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Fow is Woman 70 be Col bid Of2

Well wrote Margret Fuller Ossoli:
woman will always have influence
enough, if that were all. She needs
only to be a good cook or q good scold to
secure that" What she needs is "not
merely an equal power with man-fOr
of that omnipOtent Nature will never
permit her to be defrauded-but a
chartered power, too fully recognized to
be absurd at is always best" she
elsewhere says, "to add open response
| bility where you must at any rate have
concealed power" This is, in a nut
shell, the sum and substance of the
Woman Suffrage doctrine.
Again and again and again, from the
very beginning of the Woman Suffrage
movement, have its advocates pointed
out these plain facts. We have shown
the effect of Salique Law IN France,
excluding women from the throPe-the
result being seen in a long serlss of
prottigate mi>tresses, governing the ua-
ton OF low arts; instead of the great ard
useful reigns of queens, like AIarit
Theresa and Elizabeth and Anne and
Victoria. We have shown that oar
present American system was a Salique
Law under Republieanism; compelling
women to act by covert and indirect
means instead Of frank and open meth
ods-giving an encouragement to unfair
arts, and premium on corruption.
Read in any Washington letter the
description of the women LOBBYISTS of
that city; and see how the very fact of
their disfranchisemcnt makes them
more dangerous-cOmpelling them to
use tricks and cajOlery, and what are
called "the arts Of their sex" because
more honest means have been denied
them. See, among the temperance
. T. - e. 4
excitement, of the influence which we
have excluded from the rightful chan
nels.
Let the people of Michigan and every
other State look the plain fact in the
face. Woman exists. She cannot be
abolished out of existence, however con-
veniently and smoothly we might con-
duct scientific legislation but for her
presence. Being here, what is to be
done with her? The party Of common
sense now proposes to DO with her what
has been uniformly found best in deal
ing with all other disfranchised classes;
to give her 4 recognized, limited, re-
spOnsible power in the State; thus en-
hancing her influence for open good, and
greatly diminishing her opportunity
for covert i'll. Never yet was there an
enslaved class that did not punish its
enslavers by developing the convert
sins which slavery creates, and the only
way out of those sins is through the door
of freedom. Let us take warning for
our Republic from the picture that the
keen satirist, Charles Churchill, drew OF
the worst sin of royalty.
women ruled all. and ministers OF state
Were n the doors OF women forced to wait;
Women who'yc OFT as sOvcreigns graced the
land,
But never governed well 40 second hand
-VOHldn'S Journal.
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LETTER FROM ASTORIA.

10 THIS EDrrnE or TIE Wv NORTHWEST;
have seldom found time during the
past three years to visit your beautiful
city. however had that pleasure yes
terday, and was much pleased with the
refined taste displayed in the construc-
tion of family residences, the exquisite
beauty of many Of their surroundings,
as well as the delightful shade trees and
shrubbery which adorn the streets.
The elegance of the business portion
of the city was also peculiarly pleasant
to one who has seen the ground now oc-
eupied by stately edifces when it was
covered, partly with water, partly with
stumps, and partly with mammoth frs
and underbrush.
l was particularly struck with the
changei in color, from the dark brown ex-
terror of nearly all the large and promi-
nent buildings, to that Of q cheerful and
bright white, contrasting so finely with
the green trees and shrubbery in and
about the city. TcOuld scarcely realize 1
was in the Portland of four years since,
while 1 noticed the majestic train of
empty ears rs they changed the bell-and
thundered through the street assigned
to them, rs also the one-horse ears that
glided through other streets in the city.
The question forced itself upon my
mind Has Portland reached that
point in her growth and progress where
she is compelled to stop and get
ready for an upward or downward
grade? Time alone must answer.
One other incident drew my attention.
While was engaged in the business
that called me to the city, hearing some
/ fre-crackers exploded in the vicinity Of
| a LIQUOR saloon, I was told that the cru
saders were out, looked about to see
l where they were. A crowd was gather
ing, and the noise of fire-crackers in
creased so that I could hear no sound
except as occasionally some sacred song
rose above the din. Men stood in their
doors with anxious faces looking up and
down the street as il mighty battle
was then in full conflict, and every
report of a fire-cracker was sending
death and destruction, and although 1
did not see the face of a single crusader,
| heard their voices and the cracking
noise of their enemies, and said in my
heart, "God bless and prosper and pre-
serve them, and all other such noble
bands, and give them complete victory,
for they are worthy of success" Icould
but feel for them, for 1 know to face
such public enemy they must have
suffered, remotely or Immediately, from
the bitterness of the traffic they sought
by prayer Of the God Of justice in this
public manner to abate.
a CASUAL VISITOR To PORTLAND.
June -, lS74
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WOMAN SUFFRAGE IN THE SENATE

