Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-05-05

Iceland 5rbassd have souei re.ugs Il re i7F.
a- sr. Bot lie stream i .ti riSilng cPWaili ~
ere long the race VIII he extinct.
Nature Is ever. where i.A o. inS'ractoHi l-'"
teau,.iu. IS lie lesson .acu!ca,ei o. sptl1: - =
ey- ASSOC atI wiki 20 ID tie mos, b,ssiul Trend o.
l,,-,n G., and +, in sprinr we reg CT TO SOW tie
seed. IN Autumn we have 10 hoFvesii 50 q ID SVu'A
,ve lal 10 SOW tie sred5 Of yiIte sn1 knqSFdgc'
e sur1r,er Ollie viii show no beauty shd me ao-
tynn weld NJ fruit; then how important i'al ""
willie youth is on each brow, We shund SOW me
SEEDS af pieiy snd virtue. and sedunnsy cultivate
those cualites and disposil ons # mint winch i1iih
the basis of true happiness; that now VINE HSG
from the cares and prrplexes 81 NJ, we sAVau
endcayor 20 lay up store Ui uEeii Htofh1liun' u
refine and cultivate the mind, that amid the uts'FUe-
inns and anxeties OF after life, we may have
source demonstration and suppori.unkuown ana eh-
prised by the ignorant and uncu.,iTaied. Let u
then. nv COMPANIONS, now in the spring tine Of
i;. devote oil the energies Of our Ouls u the &C
oaiemeut oi knowledge, the discipline Of our me-
ectua pawcrs, and the cultivation OF tie affections
OF tie heart, constantly bearing in mind That beauty
of person. Is ol'lue value, in comparison with thc
beauty of intellect: that a NEE and quiet spTt tar
ranscends all external adornment; that the gifts of
fortune cannot promote our happiness, un!tSS pos
sesseu by 4 mind so well balanced that we can meet
adversely as well as prosperity and with cheerful
heart bear both the Joys aud Ills olle. But tbs Is
not our abiding place; as the year rolls On we are
rapidly passing and after a few short years we
must bd aiieu To oil these scenes Of JOY and ovei-
ness and the cold dark tomb must receive US all
must we then cease 10 exist? Must these 0veiy
forms of human beauty perish Must tie spirit
which animates the living tempe pass away ana oe
no more loreverl must these hearts which now
bound so high with youthful hope, from which al
econ'S deep fountain is now gushing in all lis purl-
", SO taught with every high and holy feeling
which ennob.es human nature, must these % down
in sileLce and dwell forever in the tomb? The fiat
has zone forth "dust unto dust, aud the spirit TO
the God that gave it" there is no exclusion, al
must bow 10 the mandate ola righteous God; and
is there no hope! Is there no arm which can I'M
lock the portals Of the tumb' Must the sleep OF
death be an eternal sIumber' There is hope there
Is one mighty 10 save, and His own right han and
His holy arm hath gotten him the victory. Yes
though each one must sleep in deaths dark palace,
each brow 50 bright with youth and beauty moul-
der beneath the charnel damps, these lips be sealed
IN silence yet the tomb has no terrovs, for He who
has SAID | am the resurrection and the life has
risen from the tomb, and as the returning sun beams
warming the earth to vivity dccayel Nature, 50 this
Wondering DUST
" ny" 'HH'il BhlN l9llls VIC NhZLiSu ShlC5
Shall klnde into beauty and arise,
Corruption then shall interruption be
And mortal puton immortality"
After this address was finished, the band struck
up national air, and continued playing at intervals
while dozen of our gallant Young gentlemen wait
ed upon the ladies' with refreshments. Order beng
restored Miss MARTHA f. FULLER delivered the
following address on
FEMALE EDucATIoN.
Before eluding these exercises, we would wish
to say itw%oIds concerning female education. 1t
is subject which has occupied the time and aten-
ton OF many whose rank and station III society, en-
title their opinions TO our highest respect. Much
has been sad, and much written upon it, within the
last few years. Education is now taking more
elevated stand and the character Of the institutions
for the instruction youth, has already materially
improved but there is still room for further progress
ng, bat we would more particularly consider tie
value of female education.
Woman is not now considered as the slave Of man,
his inferior in intellect, whose capabilities and duties
are only to minister to the pleasures of the lords OF
creation. Norris she now, as in the days olchvalry
looked upon object OF almost idpIetrlus drvo-
ton No she IS naw regarded in enlightened coun-
tries as the equal, the companion Of man. The be-
ing on whom depends much of the happiness Of hu.
man life. And must the mysteries of nature neve
be unolled 10 her cyes' Must the lore Of the pas
be To her as a sealed book and may she neve
quench her insatiae thirst at tie fountain Of knoW
| edge? because she is Aoman, because she may
never be called to act prominent part on the stag
of life because il may not be her duty 10 deliver th
word # life from the sacred desk to act in our hall
OF legislation, or lead our armies to battle. But WI
might cite instances where woman, in situations sim
liar to these, has achieved important benefits TO lie
| race wht re the energies Of man had previously fail
ed. The question oithe supremacy in the intellec
of the sexes has often been aSitaied often discusSe
and still undecided. But we arrogate no suJerioyi
~ we claim no rights which Justly seem the pre-
ronative oil man; we do not ask to Shine in the pull
lie assembly, and the field Of carnage presents 10
many horrors for woman. Home is her PROVING,
ts precincts the extent of her kingdom, and her dc
nlinion is limited 10 the hearts other domestic crct
there she has power by the sunshine OF n cheeril
countenancc, to dispel the gloom Of the most unprt
pious day, there her duty requires Just reguatio
Of her household economy, that want, aud Cal
those enemies TO human happiness may be banisht
from her domain; and to her charge is commute
} the high and holy trust Of ndelby imprinting Il
first impressions upon the immortal spirit, and Il
seeds sown by the maternal hand, are those OF Writ
Or vice such is the character which must pa
through iie and stand b, fore the bar Of the Almig
4 IT, Ii is in her power to render home an Ele
r around which the loveiest affections OF the hea
: are entwined, halowed By early associates, or
: scene oldomestc discard and OF all the fierce pa
d sions Which agtate the human breast: and, such
! her influence, should not her education be considc
i cd as an object Of the highest moment, Involving
fearful res possibility.
I "Ignorance is the parent OF supersthlon;'
!. 10 her the curtain which conceals the operailo
Il of Nature infinite her into those sublime my
e tcres incomprehensbe to untulored minds; ma
Of her familiar with the earth as it is; with MS COZ
+ poneni parts the various conflicting elemer
= which nre constantly operating upon matter, a
!. the various changes which ale the result Of su
Of operations; teach her to trace the relation