Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1846-08-14


lriolic statesmen, 10 whom, in this great Crisis OF
our foreign relations, the destinies Of The country
have been cntrusted-by avertiDs war arising
| out Of the Oregon conlIoversy-a victory, emil
| ding them 10 a wrealh-compared win whch,
the blood-stained laurels even of a Caesar are
worthless weeds. Now, if we would perpetuatc
the principle, and reap the benefits OF lis lru'h,
| that "Peace hath its victories no less renowned
| Than War" let US cherish philanthropy,
which shall overlap all the barriers Of Geosra-
| phy-let us look upon ourselves as The brothers
Of our species, and link every energy OF our ma
| ture with the cause of its melioralion let rs re-
solve by a will, as mmulable as the will 81
Heaven, that the people, the ,ch0te people snail
enjoy the benefits of system OF Education,
which shall be as free as the broad sunlight that
laelh everywhere. This must be the indexioc
resolve, il we would indulge The pleasing anIici-
patton, that ours is The country where the Star OF
Empire will stop al last-that ours viii! be the
| last, the noblest acl of the tragedy. This must
be the immediate resolve of every philanIhropic
and patriotic heart, il we would indulge the peers
sentiment, the patriots hope:
ssWcs,ward the Star of Empire takes its way;
The four first acts already past,
The fifth shall close the drama with the day
Times nob;e-t offspring Is his last"
Finally fellow Citizens in trimming our lamps,
that they may shed new and greater light upon
The moral world around US, lei Us ask The hand
of that sure and eyer.reliable auxiliary, the la
dies as helpmates in the great moral and INTEL
lectual reform, so imperatively demanded by Inc
best interest of our common country, and with
which are so intimately interwosen not only our
own, but the desIinies of unborn millions.
By The usages Of civilized and refined society,
man is placed more Immediately in contact with
the current and turmoil OF life. II is Tor man 10
go forth al noon,ide amid the busy hum and tu-
| multi OF active busiEess-it is Tor him !c stand
forth in the perilous battle, and bear The brunt OF
the stormy shock Woman revolves and ra-
dates in more retired and peaceful sphere But
there she stands 10th mans equal-hls fellow
| being-his partner in the social state-iouchin2
the chords OF the manly heart, and swayinS ali
secretly the springs ohuman action. The minis
rations Of woman are, The binding up lie wound
!, ed; The breathing, Sabbath rest upon The weary
spirit Her sphere is around the altar and the
bright sanctuary of home, which lifts her up as
Heavens best gift 10 man." her price is above
rubies. Moved By patriotism that emanates
from The heart and fills The soul-by an instinct
the strongest of her nature, tor The heaviest blows
of human wrelchedness have ever fallen upon
her sex,)-Woman will be found powerful
| auxiliary in the cause Of intellectual and moral
education. For il is where the rays OF Science
and The lights Of Christianity shine but dlmly,
| that YOU discover The most striking illustrations
OF the tyranny OF Man and The degradation Of
| Woman You have but 10 raise The dark cur
tain that hangs before "the sanctuary oil Wo
man" in those vain.glorions countries where
Man arrogales 10 himself precedence in creation
and society, TO see her intellect parayzed and her
person, by custom, enslavet-the slave Of The
| most friehliu superstilion-the victim oil The
most selfish institutions ever devised by man.
