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Hermanner Volksblatt. [volume] (Hermann, Mo.) 1875-1928, 1876-11-15
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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16

men, who profess to prescribe for women
a limited sphere, go systematically to
work to knock the pins from under
their own propositions, and this they do
whenever they sustain free schools
where girls are admitted.
Professor Rowland, with that devo-
ton to his work as State Superintend-
ent which has made him deservedIy
famous, spared no pains to make the
meetings profitable. Much valuable in
formation, mixed with much that
might be dispensed with, is gained by
teachers at these meetings, and we are
rejoiced to see them prosper.
Miss Clara Humason was engaged
upon an essay entitled "Spectacles, ;"
which had been delivered the previous
week in st. Helen's Hall, and we were
listening eagerly, when a messenger
from the hotel came to inform US, much
to our regret, that a new departure in
car time would make a sudden trip to
Cello necessary; so we were compelled
to leave the Institute and pack our port
ables in basket to be ready for the
engineers authoritative moving-belI.
Declined to do any speaking ourself
in the church; for it seemed little
mean to take advantage of Brother
Butchers God, and steal march on
him, when the doors were already so
widely open for friend Simpsons ere
ligious" purposes that Brother Butcher
couldn't protect his God from US with a
lock and key without locking others
out; and so the dapper preacher was left
in smiling possession of the field, while
we made our exit, donned a duster, and
departed, bearing with us the hearty
''God bless yous" of many whole.
sOuled friends.
The Columbia is no respecter of any,
thing but attitudes and steamboats,. The
railroad is almost submerged by the en-.
croaching floods, but we soon reach Ce.
lilo, which laughs in derision as the
river vainly struggles to climb hel
rocky sides, and the good boat "Tenino'
rides the waves like duck as she hug:
the shore and patiently awaits the
morning. AID.
Up the Columbia, June 10, 1873.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16
MADAME DUDEVANT,

The death of this distinguished
woman, renowned in literature under
the name of "George Sand" took place
at Nahant, France, a few days since. She
was born in Paris in 1904, and her father,
Maurice Dupin, dying when she was
scarcely four years old, she was con-
signed to the care of her grandmother,
an illegitimate daughter of Marshall
SAKE, the natural son of Augustus ii,
King of Poland. During her childhood
she led somewhat eccentric life, and,
at an early age, became a devout Cath
Ollie, and at one time entertained de-
sign of taking the veil. This idea was,
however, relinquished, and, at the age
of sixteen, she was married to Casimir
Dudevant, from whom, after some years
of mutual arrangement, she was d.
vorced. Previous to this, however, she
became desirous of trying her fortune
as a writer, and obtained permission
from her husband to pass three months
out of every six in Paris. Her first
efforts were void of pecuniary benefit,
and, in order to reduce expenses, and to
visit unnoticed the public galleries, IL
braries, etc., she assumed the dress of q
male student, meanwhile writing q
novel in conjunction with friend,
Jules Sandeau. This effort was favor
ably received, and the publisher or
dered another from the same parties
Sandeau had nothing ready, but his as,
sociate had just completed boOk-'In-
diana," which had brilliant success.
The first appeared under the name ol
"Jules Sand" and, after the appear.
ance of the second, the lady, by the ad.
vice of friend, kept the appellation o.
"Sand," with the prefix of GEORGE u
The character of the works which sooI
followed caused the brilliant author tC
be regarded with suspicion by many
who had been at first her admirers
After various vicissitudes, debating
questions of political, social, and re
ligious Importance, attending to the ed
ucation of her children, and pursuing
her literary labors, she changed tht
channel of her writings, and began Il
write pastoral novels, unparalleled fo
charm and simplicity. Many of he
works have been translated, and pub
lished in the United States. Anon,
the distinguished names in French lit
erature, for vigor and beauty of styl,
she stands without peer.
Her funeral took place at Nahant oil
the 10th inst, and was attended by
thousands of persons. Prince Jeromr
Napoleon aud Alexander Dumas wer
among the pall-bearers. An euIog!
written by Victor Hugo was read. Ii
the House of Deputies on the same day
two notions were made for the erection
of statue to her memory.
Possessed of a brilliant and versatile
intellect, she achieved for herself, al
belt under a masculine title, nam
that will be imperishable in a natiou'
literature, while socially she was a
least as good as most, if not all mel
who have won for themselves nam
and fame in the "world's broad field O
battle"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16
LETTER FROM SAN JOSE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
For the last two weeks the denizens
of the lovely city of San Jose have been
on tiptoe of expectation for the arrival
of the gifted lecturer, Mrs. Mary a.
Livermore. She arrived in due time,
aud addressed the largest and most ap-
preciative audience at Music Hall on
the evening of May 25th, that it has
been my pleasure to see convened upon
a like occasion. l might attempt, for
the benefit of your readers, a synopsis of
the lecture, but for the opportune ap-
pearance of the Morning Mercury,
which, in keeping with the EDITORS
usual magnanimity of character, has
devoted column to the purpose, and in
a far more readable style than your
correspondent possibly could do, not
having been prepared with the neces-
sary pencil and note book. Even had l
been thus equipped, 1 was too earnestly
engaged in watching the expression in
the calm and beautiful face of the
speaker. After the lecture, Mrs. Liver
more stood in the passage way and re-
ceived introductions to a host of friends,
anxious to press the hand of one whose
words had so electrified them.
Mrs. S. L. Knott, one of earth's rarest
gems of womanhood, presided upon the
occasion, and made Mrs. LivermOre the
recipient of her hospitality during her
stay in this city.
Hoping that space in your columns
will permit you to copy the full report
of the lecture as given by the Mercury,
and that success may crown your efforts
in the future as it has in the past, l
subscribe myself, ever faithfully work
ing, CARRIE NJ. FoLTz.
San Jose, Cal, May 26, 1876.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16

