The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-10-20
For the Wilmingtonian.
"THE COURT OF LOVE-"

MIR. EDIT0H-Whe declare that l rcpOsc
implicit confidence in the virtuous and mertori-
Gus objects of society, do nothing more than pay
just tribute to the liberal spirit Of our govern
ment which tolerates them. | am willing to be-
lieve that the same necessity which created So
cety in the infancy of our species, still exists for
subdivisions; nay, more, that particular societies
are the wheels and springs and nerves of gener.
al society. Individual efforts my work much,
and this position is forcbly illustrated by Bacon
and Madame de Stael, styled the ruling minds of
their respective ages; but it is the united exer-
tons of many that produce those results which
affect the world at large. ought not, perhaps,
to be guilty of liberality so unqualified, since
some are too sacred to be entered and examined;
and, in truth, may be so, only because, like the
mysteries of the Bona Dea, their rites are too i'm
pure and unhoy to be scrutinized. must re-
cur, however, to my original sentiment; and,
for example, l would not denounce Masonry, be-
cause an Emperor has prescribed it, or. because
a bigoted synod of our country has declared it
'cxcommunicate'. take it to bea received po-
litical truth, that the British Government is in
dcbted, for its omnipotence, to the Opposition,
yet the general principle must partially fail,
when we test it by the present example of the
United States "The days of chivalry,"i it was
said no less pathetically than eloquenty, 'sare
gone! But cannot, in continuation with the
llustrious authority, believe that the "same ex-
alted respect and devoted attachment to woman,
are gone also" This humiliatng truth may exist
in some of the empires of the transatlantic world,
where political convulsons have enlisted all the
energies of man in the service of a more from
handed deity than the goddess oflove. The sen.
timents inspired and nurtured by the courts Of
Chivalry and of Honor, changed, on their intro
duction, every feature of society. To the inhu-
ence of these institutions were our British ances-
tors indebted for refinement in manners delicacy
of sentiment, and heroism, at once, generous
and exalted--and it was then, too, that lovely
woman assumed that station for which God de-
signed her. When female charms are exerted
on the bosom not yet rendered entirely Gallons
by too rough collision with the world, and
beamed on the eye bedimed with sorrow, their
influence is no less active than delightful.
Whether receive my destiny from the transport
ed Pythoness, or follow the banner of the Maid
OF Orleans, welcome and embrace the one, and
kinde with martial artour at the inspiring ex-
ample of the extraordinary, but unfortunate and
lamented heroine. For my own part, never
enter the presence Of beauty and virtue, with
out being sensby transformers for hen, every
unmanly sentiment, and every debasing emotion
desert me, and the only tenants of my bosom
are hallowed feeling and reverence for that di-
vinity with which they invest their possession.--
Let, then, the days of Ch valry and the courts
of Love and Honor return; and will conse-
crate the temple to beauty, and sacrafce on its
altar the purest and holest affections of my ma
ture. The preceding observations, Mr.. Editor,
) were suggested by the subsequent part of my
communication, which have sent to you, hoping
that it may afford you pleasant moment, and
ndulging further hope, that you will extend
, the same lberality to others.
, In one of my 'respirive perambulatons', ,
S perhaps such as Horace described himselfas en-
t joyingi in the Sabine grove,