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11 obatok IBalleB “wr. cr-AYTOiv w e v d k i . K A A R I S O N S T A N S E X i, V P u l t l t s h o r a « n d P r o p r l e t o r a t VOLUME I. “ s i l e n t a a S n o w - H a lt c a y e t p o t e n t a a T l i u n d e r . ” —C h a x > ln. FOBT PLAIN, THUESDAY, JUNE 29,1854 , ( ONE »Or.t,AX t P E I t Y E A l l * ] X livarlaW y In A d v a n e o ; NUMBEE 16, IPotfjs Jjprtama. tProra Arthur's Home Guzette.] A JO U IIN E Y O E I , I P E . BV MRS. r . PARMER. U p life’s Steep and rujfgod hill side, Cliildhood slowly takes its way ; From the smooth lUid flowery valley, Where the laughing atreainlcLs pliiy. Free from cnro and free from sorrow, Chasing butterilies with g le e ; List’ning to the nieiry music O f the birds and humming-bee. Flinging on the glassy brooklet Garlands for the naiads fair; Gazing in the book o f Nature, Conning many lessons there. A h the path more .steeply windelh. Looking forward hopcfnlly To a green and shady bower. Which the fauey’s eye can see. Ever cheating and more fleeting. Passes youth’s liglit hours away ; Hoping, fearing, laugliing, sighing, Oft times serious, often gay. Faster up tlie liill-side nre.ssing, linger for the glittering prize. N ever dre.amiiig ’ti.s u n real, TUI the iihautom pleasure flies. idvcmity Skies clear up and fortune smilcth. Friends enliven idl the w a y ; Clouds appear and (ortiino IVowneth, Mirth and friends no lunger stay. Peering tlirmigh tlio misty slindows, Mantling all life’s liill-top o’er j Sad ami trembling gazing backward. Looking iiopefully befoie. Stepping down witli more of caution. Looking carefully around. Searching not for idle i)letitmre. Seeking for tlie lirmer ground. W ith a culm am i holy inocknces. Bowing ’ueatb the. ehasfiiing rod ; Conlidence from earth witlulr.iwing, Looking truhtingly to God. Now move swiftly, gliding dowmsard, (iaajiing IdranotliiT bivatli ; Entering on tlie golden valley Tliroiigli the. sombre gate of death. ■O^ieE H E A D ANI> T H E H E A R T . nv JOHN 0. SAXE. The head is .stately, calm, and wise And hears a princely part; And down below, in sk-ret, lies The warm, iinimlsive heart. T h e lordly Head th a t sits above. The fleart that heats below, Their several olliee plainly prove, Their true relation show. The I feud, erect, serene, and cool Endowed witli rea.'-oii’s a rt, Was set aloft, to guide ami nilo Tlie tliiolihing, wayward Heart. And from tlie Head, as from Uie liiglicr Comes iill-directing tliought; And in tlie Heart’s trunst'onniiig lire A ll nobler deeds are wroiiglit. Yet each is he.st when both unite To make the man complete— What were tlie heat withtmt tlio light? The light witlioiit tlie lieut '( #leaniB cf Siras|rae. A “ stuck up” sort of a genius entered a shop in Philadelpliia, and turning up his nose at some apples in the window, ex claimed : “ Are tlio.se a]iplos, lit for a hog to eat ?” “ I don’t know : try them and see,” was the instant reply of tlie shop-keeper. / 3 T Aly.-inkce poet thus “ immortalizes” tlio beautiful River Oonuecticut: IVill on loved Connecticut, long hast Uinu ran, Giving shad to old Hartford, and freedom to man I*’ ilS ’' A negro being caught stealing from a hen roost excused himsmf by saying, “ B a t he only came dar to see if de chick ens sleep wid dar eyes open.” A Westera editor says : “ A child was run oyer by a Avagon three years old, cross-eyed, with pantalets on, which never spoke aftevw’uvd. i C ^ “ ITavo you much fish in youi’ b a g s !” asked a person o f a fishormnu, who was returning homo. “ Yes, a good cc/,” was the rather slippery reply. A country sculptor was ordered to engrave on a tombstone the following words; “ A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband.” But the stone being small, he engrttved “ A virtuous woman is 5s. to her hus band. JST “ Gentlemen of the Jury,” said a western lawyer, “ would you set a rat trap to catch a boar ? W ould yon make fools I’m sure you would no how can you be guilty of the gross absur dity of finding my client guilty of man slaughter for taldug the life o f a wom a n !’’ jlfS^ A country paper lately got up i account of a fire, headed,— “ DestnictBc. fire-—eleven buildings, ten horses and one cow in ruins.” W h y is a thief called a “ jail-bird?” Because he has been a “ robbin.” j ^ ^ The other day an old lady rushed frantically into the garden in search of her daughter, upon being told that the young lady had gone there with a “rake.” V kiiv G ood , —An Australian, from thfi number of murders committed in that au- riferouR region, thinhs is the plmse Shaksjpeare speaks of when he says, * the houme from which no traveler returnB,” • W h «u you retire to bed, think over what you hay# W n doing during the day. A N A D j D R E S S * D eliveurd BEFoniJ THE A delpiiio S ooietv , OF THE Four P /.A I N SEMINARY AND COL- LEOUTE I nstitute , J une 1 4 ,1864. BY oEonoi! n. stowits . SU llJE C T —“ T H E PU ACTIOAI, MAN.” As au Association organized under the auspices and fostering care of the guar dians of this flourishing and reputable Seminary of Learning— conscious of the design and tendency of j’our intellectual culture, your weekly communion together in the discussion of abstract and practical questions— aflbrd strong evidences of the utility of adaptation, and the necessity of reducing your knowledge on theories to actual use, and becoming emphatically practical men. A practical man is not alone intellectu ally educated. An intellectual man with out the stimulating elements of a high moral sense, is ornblcmatie of the stouin- sliip diiven on by the mighty power of her machinery, to certain destruction, when destitute of a lielm to guide safely and peacefully the floating palace, upon the bosom of the Father of waters. Trained intellects simply, arc instruments of cunning, fraud and deceit, agitating to tlio base all our social relations. An His torical illustration of this groat truth, is in stanced in the lives and characters of W ash ington and A.aron Burr. The one prompt ed by moral duty, the other by a .selfish ambition sustained b)' a high order of in tellect. The name of the former is over green in the hearts of his countrymen; w hile. that of the latter is being forgotten with biiriiiiig scorn and withering con tempt, Y u li will deduce from this reflee,tion, that a practical man should be morally, as well as intellectnally educated. I ’liysical dcv'elopoment shoiiM be regarded in con nection with moral and intellectual educa tion. The man vvlio rears a structure, to contain an engine of great power, seriitin- izes closely the material used, and the man ner of its adjustment, that it may secure and resist the wondrous workings of the macliinory within. You have boon ontor- taiiied with c.vhibitions of mental strength and iurtiioiiee, when the physical struoturo seemed tasked to its utmost tension to con tain the fearfully wrouglit intolloet, indioa- ting by its sparkling activity its own crea tive Diviiiit}'. AVo are now impressed with this logical deduction, that the practical man should be intellectually, morally and physically edu cated, that he may go forth into the “ wide wide world,” engaging manfully and cheer fully in the renovation of civil society, from the manifold evils that permeate every avenue o f its extensive organization. Tliis I conceive to bo the work of the Practical Man. The exigencies of the times demand the passionate zeal and un ceasing devotion of our youth, iu the fresh ness of the morning of life; applying their powers practically for the elevation of the masses the producers of w e a lth,, the only security of our existing Institutions. To lift up and ennoble humanity, the Practical Man must seek to exhaust the fountains of evil from which flow so much of wrong, ruin aud death. This is decided ly the colossal work of the age, the eradi cation o f the evils attendant upon the pres ent state of society. Hero is extension for the essayist, without limit or confinement. And who would not feel his real, or imngi- niuy power, sensibly diminish and almost vanish, while contemplating the magnitude of a subject fiaught with so much of ma terial for the calm dispassionate workings of the virtuous reformer and gonuiuo phil anthropist? For the Practical Man to ex pose and portray the evils of Booiety, the darling, chorishod evils has cost, and will cost a sacrifice 5 yea, a martyrdom o f raa«y noble minds, pure exponents of virtue and itsbottutica. I