Of womanly virtue in American However,
slnee%oman's right to the ballot no man dare
deny, why the country must chance their exe>
cising it properly, and we nseA Gn4. acsohe
ject, ever remembering that our HnsthgS was a
woman. ~
The insinuaticns against tie good
sense of women and the 'sechrity of
womanly virtue in America" contained
in the above paragraph would make it
"supremely dangerous" for their author
were he to utter them in the presence of
a woman physically capable of chastiz-
ing him for his insolence. As though
the security of womanly virtue" de-
pended in the most remote degree upon
the "next occupant ofthe White House" !"
And if women who are church members
are on this account to be judged un-
worthy of the franchise, disfranchise
the men who are inspired with fanati-
cal religious zeal. The "however" to
the paragraph quoted, however, places
the question in its true light, and for
this saving clause we forgive the ego
tism and assumption of the first.
AS we have often asserted, the ques-
tion is one of right, not of erpediency,
and the exercise of the ballot by woman
will, so far from being "supremely dan
gercus," be supremely just.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16

CENTENNIAL PRAYER FOR WOMAN
SUFFRAGE.-Bishop Simpson, in his
prayer at the opening of the Centennial
Exhibition, Wednesday, May10, invoked
the divine blessing on Woman Suffrage
as follows:
ave pray thy benedictiOn especially
on the women of America, who for the
first time in the history of our race take
so conspicuous place in national eel
ebration. May the light of their intel
ligence, purity, and enterprise shed its
beams afar, until in distant lands their
sisters may realize the beauty and glory
of Christian freedom and elevation. We
beseech Thee, Almighty Father, that
our beloved Republic may be strength
ened in every element of true greatness
until her mission is accomplished by
presenting to the world an illustration
of the happiness of free people, with a
free church, in free State, under laws
of their own enactment, and under rul-
ers of their own selection, acknowledge
ing supreme allegiance only to the
King of Kings and the Lord Of LOrds.n
Amen!
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16
"sUPREMBLY DANGEROUS. !"

