The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-17
Advanced Principles.

fTaxation without representation is
sometimes right" "1he simple truth
is that protection is only individual
right that goes with taxation. The
right to representation rests on Other
grounds altogether"
The above are among the recent orae.
ular utteranees of the Chicago AdUdnce,
and are enough to make a mOnarchisI
tear his own hair with regret, that it:
editors hadn't been in existence, GEN.
fury ago, to give King George the bene-
fit of their discoveries in legal science
! 1t is a new doctrine, and perhaps had
better be well weighed before acdept.
anee, that taxation is the duty paid fol
protection. On the contrary, elementary
law writers lay down the principles that
allegiance is the return for protection
and-in free governments-taxatiOn fol
representation.
In the Middle Ages, when feudalisnl
was at its height, the vassal swore- allie
glance in return for the promise of pro-
lection, given him by his lord; the lord
swOre allegiance to the king in return
for protection by him. Those paying
taxes on Improperly had the right of vOt-
ing for members of Parliament. Par
Lament, being the body which gave or
be appropriated.
These, therefore, came to be fixed
principles of the English common law;
that those protected owed allegiance,
and that those taxed should be repre-
sented.
Blackstone says: ALLEGIANCE is q
\ debt due from the subject, upon an i'm
piled contract with the prince, that SC
long as the one affords protection, Sc
long the other will demean himself
faithfully"
For fuller view of this subject, see
Chap. ", Vol. l., Bl ackstOne's Com
mentaries, from which this extract is
taken.
For qualifications of voters, see Chap,
H., of same volume, where it apears thai
taxation was the basis of representation
Also, Vol. W., of Kenps Commentaries
Section LV., states that "By the ancient
law, freehold interest conferred upoI
the owner q variety of valuable rights
and privileges" and enumerates among
them that "he was entitled to vote 70
members of Parliament" Blackstone
informs us that no estate qualified ;
voter "unless it has been assessed t
some land tax aid, at least twelv
months before electiOn.n From thes
facts it will be seen that the theory c
the AdUdnce is quite new and Original
OF course it is not to be despised on tha
account, only one would like to know
: little more about it before THROWN
overheard old and dwell-established priI
ciples of law, and one can't help woI
dering what are those "outer grounds
on which the right to representatio
rests, so mysteriOusly hinted at by I'll
, AdUQRce
In another column, the AdUGlce
warmly I'm favor of ladies being place
on the School Boards. 1t was once
, powerful argument against WOma
: Suffrage, that if women voted the
would have to be voted for--to hold o
fiee-and then the heavens would ee
: tainly fall Pictures OF coarse, unsexe,
2 masculine women, meek and sufferin
husbands, and neglected children we
sketched dd intinit,tDl, till we all close
our eyes and shuddered in holy horro
And now here comes the AdUdRce an
: begged that women be put on our SchO'
! Boardsl SIS Saul also among tn
! prophets ?"
II womsn be voted for, what sha
long hinder them from voting ?
: Mrs. Smith has time to serve on til
School Board, il were sad indeed if Mr.
Jones had not time to step around
the next corner and drop a ballot fc
her.
The opponents of Woman's Right
have been obliged to draw some exceed
ingly fine lines in their day, but the 40
rance deserves the premium for draw
. ing the line so close as to put women o
; fice-holders among the sheep, an
, women voters among goats.-L0Vint
GOOdeII, an lYOHldIi'S Journal.