The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-01-23

the latter.
The liquor influence is felt and ac-
knowledged by the politician, states
man and priest. Before the throne of
King Alcohol all bow the knee In
weak submission. Temperance, we are
told, is an old and threadbare subject.
Yes, it is an old subject; as old almost
as the world itself, but by no means
threadbare. Ever since old Nick
tempted mother Eve in the garden of
Eden, there has always been continual
warfare between temperance and in
temperance. Temperance societies exist
ed long before the soil Of America was pol
luted py Bourbon whisky, Holland gin
or New England rum. Long before nice
young men smoked cigars, or old women
consoled themselves with snuff and
pipes, priest and kings cried "woe unto
him who putteth the bottle to his neigh
boris lips"
The Roman, Grecian, Persian, Egyp-
tian and Chinese histories fOf thousands
Of years back record the edicts and laws
promulgated against drunkenness. The
evils flowing from mans following the
deluslve pleasures Of the Intoxicating
cup extend farther back than the men,
ory of man; farther in the dim past
than history itself can fully verify.
Nopen can describe the crime, miseries
and sorrows that have been and are
still being produced by mans fondness
for the contents of the bottle and deean-
Ter. Bot Notwithstanding all the les
sons and experience which these bring
us, mankind still seeks after
THAT forbidden fruit,
Whose mortal taste brought death into the
world,
And all our woes"
Men have always considered 1t their
exclusive and divine right to get drunk
as they just now consider it their ex-
elusive right 10 vote. So far did they
carry out this principle in the olden
days, that In the time OF Romulus It
was death for women to taste the intox-
icating fruit Of the grape, and near rela-
tives were permitted to kiss them to see
II they had been drinking wine and
when SO found the law was rIgidly en-
forced. But in these days woman has
acquired mans right TO get drunk, but
TO her honor be it said, drunkenness
does not exist TO the same extent among
are fast becoming entangled In its
meshes.
Women have no political power, nc
right to vote, but they have a power
greater than the ballot can give that
will do more to remove intemperanct
from our midst than any prohlb'tory
law man can enact or enforce, II they
will only use It, and that is social ostra
cism for the man who drinks.
Women endure poverty, suffering an'
personal abuse, yet they cling TO tn
men who abuse them; but thanks to tn
common agitation OF the day they ar
fast becoming aroused to q true sense O
their false position. The husband ma,
spend his means and his time in th
club or in the saloons while the hom
ones suffer and his wife waits with tear
ful eyes for the coming Of his footsteps
He may be a brutal, abusive, drunkei
sot, coming home night after nigh
drunk, and the woman suffer In silence
But reverse it; let the wife be drunken
and brutal, coming home night after
night drunk, neglecting her home and
children how long do you think that
family Will hold together? Do you
think the man would suffer in silence
would he not rather close the door on
her and take steps for final separation?
He would not tolerate in her what she
tolerates in him. Our forefathers sub.
mitted to the impositions and injurious
burdens OF the mother country until
they rose and threw Off the yoke OF
Crest Britain. Let the women initiate
the example Of our forefathers and have
nothing TO do with men who drink wine
and whisky and abuse them, and these
self-constituted lords OF creation will
soon be as humbled as the British lior
was. Il is their duty TO demand and
exact OF the men the same purity and
the same sobriety that the men demand
oi them. have no faith in the woman
VINO talks about Woman's Rights ana
the evils Of intempersnce, but allows
the same air she breathes to be contain.
mated by the man whose breath Is neek.
Ing with the fumes Of alcohol. Isay to
the women, purify the social circle n
this curse of humanity and Won al
vance great way toward making on
homes the abodes of peace, vIrtu,
and, true manhood. You can dlctat
the terms upon which men may as
soeiate with you, and say that no ma
shall pollute your presence who's
breath smells Of liquor Are you willln
to see this tide Of woe aud sorrow, who's
How you can arrest, still roll onward b,
you to posterity7 AS man has place'
you at the head and made you queen O
Tue social circle, and given you powert,
10 SO much, are you willing to take th
consequences by leaving it undone
No'hers, don't wait until your sons hav,
acquired the drinking habit and appe
'i'e oeioTe you teach them that mwine 4
uOcker that It's promises of Meas
ure anu health are as deIusivs "a ~,
dead Sea fruits that turn IN asbas =,
the lips;' for when your son IA oD.o :.
the tolls Of the destroyer your tear an, ;,
pleading will be in vain. He will revo
and reel on though he hears I'm &C.,