The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-02-20
Justice the Only True Policy.

a thousand wrongs can never make a
right, and by trying TO right a wrong by
lnnnlteslmal measures, men only in
volve themselves and the entire cause in
tne Dogs and quagmires of absurdity.
homeopathic treatment may answer in
medicine, but it will never do in curing
the great disease in the body polite.
Legislators may beat around the bush,
but there is but one way to remedy the
evii-absOlute and entire enfranchise-
ment. Women call for redress from
unjust laws, and the cry is becoming
more Imperative every year. Women
have resisted, and they will resist.
Women Taxpayers Associations are
being formed, protesting against taxa
tiOn without epresentatiOn-and wOm-
en- will repel the hand of the Govern
ment thrust out to seize portion, often
times, of their insufficient means, TO
support this monster tyranny, which in
affirming that "Ali Just government de-
rives its power from the consent of the
governed" but prOclaims to the ear
What it practically disavows; and men,
gooC conscientious and generous, will
be p..'ned and siekened more and more
by seeing the property of women-often
their sole means Of OflivelihOOd--wrenched
from hem, not inch by inch, but in
who'll, disprOportiOnate measure, TO
crafty the rapaeity of the taX-gatherer.
Outrae IS will be perpetrated under the
cover the law, such as were inflicted
on the Misses Smith, of Glastonbury,
when for the payment of 500 taxes on
their farm, their seven cows of choice
breed were seized, worth undoubtedly,
at the 0west estimate, $50 each, and
probably much more than that as q
means of income to those ladies. Such
outra ses will continue to obtTude their
fungus growth, an Offense to q self
respecting people. Men complain OF
oppressive taxation, with equal chances
in the choice of their lawmakers.
How must it be with the women, then,
who realize the full expressions with no
/ hone for escape-With no voice, there
| fore 10 chance for redress. NO-these
evils are complicated; the whole system
is rotten. The men may try to make
/ the oppression easy, and in order to
con 'Orm to the wOrn-Out habit of the
pas, compress into the fOssiliZed shell
the zee human agent-but its proper
tions are inadequate-the shell is al
ready shattered-the process cannot 60
on.
The only straightforward way-the
only true way-the~ only manly way, is
to fully emancipate woman. No hall
measures will ever answer; no eligi.
5 bility to appointive Office, withholding
: the franchise-nor eligibility to any
oflice under the school laws. This will
do as far as it goes, but it is only milk
: and water sop to appease the whining o
D a child. Let the coast be clear, let the
a chances be even, let the women have al
least the privileges under the govern
ment that the Irishman enjoys-giye
them equal chances with the negro
/ perhaps an Elliott may arise among
; them and the sovereign people b'
electrified with the discovery tha
something of moment may come out o
t Nazareth. At least let the true idea o
f Republicanism be developed to its log
, ical conclusion, and the merest dullarC
can but see that Woman Suffrage is il
legitimate result.-TOledO Journal.