We ask the attention OF our readers to
three significant facts.
First-Woman Suffrage received the
vote of 10 Senators; three more were
paired in favor; making - affirmative
votes in all. la 1867, when the ques-
ton was first discussed i'm the Senate,
only seven votes were cast in its favor.
Thus the Suffrage vote in the Senate
has increased I'm seven years from to
-, or more than three-fold. Senator
Stewart therefore had good grounds for
his declaration that Society Is march
ing on to Woman Suffrage and il will
not be ten years before there is no voice
in this Senate against it,"
Second-Twenty-two Republican SEN
ators voted and paired in favor OF
Woman Suffrage; only eighteen Repub-
lican Senators voted and paired against
it; the thirteen Democrats voted unani-
mously against it. Thus our strength
seems to lie mainly in the Republican
party, and a majority OF the Republi-
can Senators were in favor of Woman
Suffrage.
Third-Both the Senators or Michi-
gan, though divided on the financial
question, voted In faver Of Woman Suf-
frage. This is happy augury OF sue
cess in Michigan next fall.
In view Of these facts we consider the
action Of the Senate rs highly eneour-
aging, and indicative of triumphant
success at no distant day.
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SOMETHING SENSIBLE.


We take the liberty of publishing the
following extract from the private letter
Of n friend who has for years been found
on the right side of temperance and
kindred reforms: al am almost GER
tain that il proper action be taken by
the friends of temperance that we shall
be able to pass a Local Option and
Civil Damage Law. This, however,
will not be brought about by rant
ing speech, or spasmodic~ action, but
by n quiet, persistent and determined
course. have fequently noticed
that some of our most Jealous tenn
perance advocates try To carry every
thing by storm, and failing TO ac-
complish that which they sought TO do,
drop back discouraged beyond the line
Of action, and give up all as lost.
The temperance element should be
united, eonciliatory and practical, and
endeavor to get such laws passed rs can
he enforced, and if in the Local Option
we can allow the WoHlcn to have a voice
and vote, think it will be a step in
the right direction"
Yes, friend, so say we, and long
step, upon n solid footing at that. \
few such steps and the goal will be
reached, the battle won, the cohorts OF
temperance victorious.
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BAYARD TO THE REsOUE.

"The appalling peril in which the
head OF the family" was placed by Sen
ator Sargenrs proposed amendment to
the Pembina Bill, has luckily been
averted, and that long menaced,
though somewhat mythical individual,
may again enjoy a short season Of re-
pose; may again press the nightly pill
low In sweet peace aud security, for has
not Senator Bayard spoken, yea, and
the United States Senator found a
tongue?
This gentleman waxed eloquent and
like others Of his type, farther west
than our National Capital), felt in duty
bound to rush to the immediate assist
ance Of the Deity, lest some Of His i'm
mutable laws should be repealed by the
United States Senate-eame valiantly to
the aid of the Government, lest its fun
damental principles should be subvert-
ed, pleai patheticalIy for the head OF
the family lest the dire evils so long
predicted should speedily descend upon
him, two heads be the luckless por-
ton of every family, and final and most
dread catastrophe the 'ssubordination re-
quired by the Christian marriage cease.
All of these evils were to be brought
about by the amendment comforting
the right of Suffrage upon the women
in the proposed Territory of Pembina.
Despite the Senator's terrified and
terrifying appeal, nineteen were found
who had the courage to face the
calamlties which it was predicted would
overtake "God, Government, marriage
and the head OF the family" and, deaf
to the warming voice of wisdom, actually
voted aye.
OF the record thus made by our Pa
clfic Senators, we are and have a Just
right to be proud.
True, Kelly reused him from his Rip
Van Wrinkle nap long enough to vote
nay-but we forgive him-he knows
not what he does.
Five years ago, this amendment would
have been met in the United States
Senate by storm Of derisive laughter,
and overwhelmingly voted down; now it
meets with respectful consideration, is
discussed with dignity and earnestness,
and lost by a small majority.
In view of this we are justified in say
ing that Stewart, OF Nevada, gave his
prediction ample margin when he as
serted that 'in ten years there would not
be man in the United States Senate
who was opposed to Woman Suffrage"
Truly, the world moves, and in due
time its fossils will be so overshsdowed
and supplanted by earnest workers, as
TO be no longer objects even of curiosity.
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"D00ILITY" LET LOOSE.

