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PORTLAND. Sept. 11th. 1s12.


j. " Gale, Esq.-Dedr Sr:-AlthOugh
I sometimes despair of getting a clear
perception of real reform principles
through the brains of well-meaning men
like yourself, who seem to be determined
to grasp only one idea at a time, yet my
long experience as a teacher bids me to
keep trying, as success sometimes crowns
my efforts when least expect it. Your
charge that shave gone back on every
thing" or anything, I deny IN toto. And
you must allow me in all kindness, to
say to you that a man who supports
Greeley for President, in consideration
of his present position upon the "woman
question:" is the last one who should
call himself a "Woman Suffragist," or
in any way in sympathy with much
needed reforms.
Had you read the NEW NORTHWEST
more closely, you would not have made
the accusation which have just denied;
and if you will read the present issue
carefully, you will take back the slander
if you have the character for compre-
hensiOn and honesty that have given
you credit for possessing. Allow me to
assure you that l am confident that
when you thoroughly understand your
self and me and that small mess Of pot
tGge, you will be ashamed of your
present blindness. And further, If
yourself, "whose intellect and earnest
ness 1 so much admire" should i'm
reality become guilty Of ten times worse
political judgment than in Imagination
you have accorded me, your conduct
would not change my principles about
the Woman Movement one whit, OF
make me lose faith in humanity except
i'm your individual case.
For your aid and counsel in the past /
am and ever will be truly grateful; and
for your clearer perception Of your
| further duties as a friend of political and
social reform, remain kindly and
hopefully, Your friend,
a. J. DUNIwAY.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS.

In looking over the immense bundles
of letters, of both public and private ma
ture, that accumulated during our alb
sence, we find much which required our
prompt personal attention, and we are
very sorry it could not have been given.
We are now, however, doing our utmost
to gather up the raveled threads and get
the whole machinery in good running
order. If any of our friends feel that
they or their claims have been in any
way neglected, we beg leave to assure
them that nobody has been to blame.
The clerk who had charge Of this de-
partment during our absence deserted
his post nearly a month before our re-
turn, leaving something of chaos in
his wake. We hope this explanation
will satisfy any whose claims may not
be properly attended TO that there has
been no design in our apparent neglect.
"Gipsey," of Corvallis, who is Il gen.
ius in her way, writes US a letter Of
welcome" which we appreciate, but if
we should print, would make us appear
an egot. Thanks, dear "Gipsey;" we
shall lay your letter away and see if
your predictions are ever verified. Your
poem is not up to the standard. "Our
Mothers Grave" awaits its turn.
Bennie: You need culture and exper-
fence. Your thoughts are in advance OF
most boys Of your age, but they are
not yet sufficiently cultivated to print.
During the long winter evenings we
shall be pleased to give you some les
sons that will greatly aid your very
laudable ambition. The Ms. awaits
your orders.
Thorndyke, Mass: We do not know
whether there be two Sara A. Under
woods or not, but we do know that one,
both or either is equal to half a dozen
ordinary thinkers.
L. A. B., Bakcock, r. l.: Your letter,
though late, will appear next week.
Suppose you have received the paper
regularly.
II. s, San Francisco: Regret the
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-13
THE SENATORIAL CONTEST.

The Senatorial contest wakes fierce
and hot. J. H. Mitchell and H. w.
Corbett, the two opposing candidates,
are both strongly supported, but the
signs of the times indicate that Mitch
ell is ahead.
While we have nothing to condemn
in Corbett as a Senator, we are free to
confess that to Mrs. Corbett as such we
have the grave objection that she has
busted herself in Washington with the
very reprehensible occupation of trying
to rivet the political chains of women
whose husbands do not hold public Of
fees. Therefore, we say to Woman
Suffragists in the Legislature, vote
against her and prove yourselves true
to your professions. We know that
Mrs. Mitchell will be guilty of no such
unwomanly aggression as that which
Oregon women so justly condemn in
Mrs. Corbett. While we hold Mrs. C.'s
private character in high esteem, her
public acts are fit subjects of public
comment; therefore we want her elected
to "stay at home" where she says all
women belong.
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Platform of the Woman Suffrage Party Of
the Pacific Slope.

