Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-02

nniil after the death ofitsauthor. Article the
second entitled The Preacher, "evinccs learn
ing, and wellsdescribcs the hgh calling and
alc essential qualifications Of q Minister Of the
Gospel. The fourth article gives au.intefesting
sketch of the several States aud,the condition
oc society in moderu Italy. The fifth article is
Il philosophical essay upon 'The Study of
His,oiy," and is Il good review of the able
introductory lecture on modern history" by
DR.. Thomas Arnold. 1t affords much inslruc.
ton, not only to The general reader, but to,thc
diligent student ofhistory. Article sixth, en'l-
tied, "Yhe condition of woman" is i review
ofa work called Woman in the nineteenth
century, by S. Margaret Fuller :" a lady dis'in-
guis;,ed Cor her learning aNd ner talent. The
reviewer is so ungallsnt knight, as 10 tilt
lance with Miss Fuller en- the subject of the
rights and duties OF the lair ~cx. To Hse the
language ftl,e reviewer Miss Fuller IL con.
tending for 'vtat she supposes are The rights of
her sex, stops short Ct no claim which woman
may make, 10 perfect equality with men. in
every thing which man now does,
"This caunot he. We cannot give her
the armor and The javelin" She may be
worshipped as deity, bat i, mus, not .e as "a
Paas. (f she is to possess power. (and who
shall gansay her claim TO the possession! y it
must be the power Of her wcakr eSS Her
whole history, her physical aud moral conform.
atoms. go to show that she c1a have nn part in
,he strength the rudeuess. the impene,iabilny
that gives man his domination. Endowed like
the partner of her race with an immortal mind,
an emanation Of that holy original whence she
sprang, she yet differs from man in that pecn
liar organization and its effects. which she
owes to the iinrnuabc will OF her Creator.
Imaginative and susceptible, weak. limid aud
dependent, she looks up TO and leans upon
man rs the being who is 10 cherish, 10 snppor'
and to defend !er, and unlike the ungraerl
lniStlelne which :obS the oak 10 winch il clingS,
ofnourslmen: and life. she adds. by the Claims
of her protector and by the sweet influence OF
her virtues. leads him to better deeds and pur
or thoughts
'Wonan thus ,mid gentle and dependent.
must yield to man The rough and rugged paths
Cf life. She was not made for tumnIluouS as
sembes, for tie chicanery Of politics, the lnr
hWlence Of public office. or the bold and fac
tiuus defamation G! the legislative hall. 1t is
among the Larcs and Pcna,cs Of her home. the
domestic hearth AMI the household duties. that
she claims our esteem and wins cur love.
Should she wander from this. her appointed
path. she may, like some fiery and crratic c"-
met. becsmc the hiue days wonder OF the
world but il is only when revolving in her
proper orbit as the obedent daughter, the af
:cctiomate mother. or the faithful wife, that she
sheds around, the mild lnstrc Of planet winch
rIeuses by its regularity, while it charms By
lis beauty
This iswell expressed. and meets onr hear
" appreciation We believe that the great
majority of the ladies themselves must coincide
with the reviewer in opinion about the proper
sphere, in which the gentle sex should ever
move. Article the seventh is entitled "Nlr.
Clay and the American System" This is an
able defence of Free Trade. aud is Il severe
critique upon the doctrines Of Mr.. Clay. Ar.
trcle eighth is upon The Nebular Hvpothe.
sis" Article the nlnth contains nRn,ber of
critical notices. Upon the whole, them nnber
before MS. will sustain the high reputation Of
,he Southern Quarterly Review