Oar rmarkably docile brother Of the
Olympia Echo, in tit OF Journalistic
courtesy" of which we had hardly
thought him capable, characterizes US
as n scotd because we published Brother
Davenport's "strictly private" letter Of
insults with a very mild reply.
Well, well, Brother Gale, it's very
natural for men TO insult women and
then desire them mot to tell of it;' but
the day for woman to pocket unjust ac-
cusations and insults was past as soon as
she had learned that she might edit
newspapers. or course you don't like it
no man does-but with the advent of the
oa"n OF woman's era comes her oppor-
Iuhi'y to vindicate herself when as
sailed whether by "private" letters or
Pu"i'e newspapers. Mans rights doc
lrine dies hard, Brother, but it is diving
surely and scold though we NAV he we
endure the throes of its dissolution viii
complete eomplaeency.
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EDUCATIONAL.

The eighth annual reunion Of the
Alumni of Willamette University was
held in the chapel of the University on
Wednesday, June 9th. The literary
exercises Of the evening were as
follows: Grafton by NJ. l.. Jones,
Of the class of 1871; Poem by VI. O..
Lownsdale, OF the class of 1870; Essay by
Miss Clara a. Watt, Of the class of 1856 !;
Annals by George f. Strong, Of the class
of 1865. The following persons received
their diplomas as graduates at the close
ofthe term: Misses Elva Breyman, Alice
Case, Ella Stannis, Sarah Cole, Ann F..
NJ Kinney and Messrs. :. o. Royal ard
John Duncan. The Willamette Uni
versity is, as it deserves to be, a popular
institution, ably and efficiently con-
Quoted, and in every way possessed Of
superior advantages for the education of
the rising generation.
The commencement exercises of Pa
eifc University, located at Forest
Grove, took place on the first Wednes-
day in the present month. There
were this year seven graduates, viz:
Messrs. Eugene and Herbert Nc
Cornick, from the regular classical
course; w. II. Lstourette and J. G. Ste
venson from the scientific; Misses Ella
Scott and Dora Henshaw, from the la
dies course, and Henry Jackson, from
the normal. The commencement ex-
ercises throughout reflected credit upon
the faculty, graduates and institution
This University is unsurpassed fol
thoroughness aud discipline, and in con-
nection with Tuslatin Academy, offer,
I splendid educational advantages.
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THE WINE QUESTION AGAIN.

To THE EpTroE OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
Feeling this subject to be one of much
importance, wish to write several ar
ticles, in which propose TO give the
subject pretty thorough Investigation.
Says one writer, ''NIillions have lived
by the cultivation of the grape" Well,
is that an argument in favor of the
cultivation ? Many have lived by rob
berry and plumber. Witness the defal-
cations of men in high places, by which
the sovereign people are cheated of their
money. I suppose because many hare
done these things, that it is-fight for
many more to do so; il it is right in one
case, why not in the other? -
But, on the other hand, millions have
died from the cultivation OF the grape,
and millions more are on the highway
to drunkard's graves by the same
means.
st. Paul's advice to Timothy is often
quoted by our opponents as an excuse
Tor drinking wine or other liquors. Was
the wine spoken of intoxicating or sweet
wine? Was the advice meant to apply
to all people i'm all ages, under all cir
cumstances? Would st. Paul advise
any one to drink that which is de-
nouneed rs a cause of "woe," as a
"mocker,' rs a "deceiver," which
''6teth like serpent and stingeth like
an adder?I Did our blessed Savior
ever make wine with alcohol in it for
the guests at the wedding to debauch
themselves with, and this in the face OF
the injunction, "I4oOk not upon the
wine ?'' Did our Savior ever drink, or
make for others to drink, that which
causes sorrow, contention, babbling,
wounds without cause? Would hegiye
his neighbOrs drink when woo is pro-
nouneed upon those who do this? II
was the fruit of the vine compare Mark
14:25 with Genesis 40:II) which he
drank and gave his disciples. The wine
which is so much lauded by the friends oI
Baechus, is the fruit of rottenness. The
pure juice Of the grape contains not 3
drop of alcohol.
A California wine-grower, Mr.. VIII
liams, assures the San Jose Farmer:
Club "that, las proof of its good quail
ityl, his pure California wine contain.
% per cent. of alcOhol;' and alcohol il
the product Of rottenness. \ CORE
spondent of the California AgricUltuTiS
writes to that journal, and is seconded
by the editor, to warn the masses tina
the toine and brandy interests are til,
most dangerous, both to our pockets an,
morals, Of any we have TO contend will
in California.
As to the most celebrated men of al
ages, poets, artists, preachers, states
men, who have drunk wine, all | hav
to say is, that it was not the win
which made them "celebrated;" but i
many, if not all cases, it Uus the use
, wine which ruined their morals and c,
] short their lives. "Wine Is n mocke
= and woe unto him who is deceive
e thereby" Mrs. w. H. MCCUNE.
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A REMONsTRkNCE.