Strange as it may appear, we heard
these words used few days since in
reference to giving women the ballot,
and while we stood playing idly with
our parasol and mentally commiserat-
ing what seemed to be an obvious fact,
that the intimate feminine associates of
the man before us had been of a "dan-
gerous" character, he continued, "su-
premely dangerous to domestic happi-
ness and the welfare of the race"
We were, of course, becomingly pale
with CONSERVATION at this terrible an
nouncement, but ventured to ask an ex-
planation of words so laden with por-
tent.
"Why," was the reply, "isn't it clear
enough that if man particularly de-
sired the election of certain candidate
and his wife desired the election of his
opponent, that the depositing of these
two contrary ballots would produce
trouble ?"
"In other Words" we answered, 'if
this man cannot rule his wife's con-
science and bring her opinions into sub
lection to his own in every material re-
spect, trouble will be Produced Ger
tainly so sweeping a declaration ot
tyranny as this would better become a
member of the 'shrieking sisterhood'
than one who attempts to palliate the
tyranny of SEX"
"Well," was the reply, 81 don't know
much about it, but think it's danger
GUS doctrine and women ought to stay
at home"
In view of the fact that we had as
much right to walk the public thor
oughfares as he had, we were not quite
annihilated by this last remark, which
he evidently intended to be "supremely
dangerous to our theories respecting
equal rights. Returning to the office
and glancing over our exchanges, we
found the following:
We have about made up our mind that since
women comprise about four-ffths Of the church
membership of the land, and since their spir-
ituality surpasses mans so infinitely, it might
be supremely dangerous for these jealous
women to exercise the elective franchise too
freely. We believe if women voted at the
forthcoming election, Henry Ward Beecher
would be the next occupant OF the White
House, and then where would be the security
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16
A JUST POSITION.

To THE EDITOR OF THE NEW NORTHWEST:
1 noticed some weeks ago in your
journal an account Of the descent of the
officers of the law upon the houses of
prostitution that exist in Portland-the
bringing of the keepers thereof to trial,
the finding of the jury, and the sentence
passed upon the accused. noticed also
your assertion that such procedure
would not tend to diminish social irreg-
ularities that are looked upon as weak
nesses in men and wickedness in
women, and do not suppose that any
one is so foolish as to assert the con-
trary. Now, find no fault in the exc
cution of law, provided the law metes
crime as it should do. But TO punish
one party to a mutual sin and allow the
other to go free-nay, to allow one to sit
in judgment upon and condemn the ae-
tions of the Other-is an outrage which
only the pernicious system of our unjust
code of morals would for a moment toll
crate. True, this system is not new,
for it is recorded that 1900. years ago
woman taken in adultery was brought
to the presence of the Master for judg-
ment and condemnation, but the man,
her accomplice in the crime, and who,
from the recorded circumstances of her
capture, could have been taken as cas-
lily as she, was neither brought to judg-
ment, nor condemned by the judgment
of his fellows. And nowhere is the JUS
tice and humanity of the Great Teacher
more beautifully illustrated than in the
sentence: "Let him who is without sin
cast the first stone at her."
A man with whom I was conversing
Oh this topic short time since said: "a
woman can get lower down in the scale
of degradation than a man can" To
this, although the popularity accepted
idea, 1 demurred on the ground that it
was said to be so, not because there was
any good reason for the assertion, but
because many things are regarded as
: sinful and degrading i'm woman that are
not thought twice about if the offender
is man, state of things in every way
unjust to women as human beings, pos
sessed of human rather than angelic at
. tributes. AS [ said before, the punish
ment of social sin by social ostracism or
otherwise is right and proper, but only
so when it reaches alike all classes of
offenders. No woman could, by any
possible chance, get Glover down in the
, scale of human degradation" than the
members of a certain committee of the
, New York Assembly, who reported in
favor of licensing prostitution, giving
the vilest of reasons therefor. Their
names should, like the memory of the
wicked, perish, not only from the an
mails of legislation, but from society as
, we'll.
, In all these, and many other one
/ sided views, social, political, and other
wise, we see the need of bringing to the
rescue the great reserve element of pu-
rity and justice which exists in the ma
, tiOn in the unused power of woman's
vote. When this auspicious era ar
= rives-which God hasten-licenced deus
of infamy will no more be fostered by
the money of men, and the dishonor of
men and women. DAVID D. GRAY.
Albany, June u. 1878
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16
EQUALITY OF MAN AND WOMAN

