, 1843-05-20
at is not good for Man { o be aIonc.-

s.It is not good for Man to be aIonc.-
The truth of this divine sentiment
has been attested through all the
many ages which have succeeded its
first PRONUNCIATION. In every aspect
in which woman's influence may be
regarded, it appears inexpreSsibly
kind and powerful. Man is styled
"Lerd of the Creatien."bu how desc.
late would be his reign if unattended
by the smiles of woman. Take a.
way from life the adiudging power of
her gentle kindness, and the world
would be scence of almost unbro-
ken gloom. He who formed her az
fectionate spirit, "knew what was in
man," and saw that the rugged path
way of life's pilgrimage would need
just such a being TO tighten its unceas.
ing toll. She was taken from man.
and by a mysterious affinity. she
cleaves to him in all the various cir
cumstances of his earthly allotment.
She was most fifty called his "help-
meet;'' for without her assistance he
would often sink under IN accumula-
ted weight Of sorrow. Like an An
gel of mercy she is ever found neal
him, TO heighten his joys, and assuage
his griefs. There is scarcely a rela-
ton she sustains ii life, in which her
sympathy and, oitentimes, her indomi.
table energy are not felt in sweet and
unfolding power. And yet it is some
times the case that man. through mis-
taken notions OF superiority. holds
himself aloof from the kind influence
Of female sympathy and counsel
But there are those who, when over
taken by the chill blasts of adversely,
have found and appreciated the So
lace derived from the warm affection
of woman. Husbands whose for
tunes were swept away by unforeseen
circumstances, have settled down in
gloomy despair, until aroused by the
perseverlng energy of atfectionate
wives, to efforts which have retrieved
their losses, and surrounded them a.
gain with more than former prosperi-
ty. But the entire influence of wo-
nan in all her varied relations cannot
be told. 1t pervades the whole frame
work of society, and contributes much
to the maintenance Of all that is pure
and lovely in this world of s~elfshness
and sin. She who was ''last at the
Cross, and first at the Sepulchre" still
continues the same ardent being,
strong in attachment to ~virtuous prin-
ciple, and foremost in every work of
heaven-born benevolence. But she
not only shines conspicuou.ly in quail
lies OF the heart-in mind also, she
ranks high in point of influence. As
an intellectual being, she has left the
deep impress of her power on the
minds of countless thousands. The
works of "Hannah More," and those
of a kindred nature from other pens,
have disseminated far and wide the
most exalted and ennobling princi-
Piles. And in latter times in our
country, the poetic illusions of a
sSigourney,' an "Embury," and
many others, have reached the ten
susceptibilities Of our nature, touch
ing. with skilful hands, those chords,
whose vibrations are gentle, yet in1u-
entail throughout the entire range of
rejecting mind. 1t is not too much
TO say, that in 4 peculiar style Of lite
nature, emanations from the mind of
woman have in some respects mould
ed national character, and seldom, if {
ever, in other forms than those of
great and abiding excellence. While {
infdelity has attempted to scatter !
through society its "arrows, fire.
brands, and DEATH" it has been met {
and successfully resisted by woman's Z
influence in the form of a scantifed I
literature. Such are some of the ,
many ways in which those Of the !
sweaker sex act as the conservators 1
the public morals and as the bene- I
of our race. Woman moves !.
not in the tumult Of strictly public {
life, and yet from her retired sphere
Of action, she sends forth influences I"
which adorn and bless our world.-et
How full of truth is the sentiment |
TT is NOT GOOD o MAN TO BE ALONE" =
Mr.. O'CoNNEL considers Napoleon Il
"the most extraordinary p
,eing that eve ornamented humani- Il