The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1880-03-18

'Christ-llke that he would sacrifice his
i'ie Tor the trsusgressioas Of woman.
But the world had yet to witness the
spectacle Of any man standing before
the tribunal OF an aristocracy Of sex.
aud saying Of woman, condemned to
death for a violation Of man-mAde law,
Il represent this woman; punish me 4"
The brother said lie believed ia all the
rights Of woman except the right to
vote.
We replied that We were reminded of
the woman who believed her boy ought
TO learn to swim, but he must neuer 40
near the tOater. The right to vote COM
pretended all other rights. Without
IT, every other right Was null aud void
especially under a government that de-
rives its just powers from the consent Of
the governed.
Brother Wilson said he did not be-
lieve man was Seripturally entitled to
superiority over woman, but that he
was given precedence over her.
We answered that We were reminded
Of Sojouruer Truth, the runaway slave
Of the good old times when Onesimus
was more popular than Paul, whom
New England Abolitionists called the
African Sybil This slave was once at
tenjipg woman's rights meeting
where clergymsu had taken substan-
TALLY the same ground as our brother,
I though he had claimed that Christ had
given superiority to his sex, Instead Of
precedence. (There might he a differ
ence in the meaning of the two words,
but We ackuo wledged We couldn't dis
cover or comprehend H. Sojourner
Truth arose when The preacher sat
down, and shaking her long, bony finger
al him, exclaimed, in suppressed and
peculiarly solemn tone, "Whah did We
get yo' Christ? | say, Whah did We
get yo' Christ? God and l0oman!
Man had muffin 10 do wild 'imr'
Our brother then urged the friends to
study Paul on these questions, by the
aid Of the commentators, and abide the
result Of their teachings.
We followed, urging them to DO as
the brother had said We hoped they
would not forget to search the Scrip
tures," which told Of One who came to
"break every yoke and let the oppressed
/ go free" OF OIe who bad said ''he that
exaltelh himself shall be abased - of
One who had left US the Golden Rule
aud the Ten Commandments. We also
/ begged them to remember that theeOm-
mentators, hitherto, had all been men /;
/ that wOman's hour was nov come, and
she had right, iualieuable as mans, to
do her own commenting upon heScrip-
lures. The day Of an aristocracy Of sex
was waning. It's evening twilight had
already come.
As the hour Was late, it was not
deemed advisable to prolong the discus
sion. Mr.. Wilson is an earnest man,
aud not afraid to avow his principles
/ We were much pleased to see him at the
lectures, and sincerely hope, at some fu-
| ture time, to be able to meet with him
in prolonged and friendly public in
vestigation Of this much tabooed but
ever interesting and always most i'm
I pOrtant theme. Commend US at any
I time to an opponent who will give his
reasons for standing by his opinions,
rather than to some doughty dignitary
who fancies the consideration of the
subject beneath him, when in fact he is
very far beneath the subject, else he
would not feel so greatly exalted. We
do not hesitate TO say that if the Bible
is opposed to right aud justice, we want
to know il. We are not Of those who
would rather do wrong than to disObey
Paul, or any other man.
We had been leeturing almost with
out intermission from the beginning Of
February, and it was now the tenth Of
March, and we were almost too weary
to take the train for Shedd's; but the
appointment was out, and we did not
want to fail to meet il; so, after few
pleasant calls upon interested friends,
we hurried away, aud reached the town
above named by noon. Here We were
met by d. p. Porter, Esq, aud con-
Quoted to his eapacious and hospitable
home, where few hours rest so far re-
eruited our waning strength that we
were enabled to repair to the church
and go on with the work. Here are
many friends of Woman Suffrage, in
cluding the resident pastor Of the NJ. L.
church and his excellent wife, the
Wheelers, Kenistons, aud others, to
whom we were indebted for many
courtesies.
Thursday, the 11th, and Albany.
Here, at the beautiful home Of our good
friends, the Fosters, we fairly broke
down, and were compelled to lie by for
repairs. II is said that a woman never
faints without selecting a comfortable
place to fall. II seems that We never
fall i'll during our travels without fiud-
ing a sumptuous and hospitable home
in which to enjoy being an invalid.
From Thursday till Monday we rested
here, our only work being short ad-
dress to the Blue Ribbon Club on Fri
day evening, and brief speech to the
Young Peoples Christian Association
on Sunday afternoon.
Albany has Young Lady's Cornet /
Band, the first and only band OF the /
kind we know Of anywhere. It's men,
bers are Of the very best families, and /
consist Of Misses Maggie and Hattie
Foster, Miss Netlie Piper, Miss Laura
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