The ladies' garland. [volume] (Harpers-Ferry, Va. [W. Va.]) 1824-1828, 1828-01-12

sIS ~'Hc tHt ciiH utul jtS us HuI M JOTM,
Strels from The rate, md mdroy leuts tie storm,
Though round lis breast the rohntg clouds are
spread,
Eternal Sunshine settles Oh It's hrnd"
Bat there is occasion to traverse foreign
countries for opposite examples.
The atmosphere Of England has by no means
been uniavourahle to the growth OF female ab-
ties; here they have bio somcd with luxnr,ancc;
through a series of almost fifty y"ars. this coun
try the terror of the world, when the Ieils
OF government were entrusted IN the hands al a
woman: Elizabeth, by her sa@acious choice of
ministers and generals. nv her mild auI sklul
expulsion Of the Catholics, by her restoration OF
the reformed religion, and 10y numerous othcr
measures which might be adLnced, has lcu u
testimony Of her prudence, policy. and wisdom.
that will endure to the very latest posterity-
Her contemporary too, and whom the envy oi
Elizabeth. called rlval-thc unfortunate Mary,
is striking and il!ustrious instance Of what
refinement and perfection the female mind is
susceptible. 1t was the elegant accomplish
ment> Of her mind, as we'll as the beautiful and
lovely figure of her person, and the gracrs Of
her department. the unaffected simplicity Of her
address, the charms Of her conversation, heigh-
| tened by extensive requirements, the eentlencss
and atfabihty of her disposition qualifications
which Elizabeth vainly cmulaied that made
her at once the object Of Jealousy, and the VIC
tim of vengeance to the English tyrant
| II may seem extraordinary that should omit
| t3mentioh iht names AMI characters Of any nc
! dern females. cannot better supply the omis-
sion, than by introducing the following quota
ton from Coopers answer to Burke's lnycc-
tive :" = have read the writings of Catherine
Macaulcy of Miss Wolstonecrait, of Mrs Bar
| BAUD, of Mrs Montague, Miss Carter Miss
Seward, Mrs. DobsoD, Miss IL Nj Williams, sc.
| in England: | have conversed with Iheroigac,
| Madam Condorcct, Madam Iavoisier, &c in
Paris: have often felt my own inlrrorlty, and
| often lamcncd the present Ubiquitous and most
absurd notions on the subject Of the disparity of
| the sexes: | have conversed with politicians,
and read the writings of politicians, but have
| seldom met with views more enlarged more
just. more truly patriotic, or with political rea-
sonlngs more acute, or arguments more iorcible,
than in the conversation of Theroigne. or the
writings Of Miss Nolstonecrait Let the de-
tenders of male dc>potism answer If they cam
the Rights Of Women by Miss Wolstouecran"
The examples which have adduced will re-
ceive additional spendor if the extreme GSad-
vantages be considered under which the gene
raGty Of women labour with respect to educa-
ton:
"Thcir souls proud science taught to stray.
Faras the solar walk and milky wav"
They learn to descant on the elegance of Eas h-
ion and external decoration seems to be the he
reditary science of the sex. But if, in defiance
Of these stubborn impediments to mental i'm
provement, so numerous are the characters who
! have vanqnished them. what conclusion must
| be drawn of their natural abilities? 1t is unfair,