The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-02-16
From the oregon Good Templar.l
"Woman's Rights"
RosEBURG, Oregon.


Ed. Good Icmpidr:-I am glad to see
that there is one person brave enough
TO come out boldly in defense of the
truth. / refer TO your correspondent, G..
W. H., whose article appears under the
above caption, in your issue Of Jan. 10th,
and who appears to be deeply versed
in Biblical lore. / hope his learned es-
say will settle the veXed question, and
bring the "erring sisters to n sense of
their folly. How could any one have
any sympathy with the doctrine, that
the fall was not complete, until man
had also taken of the forbidden fruit p
Why some of the "misguidedn creatures
actually quote scripture in proof of their
pernicious doctrines. For instance they
refer to Miriam, the Prophecies, and TO
Deborah, who was not only n prophecies
but judge-Judges, 4th, 4, 9 and 5th, Z,
l2-just as though such things would be
appropriate in our days. How pre-
sumptuOus! And again in regard to
the hair, some people think that St.
Paul, lst or l1th, does not give divine
command, but merely his own opinion
in regard to what he considers q matter
of prOpriety, according to the customs
Of that age and country. Cannot they
understand that il is our bounden duty
to confirm to the manners and customs
of Bible times? Verify they are wise
above what is written. Some of these
fanatics say that the hair is rs much
a covering when cut off, rs when done
up in net, or, as was the custom few
years ago, put up in a knot on the back
of the head, and they seem to wonder
how women, protesting godliness, could
have been so regardless of prOpriety, as
to draw the hair up to expose the head
as much as possible. Now, ii is plain
enough that to have the hair answer its
purpose fully, it must be permitted to
hang gracefully over the shoulders
True, some think it would be in the way,
but | can only counsel them TO read and
obey. And rs TO the 'Free Love- doc
! tTine Gt does prevail to an alarming eX-
tent in the cities,) | have no doubt if
women are ever permitted to have a
voice i'm making the laws, they will seek
| to purify the moral atmosphere, by fool
| ishly attempting to do away with dram
shops, houses of illfame, 60, those nee
essary evils; they seem afraid their sons
or brothers may be led astray. Why
! don't they teach them better?
Your correspondent says, "there would
be no basis for action in the temperance
cause were Christianity rejected" And
vet have not certain temperance Organi-
LtliOkS
| ity' by admitting women on an equality
with men, allowing them to vote, hold
Office, &c? Oh, the degeneracy of the
timesi Now some foolish people sup
pose that sin the beginning men and
women were equal, but that they were
blinded by the fall i'm regard to the rela-
ton, between them, man supposing him
self the superior being, and thereupon
"arrOgating TO himselfi certain rights
and privileges, contrary to the original
plans of the creation, and that wheu the
Lord told Eve her husband should rule
over her, he was merely telling what
was a natural consequence of the fall;
and as the world grows older, and wiser,
men will see their injustice, Just as
though there were any and restore
women to their rightful positions.
Now / have heard people argue that
if the Lord meant what he said, in re-
gard to women, he also meant what he
said in regard to man; and that II men
must for all time TO come rule over their
wives, they also must for all time to
come eat s'herbsu and eat ''his bread i'm
the sweat of his brow;n and how can a
Christian SO far forget his duty as to re-
fuse to sweat for his bread. In eonclu-
sion / would say, "may they" (the wom-
enl 'sbe content with the sphere in
which they toere placed by their creator,
obey his teachings" and may both men
and women cease to pervert the right
ways Of God. LENoRE.