The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-07-06
THE BEDFORD GigETTE.
Bedford, July 6, 1855.
ESSAY ON NO II A n.
BIZ THOS. II. TECKROY.
4 Student Of CaSSyiIe Seminary.

There IS value set upon every thing. We
are taught by Economists that the value OF an
article is increased in proportion to the demand
IN which il is held, or, according as IL rsYlires
labor for its production. There arr.. besides,
many things which are plenty bat cost nothing,
and yet these areiRvaIuable. The pure air we
inhale, nyigorating our bodies and expanding
our lungs: the silyrry, crystal stream, which
glshpS from the mounialue 3 side refreshing faint
ing man, satisfying the thirstng herds and re-
givilying the dropping plants: the lovely pros
pect OF sprp0g, green with leaves and drcked
aYith howeIs-harvest with IFS yellow sbeaveS,
autumn with its fading foliage and meaning
winds, and winter with It's vrsments Of snowy
white and hoarv locks-nr the thunderstorm, or
the majestic beauty of midnight scene. or the
golden luStre OF the rising sGn, from all OF which
the eve drinks pleasure UutIl 1t is intoxicated
with delight all these, say, are things which
cost nothing, and vet, IN their elects are deyond
price. Uniting, then, the theory taught US
both by scrnce and observation, We have pro-
per basis by which to estimate female influence.
We shall not take the frantic losers eyes, and
view woman as some nymph, some ideal being
from heavenly spheres nor vet will we SO far
reproach ourselves as to view her as the servant
or inferior of man bat will look at her as a
real being, the gift Of beneficpnt Father, crea-
Ted 10 sustain certain relations to her species,
and TO exert certain influence in social and
domestic !ifs. In this ESSAY, we will view her
neither as our idol nor our foe.
WoNax was the completion ofGod's creation.
She is the crowning glory Of man. And here
question arises. How far and IN what is man
her superior? We answer. Not in beauty,
1or woman Is the loveieSt Of all created beings.
Nor in sympathy, for, when mans heart is fro
zen and callous, hers is a glow Of liquid fire.
Nor in Sensiblitv, for where else are found as
refined feelings and as Ooble a soul Nor in
courage, Il mean that courage which is the twin
sister of Fortitude and Hrroisn, and the Off
spring of Love,) for she, from her peculiar ma
iure, will dare when the bold heart OF man
covers and shrinks. Nor in devotedness, for
death itself, when properly formed. cannot Sc
yer her attachments Nor yet in taste, for in
thus respect she shows herself to be possessed
ol the most refined appreciation. If, then, man
is not her superior in these things. in what does
ne excel her? Again we reply, simply 10 those
tLingS IN which she vas not designed 10 engage.
Even as the fierce Lion, who bids defiance 20 all,
walks the earth with majestic boldness, so nan,
30 proves, in might, in power, at the Bar, upon
me Rostrum, and in the Pulpit, in these po-
STlions and in these things, is her superior, bat
ne Is 50 only because she was not designed to
show her powers here. But she, on the other
'and, may be compared TO the Parent hen, who
spreads her wings to cherish her young or shield
them from the preying hawk. Man is fitted
'or the strife of politics, the discussion of the
points which divide parties and crepds, and The
nasy scenes OF public life; WOMAN, TO sway the
hrpside BY loving smiles, and with sweet, coun-
-eiIlng words, and TO shed refining and hal
lowing influence on all with whom she may be
connected. The former rules by bis strength of
"dy and mind: the latter by the power Of her
sympathy and the refining touch of her coun-
SS' And these facts fully establish the truth
" our assumption, viz: That woman is the COM
Ilellon OF mans glory--tile crowning segment
u uods creaiion Hence we come to this
IoncIHsIon, that, as all things in nature are i
'FAi'hed with a beautiful and diversified CON
''F'' 50, IN The gift of.waman, harmony and con