The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-07-25
HOW oNBFALsEHOOD MAKES MANY

The Oregonicu,, under date OF July Is,
the following paragraph,
which we publish, in order that we may
point the moral that the tale adorns:
The Chicago s.Times- OF July 9Th says: -Ihe
NEW NORTHWEST, publiShed ~ ',,..s N"..'''i,, =,
MrS. Duuiway. in Portland, ores"., coi4 coilies "a
the defense Of senator Mitchell hipple' anu
holds him blamcles>.'
The Chicago Times does not exchange
with the NEW NoRTHwEsr, but WIN
the Orcqonial,, consequently lie No. OF
the Times leads it TO copy lie No. oil
the Oregonian, which becomes lie No.
of the Times, which the Oreg0nidh cop
les, making lie No. . for that journal.
Our brother of the Oregonidn, whom
We shall never misrepresent, no matter
how maliciously lac may pursue MS pres
ent reprehensible course toward us, cor
rected the false statement Of the Oregon
dnwhich led the Chicago Times into er-
ror, explaining that in thus accusing us
he had made a painful mistake, 'but this
avails us little, since the Times over
looked the Oregoaida'S correction and
copied its falsehOod, which the Oregon
ian now re-copies as truth.
For the benefit Of the Chicago Times we
will now say and ask that paper TO re-
peat, that we do not hold Senator Mitch
ell Jldmclcss nor neU6r did. That he
has sinned lac cOnfesses himself, and we
are not noodle-pated enough To doubt
/ 4. g -. f..na Of al
the houndings of men who may have
sinned as much as he, (perhaps more, il
their sins were not hidden, or supposed
to be, We say 10 him, "Ali is not lost
do right in the future; atone for the
wrongs of the past by n noble restitu-
tion, and your name shall yet be hon
ored as benefactor to womanhOod
which you have wronged. The wrongs
of both men and women are the legiti-
mate outgrowth of the subjugatiOn OF
woman. Remove the cause, and the ef-
feet will gradually be outgrown." This
o Times, is our only defense Of any law
maker who is caught in his sins. This
o OregOHidH, is our eXhortation to al
men who are not yet caught; and this
o brethren-both of you-shall be oul
constant theme until the day shall com,
when woman, crowned with freedom
and adorned with power to protect her
self, shall sit with men among the rul
ers of the land, to make such laws anC
regulations rs shall lead the people on
I of the mire of sensualism into the broaC
fields of personal purity, that mem
dark record may by degrees die out n
generations pass away, and men an'
women, under the beueficent rcgjHi
of righteous government, shall outgrOy
opportunity to wrong each other. 7,
our brother OF the Orcgonidn we say il
kindness, we forgive you, whom W
have esteemed rs a friend and 4 gentle
man, for pursuing us with the cover
malice of a treacherous foe. We hav
no sentiment towards you except one @
pity that you should be driven to sucl
straits to accomplish such purposes
You, whom we would gladly uphold a
a model of Christian virtue and gentle
manly. department, are marching raj
idly upon the opposite road. You ar
paving the way to your own downfall
and we beseech you, brother, to abau
don your present course ere we are CON
PEELED to make an example of you 70
the benefit of the few whom you n
leading into error 10y your self-righteou
accusations against us and our mission