WHEREAS. We, the represe ntatlNe women ol
the Pacific Coast, in Convention assembled IN
san Francisco this 2lst day Of June, 49, belleN-
ing the time has come 10 form new political
marty 40 organize under the name Of the WOm-
an Suffrage Party OF the Pacific Coast, and
declare the following platform Of principles:
lSt. All men and women are created free and
equal, and are endowed alike with certain in
alienable rights, among which are the rights 10
life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
2d. We hold that under the Fourteenth ana
Fifteenth Amendments 10 the Constitution OF
the United States women are already enlran-
chised and entitled to the right to vote, and are
debarred of the privilege only through prtJudlce
and misinterpretatiOn Of the law.
81. Pending a decision of the supreme Court
as to the full import of these Amendments, ana
i'm view of the possibility Of an adverse declsioni
we will labor with our utmost zeal anu energy
for an additional amendment TO the COnStltu-
ton to secure these rights. We VIII also work
with determination FOR the revision and mOdl-
ficatiOn of the Constitution and laws OF our
reSpective States.
4th. All persons alike, both men and WOIeH'
are entitled to equal rights before the law.
5th. All persons and parties who oppose these
principles shall be treated as our political enc
mics, from whom we will withhold our lLhu-
encc in politics and our patronage IN ouSll~le ~
9Th. We will work for the election on All III
worthy candidate of whatever party, w 49,. y -.
work with us, and we will vigorously oplYto li -
any candidate OF any party VINO Is oPfO9e'
these principles. ,., ,,,,,,, This
7th As political party we unite 1E0l ,,Ii1 nIs
common platform, regardless Oh i4'''i"-''''' ,
sex, religion or condition.
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mistake. Caused by employing a new
mailing clerk. 1t will not happen
again.
Ereka: We cannot afford it.
Mrs. L., from Exeter, Maine, writes:
"When the paper comes in bright and
new from the Office, there somehow
comes, softly floating about me, dear
faces of friends in East Portland, and
after have read its crisp, bright para
graphs, 1 invariably lie down at night
to pleasant dreams"
B. A. B., Nehalem: Your communi-
cation will be attended to as soon as we
have time.
IA Mother" wants to know how to
cure rising upon the hand of her little
boy, (which spreads and testers until il
is getting very troublesome" Wash
thoroughly with CASTLE soap and apply
a poultice of common pitch. If you OBJ
ject because of its adhesiveness, stew
the pitch in sweet cream before apply
ing to the affected member. This is an
unfailing recipe.
Many letters are laid over for want ol
space. Many others will be answered
privately. Have patience, friends.
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thur ran away at Placerville, Idaho.
nearly three months ago, taking with
them some ten or fifteen thousand dol
lars, and left a man named Joseph
Townsend lying in his cabin, with a
broken leg, who had worked for them
since November p, 1871, and who had
never received q cent Of his wages from
them. He received his injuries while
working in their claims by being caved
on, and yet they robbed him of his hard
earned wages and left him to his fate.
The sufferer was properly cared for by
the kind-hearted citizens of the Basin,
and is now able to walk about.
A Herald correspondent, writing from
Montana, says: ''The Bitter Root Val
ley, one of the finest in the Territory
has recently, by order of the President
and an Act of Congress, been thrown
open to settlement. General Garfield
member of Congress from Ohio, is now
in the Territory, with orders to remove
the Flathead Indians from the Bitter
Root Valley to their Reservation on the
Jocko river. Many of these Indian:
have signified their determination moi
to be removed, but remain in open de
fiance to Uncle Sam's orders. The citi
zens of this country justly feel alarmed
at the state of affairs, and fear a genera
Indian outbreak. There are now hun
dreds of Indians in the valley belonging
to the Pen d'Oreille, Nez Perces, Koota
nais, Spokane and Flathead tribes, an,
all related to and in sympathy with thl
latter tribe. The people here have ap
pealed for military aid and for the es
| adjustment of a military post in thi
community, to keep the Indians ol
their Reservation when moved. Ther
are no troups in the Territory to b
placed here, and the people of this sec
ton have despaired of getting help fron
the East, and must rely on themselve
unless they can procure aid from o
through the Military Department of tli
Pacific. Unless these Indians can b
kept on the Reservation, and in subju
CATION, the growth and prosperity {
this section of the Territory will b
crippled for years to come"
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IMPORTANT CHANGE.