Frail. her infdeity TO her lord is punished BY
living burial; faithful her conslancy is rewarded
by place on the funeral pyre-her life and death
alike violence 10 nature and an outrage 10 So
cety. Woman, then, will ever be found an aux
| iliary. with ready hands and willing heart, 10
/ roll back the tuTbid waves and dissipale The
thick mist oil ignorance that would degrade her
sex and blast the patriots hope-lhe rising glory
Of his country. She is The cul'uTcr of those
Young buds OF being in whom are concentrated
her wealth and her hope. She ptesides over
those youn, fountains Of mind which Nature
! has consigned to her charge, and which she can
| tinse with sweetness or bitterness ere they have
chosen the channel where 10 flow. She stands
ready with that moral strength which lies bu-
| ricd beneath her physical weakness, TO light up
with the lamp OF Education every gorge and re-
cess OF your mountains, every hill and valley
throughout your land wherever is found Inc aoode
| of man. Yes, her voice is now heard among
Vireinas patriotic host, crying with all The IN
| tenSlty oil neT nature anu INC oihetiul VI "si
heart" Let The igh, OF Education shine among
the ,chole people! IT'S The only hope OF my
sex-'lis the only hope of my country. As well
NAV we look for home OF safety in The path oil
Inc trembling avalanche, as elsewhere than IN
| lie intellectual and moral education OF the nhofc
people,"
When, then, patriotism talent, beauty, have
| all lent The tribute of their presence, and Stand
| knocking at the door Of your Legislature; when
! ga nf turnpd The Ia oil
| the Ia nd, in council assembled where stands The
sordid miser the horror stricken legislator. who
refuses the pi,lance with which 10 begin this
great work of redemption and reform, and an
| swers, no, not will cost me penny-twili
| cost me two pence2 The shades OF his ancestors
will rebuke hm-the curse of rostefity will fall
| upon his grave Woman, Tor this interest in The
welfare Of her country for this solicltude Tor the
common good, requires what al our hands, Has
she net a RICH; to ask that we give our hands TO
every cause Of peace and truth2-that we nurse
| the plants Of temperance and purity, that fown
| on every inroad OF vice and disorder!-and that
we hold ourselves, in domestic privacy, The guar
dams OF those principles which the sage defends
in The halls of LEG isIalion, and The priests Of Je-
hovah on the walls OF Zion2
| Feow-citizens: Looking over the immense
region which Providence has designed us 10 oc-
cupy-contemplaling the republican pioneers OF
from the Atlantic 10 The Pacific, and from whose
shores, soon, with range Of republican States,
| they will confront The Brahmin Of India, and look
| across the vast ocean, upon the land where HUI
mainly was cradled-the mind is lost in the i'm
mensily OF the greatness that awaits US, and The
heart is stricken with awe al the vast responsb-
lity that must res. upon us, as the only federal re-
representatives. Of the human race, who are en-
| trusted with the accumulated results oil all pre-.
csding civilization, and who are 10 determine in
what condition the latest posterity are 10 be born
| Human rights, human freedom, selfgovernment,
| the history Of fallen nations once great and pow
| ertul, the records OF wars and commissions, BY
which powers and principaIities were rent and
rrumbled-these, and thousand kindred sub
| lecs, rush into the mind, when one ventures TO
consider the mighty future that lies before this
Republic and its adventurous people.
The mighty steam engine-the autocrat OF
mechanism subccling alike the ocean and the
cs.uary-will give rs The commerce OF The world
| The spleniors OF Eastern cities which grew into
greatness by The trade between the valley of the
| Nile and the valley Of The Ganges, will shine but
1 dimly. even in the enchanted illumination Of fan
cy and tradition, when compared with the state
| " masniicence and colossal structure oil The CT
lies which are TO concentrate the rich elements ol
the valley of the Mississippi. The ruins Of
| rhsbes and Memphis, Of Palmyra and Balhcc,
remain sliil 10 ATTEST theil ioici Sied'hess' Du'
from prosperity built upby means Of caravan
trade on camels, or by commerce Of galleys on
The Red Sea and Persian Gull, the eye will Turn
to the mighty steam agency, propelling immune
rable vessels across the inland seas and the noun
| tain lakes-along the sinuous rivers and The pla-
cid streams of this vast continent of ours. The
eve will turn 10 this theatre OF wonders. 10 be-
hold The flight of locomotives along our path.
ways of iron, shortening time and space and
bearing with speed and safety the merchant and
the traveller, The naturalist and the voluntary ex-
lie, the phianihropsi and the ambassador Of hea-
ven 10 their respective labcrs-'t will turn with
wonder TO The wide provinces of steam, in
facilitating the interchange of nations in works
CT the hand and productions OF the sol-in bring
ing an,ipodes who have hitherto been planned,
with foot opposite 10 foot, in parallel intercourse
and genealogical proximity-in disembowelng