The Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1854-1855, 1855-09-20
Number 40.

! Bloody Mary" of the Russian seuoale law
giver. and Of many Others less wicked bag 40
less powerful. whose deeds are indeliblv ra
corded upon the history of nations. are ey1-
idences Of female power. In every ags as
woman exercised a vast influence upon "a
destiny OF nations. might speak of tie
heroic. self sacrificing Josephine. the embesa
meni OF every thing pure. lovely, and noeis
or of the mother OF Washington, name Id ii
sacred in the heart Of every American, lsa4
ADLER pens than mine have >hrunk in profound
reverence from the task, and l will uet a.
tempt it. The heroiSm of Joan of Arc. OF
Charlotte Cordsy. and of Madame Rotggd.
the bravery Of Bona Lombarde all cons 4ce
US that the mind of woman may be as falls
developed as that of man. True. our sex has
produced no Euelids. no Raphaels or Angelas.
no Shakspeares or Millions, no Baeons on New
tons-but it is not less from her natural inca
paeity than from her being deprived of Up
portunities for developing merit, that womas
has not placed her name among those q ii
lustrious poets and painters. mathematieaas
and philosophers. Man dressed in a i sae
brief authority" has arrogated to him@@l 81
preme power; forgetting that God gave a'u
only beast. fish. and fowl dominion absolute
he has snatched from woman the pen aad
Tyre and consigned her to the kitchen.
" no among the ancient Greeks or Romans
ever founded schools of philosophy or pas .x
for their daughters. Who among the Ro1aait
nobility ever thought of sending their daa.-
tiers 10 Athens 10 complete their educatoe -
What Alfred ever founded an Oxford ts
young ladies' These questions receiF 40
response. The genius of woman has r
been developed under the most inauspll Heds
circumstances and yet the world has produced
authoresses whose fame and influence = ali
IL, -l,n 1ta1 f,..
cest flowers from the garden of poesy. Mrs.
Hemans, frai and delicate in form. ". s. "a
sweet though sad disposition, has bequea i. ii
TO us some of the purest gems of though aad
feeling. The brilliant and fascinating Mat
anne De Stae at once hated and feared by .4e
greatest emperor of the world. who by her
wit and eloquence drew around her not only
the litcrati Of Paris but of all Europe. rss-
duced, during her fourteen years of exile.
works which have immortalized her name
Who has not wept the sweet tears of synpa-
thy in perusing her Corrinne? Corrinne the
creation of en- imag ination seldom equa,Ied,
and less frequently excelled. Mary How,tt,
mingling her literary and household duties.
the high souled Jewess, Grace Aguilar the
happy but retired Maria Edgeworth. with a
! myriad of sister spirits, have breathed iosth
the sweetest strains of poetic thought, spirs
harmonies that shall be waited across the
breezes Of centuries, aud shall be re-echood by
kindred spirits, who will fill the world With
enrapturing song; and perhaps--pardon oty
seeming presumpiion--from the Ohio We
leyan Female College, which has just strug
gled into existence and as yet scarcely dares
to lift its head in the midst of this literary vi
lage, and sinks into utter insignificant N
comparison with the renowned and flourish
ing Ohio Wesleyan University, with its vast
buildings aud almost innumerable hos Of
professors and students. may come forth
genius who shalf moi only re echo tho stssssts.
Of Sappho, but by the improvisations Of Eer
brilliant mind, shall hold countless thousands
spell bound. Old opinions and prejudices
concerning woman fast disappearing. and
! would willingly consider that attentive
audience is not bea.ind the age.