The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-11-28

was his great sacrifice that made
him the head of the Church. II
man will go and do likewise he may
then claim prerogative of heddship;
but, until he does, anxious as 1 am to
make a strong opposition speech, / must
waive this part OF the poets argument.
God did not make man for woman,
She was really made for man;
And how ruli OF perfect wisdom
Was the great Creators plan.
Again, as a mother of men, have
read the Scriptures, and having found,
in connection with the above, that "for
this cause ought q woman to have poper,
because of the angels" but l must get
off Of that point lest weaken the ar
gument. AS the hard-shell preachersaid,
'T am not speaking on that branch of
the subject" besides, "that amt the
pint"
Our poet continues:
For without her sofiening influence,
Man would droop and pine away;
Rut she cheers him a. he travels
tAA ia4o gtuiiAfs Nais - N'9s
should she be without husband,
Aud she wants some pastime, too,
Time is never 10 be squandered-
There is much that she can dc.
All around her are the blessings
To be scattered, more and more,
Till her triumphs are as countless
As the sands upon the shore.
Friends, a great many good men OPP
pose the enfranchisement of woman
because Of vague and indescribsble idea
that they have conjured up regarding
her sacred and refining influence, which
they somehow feel must he restrained
continually or it will loose its power.
Once the refining and invigorating in
fiuence Of the sun eXerted itself upon
one of Gods unproductive acres until
there arose and grew great, "tall, fair
ranks of trees" The months and years
rolled themselves into decades, the de-
cades at last into centuries, and there
they stood, "massy and tall and dark"
The vigorous branches at their tops
reached out in all directions, overlap
ping and Intervening among each
other, until the genial sunshine by whose
aid these great, grand trees had been
nurtured into life and vigor, was shut
away from the earth into which they
had taken root. Then, at their feet,
great noxious weeds grew up, and
noisome plants, with poisonous exhala-
tions, crept over the dark, mouldy soil.
Lizards glided in and out, and snakes
Missed forth their venomOus sounds,
and writhed and ragged as is their custom.
Did a stray sunbeam sometimes enter
this abode of corruption, causing tiny
blade of grass 10 dare peep forth, the
wise branches of the great trees ex-
erted themselves afresh, and whispered
to each other, 1--WE must not allow the
purifying suns rays to enter here. At our
feet is filthy pool in which they must
not dabble lest they be defiled." And the
lizards glided, and the snakes writhed,
and the noXiOus weeds and noisOme
herbs Joined in the refrain and sang out
"filthy pool" But the nOxious vapors
that were generated in that damp, fetid
air, attracted the wrath Of storm-cloud,
who, in passing, scented corruption from
afar. And the hestorm-cloud sent the torked
lightning whose artillery shook the
heavens, and 10, one of the grandest OF
the forest monarchs lay prone and help
less at the feet of his fellows. The
storm-cloud passed on and straightway
the genial and renovating sunlight
shone down upon the ''filthy pool"
Great was the Indignation of the stand
ing monarchs. Exerting themselves
with might and main they strove to re
unite their broken phalanx, but too late
the sunlight had entered. And i'm spit,
of leafy hedges, noxiOus weeds an'
noisome herbs, not needing gliding liz
ards or writhing serpents, and mindinl
not the croaking of the self-conceite'
frogs who grumbled that their "filth.
pooln should be disturbed, and though
according to our poet, it 'did not to he
belong" the sunlight persistently pur
sued her well-known way Of duty. AM
10. and behold Beautiful flower
sprang up as if by magic wher
Shiny weeds had grown. Fruit-bearinI
shrubs shot forth their well-ladel
branches, and trees, whose leaves wave,
for the healing of nations, budded int
life and beauty. The "filthy pool" be
came a clear and ripping stream wher
golden fishes flashed, and bright-plume
birds made heavenly melody. An
what of the trees? Taller and grande
yet they grew; more glorious and stron
and vigorous and beautiful because
the blessed influence Of all pervadin
sunlight.
But look, again: YOnder, a littl
apart from the rest, in the majest
Of his self-conscious pride, stands
grand, great oak. Stately and tall an
beautiful he grows, spreading hi
branches far and wide. But even Will
we gaze a change comes over him. .
"clinging vine" heavy, luxuriant, j,
= pendent, merciless, has fastened itsel
by his own permission, around his ma:
sive form. 1t creeps over him and coil
t around him, gently, slowly, but insid
D ously. Look now, and you will see ths
5 the very life of the oak is being sappe'
( He is already dead at the top. Th
y ''clinging vine" which lie so dearl
( loves to shelter and protect becomes