shall be content with my limited ability, ill tlie presence of a work of so great moment, in touching a few of the evils o f society so prominent to the observation of all who feel a deep and thrilling interest in the Welfare o f the gen eral good, Society in its original inception, or natural state, took its form and action from the workings of families in their do mestic relations, showing forth a fact, that as the members of one household held » high regard for the individual Jights of each, so in the more extended and multL plied relation of the present state of socie t y the same imselfisix and true respect for the rights of the whole number, irrespee- tive of their worldly condition, should be an eminent characteristic of any one of number of individuals, whose duty it may jHirti<e 5 , i e perfection of reason, an ewanir majority in tliis so called Democratic coun- Greeco in her palmiest days, owed much of the beauty, simplicity aud grandeur of her institutions, to the Patriarchal relation. It gave birth to those disintoreatod virtues, SO eminently characteristic of the great men of her time. Solon, Thomistocles and Pliocion, when they were treated Avith in gratitude, regarded not their own interests in view of the paramount interests of their country. WJiat a contrast with the law giver of our own tim e ! Could I present to your mind’s eye a panoramic view of a society in miniature, working iu its every department and rela tion, with all that hannony, beauty and or der, based upon the examples of Providence in his creation; then, I say, I might the more forcibly bring homo to the mirror of y o u r consciousness th e f lag r a n t an d alm o s t sacrilegious innovation of any one of the evils Avith AvhicliAVO are familiar in our in tercourse with the social element. Civil discord is as much to he feared in societies on earth, as that represented by Milton Avhicli took place in Iloaven among the highest recipients of Divine poAver and goodness. I enter upon the cnnumeralion and ex position of Avliat I consider some of tlie evils to bo removed by the Practical Man, Avith that cautious reluctance tliat a travel er manifests on his passage over the Alpine cliff; hence I ask the indulgence of all, .Tiul more particularly of those whose sym pathies are not enlisted in the reforms, as opposed to the known and generally re ceived idea of active society. I regard as a mammoth evil, common to most countries, and therefore national in its cbaractor, the system o f land monopoly, the lew holding what ought to ho dislribii- ted among the niany. 1 alliriu that (ho right to ns much of the earth as w ill sup port and give to cacli indiviilual a homo, is u God-given right, inalienable and sacred, and as such Avould bo executed, if that saimo brotherly feeling existed in society noAv, as I have shown existed in the fami ly from Avliich Ave obtain our original ideas of society. There Avould ovidontlybo tlie same rea son for monopolizing the air, wutor and aun- iiglil, if the tenacity of man’s acquusitivO' ness Avould enable him to coiiliue those fluctuating elements ; as much reason I say, as the monopoly of the soil from AvIiich Avo derive animal life. In conse quence of the covetousness and sharpened cuinnirig of a few, Avbo have Avitbin tbeir grasp, made strong by exclusive legislation, the mass of AvealtU in society ; the many are nominally mere “ hcAA'crs ofAvoodand drawers of Avater,” to tliese earthly lords, who wield despotic sway over the element described. The “ Golden Eulo” is forgot ten, and tho advice given to the young man, “ go and sell all that thou hast, aud give to tho poor,” is an impracticable priii ciple o f the “ Groat Teacher,” in tho daily workings of man-managed society. In close proximity to laud inonopoly, is found its main supporter, war— tho hu manity exterminator of ancient and mod ern times. To secure his possessions the laud monopolist makes war upon his op pressed tenants, Avho are unable to repress that Divine right that teaches every man that he has an original claim to the soil from which his own life and that o f bis oflapriug are to bo maintained. Wav as a rule, is tho oppressor in all countries. A community is thrown into paroxysms of