l little thought !
should meet at this time, When /, a few
weeks ago, became his champion and
hers when they were publicly assailed
in far off Oregon-a noble, earnest, con.
scientious man, whose noble wife pool
preacher Colwell would not dare attach
did not many thousand miles of dis
= tance separate him from his righteous
Indignation; II. B. Blackwell, HUSBAND
, of Lucy Stone, and one Of the editoria
staff on the WODld1s Journal; Lucy
Stone herself, vivacious, logical anC
> shrewd, whose every little speech wa
applauded to the echo; Ada Bowles, tn,
gentle and eloquent; Mary a. Liver
more, the magnificent woman and pop
ular orator, and a number of othe
speakers, whose names fail to remem
Der, made a galaxy of workers who's
strength may be very accurately esti
mated by the immense audiences whicl
= thronged the Temple night and day a
f the Anniversary meeting Of the Ameri
can Woman Suffrage Association. lie
anybody who Presumes to say that tn,
, Woman Movement has no strength il
the East visit Boston during Anniver
sary week and note the immense braiI
power that both drives and ballasts it
To stand upon such q platform, anC
address such an audience, is enough K
inspire a person with less electrical rin
than myself; and if the impromptu adj
dress I there delivered was one of tn,
best ever had the pleasure of making
, let the NEW NORTHWEST readers ac
T cord due glory TO the inspiration Of th'
1 occasion. There are many symptoms
of rabid Oregon fever reported among
fremont Temple patients to-day.
: What with canvassing, making &C
4 quaintances, travelling and sight seeing
t / fail to find the time to keep my read
r ers posted as to many particulars, con
r corning which 1 would dearly love 4
write; but the facts will keep, and wheI
D 1 am home again you shall hear al
1 about them.
: The Woodruff farce is working itsel
: out very rapidly. On account her O
e professed extraordinary mediumshiI
Y many honest and jealous Spiritualist
J., in the rural districts have flOcked t
Y her standard, attracted in great meas
o ure by her able and fearless, though sin
. gularly obnoxious journal, for whicl
: she does not write; and in which tn
. enthusiastic zealots, Communists an
Pantarchists of the age find vent 70
theories which would not be tolerate
were it not that they come professedl,
from the lips and pen OF a woman. Blu
: it is a great mistake to suppose tina
Spiritualists as a body have faith il
3 Victoria Woodruff. With the excep
tion of the leaders above cited, who ar
= not considered "OrthOdOx" with tn
= masses, she is looked upon as not onl,
: an ambitious enthusiast, but a victim
of unscrupulous men, who use her won
derful powers of magnetism to compass