The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-10

songs OF rural lllt WITH MOuueIiul sweet
ness and expression; but compel either of
them to follow the plow for living, and
they would soon come TO the conclusion
that theory is better than practiee-at
least in that direction. The orator would
long TO electrify the world with his
eloquence, and the musician would sigh
to captivate the public ear with his
melodies-and neither of them would
succeed or the farm. Just so it is with
women. All are not fitted for the same
occupation. Like men, they are born ora
tors, poets, artists and musicians. How,
then, can we expect such TO succeed as
cooks and nursery maids ? Debar men
from positions for which they are fitted
by birth and education, and for which
they have a decided taste, and compel
them to engage in uneongenial pursuits,
and wouldn't there be discomfort and
grumbling among the brothers
Wouldn't they be holding equal rights
meetings, and demanding a change in
the programme History would soon
repeat itself in new Declaration of In
dependence, the cry of "Liberty or
DEATH" and the clash of resounding
arms. But Ue have no desire to spill
our brothers blood. Instead of appeal
ing to arms, we prefer to appeal to his
better nature; and we have faith that
our prayers for redress will not be III
vain.
AS the educator of youth, if for no
other reason, should woman receive the
highest cultivation. What position
could be accompanied by greater respOn-
sibilities than that of motherhood? We
read that 'Just as the twig is bent, the
trees inclined" How necessary that
the mothers of men be qualified to bend
the twig of humanity in the right direc-
tion, and surround it with proper coa-
ditious, that it may become healthy
and shapely and flourishing tree, rich
in the abundance of its fruits of good
works. 1t is wonan's right to eulti-
vate the talents bestowed upon her,
and it is her Godappointed sphere to
engage in any pursuit for which she
is capacitated.
Lastly, we will consider woman as Q
spiritual being. Here, as before, we find
her governed by the same laws as man.
Each has the same desire for happiness
the same longing for Immortality, ant
each looks forward to the change called
, death with equal hopes and fears. The
stings of conscience are as acute in the
one as in the other, and the violation o.
the moral law is disastrous to each alike
l believe the opinion is quite prevalent
that, spiritually, woman is superior tC
. man; that it is her special provines L
he good and true and pure aud religious.
: But / do not hold that woman is ndtu
rally mans superior in any respect. II
she is spiritually elevated above him, il
is because of her superior moral train.
ing. She is taught at tender age the
necessity of being virtuous in every re-
: gard, while the boys moral education
is comparatively neglected. He may
indulge in profane and vulgar language,
and little heed is given to it, but society
is shocked when a girl is thus found de-
parting from the straight and narrow
way. y man may seek the haunts OF
degradation, reel intoxicated through
the street, using the most loathsome
language, and fall into the gutter in q
state of stupefaction, sunk even below
the level of the brute; but he may rise
in fha cfranrrFIa Of ], 70
the bonds that enslave him, and become
= respectable and useful citizen, and
even secure unto himself positions oi
honor and trust. utwoman once faller
How important, then, that she be early
instructed in moral and religious prin
) ciples, to enable her to resist temptation
and lay fast hold upon that only whicl
l is good. But where comes the idea tina
woman should be more virtuous thar
man? Is her soul more precious thar
his in the sight of the Great All-Fatherf
7 Were not the Commandments given t.
5 us irrespective of sex? And are not tn,
E means of salvation the same for every
human being? Why, then, is it not
] necessary that man, too, receive early
and careful spiritual training, to prepar
f him to battle successfully the evils o
! life, and gain the victor's crown of ;
5 noble and exalted manhood, that he ma,
| be prepared for the society of the jus
J, and pure in that future life to which w
4 all aspire? 1t is woman's right to b
). spiritually free, and whenever she find
f wrong that needs resistance" or
''cause that lacks assistance" it is in ac
: cordance with her sphere to cast her in
n fiuence on the side of truth and justice
n and it is her prerogative to determine 70
j herself what is right and what is wrong
n and not be subject to the dictatiOn c
8 any one in this regard. As man cal
d not answer for woman at the Judgment
: bar of God, he has no moral right to at
:, tempt to bind her reason and conscience
If and make them subservient to his will
s As social beings, it is our duty to en-
v courage, sustain and assist one another il
If all good resolutions and undertakings
: and it is also our duty to warn, admon
d ish, exhort and restrain the evil dOer.
IS woman, then, out of her sphere, whel
r. she attemps to raise her brother in tn
l. scale of humanity by convincing him Q
IL the error of his ways? Should she be re
, garded as his enemy, because she wage