feeling in tho instance of a single murder; but tho relation or description of a battle field at tho close of a sanguinary contest, creates no thrilling sensations ordinarily, only as our sympathies are called forth iu the success o f either of tho favorite par ties. W h a t a perversion of human sym pathy and national feeling I Intemperance with its steady unabating vigilance as a destroyer, is second to none iu the conolavo of evils demanding tho at tention o f the Practical Man. This evil is not only National in its character but comes home to the hearts, and within the cirelo of the domestic fireside, putting its leprous mark upon the brightest and lovli- iti o f the group, in whom tho hopes of the parent are centred, having cherished the thought that their down bill of life would be calm, and peaceful, attended by a flower of noble purity, from the parent stem. The monster, with audacious insolence, shel ters hiinself when reproved by the broad i^lis of the la w ! A law that legalizes the act o f putting the cup to the mouth of him with stroug *ppetite, is a calumny and p e m n io n of all law I For genuine law if founded upon the immutable basis of be to labor for the benefit of the whole j gnd not based wpen that popular doctrinet the greateet good to the greatest number •, a motto attendant upon the success of the tion of Divinity. The << Nineteenth Cen- tuiy” is an improvemeiitupoii the « H igh er .Law” iiithiiipartienls«r. ToyeRson ration ally is to infer, that the com|oon sense of any society— ^being already convinced of the continued ravages of this heartless in novator of domestic and civil rights— would prompt a speedy and decisive OA’or- throw of tho strong holds of Ids poAvor.— The protection claimed by each one of the body politic, demands an exorcise of tho governing poAver iu the dhection of secur ing quiet and safety in every community.— In opposition to reproof from the Practical Man, the politician says : “ E um is my agent, Avhoso services arc iudispeiisablc dur ing a political campaign.” The vote that is not to bo secured by reason and persua sion, must bo obtained by droAvning tho mental power in bestial intoxication. And the ballot, “ so silent like tho snowflake on tho sod, executing a freeman’s will as light ning does the will of God,” is thus made an instrument of fraud in the administration of civil uflaira. I know th a t th e I ’l'actical Man, Avlio is tho true reformer, is almost palsied in Ids efforts to redeem society from Avrong, in the presence of tho scheming machinations of tho rigid _^nservativc.— Desperation almost prays for an interposi tion of Nature’s elements in the scourging of tho land from vice, and the means of its support. If tho cold aud bony fiugors of death should instantly grasp the hoart- strings of Ids victim, and hurry him from life to tho tomb, and that this should bo tho iuovituble cud of all av I io indulge iu the moderate or exoossivo use of tho destro3’or, methinks that the draught Avould be avoid ed Avith as mucli certainty as tlie malaria, the pestilence or any other fearful extin guisher of life, of Avhich mankind have learned to fear and aA’oid Avith jiale horror and dismay. Or if amiihihitiou should doom them Avith that dread certainty that oftentimes comes upon the Natives of a tropical diino— now tlio Heavens are clear from Horizon to Zenitli, and the eloud- lohs azure dome betokens no sign of eartli- qiialce, huiTicano, or A’olcaiiic eruption.— The still zephyrs freighted with tho aroma tic odors of an infinite vaiiety of flowers, come to us Avith gi’ceting pleasure and in expressible delight. Earth, air and sea, from the nnscen mote lloating in tho at- mosidiere, to the smallest animalciilo In- liahitiiig the Avalors, all, all are husliod in overpowering repose. Nature ceases to brealho oxcopL through tlioyaAvniiigmoutli of some agitated volcano, Avakod up to tell in echoes, tho forthcoining but unexpected event. Nature animate is unconscious of tho terrible and certain preparation of a living tomb, into Avhich thousands o f im mortal spirits are destined to expire. Siul- douly, as if by magic, out from the depths of space, Ave vicAv the battling vapors sur charged Avitli torrents of rain, and up the cloudy stoop of Heaven are beard journey ing the heavy thunders, portentuous warn ings of coming desolation and avoo . Tho lightnings leap in serpentine fascinations and aAvful beauty all over tho sky. The slow rumbling of earthly sounds, and quivering motion of earthly things, start tho already aftrighted aud imnio stricken victims into phrensiod four and beseeching grief. Each appeals to tho other for deliv erance from tho crushing fate aAvaiting them. Tho earthquake is upon them.