The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1851-02-01

Her mother kissed her child and said
"Carry this sweet spirit with You. m,
daughter. ~ long A. you live. and you will
have gathered More wisdom from the storm
than from the sunshine. Mrs. Sigoxrwey
The Dsasty sf naslaaA.
The beautiful aud majestic tournurc, IL,
Of English s'istocrncy, have been for three
or four centuries Al least. the envy and nd
mira,ion OF the world. What may b.
termed the poetry Of coniiguration seems tt
belong ms u natural inheritance OF tl,os'
proud, naughty aud cold.hcarted beauties
'rau .,ht by that most contemplate Of nl
affections, the desire TO be thought better
pleased any where else than ut home. ON
writers too frequently fall into the ridicn
lous bunder Of the English Cockney serb.
blers, VINO go into rsptures over France
Spain and Italy. without having voyagcd
beyond Mapping, aud seek. particularly in
the matter OF female loneliness, TO dccry
their own fair aud splendid corntrywomen,
on a'l possible and impossible occasions.
To the nativc Of the continent, who hap.
pens to find himself either in England or
the United States. this is ludicrous enough ;
aud our beautiful sisters aud daughters may
console themselves for the idiotic blindness
OF their scrlbing countrymen, with the
d. " and absorbing admiration with which
their magnificent and cntcing style OF
beauty inspires every foreigner of fashion,
refinement. or good sense.
We said, in speaking of the ladies Of the
English aristocracy. that they were cold
hearted We used the term in its ordinary
acccptaiion-wc meant simply that they
Invested their beauties with that exquisite
frost work of modcsiy and reserve, which
| it is So delicious for the signs al honorable
love to breath upon aud dissipaie. Passion
in the abstract is n thing unknown to the
wei. bred English and American maiden
i, isa thusd.r tone which never is awaken
ed in their puleless bosoms, but by the
electricity of holy and mutual love- They
feel with their dclicat" instinct that female
beauty, in which is not shrued the uhex.
liuguisbablc lamp OF modesty. shedding its
rosy lus,re upon all the transparent sym.
oil ice, which melts beneath the fierce sun o'
passon, In, to minslc with the gross earth
and be trampicd under the foot OF the mean
est aud the bascst. An invisible Impulse "A
sweet We, irresistible power. OF whose cs-
is,ence the, themselves are unconscious but
bv its c,lecis--keeps their hearts and minds
as themselves. not only pure, but beyond
n. A a
could lay the shadow of taint upon them
They learn of their own thoughts 10 keep
thei beauty MS II sacred aud n,iolablo re.
pository Of Heavens choicest and most deli
cions fragrance and It is only when the
subtle ilamc of leve, born Ike themselve,
in Heaven, ard mt seeking its congen nj
uourisiunent through NIL the world, mnseals
the alalastcr portals of thrir gentle bosons
that the fountain OF ancc,ion--clear. deep,
aud tranquil ms the eternity 10 which il is
.uuning--bursts forth nud flows, for ever.
The weary soul TO whom is permitted to
refresh its dropping pinions in that wave
is blessed indeed
The Greeks who knew all things. and
kacw them better than any other, because
their keen sense OF the beautiful kept them
in constant communications with Nature
and the God of the Heautiul--rcrsonified
10 their religious system, three sorts OF 'e.
male oyelincss-iirst, the producing being
with n voluptuous and scnsuous configura.
ton, small head. las showing that mental
occupation was not her dcsilny,) and
thrilling lip and eye. coming passion IN
every ion--bcwiIdc,ing the senses with
every undula,ion OF that sweet head aud
bcwitching form. This was Venus. Next
came the huniing. warning, and travelling
faculty, personiiied under the form OF Dia'sa
--bcautiiul vet cl,astc, and full Of dignity.
condesccnsinn, faitl,tuln.ss, wisdom, hut no
love. After her is the intellectual woman
the ;mn,edat. creation OF the breath OF
God--Psyche--thc mind the soul, the high
est embodied intelligence. How truthful
and how beautiful is this noble yet simple
story,
Without going through with the history
Of women, IN the different nations descended
from the Caucasian race. We will merely
add TINT the English md American women
m a general characteristics, u"ite these three
kinds al female excellence. Lovely and
ewildering IN the spells they cast around
our captive senses, they blend the grandeur
and dignity Of wisdom. Propriciy, modesty,
and good sense. even in their most ungusrd'
cd impulses; while their refined aud power.
lul iniellccts keep pace proudly side By side
with the naughty and daring soul OF man,
or even overslep US in the race for im"'or.
atty.
IMPORTANCE or HEsNG AHiE no OEsrtss
n.n,cAa knoM Of no ntincinlc which