The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-07


recognize the true dignity and import
ance of the love principle in the eyolu-
ton of human affairs, into outward cir
cles Of action in order TO externallze
those truths with which their thoughts
are burdened.
The results of the late war are deeper
and broader than many think. The
prison of Andersonville and kindred
horrors of war have taught the mothers
of this generation that Spartan courage
is not in keeping with the truths that
are Illuminating this latter half of the
nineteenth century. As the blood ooZed
out of broken hearts beside desolate
hearth-stones, the desire to rear sons for
soldiers spilled out with 1t, and the
thousands of mothers now see that 10 Is
more honorable, more glorious for their
sons to be virtuous men than to lead
armies to battle. There is not probably
a mother among us who, while stand
/ ing beside the cradle, and taking that
cradle as a standpoint of observation,
but has seen spiral pathways, starting
from the little sleeper, and stretching
far up and away into the azure depths
of the sky of intelligence, where it would
be lost were it not for the telescope Wis
ion OF true mothers mentality, which
discovers a nebule there through which
the spiral pathway leads to brighter
heavens and broader fields of action be-
yond. But enshrOud the little sleeper,
fond mother-eoffin him-pillow him
up for the grave, and make the grave
large enough to hold all your high aspi-
rations concerning him, for it is better
thus than that your darling should lose
his innocence and absorb into its con-
-
foul institutions fostered and cherished
by an unbalanced government.
We see in the history of the race that
in ages past an active condition of the
positive principle was needful to enable
mankind to emerge from barbarism and
the 9rossest kind of materialism, cores
ponding to a past geological period. The
exceeding activity of that principle
caused it to grow to large proportions,
and there has long been an unbalanced
/. condition of things. The positive and
: negative forces must come TO a perfect
state of equilibrium in all social and
governmental arrangements, as well rs
in the mental and physical organiZa-
tions of individuals, in order that
morality and virtue be developed among
us. The internal economy of govern
ments and nations, as well as the in
ternal economy of isolated homes, should
depend upon feminine ingenuity fol
harmonious adjustment. We have
learned from observation this fact, that
only one-half. Of the universe is mascu-
line, the other half We claim to be es-
sentially feminine.
r Thereare in the realms of intelligence
many truths waiting humanity's accept
ance; but they will never find entrance
into this world of ours until woman i:
, released from bondage of public opinion
, Then there will be an influence of trutE
to the world hitherto unknown, for the
faculties of woman's mind (she being
, the mother and legitimate educator o
i the race are the only avenues through
, which these truths can flow to human
, ity. To a distant observer the people
appear like the Yorkshire school, al
, described by Dickens. The priests, tn,
. rulers, and teachers of humanity occupy
/, the place of "Squeers" and his delect
able spouse, who are standing spoon aut
cup in hand, while men and wOmei
= like an army of poor "Smikes" will
: out-grown clothes and open mouths
; are swallowing with meekness thei
: doses of birthstone and treaele. Tn
. strong arm of many Nicholas will b
needed, backed by muscles of virtue an
, honor, to aid lin removing by the lever
of truth those bOulders of error nndeI
. meath which the Shiny forms of ig
norance and superstition have so lon
. nestled.
o We cannot wonder that in those veal
n when barbarism and sensuality enve
o Oped the earth like a cloud, that th
q feminine principle in its purest forms
@ manifestation could not live. The Gro:
8 and the fagot stood ever ready to erucif
o and burn such specimens of the lOS
principle.
It 1t has rarely been the case that pul
b woman could breathe the outer air
y external life, unless wrapped in Il
y swaddling clothes of imperfectiOns. Bl
It the principle of love has been CAREFUL
v husbanded by nature, and, silently gail
It ing strength, she has waited for Tim
who, with sharpened scythe, has move
If down the ages to make room for her a.
g pearing. At times the clouds of igno
: ance and sin were rolled away, and
10 valley and upon the mountain top ha'
d burst into existence rare specimens
]. woman character, and the pages of hi
n tory hold up to us many women wi
l. have been the embodiment of sublin
IF virtues, but they have appeared as m
n teoric lights against n blackened SIX
l. to be quickly quenched by the darkne
d of the ages. What woman can be fouI
Ie among us but what has aspirations
'. yond her grasp? Beneath all this ru
1t bish Of fashion there are desires and a
% pirations which, if realized, would les
d US directly up to the true and beautifu
20 We want our hearts to- beat in unisc
/ and our lives to keep time and tuI
I frn with the mi
r sic of rolling worlds. We want the VIII
dows that open on the shady side OF II
l. closed, and those thrown wide open IN;
n look skyward, so that the warm rays
,s Justice and mercy and loving kindne
~ may illuminate all the cold, dark co
n ners of our lives. How long shall "
le wait?
s. The people do not realize that
A. throwing obstacles i'm the way of won
le ans progress, they are really crucifyir
Christ. The effort of a principle to e
10 cape its narrow limits and enter bright
ic fields of life and activity is, in essenc
Of the second coming of Christ. Tho
10 qualities possessed by Jesus which ha'
IS made him an object of worship f
'd eighteen centuries were mainly inhe
I'd tied from his mother. That puri
l. which permeated her ling and ga
y character to her life became pilot
I'd graphed upon the nature and conscioU
t ness of her child, and in Jesus puri
le lay his power, and his life is beautif
OF prophecy of what we all may /
K, Woman, i'm loving Jesus, loves the {
Il vinity within herself; in worshippil
God, she worships him who stands
u the lofty heights of noble manhood.
se To the same extent that the babe
i'll dependent on the mother for life al
ed nourishment, is the race dependent up'