The public were startled last Wednes-
day morning by the announcement at
the head of the Oregonidn's editorial
columns that H. w. Scott, who had
been that papers editor-in-chief for
over seven years, had withdrawn from
his position. On Thursday the Oregon
ian announced w. Lair Hill as Mr..
Scotts successor, and still further star
tied the public by the statement that
Henry L. PittOck had sold out to an as
sOciation of gentlemen, who will con-
duct it as a strictly Republican journal
as heretofore. While we regret the de-
parture Of Mr.. Scott from post he has
filled so long and ably, we are pleased
to welcome his successor as a man
worthy his responsible position.
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FINANCIAL NOTICE.

With this issue we send bills to those
in arrears, also calling for advance pay
ment on the second volume. We are
compelled to adopt the cash system, and
shall hereafter adhere to it strictly. A
short time win be given for renewals,
ana then if remittances are rot re-
ceived, accounts win be PLACED in the
hands Of officers FOR collection. There
are many names upon our books to
which we have regularly mailed the
paper for over sixteen months, and
though bills in some cases have been
repeatedly sent, no response has been
given. No newspaper can live in this
way, and now we say emphatieally we
must have our dues, and we mean busi-
ness.
If mistakes are made we viii correct
them promptly, but will 10 the best we
can TO avoid them.
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Strong Women.

Rev. w. Clark recently delivered a
lecture in Unity Chapel, New York,
upon the subject of "StrOng Women"
The annexed paragraph will serve to
show the drift of the lecturer:
THE strong woman has 4 knowledge
of affairs and practical skill. There is a
vast deal of can't in the fashionable
woman. The true woman can. She
knows how. She can take care of her
self IL she is pitched into the world by
misfortune, she always falls like the cat,
upon her feet, ready for fresh start.
Fashion strikes all useful knowledge out
of womau's education. 1t substitutes
accomplishments for common sense. 1t
units her for self-care. 1t makes the
victim dependent. The fashionable
woman has TO be carried through the
the world by parents, husband, friends
and children, if she is unfortunate
enough TO have any, at the mercy of cir
cumstances-a live doll, more costly
than wax and more brittle than glass.
Her only art is display; her only skill,
expense. She is bundle of weakness,
and no wonder that men shrink from
taking such bundle on their shoulders
through life. It is this utter weakness
and dependence of women, for want of
practical knowledge and skill, that
causes much of their misery. As every
boy should have some trade or profes-
sion as a means of support, so every girl
should be trained to a knowledge of
practicable things. The American
woman should know how to support
herself and those depending upon her,
and should pride herself upon her indie
pendence. Then she will be lifted above
temptation, and will be n true helpmate
TO her husband, the best of mothers, and
the best constituted for society. She
viii seta fashion that will be health and
happiness tofollow, and represent type
oi such beauty as the world has not seen
Tor centuries. The true nobility oi
womanhood rests on the ability to serve
ana the most cOnsumate beauty is the
blossoming Of woman's strength"
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for casting mire and dirt at the leaders
in the Woman Movement"
Since the above was written, General
Grant has reformed from another bad
habit of which he last March was gull
ty, the pernicious one of ignoring or
snubbing the taxed, misrepresented and
protesting half of his people. Therefore,
we say all honor to him. And upon the
coarse, bigoted, narrow-minded old do
tard who cannot get the top of his glis-
tening pate above the filthy pool of sex
ual politics, but who stands ready to re-
move from places of emolument and
trust the hundreds of struggling women
whom General Grant has given en-
ployment, that they may thereby ele-
vate themselves from the necessity of
bodily immolatiOn upon the altar OF
lust for bread, the women Of America
with one accord are crying "anathema." "
Reform in politics is what We are
working for; but we never will or can
succeed until the Nation rises above the
idea of ser as connected with govern
ment. Grant and Wilson see the neces-
sity of this reform and are taking judi
cious steps to secure it. The mongrel
party of rebels, disaffected politicians,
pro-slavery men and women-subjuga-
tors are pledged to masculine supremacy
and one-seXed government; therefore
all their cries about "reform" in the
course they are taking are worse than
nothing and vanity.
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WOMEN's MEDICAL COLLEGE.

