The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-03-18
Vol! II, No. 80 Whole No. $40.

IShe fostered the high, chivalric daring o
the knights who few to arms in the caus,
Iof the oppressed; she presided, at tOurna
ments and fetes. as the Queen Of beauty anC
the rewarder Of deeds
The knights who breathed nought bul
vengeance in the battle field. or defed his
limplacable foe to mortal combat in the lists,
became ''caIm and gentle as the infants
slumber" in the presence Of the fair. His
angry passions hushed; his taunts and
bcastful words changed to the language Of
love and gallantry. He acknowledged the
potency Of, and yielded obedience to the
charms of woman. Hers, however was not
the magic influence of mind. TO read the
wild and absorbing romances Of those times
to sing to the lutte the love days Of trouba-
dours; to sitat their everlasting embroidery,
shadeing flowers they had no parallel in ma
ture: this was all they wished or required.
That age is past-its ideas, prejudices feel
ings, with it, Gin the deep ocean buried"
Now intellect, genius, assert their independ-
ence; and here, again woman, Proteus-like,
assumes new form of influence. Splendid
have been the creations Of her mind. Re-
leased from the arbitrary letters which had
for ages, bound it, the wing of Genius soar
in power of Omnipotent. Need we point
to Siddons, Baillie, More, an Edge
worth-names which dare compare with
the noblest of mans in their respective
walks: These, and hundreds of others,
exercise vast amount of influence over the
present age, which will be carried far into
the future. Education has, indeed, done
wonders for the sex-but religion has done
still more: it has taught them to look upon
this life-which is but preparatory to anoth-
er-as state probation, where we are all
placed to aid one another with counsel and
comfort.
And it is in this Woman should find the
proper exercise Of her faculties. Far retir-
ed from the busy highways Of Ambition,
she should wander in the shady leaves of
domestic life. 1t should be hers to cheer
The dropping head of Sickness, and pour
balm into the bosom of the wretched-to
seek out the abodes of Poverty, and cheer
their inmates with aid, advice and sympa-
5hy-to welcome to the quiet hearth the
partner of her joys and sorrows, when worn.
ind weary with the worlds conficts-to
ear her offspring in the fear of God, and
owe of everything good and holy. These
re the duties which every woman of the
resent day are bound to perform. Unseen,
Infelt, she extends her influence far and
Vide. She is forming the future patriot,
or enemy of his country; more
han this, she is sowing the seed of virtue
r vice. which will ct him for heaven or for
ternal misery. Noble, sublime, is the task
the American mother-see that it be
,ell performed!
Mother of Washington? would thy name !;
ould be sounded with trumpet's voice 4
the land! Would that the wo- :
len of our beloved country emulated thy .
irtues and glorious example, to rear their D
hildren as wisely and as WE'LL" Then \
would be indeed the land of her Il
IS, not such as the old world saw, ''basely h
amping" on the sacred rights Of humani- :
!, but a race born to bless to humanize
lie world! II