— Tho Avido and gaping jaAvs of death arc opened, and cities, once busy, commercial and instinct with life, are settling from the eye of locality forever, and nought but desert blackness is seen, Avhoro once tho toAvering dome, stoeplod edifice, and crowd ed mart spoke forth tlie living world. From the plains are heard the thrilling monitions of tho advancing liurrioano.— Trees, houses, and all things living and growing are hurled to one common level. From the sides of tho towering volcano, whose peak pierces tho clouds, are seen sti’oams of heated lava, flowing on to assist in the work o f universal desolation. The works of centuries are absorbed in a mo ment of time. W h ole regions of that eartlily Paradise o f oonstiant greenness and universal flowers are singed and seared by these mighty elements of Nature’s- power. If such an inevitable and irresistible end awaited the whole body o f indulging appe tites, then em I impressed with tho truth, that a preference and adherence to the habits of sobriety and virtue, would b® pre ferred to sudden and unwarned destruction by provisions of Nature’s executive power. Bide by side, with land monopoly, war and intemperance, is slavery, the system denominated by W esley the “ suua of all villaimcs,” Slavery amid so mocb boasted freedom! A gross inconsistency, a seem ing impossibility, property in man. Its workiugi, influencea and ruinous tendencies are rapidly being knoAm to all classes of society, ^ a n k s io Harriet Beecher Stowe for the production of “ XJnclftTow’l Cabin, or Life among the Ikiwly,” A work vivid ly and wonderCully delineating the real workinjgs irf the “ peculiar institution.’^—’ May it cross the tHre^old of all homeai for onco perused, its poAvers of conviction are irresistable. Tho life-like descriptions of cliaractoi', deep feeling, poAVorftil sym pathy and parental aflection ; together witii that strong lovo of Liberty; a l l ! a l l ! are sketched, as none but a Avoinan can sketch, as none but a mother can knoAv and feel.— But few such Avoiks, together Avitli “ Kan sas Nabrnska bills” need be thrown among us, before the'giant master Avill bo kuoAvn no more among us, for tho curse of God is upon the Institution, or there is no God. I have passed over rapidly the great evils of universal society, and they being in fact the great subjects of reform that are enlisting the energies of the Practical Man, it is with much regret that time Avill not permit an enlargement upon the merits of so groat a work. But 1 proceed to consid er a class of evils that are flourishing with much of favor aud e s t e e m in th e very heart of sodety, kept in life by the mighty pulse that moves its intricate machinery. I regard the apparent obscijuiousuess and pale fear manifested by one class of community, Avbilo in the prescm*e o f those who come under the head of large prop erty holdei's, as an evil that blots out mau- liood and its God-giv’en attributes, sucli as moral courage, freedom, frankness in the expression of opinion Avith discretion, yet Avitliout subterfuge and hypoeritical mean ness. Tho principle of self-preservation is so strong, that a portion of society who live by labor porfoi'med by the other, are fearful that unless they go about boAving and smiling ready assent to the majesty, commands and aeqiiirements of tho upper loft of society, that they Avillbe cut oirtrom earth and siisteiianee liy llie withering m.Tiulaloof a “ little brief auLlioril}’,” made wralliftil b}’ llieir lum-eomplianee. Tlie. mental stronglli of all who pander to the. tastes and ceccnlrieities of any portion of society, for gain or preferment is of a cer tainty Avoakeneil, and finally loses its native force and activity. Akin to tlie evil just disjmsed of and Avhich may bo considered the elementary doctrine upon whie.li the former is ba.sed, is tlie porvoi'sioii of primary education, or the direful disclosures of the modern train ing of the young too generally prevalent among us. Tho eflect of this training is what impedes the labor of tho Practical Man iu the renovation of sooioty from evil. To explain my views in tho elucidation of this evil, I Avill divide society into two classes, the favored and the vii/avored .