This institute will begin its tenth an
nual term of twenty weeks at the new
college on Twelfth street, corner of Sec
ond Avenue, New York, October 18th
Mrs. DIR. Clemence Lozier, Dean of this
College, lady who has risen to one of
the highest positions in the Faculty, is
herself a living example of what a
woman may aspire to and reach when
her aspirations have opportunity to ex-
pand. We speak of her from a personal
knowledge Of her struggles and tri-
umphs, and we chronicle the fact of her
present honor, wealth, position and in
fiuence-all earned by her own efforts
in the face of difficulties at which most
men would have shrunk back appalled,
AS another in the long catalogue OF
proofs of woman's po1Cer, which is slow
ly becoming acknowledged in all pro-
fessiOns. For announcement, giving
particulars of the College, address thi,
lady or the Secretary, Mrs. c. F. Wells
New York city.
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The STANDARD" and the New North
west.

A few weeks since the Standard con-
tained number of quotations from Mrs.
Duniway in the NEW NORTHWEST
showing that when Grant was in this
Territory many years ago, his conduct
personally was deserving of censure in a
moral point of view. Now that journal
does not deny having used such expres-
siOns, nor undertake directly any reply
to the allegations of Murphy in the
Standard; but Indirectly and in response
TO another person, a complete answer IS
given i'm the last issue of Mrs. Duniway's
paper to all such charges. Murphy, as
well as the lady who is directly
answered, can therefore take to himself,
with full right of personal application,
the following language of the NEW
NORTHWEST, which is exceedingly ap-
propriate and pertinent TO the charge OF
inconsistency made by him. Here is
the passage:
Whatever Grant did twenty years
since, there is no reason why a person Of
sense should not now support him, as a
reformed and reclaimed man, against
Greeley, who has taken up with thiev-
ing Tammany, and who holds that
women have no rights that n man is
bound to respect. The "Unpurchasable
w hhAAAAAA va AteAAAN1f tain AbANhtA ~
Greeley's "hOnesty;" but the American
people are judging him by the company
he Keeps. The company Grant is alleged
to have kept twenty years ago is not SO
/ pertinent a subject of inquiry as the
company which Greeley keeps now.n
That is fair and full response to any
accusation of presumed inconsistency in
now supporting n man who is known
not to have been immaculate in his
/ private conduct many years ago, but
who is reliable and safe in his public
duties; and especially when the choice is
I between himself and one who is wholly
unsafe, unreliable and untrustworthy in
any public position, by reason of his
numerous crOtehets, frequent changes OF
/ opinion, freaks of fancy, whims, and
strange vacillatiOn of character and con-
duct on the most important topics
/ Olympia Courier.
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THE CAULDRoN BOILs.
OLYMPIA, w. T., Sept. :,

OLYMPIA, w. T., Sept. Z, 1872.
Mrs. DluiilCdy:-EOu will doubtless
understand why have taken so little
interest in canvassing for the NEW
NORTHWEST. Theposition you occupied
a few months since, in regard to needed
reform, were such as / believed, and still
believe right. / did what could in aid
ing you in your trip to New York to at
Tend what l believed a reform move
ulent' but since you have gone so
entirely back on everything heretofore
PIoiessed in regard to the political
tae, ,e'olm OF the day, and thoroughly struck
lisbo5 win the man whom you pub
dator., = lew short months since as a
S-onee' ee,.l'. iibertine, etc, and of the Io,c.
So' = y g Pc 100 have almostlost confidence
!" 'ne Woman Movement To see
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Woman.

