Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1839-05-04

"a OF tlosc huveb tAtettfIS was a thFH NNH 9t''
e slay--wilheIng ia the noon-but whose memor
: fingers round Us even their own sweet incense
+ To the stranger, they are like pords from hom'
r breathing over HIM a spell which annIhilates tim
q and space; placing him once more with the "loye
e ones round the sacfed hearth"
Z In the midst Of all that Is bright and beautiful
7 let our hearts glow with love and gratitude /
3 Him sho has crowned with goodness the proceed
ing ycar.-For US, Summer had her pleasures
/ Autumn, sometimes grave and cold, was cheere'
! by the warm smiles which the "maiure BEAUTY
threw backward" Even Winter has been full o
mitth and gadness-and We now celebrate th'
return Of that season which is a fit emblem Of ou
own Joyous band for not yet have
The numbering cares Of earth
Claimed our heritage offspring time, Joy, and mrth.
While We have been preparing for the duties oil
life, not one has been called away by death. w
have together toiIed up those sleeps which are far
from being sirewed with flowers, while from eve.
ny assembled height, we send back to those, who
extend the helping hand, their cry, onward stil
onward
And now, my dear companions, while we cul;
tiyate our intellectual nature, let US no. neglef
the heart; for out of It's deep places" are me
issues Of JOY or wo, happiness OF misery, iorfer.
Little we know of the "fever and strife of Efe F"
safe sheltered within these halls, whose We Ilant
portals now shadow forth the thoughts and I fec
tons which will cluster around them in other
years. Yet even here is the germ Of society
here we can exercise hose virtues which will be
a safe passport through life TO our heavenly rest.
| II is said, tina, woman's lot is on us silent
tears TO weep" and patient watching DER the
couch of wo. We glory in our brthright: dearer
would be the mourner's tribute, grateful tear,
than even a nations homage. Nought but p.
fected fame, is dear to woman, says the gkled
Mrs lIemans, who shrank from the adm.
ton of the crowd, yet ever alive to the smile ~
those she loved Or let the tablet be the youth
fu heart, where It may be inscribed, as by an
EdgoworIh, a Barbauld, Taylor and Sedge.
wick. She who raises her voice from the banks of
the beautiful Connecticut, our own Mrs. Sgour-
ney, desires not that it may be waited by the
trump Of Fame, but would point out the affairs,
where, through nature. we may worship natures
God. France may be proud of her brilliant
daughters, Genlls, and De Stae. England may
boas, her Sommeryille and Marlneau, yet our
whole sex will glory in the reputation of her who
so ably portrays every domestic virtue for even
statesmen could listen with pleasure to the wis
dom Of Hannah More.
Such bright examples should encourage the
weaker ones to press forward If our names
are not be waited across the mighty waters
may they i've oushrined IN the hearts of our kin
bred. And when the rainbow hues Of life fade
away, as fade they must, the remembrance Of this
scene will come over US like strains of long
forgotten music" OF some, it may be said,
"dust is on the brow" of others, they have not
realized their youths sweet promise. Cold may
be the gaze of some who greet us now with fond
est love--yet within ourselves must be- the ele-
ments of happiness ;-besides, Mature never
did betray the heart that loved her." Let us re-
member, that by the beauty and the gr'ol alike
we are fitting for the skies - and when We reach
that brighter land, whose unseen glory IS but dim
ly portrayed by the beauty Of this, our souls shall
erD1nd and love increase forever.
Nor can we forget our dear President, who
watches with anxious care over our daily pro.
gress--encourag tho weak, depressing the way
ward, and marking, step by step, our advance
men, in the course laid out for US. Long shall
we remember, sir, thy untiring zeal, thy patient
Co,bearance, and affec'Ionale counsels. We will
bear the impress Of your spirit to our homes
aye, even to our graves; and from every emf.
nence, we would telegraph your motto: "Ralso
high the standard Of woman Then shall the
daughters of Mississippi be worthy of her sunny
skies =" and gallant sons; whose noble aid and
generous ZEAL in their behalf this day, would not
disgrace the age of chivalry
After the Address was finished, the following beau
tilnl verses were sung by the young ladies'. The
song was truly enchanting--a hundred sweet voices
joined in the chorus and filled the grove with melody
INV 0CATfON TO MAY.
AIR-"Grsen HAS Of Tyrol."
Swee, May-Swcet May--we Joy to see,
Gay flowers of Spring that herald thee
The angels anguage-brgh, and wide,
Is written on our green hills side
They have come in their glory
We hail them with gladncss,
They breathe sweet story,
With good wilI' repe,e,
While every gale
| Watts DER the vale,
Their offerings incense sweet.
nyonder woodland sounding clear;