II has become the fashion for almost
every paper, Atheistic or Christian, to
indulge in sneers at women and girls.
How the men like to advise us AS to how
we shall so conduct ourselves as TO win
the love and esteem OF mankind IN gem
eral, Oh you miserable, conceited, ami
mated clothes pins! who owe your very
existence to woman. With what COM
placency you look down on us, stroke
your downy mustache aud tell us to cul-
tivate modesty, economy and all those
sweet, tender graces, which render a
woman so lovable, so fitted to adorn a
home, How you rail at false hair,
Grecian bends, ruflles, pufls, paint and
powder, yet will not go with a girl un-
less she is "stylish," " "elegantw One Of
the most eminent journals of the day
tells Us all how TO do to get good hus-
band-i. e., "to dress simply, never talk
a breath but in low, soft tone, which
men so admire in women, conduct our
selves i'm general as though we had no
minds, and then winds up by saying,
1--WE grant that men will chat and flirt
with those forward, over-dressed crea-
lures in society; but they won't lead
them to the altar" On, no. But tell
you what they will do; they will leave
the modest, sensible, plain, retiring
girls to sit in the corner, while they
"chat and ilirtr with the "forward.
over-dressed creatures" )" until they think
OF getting some one to sew buttons on
their shirts, mend their stockings and do
things in general; than they do them
the honor of leading them to the altar.
Why, | should like to know, is a man
any more deserving of a true. noble
vile and home that will give comfort
and rest to the tired mind, than one of
the so contemptuously designated "crca-
tures,n whose faults are due TO her edu-
cation, and who supposes 10y your "hirt-
ing and chatting" with her that she is
attractive in your eyes ? How, / ask.
is either she, or the plain, modest girl,
10 know which pleases you? You COM
mend the one, yet slight her, while YOU
disparage the other, yet pay her de-
voted attention. There is in the heart
of every true, noble woman q desire 10
be attractive in the eyes OF all, and it is
hardly compensation to the modest
girl to be sought in marriage even, after
aloue and forlorn, night after night,
seeing all the beauX paying their atten-
tions 10 the brilliant Miss Flora, whose
rich dress and daslIing manners attract
the attention OF all; or TO stand by aud
hear the sweet compliments paid her, 10
see the throng eager TO secure her COM
pany TO ball end concert. All this, |
say, is enough 10 make Miss Modesty
become q forward, over-dressed crea-
ture" herself, for who cares TO be called
a dowdy, or who cares to hear some gos-
sip say, "There goes Mrs. B.; wonder
what he saw in such still thing? She
never had any style" "Now, there goes
Flora C.; they do say that she Tilted Mr..
b., and then he married Mrs. B. for
spite" Ii men would have all women
modest, plain and retiring, then let
them practice their theories and quit
''chatting and flirting with these for
ward creatures" for they are educated
thus merely to please man. Ar recOH-.
DTTHE.
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4 highly esteemed lady friend takes
the NEW NORTHWEST very plainly
to task for having eulogized Rev
Mr.. Bradford's sermon in regard to
places of amusement for men. I'VE
did not understand the gentleman to
mean places of resort for men alone.
We saw in his graphic description q
place where both men and women
might safely congregate for that COM
panionship which is elevating and en-
nobling to both sexes. or course
women need and must have amuse-
ment. II they cannot have that that is
ennobling they will as certainly accept
its opposite as will men. Hence we
often find women given TO tattling,
envy, jealousy, inoriinate love of dress,
and so forth, not because they are nat
urally wicked, but because they are men
tally idle.
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abe fie'u tlert5west.
ATTENTION, FRIENDS.