— The children of tho former are handed over to (he care of the domestic, and it is nut to be expected that the pure and natural af fection Avbich should grow up botw’een parent and child, Avill be found exhibiting that holy ardor and intense feeling iu the bosom of the uninterested servant. The plastic mind of tho child in this Avorld of wonders, is loft to fight its own battle in the struggle for improvement against the Avill, prejudice and ignorance of tlio unin- structod nurse. Tho child advances with a will unconquerahlo, having received its daily impulses in open combat Avith its pro tector and educator. It 'is tho turning away of the young mind by the man of business and care, that fosters and estab lishes that show of resistance., so much seen among us by tho child towards tho parent. Not that the father is dispossess ed of parental affection, by no moans.— Tho firo of fatherly feeling burns strongly, as ho toils for liis offspring; hut he has failed iu not permitting the light of that aflbction to illumine tho early years of his AvayAvard child. It should have made it self knoAvn in a thousand little expicssions of interest not to ho mistaken by the in tuitive grasp of tho progressive yotith.— The young learner should receive fresh in struction from a mind prompted by an in terest such as none hut a parent can knoAv and impart. To this general description there are many laudable exceptions. But hoAv stands tho combat with pover ty’s son o f toil and his pledges of aff'oetion, the unfavored ones ? W h at kind o f an ed ucation does the child of Avant and sorroAv get at the hands of natural lovo and protec tion ? On tho part o f the parent, Avhat must be the temper o f intellect to instruct i f able, the tractable povA’ers of a young charge; when exhausted by labor and .confinement, to simply obtain daily food to keep the souls and bodies of parent and cbikl to- gethov? The results-are legitimate. The children of this class of persons must get that free schpel edneatjon so cheap and eaxy of access, instructors at every turn of the street and under all sorts of influences. Yet I am happy to say that across the threshold, o f tbe cottage bowe, htivo paBsed many’ respectable and intelligent men, ad ditions to thjj} practical men of organized Bdcicty, W h at though, like your humble speaker, yon are o f simple origin ? W h a t own danoeP^ \\Vhat tbo’ it “Is easier to Aveigb purses sure tlian brains?” It all goes to es tablish the truth put forth b y the G reat D e - FENbiiSR OS’ H ungarian L iberty ; that there “ is BO difficulty to him tluitAvills ;” and in mental as in physical warfare, the simili tude is striking, Avliat is Avantiug in the length o f the rifle, can bo gained by one step in advance. Historical facts rofiito received opinion, that nothing great can couie ftom the lowly born. Rienzi, the last of the Roman Tribunes, Avas the son of a Avasher Avoman. The blood of an Orsini or a Col- ouna lloAved not through his veins, yet ho rose to the supreme power of the Roman Empire, by liis industry, and persuasive el oquence. Cromwell was not impressed Avilh the stamp of royalty, though his vcin^ Avere like “ whip cords,” and his nerves like iron, ho simply evidenced the dignity of human nature, luoming up tbrougli the mists of established things, giving birth to the emanation of the divinity Avitliin.