Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-08-28

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nevolencs widely disssmiDalsd hy lheis
aid. Their powerful influences hss even
extended 10 tie camp and couft, and when
they have been called upon to assume tie
holder and more manly labOrs ofthe pthe.
sex, some there have been who did nol
shrink from the discharge Of those duties
THAT would have reelected honor upon the
strongest head il Dot the most refined IL
feeling such was Elizabeth, England's r..
nownsa Queen. The influence that e.
males exert override political aiiairs oftha
world is rarely appreciated, FOL Il Is eaias
and unobtrusivs though no less powerful.
This is fOtcibly illustrated in the history Of
Josephine. the Empress of France. She
took no part in the counsels of that extra.
ordinary man, her husband. Until poIiti-
cal circumstances forced him to reject her
influence and unite himself to the regal
family, his star continuedi nihe ascendapt.
By that act he sacrificed the whole object
Of his life. The chain that bound his
heart was broken, il controlled lis destiny.
The fate Of Europe hung upon his sue.
cess.
The fields Of usefulness and honor are
open to you.-Are you emulous Of litesa.
~ life the genius Of Mrs. Hemans, the
works of Miss Edgeworth, Miss LandOD,
Mrs. SigOumey, win nerve your arnbi-
ton. Are you DESTROYS to pursue the
peaceful paths Of charity and benevo-
lence, so suited to your characterand emo
bling to human nature the phiIanthro-
py Of Mrs. Fry, the second Wilberforce
Of England, win stimulate your exertions.
In al your pursuits il life, aim high, for
upon yourselves. win mainly depend the
elevation Of the female character. Im-
proyement IS progressive, and there is
nothing in the orderof nature to prevent
its continuance; and in the same proper
ton as society advances, win the number
and character of your duties in life, in.
crease. The empire Of woman is the
heart. In the social circle-the> altar Of
the affections and pure and noble sympa.
HES, you will be called upon to act. You
are its vestaI guardians. Prepare ther
TO preserve il unconiaminated from th.
attacks Of vice, nor suffer its saeFednesi
to be PrOfanedby the utterance Of an un.
holy thought. g
@ In biddingyou farewell, permit me t.
hope that you may all, on some sinilai
occasion, be again assembled-and thai
you may then show, BY your continued
improvement, that you are earnest 10 ths
belief. Of thepower and influence Of the
female character. Though we should
never meet again, yet may your future
life be as prosperous and happy, as II is
now fair and promising. ~
Party DEFINIEIoNs.The following
definition, which we copy from the Ra.
leigh Register, ara respectfully dedicated
tOthe Washington Chronicle:
AbolsiOuisi. An owner Of a hundred
slaves residing in slave-holding State
/ viz: HENRY Clay. -
Anti 5oztionist.-A resident Of a
State where slavery is prohibited man
who endeaVored to exclude Missouri from
the Union, because she tolerated SLAVERY,
Wis MARTIN VAN buren,.
FederaEst "A supporter Of Washing.
ton, Jefferson. aud Madison an advocate
foran economical administration of the
Government and q limitation Of ExecutiY,
power.
/ Democratic Republican, supported
Eof an extravagant Administration, seeking
to inflict on the country q national debto
twenty millions per annuna, BIZ the issue q
Il Government shin plasteFs- man who
shouts God Tor tss goesrslnssi.t and rags
| Jor the people
Xxx IN E
MfhAcUroUs ESQ As The half PSI
FIVE b clock cars from Carfolion were p,sC
sing HeFtsyille yesterday aflernoon, !
black boy was riding on horseback neal
! the track. When the engine came neal
the horse, he stumbled and threw 9ils boy
on the middle ofthe tFack2-but TOO late
to stop the engine, and steane TO relate
| the whole nam passed over him withou
iniurihg him ia tie least. Hsinmpsd up
lscfatcIed his head and exclaimed. Yol
can't kill dis niegef anyhow, Iassa Ingine,
ee ne Q. Blillstiu
l3lUE YES. - Il exchange paper says
e'lhaE pair of blue eyes nsvsrl0ok 30 "a
diant deep and piercing. Is fron largs
3 pink bonnet Nonsense. They newell
lock 50 wen IS when . deep, pure and "a
diant soul shines through them.
4 All nonsense sheer nonsensell - her
never was q pair Of these eyes that werl
not lighted 81 . soul.
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