The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1878-06-14
AN.EOuR We OORREgfOEDgNTg.


A correspondent who is heard in
another column makes just and logical
deductions upon the authority of the
press OF the State, by which he reaches
the conclusion that the great mass Of
Oregon men are At for prisons. Pru-
dence counsels us to keep silent on this
subject. We have often been accused
of saying naughty things about our
brethren, bat the above is worse than
"fables We. have ieigned or malice con-
ceived" concerning our utterauces, and
the partisan press Of the State, con-
trolled exclusively by men, furnishes
the evidence from which the deduction
is made. We leave it to the consciences
Of the men themselves TO decide which
is right, the evidence furnished by
mems newspapers, or the verdict based
upon the evidence and rendered by our
brother correspondent. We will, how
ever, take issue with the last named
when he says "tbe people" chose these
candidates. When men learn that no
moral, physiological or governmental
law allows them justly 10 exclude the
women Of a state when taking into ae
count her people" they will not, as we
hope, see so many iucougruities as now
appear in political affairs.
a correspondent from the green hills
of Polk county writes ~ wish Mrs
Duniway would arrange matters so a.
TO come here soon. ] do want to hear d
woman who eau talk sense TO women
and men, too. for that matter-make "a
speech. have been afflicted with a
partiaiity for women ever since / got
acquainted with my mother, a partial
ity which my acquaintance with ny
wife has not diminished, aud that, per
haps, causes me to like any one who
can say something in a sensible way for
their good. Come up and make US
rousing speech, aud tell us what men art
good for, anyway" We eau assure our
chivalrous correspondent that Mrs
Duniway will be glad when strength
permits AMI opportunity offers, to come
up and make that speech. Diligent and
careful research may enable her to
answer satisfactorily the concluding
words Of the letter quoted, and thus
render herself benefactor, not only OF
men, but Of the race. One thing We
have heard her frequently and CRATE
fully acknowledge men "good for" is
in aiding and encouraging the work foi
woman's advancement by patronizing
and paying for the NEW NORTHWEST
and she will doubtless be able to en-
large upon the subject ad .taitam.
a correspondent whose poetical efIH-
sions We criticised some time since,
furnishes her ideas on war in good
solid prose, which we print in another
column. Rhyme, miscalled poetry,
which but suflices TO render ridiculous
that which it would exalt, is our pei
aversion. y mediocrist, or even a per
son of extraordinary ability, who is un-
used to placing his ideas upon paper.
should never allow himself to be be
lrayed into the fatality Of writing H.
verse. What in prose Is quite passable
and appeals to the common sense and
judgment OF the reader forcibly anu
poiutedly, if expressed in halting meas
ure and imperfect rhyme, provokes only
ridicule. SO We fiud room aud welcome
for a prose article, when, had its sens,
been obseured aud its meaning per-
verted by strained attempt of its author
10 write himself poet" We could only
have cast it into the waste basket, un-
noticed, unless by criticism, which the
author would perhaps justly pronounce
ungenerous.
\ friend who has given much thought
to the greenback question, deplores the
fact that lack Of currency will probably
force him to discontinue the NEW
NORTHWEST, and says: Without d
fair supply Of money Tor the business OF
the country, literature must die away.
Forty-seven millions Of people that
have been used 10 circulate from one to
two billions Of money cry out when
confined to five or six millions. II il
like putting away all our labor-saving
inventions and going back 10 the sickle,
the cradle, the scythe, the canal boat,
the Cauastoga wagon aud the old pod
auger. But submit, aud will 90 qui-
etly to pasture if the rest OF mankind
DO. For all I can do, capital will bind
labor in chains, toward which the
surest step is to curtail money that
newspapers cannot circulate among the
masses" This friend has struck many
valiant blows to prevent the state OF
things he prognosticates, and we opine
that his efforts will return 10 him in
due time, bearing their legitimate fruits
-greenbacks. As to financial stress
compelling him to discontinue his long
patronage Of this journal, we will say
tor his consolation that, as he is cred
tied with two years advance payment,
We do not feel present uneasiness, and
can only hope that some hundreds Of
our subscribers will be afflicted With
gloomy financial forebodiugs long
enough to cause them to follow his ex-
ample in this matter.
\ short note signed "a Defeated Can
didate,n tells US that "Our Ticketp was
not successful. The nomination Of Mrs.
Ames gave the voters of Union county a