Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-09-18
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IDsn nv FEM4LE Society.

rSnr tRED BY FEMALE SOCIETY
No occidental remarks ofsn American are
tuo~%s u,y April !S. 1928" The author
''''T I,,m. "a word connected, N ihe mina
aN's strange Land with = thousand name
,Solelrius associations
y,b;.c, Of Home, whelhert to the rough
nc ~, ,Sr officer, | always find a welcome
40 s,,rc,t access 10 his heart and l
+, sound followed by a mellowed
Jlooks in those who, on all other
were boisteroas and rude and par
r home had a mother or a wife
-'H what IS woman? Why ask
,~..,;o,. or attempt TO answer it?- who
=, iclt ali the answer, and felt 1t So that
:, volId he to pass thro' all the kin
,,i HAMMER, and better emotions OF our
Whose features meet o Il earliest OBJ
hanging over Us with absorbing
,,,st rejecting blck, like a MIRROR, all
1 rr,c MINIS and pleasures, and IN a strange
T. oiyinr first rise 10 those delicious
,ya afterwards call love and conf
Whose chidlngs, in our youth, are
&c mild and touching /; whose counsels
.rol ,%ooqcst. and longest remembered {;
.,ile rises on our troubles like 4 rain
| "a Inc storm? And then we stand IN the
..r,b or manhood, and no longer the fee
.nror,, but the mighty oak look down in
an me forest, who is the / that
mos our rough branches, giving them
10 beauty ana while we think ourselves
,g5rting a powerless plant rising to our
si,t shoots selling on them with ITS ten
r., and bending them to its VILE In our
,,iogs, whose voice is like oil upon the wa
l., In our calner moments, whose foot
are soonest heard: Who is the >Oface
j odage
These questions are easily answered A; but
sbv are thew askcdo | will tell you women
loalI feel that they have this mighty mfu-
not in pride, but ia 4 resolution TO exert
taobly. We have happy country; l be-
iere ONE are strongly to effect its des-
ioie,, for in no country are they so sincerely
or so deserving Of respect. | am
speaking the language of compliment, but
conviction, founded on extensive observa-
Lon,
In no country are women so respected or
% deserving Of respect. No voice on which
hcy sIeadias,ly ircwu, will be tolerated /; no
against which they raise their voice
be admitted no principles, on which
they put decided veto, will be avowed. If
the barriers of good morals are ever broken
down, IT public sentiment ever becomes cor
.Up'ed in our country it will be because its
tmales have forgotten their duty to it, and
0 themselves. But | have no fear OF this.
is~asingular country. TO a philosoph-
cal mint II presents a most interesting spcc,a-
lie. We have no forms venerable from long
Sc, and retained because venerable /; we have
o good to be consulted but the public good
&c have no old doctrines 10 fetter or mi>lead
ljsnew. The nation with all this is eau
olS and watchtul. And on such a society,
'cry thing Is thrown loose, to take its chance,
nd stand or fall according to its value. The
.'N' - H'Ah@N - NllNlC W Dc lIlcu all "
It is the duty Of every one to exert
m>eIt strongly for what he conccivcS to be,
and every one | believe will do so,
Ill only what is useful will stand the ordeal.
Ioyeto look at such a country, and have lit.
2 tear for its safety or happiness. Suffer
To repeat however, that these will depend
elty on lis females. 1t is 4 society where
Influence is more felt than in any
No one can say that he cannot a6ec
e public cool; he does affect, and mus
DIR necessity affect it-and none affect i
than they who watch over the cradle
icatch tho meaning look, and mould thu
arucuIa,e sound whose eyes meet thos'
our childhood, first in the morning, and las
night; in whom our first and best affection
ncentrate, who give counsel and reproo
len they are most felt; the friend when al
lerS leave us, aGd the same friend in al
rse as in prosperous hours.
Sketches Ofn hn3,1l LIFE