y woman, notwithstanding she is
the best of listeners, knows her business,
and IL Is woman's business to please.
/ don't say that il is not her business to
vote, but | do say that the woman who
does not please is a false note in the
harmonies of nature. She may not
have youth or beauty, or even manner,
but she must have something i'm her
voice or expression, or both, which it
makes you feel better disposed towards
your race to look at or listen to. She
knows that as we'll as we do; and her
first questions after you have been talk
ing your soul into her consciousness is,
did / please? a woman never forgets
her sex. She would rather talk with
a man than an angel, any day. WOm-
anly women are very kind critics, eX-
cept to themselves and now and then to
their own sex. The less their is Of sex
about n woman the more she is to be
dreaded. But take n real woman at her
best mOment-aud dressed enough 10 be
pleased with herself not so resplendent
as to be n show and n sensation, with
the varied outside influences that set
vibrating the harmonic notes of her na-
ture stirring i'm the air about her-and
what has social life to compare with one
of those vital interchanges of thought
and feeling with her that make an hour
memorable? What can equal her tact
her delicaey, her subtlety of apprehen-
sion, her quickness to feel the changes
of temperature as the warm and cool
currents of thought blow by turns? At
one moment she is mieroscopially in
tellectual, critical, scrupulous in judg-
ment as an analysts balance, and the
next rs sympathetic as the open rose
that sweetens the wind from whatever
quarter it finds its way to her bosom.
1t is i'm the hOspitable soul of woman
that a man forgeos he is a stranger, and
so becomes natural and truthful, at the
same time that he is mesmerized by all
those divine differences that make her a
mystery and bewilderment.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-13
GIN. GRANTS PRINCIPALS.

II would sum up the policy OF the Admins
tratiOn 10 be "a thorough enforcement OF every
law; faithful collection OF the tax provided
for; economy in the disbursement OF the same,
and prompt payment OF the debt of the ma
uoui reduction OF taxes as rapidly as the re-
qulremcnts of the country viii admit; reduc-
ton OF taxation and tariff to be so arranged as
TO afford the greatest relief to the greatest num-
Der; honest and fair dealings with all other
people, to the end that war, with all its blight
ing consequences may be avoided, without sur
rendering any right or obligation due to the
United States; reform in the treatment of the
Indians, and the whole civil service Of the
country; and, finally, in securing q pure, un-
trammellcd ballot, where every man entitled
TO cast vote may do so just once at each elec-
ton without fear of moIestatiOn or prescription
on account of his political iaith, nativity or
honor L. = 0RANI.'
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REMOVAL.

The Office Of the NEW NORTHWEST
has been removed from the corner OF
Third and Washington streets to the
Oreoonion building on Stark street.
The editorial room will be at our resi-
dence on Sixth and E streets. Sub
scriptions or orders for advertisements
will be received at the business office OF
the .Orcgoniaa or at the editorial office
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GOOD ADvICE--GO straight on, and
don't mind enemies. If they get in
your way, walk around them regardless
of their spite. A celebrated character
who was surrounded by enemies, used
to remark-''They are sparks which, if
you do not blow, will go out Of them
selves" "Live down prejudice" was
the Iron Dukes motto. Let this be
your feeling while endeavoring to live
down the scandal of those who are bit
ter against you. If you stop to dispute.
you do but as they desire, and open the
way for more abuse. Let the poor fel-
lows talk; there will be a reaction if Won
do but perform your duty; and humid
reds who were once alienated from Won
will flock to you and acknowledge their
error.
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We get the following from the Olym-
nfa Io,fg.;c,..

Since the manifesto OF the woman sufragiSts
in favor OF Grant and Wilson. no little Interest
has been felt among the friends OF the Admin
istrafiOn as TO the influence and effect OF this
action Of Miss Anthony, Mrs. Hooker and 9th
ers upon public feeling. There Is little doubt
that these women have many warm advocates
among their sex as we'll as among the men
who will work vigorously on behalf of theiI
views and the party that most favors them.
Truly spoken, friend Courier; and
when the motley crowd of Greeleyites,
with Jasper Johnson at their head, start
up Salt River next November, Greeley
will learn that six hundred thousand
voters are Of more consequence than
"sixty thousand cooks"
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A girl, forced by her parents into a
disagreeable match with an old man
whom she detested, when the clergyman
came to that part of the service where
the bride is asked if She consents to take
the bridegroom for her husband, said:
"Oh, dear, no, sir; but you are the tirst
person who has asked my opinion about
the Natter
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-13

Brother Ike of the Herald thinks the
ex-editor of the Oregonian is a pretty
"smart boy" and might have made a
man of himself if he had remained an
editor till he was grown.
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Those who are not easy at home will
not find enjoyment anywhere else. The
man who yawns at his own fireside will
only laeerate his jugular if he goes to a
crowded city. Happiness is an internal
arrangement, and if it don't bloom at
home, it won't flower anywhere. To
undertake to run away from ennui, is as
futile as to attempt to run away from
death.