Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1840-07-04

hghtuL Hear q, Earth lh,S IS the hfSt lime
We have ever heard that the hill Of science vas
easily chmed And when | first heald of this
discovery, with Philip of Mscedou, Who was
transported aI hearing of three gtea, blessings
which Heaven had showed upon him. was Tea-
| d, TO exclalm . Jupiter, do send us some little /
evil Tor this great good What vast amount of /
anxiety the world would have been saved, # tbs |
gentleman had arisen IN the days OF Dsmosihenes
and Cicero We should have assembled the hlll Of
science so easily that we would have been temp.
ted, like the Crusaders to the Holy land to take
| trp there merely for pleasure. The youth, who
leaves the home of bis childhood. and the delight
iul haunts of his moss-groWn hamlet, TO seek an
Education IN some Academic grove, instead of
travelling at every slap IN dread of the hard fate
allotted him, would have hurried there in antelope
ton of splendid lawns 10 reclne upon--d delightful
shade 10 repose inland the song of birds and the
dancing of Nymphs,t TO cheer him While on his way
to the temple OF Minerva. But this looks TO good
to be true. ! fear this gentleman, like mnny 9th
ers Of us, has mistaken hrs calling. fear he has
never assembled the steep hill of science that he
has gone up some other, or like Delabus OF old,
he ascended on waxen wings which melted, and
let him down without even having seen the God
dess. But the most material objection 10 this sys
ten proposed ls--that It Affords room for ldeness
and defeats the very man object IN view IN Edu-
cation. THIS object is TO give the mind hard stu.
dy, to keep II almost continually at workand pre-
pare 1t for minute Investigation. But here youth
is required to leave his school room and roam
daysl nd sometimes nighs in the woods and fields
IN search OF something TO smuse and throw away
time--to make the Pfalrlss tented field just
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youngsters INTO the fields to make observations
, like old Gul, among the Lllaputlans, he stands
head and shoulder above his fellows and IN the
ecstacy of his heart eXclaIms
$ II am monarch Of all ! survey,
My right there is none to dspue,
n From the centre all round 10 the eta
am lord the fowl aud the brute"
Il Being lnlruders theyof coulse disturb some harm.
o less child of the woods from his hnuuts The
a master pointing To IT tells them this one of Ma.
ture's productions and IL worthy Of Their study
!. The little utchIns, thinking he intends TO have n
lroc, starts in hot pursuit The surrounding
- woods Is filled with their shouts and the dlstan,
4 echo Of gadness responds TO Their call. Llte
Thumb, when up to his ears IN moasses, was not
r more delighted than these fellows in pursuit OF
n Of the hare This is all very fine for boys but
+, what becomes Of those immortal minds which
. ought to be cultivated pity the parent. wbo
% can be dupcd by such nonsense. now leave
9 this for a more interesting part Of my beet. -
- Female Educailou.
- We now enter, as /. were mic FAIRY a4and
:. whose bosom &c clad IN richest verdue who's,
:. groves enchanted with the notes OF The Muse,
. and ApoIlo's iute--uhose breeze once dueli OF
some holy mount and become pGre--nnd whose
4 horizon Is ever illuminated by lltan's blazing car
!. There IL much that is lovely. and amlabe as
h soclated IN my mind with the word FfmaIs, that
=, feel proud IN beng her advocate IN any cause
4 aud especially N thai at mind. The IDEA Is some.
h times advanced that the female mind Is inferior 10
II the male. And The Argument IN defence Of the
f position s--lhat Nature Is never aylsh Of her
n gift upon individuals, but apporllons them, giving
!. to one mnd, TO another bengly Of person, and II
:. another fascination of mannefs aud consequs Ut
IA ~ as females are found TO possess those quaIte
i, which please rather than those which instruct an,
r. persuados they are, IN some deg'ee, destitute o
+ that more noble aud important part Of being
a. mind or intellect, that, like the beautiful Penelope
. they should attend to the loom, the spindle ant
N the dIs,af ana other household affairs, aud leau
i. the Operations mind TO their superiors. 1hi
N might all be well enough, III were true end
n might be true. II we had not proof 10 The contrary
"a But when sc know that the most lofty and lmpof
/, taut stations in The region Of mind have been file
,e By Woman--ihat she has successfully welded IN
scepue Of kingdoms ruled The nfalrs of Nations
IA and uueIled he contentious spltils Of men anlbi
N ,ious Of power that she has shown herself cspa
!. BILE Of the most wonderful grasp Of intellect, Ia
m mos, lofty fights offancy-and above all, that
nj when virtue has been driven from her seat in III
a. bosom oi man, shorn of her loneliness, and ha
NO lain bleeding and 1utering, like the poor Dir
as which has been pierced by the spofsman's auo'
N, she has found refuge III the heart Of woman.
o what folly 'l6 to contend that woman is 10
70 aso the noblesl work Of God. see not wh
w. mind rs well as virtue should not dwell with he
OF II Venus bad her temple Of Beauty, Apollo his
a the Arts CUPID bis Of L0rs, Minerva also ha
her temple OF H,sdom Aud Eizdb,h sat upo
the throne Of England, aud left behind her bugt
monuments 81 as gigantic mind as profound pei
o. ceptlop, and az sound judgment as ever shon
IN Senate chamber, or Royal palace. He
=" Kingdom had long hourshed under her counsul
Sc and the gale, that sweeps, cen now, across N
le broad Atlantic, WATTS upon Us plnlons the honou
a ed name Of Ehzabsih. There is no subject tia
la escapes the female mind. Poetry is lis element
Romance is not unwelcome--and slncs afford
we to II, delightful theme on which to PONDER
n. When will our adminng world forget the soft an
all beautiful strains 81 a Slgourney, the pous an
m. thrilling measure Of an Hemans Yet there al
H. but few instances OF The power Of femae mint
ire Among writers Of Romance we have host Of e,
nd ampes where female mind has entered the ye'
.e. arcanum Of human nature and disclosed 10 ma
,ul the operation Of his own mysterious existence.
me We lack not FOR example even IN Theology
s Turn your eyes eastward, ra9Dsni and beng
10, yon gofIols star standing high The armament
- halo Of glory encreIes jl-li rises higher aad hlgi
p er-lhal hsIo Expands lArIhrr and Is-lher-beams