Du Buque visitor. [volume] (Dubuque, Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1836-1837, 1836-08-24

JUDGE MARsHALL's RESPECT FOR
THE FEMALE sEx.It is well known
that Judge Marshall' swill contains par
ticular directions for an inscription up
on his tomb, simple, concise, and char
acteristic. It mentions only the day
of his birth, the day Of his marriage,
the name Of his wife, and the period OF
their separation by death, with blank
to be filled up with the date Of his own
dissolution.
The following is an extract from
Judge Story's Eulogy upon his char
acter, which was one Of the noblest
that ever adorned our country.
Fhil0d. Gazette.
SMay / be permitted also in this pres
ence to allude to another trait in his
character, which lets us at once into
the inmost recesses Of his feelings with
an unerring certainty, allude to the
high value in which he held the female
sex, as the friends, the companions, and
the equals of mani do not here mean
to refer to the courtesy-an delicate
kindness, with which he was accustom-
ed to treat the sex, but rather to the
unaffected respect with which he spoke
of their accomplishments, their talents,
their virtues, and their excellencies.
The SCOTS and jeers Of the morose, the
bitter taunts of the satirist, and the
lighter ridicule Of the witty, so pro-
fusely, and oftensoungenerously pour
ed out upon transient follies and fash
ions found no sympathy in his bosoms
He was still farther above the common
place batteries, by which frivolity seeks
to administer aliment to personal vani-
Ety, or vice to make its approaches for
baser purposes. He spoke to the sex
when present ashe spoke ofthem when
absent, in language OF just appeal to,
their understandings, their tastes, and
their duties. He paid voluntary hon-
age to their genius, and the beautiful
productions Of it, which now adorn al
most every branch Of literature and
learning. He read their productions
with glowing gratitude. He loudly
proclaimed their merits, and yindica-
ted on all occasions their claims to the
highest distinction. And he did not
hesitate to assign to the great female
authors Of our day, q rank not inferior
to that Of the most gifted and polished
of the other sex. But above all, he de-
lighted to dwell upon the admirable a.
doption oftheir mindsand sensibilities,
and affections, to the exalted duties as
signed to them by Providence. Their
singleness Of heart, their exquisite pre-
ception Of moral and religious senti-
ment, their material deyotedness, their
accomplishing sacrifices, their fearless
ness in duty, buoyancy in hope, their
courage in despair, their love, which
triumphs most when most pressed by
dangers and difficulties, which watch
es by the couch ofsicknessand smooths
the bed Of death, and smiles even in
theagonies Of its ownsufferings. These
were the favorite topics Of his conf
dental conversations, and on these he
cxpatiated with an enthusiasm which
showed them tobe present in his daily
melitatiors.'
The FARMING BUSINESS. The inn
portation Of wheat from Canada, has
become as much an every day transact
ton, in some Of the lake ports Of New
\ York, as was = few years since the ex-
portation Of -four to Canada. To what
cause should this be ascribed. Our soil
and climate is most certainly equal to
that Of Canada; and are not our citi-5
zens As industrious2 The truth is, the
armingxbusiness is too much neglect
ed, in msny parts Of our country, and
by that means the abundance of one
section is not sufficient to supply the
deficiency Of another Add to this
cause, Legislators, mechanics, farmers.
in fine, every profession and class Of
the community are running mad IN the
Of improvements; and twill
not be long before farmer cannot go
to mill with bag Of corn, unless it be
on rail road. Labor is too much
drawn from the plough, and the culti-
walton Of our lands is neglected in the
race Of speculation. Too great q pro-
portion Of our adult population, specu-
late on the labor.of others, Of live BY
their wits.
But it's not alone from Canada, that
we import the staff of life. Cargo af-
ter cargo Of wheat, rye, Indian corn
and -four, have been imported from Eu-
rope and Asia, within the last s months
20 q profitable market This should
not be. With Is fruitful soil and salu-
brious climate a Gan be found In the.