Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-09-21

CHARGED upon female knowledge ID oess oGisu ~
making that knowledge more geIs.a . 80 t
| .,';n DISGRACE and inconvenience, which pro-
feglecting it For the care OF cihldIen'
natnre has made direct and powerful
| and the gentleness and eiegance Oh %oiah -
raj Consequence of that desire to please wmch
10 Give OF the greatest part of civilization ana
refinement, and which rests upon foundation 700
deep to be shaken by any such modlhcatioiISs, ~
female education, as we have proposed - ~; yot
edmcate woman to attendto dignifed and important
subjects, you are multiplying beyond measure lle :
chances of human improvement, by prePafiis ui..
,nesiieating those early impressions, when always
come from the mothers; which, in great ihaJoii'5
of instances, quite decisive OF cnalac.el 90"
genius Nor is it only in the business OF educatiou
that women would influence the destiny oil niei'
If women knew more, men must learn moieTi 40
Ignorance would then be shameful-and IL wiz
become the fashion to be instructed. Inc ins,iu.
ton of omen improves the stock national taiehl
and EMPLOYS more minds for the instruction anu
amusement of the worlds it increases the pleaSuiIs
Of society, by multiplying the topics upon wtion
the two sexes take common interest,"; anu iianS
marriage an intercourse of understanding as wen
as of affection, by giving dignity and Importance 10
the female character. The education OF women
ayors public morals it provides for every season OIL
life as well as for the brightest and the best, ana
leaves woman, when she is sirlken by the hand OF
time, not rs she is-destitute OF everything aiiu
neglected by all-but with the full power and
splendid attractions of knowledge; dihuslng the
elegant peasures of polite literature, and receiving
the Just homage oflearned and accomplished men,"
General Scott.
"a thrilling account of a speech delivered at a
great ratification meeting in Hamilton county, o.,
lately held, is given in the Cincinnati papers,
One of the noblest, amongthe very many noble in
cidents of Winfield Scotts life, was recited with
powerful effect, and was received with oyerwhelm-
ing and heartfelt applause. We copy the follow
ing account from Cincinnati exchange: a.. ID
a,,2 hall IrtSb h.
mans fervor in the cause he espouses, was the next
speaker. He proceeded to give his reasons for the
support of Scott and Graham in preference TO the
nominees of the Democratic party, SO called
Scott, though staunch Protestant, was Cathoilc
Iilan-Catholc, in that his soul was large enough
TO tolerate every form of honestly entertained re-
ligious belief. Applause and cries OF sure, and
amt we all going for him?'] When the corrupt
and perjured English Government would, with
characteristic cowardice in crushing fallen Zoe,
have shot the Irish prisoners taken IN the last war
with that country, Gen. Scott stood upon the quar-
ter deck Of an English man. of-war-dye mind that
bows ION an English mdn-of -irdr-and told the
epauletted hirelings of that damnable Government
that orr query Lishmdn shot, ttoo British officers
should lite The dust |" Enthusiastic and long con-
tinued cheers for Scott That dauntless bearing
saved my countrymen. And can forget the mag
unanimous actions of the conqueror of Mexico, who
secured to vanquished people all the right of prop
erty, and, more than this, all the rights and priyi-
leges of free and unrestricted Worship Never y
Gentlemen, my father fought under Gen. Scott on
the battle field; and, iii please God, am going to
fight for him in this political campaign. [Cheers.l
Mr.. Gibbons alluded to the clause in the Con-
stitution of New Hampshire-tbat State in which
General Pierce is said to have been the leading
DISTINGUISHING all of his faith, and de-
clared that the arch enemies Of his dearly beloved
Ireland-Lord Lyndhurst, (hisses,l or Lord Claren-
don [groans,l or the Duke of Wellington-should
as soon receive his vote as this Franklin Pierce.