The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1873-08-15
Mrs. Duniway's Defense.

It is with admiration and pleasure We
witness the zeal and devotion to princi-
pie manifested by the NEW NORTH
WEST. The expediency of woman suf'
frage, on which the ablest minds dis
agree, is lost sight of in witnessing the
defense Mrs. Duniway makes against
the assaults and misrepresentation OF
the press. She came to Senator Mitch
elPs defense in a way that none other
than the pure and noble of mind could
come. AS Senator Mitchell has ad-
mitted that his former life was not free
from wrongs and injury, she says to
him: "Atone by making q grand effort
to alleviate and elevate the present con-
dition of society. All evil has its coun-
terpart in good, and now you can attain
to your lost position by noble efforts.
Why not embrace them John b.
Cough once lay in the gutter, and was
loathed and evaded by good people, yei
by noble efforts he has lived to bring
much good and happiness upon the
world; he is now honored and respected
throughout the nation, and even the
world claims him as beneiactoT' anu
you, Senator Mitchell, can attain 10 tnls
too if you will only labor with your
splendid talent" What thoughts couI9
be nObler? And where could sueh
thoughts find their home but IN Ine
bosom Of pure womanhoodE roi
prOmulgating such sentiments as these
the OreQonidn leads off and the Demo
cratic press follows with wall ol
denuneiation, not heard since the SOUND
of the trumpets forced the ancient Walls
to crumble. When the woman was
brought before Jesus, and the great cry
of the multitude arose, the reply was
"L.et him that is without sin cast the
first stone" If the OregOTlidn man and
his Democratic allies had been there
with all their purity and righteousness,
| have no doubt that poor woman would
have been well stoned; for their imnac-
ulate righteousness would have been at
such q fervent heat that woe would
have been to her that had strayed from
the virtuous path. Methinks / see a
halo of righteousness around the head OF
these abusers of Mitchell. They never
conceived an impure thought. Lust
never entered their pure, undefiled
minds. The fumes of tobacco and the
taste of old rye are strangers to their in
nOcent souls, and the conception OF love
and its channels are so low and sensual
that the thought strikes terror when
turned in this direction.
OH what innocent beings you are.
We envy your position and influence.
How serene you must be, gentlemen, in
your exalted purity, that no atonement
can be allowed him that would devote a
future life to the good and true. Why
not make up O mob and stone John b.
Cough off the stage when he next at
tempts to lecture wayward sinners
Gentlemen, you are only making fools
of yourselves in trying to assume so
much righteousness when you say that
wrong may not be atoned for; you set
yourselves up as judges SO high that
you forget the adage-judge not lest you
be judged. In all judgment, forgive
ness is the greatest attribute. But all
this bluster and feathers is given to
make capital 1t is to sink Mr.. Mitchell
because ne beat Mr.. Corbett OH the one
hand, and to make Democratic capital
on the other. The old landmarks OF
Democracy have disappeared, and there
is no principle to defend, hence the
only issue they can bring forward
against Republicans is to attack some
member of the party. They leave prin-
ciples to discuss some mans faults.
Mrs Duniway's position is well taken,
and all the billingsgate they may throw
from day to day will only make their
cause appear less to the true and
thoughtful. The people are becoming
more intelligent from time to time, and
they begin to watch the political ther-
mometer as it bobs up and down, and
ask what these things mean.-OTegOH
PrOOresSiOfisf