The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-06-19
DISCOURAGED.

Considering how badly her candidate for
Circuit Judge was defeated in this District, and
the action OF Congress, we would almost con-
clude that she would be discouraged in her
mission FOR her sex. She, however, will
probably give the Radicals good scolding and
then submit to her defeat gracefully.-loregon
City Enterprise.
Whenever one of the law-making sex
treats US respectfully, as the editor Of
the Enterprise invariably does Of late,
we are pleased to hear from him, no
matter how adverse his opinions may
be to our own. And so we say in reply
to the above, that we are in no way re-
sponsible, good sir, for the defeat of our
candidate for Circuit Judge; and, il we
have read passing events correctly, it
is not. the Radicals" who need the
"scolding' for his defeat, but the Demo-
Gratis, who out-voted them.
We do not, however, feel very badly
defeated on that score, because Judge
Shattuck Is n well-known friend TO
Woman Suffrage, and a good man for
the position to which he has been
elected in many other ways. One thing
about him pleases us vastly. He proved
himself no rat to desert Mr.. Greeley's
sinking ship in the late national fiasco,
and, though we did not admire his
judgment, we applauded his pluck.
Mr.. Johnson's day will come when
the women are enfranchised, and,
despite the late action Of Congress, that
day will soon come.
So far from being discouraged, ;" good
sir, allow US to assure you that we
were never more jubilant over our GER
tain prospects for success. Had the
question of Woman Suffrage come up in
the Senate in any form five years ago it
would have met with storm Of derision.
Now il comes within four votes of pass
ing, and for its defeat, remember.
friend, that it was principally Demo-
Gratis who were responsible, and, in this
case, as in the other, they, and not the
Radicals" need the "scolding." You
need not expect but that Woman Suf-
fragists will incline, just little, toward
the political party that will give them
the most aid and comfort; and, though
you well know that the Republican
party has been as tinid and hesitating
about freeing the women as it was
about freeing the negroes, yet you also
know that that party has granted us all
that we have yet received, and it be-
comes us to be correspondingly grateful.
We do not pretend to be satisfied
with what we have received, but we
know that the day is dawning and we
shall soon get all we ask. The Repub-
lican party will be compelled to grant
our boon. We are not after HlotirCS, but
actions at this stage Of our game, and it
will be time enough for us to consider
the motives that prompted men to grant
us equal rights after we shall once be
free.
"DiscowagedFi did you say, friend 4?
Was Washington discouraged when the
war Of the Revolution was almost won?
Was Grant discouraged at the siege Of
Richmond? Was Dred Scott discouraged
over Judge Taney's infamous decision {?
Was Fred Douglass discouraged on the
eve OF the Emancipation Proclamation?
Was Taylor discouraged when Santa
Anna fled from the battle fields of Mex
leo before his advancing hosts?
No, no! Imagine that we are stupid,
sick, poverty-stricken, homely, old,
savage, unreasonable or chimerical, and
we'll let you enjoy your idea in silence,
but don't think we're discouraged un-
less you want to hear protest.