Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1826-10-03

Ibet c speech hich offensive To refined feel
ing and the STRAIN OF uniform gaantry, b per bolica!
auery, and unadulteraed nonsense of the des-
cripon, in which the usually address them, aud
which they like and expect ~ decisive proof
OF the degraded standard of principles aud manners
among them. oo, upon the SYSTEM of rur,iiei seq
cent? To bc destructive OF the mcrals the usctulnuss
and the responsibility ofthc feaniaie character.
II IS true that ii is considered necessary here TIA
If lady visit at all, she should be attended by her
cdcderi S,rre1 and her husband should escort her
he would be inevitably laughed at The cause of this
vile system may be uun! n the oiious o, of maria.
ges beng made an affair of cniencc; bargain
transacted by guardians-he inclnations of
tne paiues disposed of being rarely, if consulted
II sometimes happens that they hetrothed in ufau-
CIV aud sometimes the whole treaty is concluded with
cut their even meeting. Nor is II only Young people
dependent on the " Ill OF their parents who thus tied
together for life \ Souug nobc:nan of inv acouain-
lance completely his MASTER and possessed of a
reasonable share Of and abundance of selwll
aoout other things, lately passiycly married
whom his friends single for him BILE match
never dreaming OF choosing for himself Ii is evident
that much domestic happiness is be pected il,
such connexions. The husband does generally trou-
ble himself about tie carn!.cri Serrcnic but so Gu
cly reconciled TO il that the lady, TIE cac!jeri and the
husband, form what witty friend of mine once called
am eq"tdtero tranquil. If in this the husbands
lot be hard that ot the cacaiieri Seruente is harder still
,fj lie must submit TO all lie lady humours. obey all
. her commands up aud down wherever she directs
e her lap dog fart her fan and latter her vanity
Is it probable that this Paonic can be con
ducive to domestic happiness, female respectabt,
TO be devoted 10 anirer, il be desirable that
she should have dearer friend than her husband?
Inc Roman ladies' not generally addicted gam.
nhng, and although sometimes extremely ignorant,
thcre are many learned ladies Italy. As there is no
literary salic law III operations the chairs in the unycr.
sites have often, both in past and present times, been
nieu hy female professors. Signora Tranbron late
Professor oi Greek in the University of Bologna ONLY
died within these few months though she retired from
her situation few years ago. She less remark
aoic Tor her pIety and excellence than for her
mon aainmens. Ii is not unfrequently the case how
ever that the literary woman in Italy, violent
=, ~ literary The blues too deep blue A taste
Tor literature is not generally dusej, and intcrmnrlcd
with other pursuits and pleasures.
The Italian noblcmcn generally i'll educated and
from the very frame al society, virtually prohibited
from any ennobng pursuit any honorable end of exs
tcnce, to give useful stimulus their lives or energy
dignity, and consistency 10 their characters. One
great defect TIE constitution society on the conf
nent, is The want ofte order of commons that middle
rank, which links together by ;uscnsible gradations
the high and the low and duses p,opriey cultivation
and honorable ambition.
| Declared by custom frcm useful ard resncctabI.
professions the Younger of noble families are of
ten reduced to the most hunilating crviii.y and de-
pcndence.n
Large additions IN igt be made from these volumes
on The rrofigacy, and imnoracs tolerated in socie
f " on the continent; but with sorrow and dis
gust from details which show that who was crca
teu cut nile lower than the Angels" departs from
ms gh destiny, and sinks lower in the scale of no
RAJ neng, Than the reptiles hat incst the remains OF
ancient Rome.
THoHw AlDsrx. The rival of t'anoya is 7nor,otyd
Se"' an artist whose germs has already borne him
through every obstacle, and lar beyond any competitor
ah"Va excepted; whose bassi rciIev surpass all that
has been given 10 the world since the brightest era of
Hiecian art This exquisite and boatc relieve Of
night has rarely been equalled in an, ace. The fin,
est bust have seen in Rome is that Of Lord Byron
Several Of his productions have been taken by con
nosscuis Tor some OF the finest of ancient art. OF his
statues the Adonis is the beautiful the Mars
the shepherd hoy-the Ne,cury-ihc Jason-hut
should never have done 10 attempt TO describe
the one hal! of the beautiful sculptures which have
contemplated thousand times with univ ca led legA,
III hor"adSens st"do' Ills coming from the frozen
regions of Iceland to asonih the natives of this bril-
liant cline, with works that would have done honor TO
any country III any age, scarcely less matter of sur
PRISE and admiration, than the sensitive nodesiy ard
sens,bliy 'hc warm generosity and the rare ana IS j.
mabe virtues of bis character.