Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-03-05
AnnR:GSS SRY MIR. SInIlIS.

TIE address delivered by w. GILMORE SlMMs,
Esq in August last, upon the occasion Of lie In.'l.
euralion Of Sparlanburg Female College" is in The
Usual cIssc style Of that distinguished gentleman and
scholar lie lays hold Of the great subject of educa-
ton with the bold grasp Of one who entirely COM
prehens the vast extent and Importance Of mental
and moral culture. His unfolding Of the many ave-
niles TO the mind and heart, through which good or
evil is 10 enter according the educational privileges
of each son or daughter Of ADAM, maniests the wri-
ter's profound Intimacy with human nature in its
thousand wants and necessities. His illustration ct
the sentiment that " Education bears the same rela.
lion to Humanity which culture does 10 nature"
aloumIs in beautiful thoughts pne;icay expressed
His estimate Of the value Of woman in the scale OF
being is at Just and complimentary TO that loVeii'
est part Of creation. His hints upon her duties IN lie,
as cont,ased with those Of man, are such rs all prac'
,ica philosophy fully ssains in short, the address
ns n whole is worthy OF its author and the occasion
that called il forth. We quote 4 single passage rs
specimen of its tone and style. The speaker is dis
coursnp of womans allotted task wife an mother:
Go with ME to iha, mighty pile of rock, six thou
sand feet above The sci, mass heeting over mass,
black Wild savage great ellis hanging loose 10 air
great caverns yawnins between them; ie SINGER pre-
cpire prominent alb We the chasm whch oIachiy
stretches n thousand feet beow-wh0nt stay, or
slrp or ledge in the interval, upon which the noun
tain deer mig h stand will safely, or WITHOUT 'elfof
and tremhig :,
In tile highest peak on the side most precipitons,
ovrrhanping the dismal chasm of thousand feet the
eagle has made his hume, in slippery cavern, "a
rrea, crcvice opened by the bolts oil heaven. There
dwell pair Of these mighty BIRDS III Whose granueuF'
daring solitary might and masnan'mliy, great men
have always been pleased 10 nt lhtr n"n'eSt MOI
al ,raiD thprv n
own bold aud powerful crnploymens. on see, even
as The sun rusles up into The heavens, that the male
bird darts nul to halhc in lis beams, AMI TO drink
vIaur from his ascending fires iis eye challenges
that of The sun, and his great metallic Mss gr1M
golden rs he rolls among The burning vapors. ne
sails free; hangs suspended on his own cenre and,
nj an incompatible distance he behol''s his prey the
Sheep browsing upon the hillside, thousands ot !eet
below SwiIrr than any flight oil arrow rusil
like that of the bo-a nriing tumnt OF Wings, that
rattle like plate armour rs he goes-e descends upon
his victim which he bears up in his steeiy talons-
each stroke of wlicl, is 'eatl,-to The over!anging
prccipre where is and young ones Keep lie Is The
pnrveyur, The warrior, The lluhter-tlc e"hp"esof
lie prrlunns the masculine Office
Bin, his mate is she degraded in hers Is hers
one to muriify her natre-lO revolt her ins'ihcs-lo
humble her pride. She tears the food ior ier young
she watches their nes-shc trains their little wings
in flight. Hardly less powerful iiian inc maze, sue
can in degree execute his trusts, should Inc Doit VI
the hunter strike him down in his flight. but sle mas
her own See her she watches, calm, immovaoie.
as the rock ITSELF while the sIealIhy viper crawls up
wards from the gorges to her summits In mnn'ent
he is writlng in her beak and, as the wolf and
panther tread alone the prectpcc she dasles ONT upon
iliem, with fierce bill, and bloody talon, every slroKe
of which is terror, while her sharp, triumphant
shrieks attest to her returning consori The igil ol
the assailant And. when no foes invade her home,
see her AS she trains her yonng to the edges Oh 'ne
prccipice and filings them oil intn tho abyss men,
as they luiier-alling-sfe darts below Them ncaEs
them up-npon her hack filings them up again. inlo
sp,re and beats the druwsy atmosphere benealh
em giving the hnyancy of The winds TO their enrls'
and showing them how lift and inn their little wing
rls in HAT exercise which shall erah!e them 10 use
and sway in future flight and conflict The very wlns
which generate the Storm
DO we sce no meet examples in this history OF j
mothers care and dulies-tfe sources ol her prlue
and satisfaction Is there anything ignoble in these
exercises Do they degrade the female 5Ir'i, M reh-
lion To her mate wuud they degrade lie human
mother! She is thus to feed. aud nurlnrc anu cher
sh her young; to teach their infant wings TO iy; 10
sustain eir infant efforts to watch over and protect
their sllmheis from the enemy She must watch tIat
The vpers Of cunning, and lreacllery and decer nTd
envy do not crawl to their ncs-to her bnsom, or 10
teirs-commissoned 10 Destroy that the wild beasts
of passion, hate, malice, lust an, wrath, do not open
w invade even the wolf the tiger and the panther,
where they slumbcr, upon the very verge oil te NOR