We have sometimes thought that an
attempt to prove the proposition which
heads this article by the Bible was
about as hazardous an undertaking as is
the attempt to prove the discoveries of
modern geologists by the same Book.
However, we are one of those who have
always
weighed as one who breads dissent,
And fears doubt as wrong"
and, as natural consequence, we feel
serenely happy when an argument of
this kind is made, which, while it ap-
peals to our reason, acts as a sort of
offset to those old familiar quotations
which theOlogists who desire to keep
women in subsection so delight to din
into their ears. We were much pleased
in this connection to notice an article
in the last number of the Advocate under
the above head, and, as We stand in awe
of neither magistrates nor ministers
when they stand in the way of what we
conceive to be truth, but strike at their
opinions as fiercely as at those of less
revered moTtals, so, when we see them
step boldly to the front with enlight-
ened ideas which are a credit to men Of
the nineteenth century, wetake pleasure
in commencing and giving additional
circulation to the same.
Opening with a quotation from Gene
sis, which tells the simple story of the
creation as taught from this Book in
the little white meeting-house embow-
cred in the elms and NAPLES thai
adorned an Illinois hamlet in the suDny
days of our childhood, the article pro.
ceeds by giving the differences of Pro.
fessor Upham relative to the clear proof
of the original equality of men and
women st the creation, which the
passage gives, and the writer proceeds;
This document Genesis /, 26-2S) establish4.
the equality of man and woman on the same
basis as every other fact, on the will OF God
This truth, as in-wrought in this document
was far from being apprehended by the He
brews They treated woman better than the
more Eastern nations, or the Greeks, or the
Romans did. Yet, this document seems Uc
have been almost adead letter till Christ made
It the basis of the law of marriage, and thus
quiekened the germ of the thought-nowhert
as yet come TO maturity-of the equality OF
man and woman. In this, as in everything
else, Christendom is so far below Christianity
10 prove its religion came from above. 0i
woman's rights, the Bible is the title-deed
and II g woman, because she has not all hei
rights, viii burn up the Bible, she acts as an
heiress, who, because she has not full DOS
session OF an estate that of right belongs TO her
burns up the title TO it
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16
Los Angeles, June 5, 1876.

A friend, writing from Colfax, w. T.,
says: 81 find the Woman Suffrage
cause has many friends here, though
they do not make much pOise about it.
The leaven is gradually working, and
think ere long the whole lump will be
leavened.' Our country is new, and
money not very plentiful, and many
who would like to take the NEW NORTH
WEST don't feel able to pay for it; but
we are all looking forward to the good
time coming, when the n. P. R. R.
shall be built and our Golfers filed with
the one thing needful."
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16

The director of the mint has for some time
past been arranging fora improvement in the
devices on coinage. The principal change will
be the substitution of classic head OF Liberty
in place of the sitting figure the adverse side
The farce of representing liberty by
the figure or head of a woman upon the
coins of a nation that holds women in
political bondage, is pitiful and disgust
ing enough to have been long since
played out Think of it! Liberty rep
resented by a woman, smiling and Sc
rene, in a land where not one woman is
free. To symbol the condition of the
women of the Republic, the hands of
the goddess should be bound, and her
face, for shame aud sorrow, veiled.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1876-06-16
AN EXHIBITION OF PLUCK.
Yours for the right,

THE following note, though not in
tended for publication, we give to our
readers as illustrative of the pluck with
which some women are waging war
upon the laws that hold them in serf-
dom. The book spoken of is one we no.
ticed few weeks since, entitled ''Pro-
bate Confiscation,n and exhibits the
rapacity and injustice of the laws of
California as touching the property
rights of women. We bid our sister
God speed, assured that pluck will win,
even though the contest be unequal
Permit me to thank you for the kind
notice of my book. L have sold and de-
livered FIVE hundred dollars worth
within the last six weeks. Many of my
friends gave me five dollars a copy. l
am going to sell and deliver every copy
of the first edition $500 in person; for 1
intend to make it very historical
book. Of 1 live, this case shall be
known as widely as civilization, and l
told Judge Myrick so) could sell
every one of them in San Francisco
alone, but ran down here for change,
and to stir up. the people to a sense OF
the unjustness of the laws.
enclose the additional stamps that
should have put upon the book. The
delinquency was caused by my having
been so many weeks in subtraction that
1 had forgotten how to multiply cor
rectly. Yours for the right.
Mrs. J. w. Stow.
Los Angeles, June 5, 1876.