— If Goverumeut iu its Legislative duties, should labor iu earnest for the poor, first in t.he provisions of liom es; secondly by sustaininga goo’d system of education and enforcing attendance; I could conceiA’o tliat its Avorkings would bo perfectly consistent Avitli the oliject or design for Avhicli ail governments are instituted among m e n ; tliat is, for tho protection of tlie weak, and not to add power to the already powerful. I w’ill allude to Fashion, than which does not exist in society a more fickle god dess, claiming its allinities of friendship and devotion. Think of time move than w’asted Avhile in a continual Avhirl of fash ion’s dazzling fa.scinations. The rising gen eration neglected, the minds of the.se gid dy ones naiToAAcd and made w’cak hy hol low’ activity. Hocii'l^’ is eiilpalile for tlie.se glaring w'l’ongs, and to tlie I’rnctical Man the progressive sjiirit of tlie age, wo are to look for their removal atid consinmilioii of this grand result. As coadjutors Avith tho ,L*ra('.i.ical ^fan iu this arduous Avork, Avomaii at tho pres ent juncture of afiairs holds a conspicuous position. Let the woman of aoli \’0 life, and the young lady just entering iijiuii life’s busy scene, turn with scorn and dis- giiost from tho teaeliings of many of the opposite 8C\, ilnd listen no moro to tlm ful some ilattery that is continually being Avhispoi'i’d in her oars. Let her forget tliat she has been told tliat she is an angel, save (he lehii/s ; that she must he worsliip- ped and lield in cliarming ideality; tliat she is a being of transcendent lovcliiie.ss; a glittering walking butlerfi^’ ; an airy sliadow’. W hen w’onnin shall descend from that lofty ideal position, froniAvliich the. realities of life are viewed with a grovelling eye, and turn her attention to the solid of life ; then as a co-Avorker with the Pi'aclical Man, vice Avill seek its appropriate huuntsi Tho time spent in useless calls and llirta- tions, Avill bo set apart ftir the culture of tlie neglected child ill the expansion of its men tal beauty. A noAv link Avill bo formed—a connecting link in life’s great chain— hav ing for its ultimato object a moral revolu tion. AYornan Avill begin under such au spices, to understand herrights, and exercise her acknowledged poWer. Her ci 0 gioswill bo employed methodically. She is the centre truth of the home circle. TJie infantblossom blooms beneath the touch of her talisma- nic poAvor. She is the origin of tho st.abili- ty and groAvth of tho Avholo social fabi'ic. For in tho ratio o f her elevation wo find our position among (ho mitions of tho oarth. Recent events have show’u her poAvor in the impressive oration and convincing ar gument, that she is a close reasoner and successful debater. And wlio is more in terested in tho relbrmatoiy movement, thanAvOmau? She is interested in the person of her husband, in that o f lier idol ized cfiildl’On and most intimate friends.— And mark tbo fact! I f the reforms of tho day advance, it Avill be by the porsorving assiduity of Avomnn, associated Avith the Practical Man. W h o is it, Avhen the ener gies of man are given o’er, and he desponds in tho midst of his misfortunes, Avho is it I say, that is aronsod, and exhibits the latent poAvers of resolution and courage, looking difficulties and perplexities full in the face; and dares to do moro than man conceived ? It is Avoman. History, that faithful mirror of past events, reflects the deeds of ffreat ones, long since at sleep amid the dust of past ages. A maxim has come doAvn to ns that “ there is invariably a Avoman a,t the beginning of all gi’oat undertakings.” Lot the mention of a foAv remembered names attest to its truth. Without descanting up on, tho yarioffs qualificittions of iSonohia, SeffiaramiB, or Cleopatra of Egyph took oaptive by her personal and ffientiil ohwrpB, Mark Antonji' of Bomo, wo must not forget that the pharaotev o f the Spar- j niotlier. When Charles VTI. of France heeaiuo disheartened and teared that tho English Avould obtain possession of birf kingdom and throne, a deliverer ajipearod in the person of a servant girl, the Maid of Oilcans. She solicited an interview Avilll tho kiiig, told him Avhat she fell inspired to achieve—the raising of the siege of Or leans, and tho crowning of the king at Eheims. She led liis armie .9 to battle, and fulfilled her prophecy, and secured to Cbarles the throne of Franco. Isabella of Spain pledged liorjeAVels for the support of the grand pi'oject of Colum bus j aiid AVe ndw witness its glorious re- su I ls . When Philip ll. of Spain thought by the aid of Ids “ invincible iUmada” to de.stroy the power of Queen