The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-04-22
HAWAIIANGAZETTE
The VVomcn,S Crusade.
Views OF nm Eminent Warrington Lady on the
suhicct.

The following letter from Mrs. Dahl
rren win be read with interest;
+ 10 ~ Efa7- u Do NIaSl5sgiaE Noaosa' Re
+ SrE.-Of course no one but the toperS
themselves. who arc Al once the dupcs,
I victims and parasites of the iigUov dealers
no one but these miserable untortuuate>
F can feel any direct regret orperSonal pity
I for the troubles which have ovortakcu this
1 class 81 men Nor, perhaps, Is II TO be
wonier,3 so that tauatical yea, should use
Z aS its ready Instrument the SorrowinE wo-
T men who have suffered 50 long IN silence
f from the hcartleSS Eol3-gCeed which dom
I mates the whi>Sy-yen6er.
WCy tiiS III we might, If not active
. helrerS Of such movement, 81 least look
on. holding that silence which gives con
sent BIT tiiS is aot az for we behold
+ in this Incorporate epidemic now raging
4 among - uauv. communities Of women =
. formidable rebellion against law and
. order.
a false theory. once sei-od by the mas
SC<. Is all the mOvo To be dreaded where,
IS in thu. case. some real grievance Is 10
be rcdrcS>ed: but 1.-TWO wrongs never vet
made right" aud no excuses can be
more dangerous than those which bear s
Semb.auce OF truth: for where s mask Of
virtue Is worn the righteous, il possible,
may be deceived
Let rs in this case tear away ST. SophlS-
teal SubtertuEe and ask the plain Ques-
tion: How are we 70 be at one and the
SAme time God-ftariuE ana lsw-breaking.
Il our laws sire SubvorSive Of natural
right. lei Is loEi>latG anew. Blu; can leg
islation reach the moral stains which arise
from the uuueEenerate heavts \ true
Temperance movement must be, tirSt Of
all. law-abiliuE-mu> address the atfec-
ticnS: mus; he based in prayer TO God 70
change the corrupt heart; uu, this pas
Sionatc ou.brlak-,hjS furious. taua;ical
action does no; come from above, nor can
ID do Heavens work. except. indeed. per
chance. IS s. sinful instrument used by
God In his wrath 70 punish sin. Yet the
cause Of these suffering wives and moth
er> Is roo pure. too holy, 10 be thus per
ve-tei
We v,esd for that which most nearly
concerns the public welfare, and which, in
tha whsv. 81 this >ee.hiuE cyclone, has
been lost sight OF; we plead for the rights
Of these men IS citizens - long s. their
traffic Is protected by lsw let there he no
invasion Of their sacred rights. Strike
higher. strike deeper, Elizabeth Cadv
Stanton Is right when she 6eSiEaates this
crusade IS a. mob law. aud she may now
see some 81 the results @; that disregard
for law 50 perSi>.entlv preached bv herself
and bv Susan +. Anthony In their present
attitude against established law IS regards
tbe suffrage question. OF such Is the
Commune. And what : the commune 8
Why. simply organized Subver>ion of law
% meet outside Interpretation OF right.
Ii S mob Of women may be allowed 10
aet&cN S-6 invade the uriySce rights Of
one Glass Of men. and whole communities
a02 guilty at the moral cow2rlice Of fall
inc 70 viClicate their common rights.
then Whist next Who can tore>ae the
Gs0oC,io- which the advancing tide Of IA
ua,ici>m NAV takes The history Of nell
EioUS eNc5,eDeatS furnishes the most oN-
t-1ooilgS-v vaCS-lCS 81 the human mind,
which have led to the most -StSl Sc,ion in
the name Of truth
II bands Of wrorrei women are 70 he
SLOWED -o GeS-02v the rights Of citizens
without le, or bir6-ance, and in their
blind -sa. sweep away our common pro
lection. we again sS5. What next: There
2re likewise starving bSC6S Of men aDd
women with uupa56 labor due them in our
midst. Nbv should they Wal; for the
slow action Of the laws Nhv not wreSt
toou those IN cpu.s1c power the needed re
lief sud claim $ their &E-S l->-lce--i-h--
WAY rct rob the bl5a.ei contractor In .
his ralat1al homes for he, too, has rob
bed the ueopla Whv let one stone raSt .
upon smother Of The lo-i,v mansion q
than Eree5v u>urer. where b-ood-Doney
: stamped upoD the very portal: Why
should tie us-l>h10E <asuS.reSS behold
o,ber women riGe shout IN easy Carriages, .
cad In silks sud v5lve,S. tor the making
ct which she remains uupsl6s Yet al
these things are wro1E, -o1-y wrong,
they CIV To high heaven -C- 0e1r5SS. and
y5; shall mob law arse 70 do vengeance
to- these a-G every other right violated
Then. indeed. shall We wS6e knee-6eeQ n
streams Of blood. HELPLESS victims Of orr
own moral weakness. while the ue5 lsE
Of the commune t-luDplS- And : this
the wsv % e1act arv 75li re.ormt No,
no. tho-ssu5 times no, Progress hsS
been indefinitely Sr-estei- The very olsss .
Al men who before were tle-l.eSS have
-Cw rezl wrouE. aud Eith this mighty
weapon they VII soo1 tura back from the .
ucGt5 s. vlc.C-S,
The present cutc-y resembles s Es1ce .
rTalrie f-e tbs. 5evzstzlsS s Eui-lesS
Vl4l1. finding 10 resistance CanEht in
lie hot vhi--Wlri. the ;zll weeds Strivsl
zr6 vs-iSh. but the noxicus s-sks slowly
5raEs 70 his Kissing hiding place. from
Whence he VII azzln arlss. charged with
added venom and mere suns-v strike the
S-4-el with lis Gezth-55zElE fang.
ms uCnentSry fGry must soon sUps1d .
i-se-i. having b-o1,-ht about 10 permanent f.
re-o--n. bai having only given u tie dan
EaEous example q violated lsw.
n N-SrCS DAE1GEES
AFTER Four