The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-02-14

principles laid down, instead Of the last
named alone, viz: scr. / do not believe
there can be found n priest, clergyman
or layman who would dare risk his
'logic" or his candor, as an exponent Of
church doctrines or discipline, by taking
such a bold position, and yet every
church in Christendom, with but two
or three exceptions, excludes 'cODldn
from equality with man, either socially,
politically, or religiously. But, if l
should attempt to expose a 1.-THE of the
inconsistencies of professed Christianity
upon this question, 1 should never reach
the politician, nor the professed modern
social reformer.
In my introduction L affirmed thSt
this conflict between truth and error
was iYTepreSSi6le. And would main
tain it by this grand, fundamental
truth: That God, the author Of mankind,
and that Christ, His son, and mans Re
deemer, are upon the side Of truth and
justice; and that God ICiH see His truth
vindicatcd, and that Christ tciH yet
establish system Of Righteousness upon
the earth, ,cherein no oppression or IN
iquity shall find a place through co'isti-
tutiOns; and creeds and all organizations,
either civA or religious, shall be s'oept
from the face Of The earth.
In all the great revolutions among
earth's crushed and down-trodden mil
lions, when through long periods OF
prosecution and oppression the smoul-
dering fires of freedom had burned low
in the hearts of men, yet with each turn
of the ponderous wheel of tyranny, il
gathered its forces, and the pent-uI
anguish and wrath of ages at last burst
forth in deluge of retribution upon the
heads OF crowned tyrants and despOts.
Then could be felt the majesty of an Of
Tended God in his Controversy with
the Nations" And it has ever been his
plan, to turn the tide of cruelty and op'
preston upon the heads of those who
designed to crush the helpless and the
poor He has always made the slave
his "battle ak" to hew down the oppres
sor. For this reason was the love fo
freedom so deeply implanted in thu
human soul that no system of slavery
however degrading, no torture or mod,
of punishment, however severe, cOulC
either dim or queneh its glow. Neithe
could false social systems, or deceptiv
rules Of propriety or etiquette, nor flat
terry, nor appeals to variety and selfish
ness, nor pOmp, nor show, nor brides
nor threats, or anything else, silenc
that long-slumbering monitor in tn
, breast of woman.
How opportune then, when all races
! and grades, and hues of men, ar
, clamoring for liberty, that woma
should put in her plea, and through Tia
Jlo0dLess tcarfdre Of tongue and PEI
gain her freedom, while the very cart
: is being shaken, and nations are deluge
! in blood, by the more casual weapon
with thich man chooses to conquer.
ROh MOlAAil llAG UP liEI LGA
and rejoice" for ominous signs in til
political and social heavens porten
, that her redemption draweth nigh. TIL
principle or maxim that "who woul
be free, himself must strike the blow,
: is already emblazoned upon the banne
of Woman Suffrage, and under tha
banner she proposes to win.
Yes, woman, oppressed through age
q of darkness and sin, deceived by falls
theories in relation to her true position
! in more enlightened times fiattere,
:, caressed and spoiled in the lap of luxur
and wealth, has at last come to a sem
: of her shame, and has arisen in all Il
= dignity of her womanhood, and demanC
! equality before the law, in the churcl
!, and at the fireside. In doing this 81
J, demands a restoration, simply of IL
a position and the rights, with which &c
4 in the beginning endowed her, Al
4 which Christ virtually restored to he
o in his great charter of human redemI
ton. And though she comes, not wit
, the pomp and pageantry of an farm
y with banners" and rolling drums, al
: the enginery of death, yet is her victor
q certain, and her triumph sure. For
! the pen, and tongue, those emblems
n civil power are greater than the swor
a so are the triumphs of reason more ce
- tain than those of arms.
Mrs l. NJ GTEpUENSON
HEALDsBURG, California.