Elizabeth, she, w'hou her sUbjo.ets became alarmed, ro.so Avith the storm, and hy her ow'ii intellectu al pow-er and indo m itab le wdll, infused that spirit among her soldiery tliat ulfiniatelj SAVept the Arniadai and all vestige of harm from the shores of her island homo. Sw'itzorlahd, cradled amid the Alps, sur rounded by glaciers Avhose. pinnacles toAv- er upward, lefleoting the brilliancy of a noou-day siuij found Avhen the aggressor Avas iqiou her, that her wives aud daugh ters cuuld strew tile battle field witli hun dreds of their mangled rornw Madaind Roland, tlie foi'.iis towards whicli converged tlie rays of jirogre.'-is aud a.sjiiratioiis of Itc- piiblicaiiism in France, illilslrates most tnithftilly the maxim of which avo have spoken. In liev salons gathci'cd tlic lead ing spirits of that stormy lime. Discor dant in their views, they were harmonized liy tho eonlral star, presiding over their de- libe.ratiuns, ^Vheu the National Guard breathed vengeance towards Robespierre, Mailaine Roland endangered licv life to pro tect him, for slie, believed him a true spirit of llie RilA'olntion. Rubespierro ru.se, Mad ame Roland fell, by bis older she was bro’t In trial, east iu piisuii. Blie disdained a petition for his Clemency. She Avuukl not owe her life to a man' “ who Avould havo plucked out liis OAvri heart, had he. thought it capable of eomiselling the slightest weak- though yoa compelled tau soldier was the work of the Spartan nessi” Slic was coiulenined to deatli, Avith lUi aged and infirm man, as a feiroAV'-siificr- er, .she is carried along, he AVeeps, site at tempts to console, him, t'orgytting henself in lh<i sorrows of a sfrangi-r. Beneath a oolus.ial Statue of Liberty tlie cart stops.— Flic I legs one favor of tho exeeiitioncr, nut for lier.-elf; but turning (0 the old man, say.s ; “ precede mo to tlie seaifoJd to see my blood iluw' Avould make you siiftbr the bitterness of deatli twice over.” She lieans the fatal stroke, lightly ascends the scaffold, turns to the statue of Liberty, and exelaims; “ Oh! Lilierty! Liberty! wliat crimes are coniinitted in thy name.” Tlie deed is done, aud ouo of earth’s loveliest, noblest aud shining spirits has gone to its Father’s Charlotte Corda.y, termed hy the histori an, tho “ Angel of assassination” conceiv ed that Marat Avas the cause of the thmis- aiids of executions on the scaffold, and sho resolved to offer hciself as a voluntary sac rifice for her country, if slie could end l>y the death of Marat, so mueh bloodshed aud terror. She goes to Paris, seeks au audience with the monster, plunges tho steel to his heart, begs to be cast to tbe in furiated mob, is tliroAvn in prison, condemn ed to tbo scaffold, tbo executioner appear,s to aiTay her for the ti’aged3C “ ibis . sjias ’. sho is tho toilette of death, arranged by someAvbnt rude bands butith>ads to immor tality.” Amid a utonn of the eleiiiouta she is litirried to (lie scalVuld, tbe latal stroke is giA’en, and dignity and modesty are mingled iu death logelher. Fuch aro a fcAv of the individual inslauces of tho Avonderful character of woman. Removo the pi'ejudices kept in lito against her, and let her stand upon her rights, and society will show forth a heidlliy action in its vari ous departments. Lot that sickly sontimoutulily ofAVdtnau’s inforiority ho no lougor heard, foi’ this and every other institution, whore the sexes have an oqiportunity to measure ineutal power reciprocally, refutes all tho theoreti cal abstractions of tliis unjust appellation. The gigantic oa M s of the land have adt^anc- cd under the dominion of the sterner sex, notwithstanding tho herculean efforts of Practical Men. The crisis has avriv’cd when the united energy of both sexes are requisite to oppose the destroying influen ces of ylce and Avrong. The Practical Man will not reject so powerful an nuxilhuy it» the field of reform as Avoinan, when the contest is oloscj and ivrong apparently the ascendant. The hopes of ffie pi’csent and eoming generations hang upon thn hour. More Practical Men, armed with tho armor of moral, courage and Avefi difectecl zeal are in requisition, The greut contest o f E ight against W rong ianoAv being f o u ^ t , The fires of eoatentionlic§mQyW«wngj,bu|