We are notifying delinquents as rap
idly as possible by postal cards. II any
mistakes are made, they will be prompt
ly corrected when our attention is called
to them. Friends, if you could only re-
alize the terrible pressure upon us to
sustain this great enterprise alone, when
men ohly succeed in this business by
cooperation in joint stock companies
or by the favor Of litigant laws and
party assessments, we believe you would
work much harder for the Peoples Pa.
per than you do.
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OUE NATIONAL DISEASE--,Dysp
may La called our national disease. 1t
is astonishing 10 what an extent 1t pre-
v,jIs g,l ali. i'm great measure (if not
aitogc,;,rrl, owing to false and perni-
cious habits Of living.
During the session Of medical soci-
CIV. one Of The members said that, upon
taking hls seat ut the table, his atten-
tion was attracted to two gentlemen
seated opposite him, one of whom made
some inquiry in regard to the health OF
the other. The reply returned was
al am not feeling very well; am SUI
fering from dyspepsia"
At this juncture waiter appeared
upon the scene and placed before the
dvspeptic gentleman his breakfast
which consisted of three boiled eggs, TWO
baked potatoes, plate Of 6eeisteak,
cup Of coffee and four buckwheat CAKES sc
The doctor was just then in the as' % %
winding his watch, and coneiuueu he ~
time the victim Of dyspepsia, ,,EIog Sao
startled him by boiling all Of tue eu,Ules Inace
set forth in the remarkably shoi'
of fro uinulcs. ten seconds. ,rsv Of
"Now," quoth the doctor; " case OF
concluding his story, "was M 4" ~
dySnepsia or Of barbarisn'
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GENERALITIRS.

Hon. p. G. Sullivan has assumed edi-
torial charge of the Dallas RepuJlica,E
A lady student takes the scientific
honors at the Indiana State University
this year.
The Democrats OF Tillamook county
elected their candidates for Clerk and
Treasurer.
Seventy-siX newspapers of Michigan
have already declared themselves in
favor of Woman Suffrage, and the num-
Der increases rapidly. Only twenty
three against ii. This means Victory
ncrt NoUepl6er.
While the country generally is dis
eussing the question whether women
should pray in the streets, the Presby-
terian General Assembly in st. Louis is
asking whether they should be allowed
to pray in the churches.
L. II. sullivan and A. r. Lysle have
ceased their labors as editors Of the
Dallas Li6erdI Republican. In their
last issue they utter this true saying:
'If we are ever to have intemperance-
the blighting curse OF humanity-ban-
ished from our midst, we must place
the ballot in the hands of the ladies'
There are ninety-five ladies in Michi-
gan University, distributed through the
different departments as follows: Lit
erary Department :; Juniors,
S; Sophomores, IL; Freshmen, IS; total,
A. Select Studies, 5; Pharmacy, (; total,
Q. Medical Seniors, 8; Juniors, %; total,
%. aw-Seniors, .; Juniors, 8; total, ).
In all, %.
The error in the view entertained by
some minds that but few women land
those of the lowest order would vote il
they could, is demonstrated by the prac-
tical results thus far attained in Eng
land. The London Examiner says: "In
siXty-siN municipal elections, out OF
every 1000 women who enjoy equal
rights with men on the register, SIG
went 10 the polls, which is but 4S less
than the proportionate number of men. J."
Mr.. Forsyth is the champion of Wom-
an Suffrage i'm the British Parliament.
His bill-now before the House of Com
mons-gives the elective franchise TO
widows and unmarried women who are
possessed Of a certain property qualifica-
tion. Woman Suffrage could have no
more persuasive advocate than Mr.. For
sytl, who is a queens counsel in large
/ practice at the English bar, successful
author, and one Of the strongest men in
Parliament.
The bill 10 confer Suffrage on womer
was defeated in the Massachusetts, Sen
ate by only 1--WE votes, which is more o
a triumph than defeat. More thar
this, the Governor has approved Law
passed by the general court, providin,
that the femme cOrcrt in Massachusetts
may convey her shares in corporations
lease and sell her real estate, make ora
and written contracts in the same man
ner, and to the same extent as il sh
were sole. She may also be an execu
trix, guardian or trustee, without ht
husband joining. This is a long ste
towards the time when the law sha
recognize every woman as the owner
herself.