Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-08-26

Think not that It Is the end Of your being. o. the
exceepce Of female character, to adorn the person
with The ornamental charms OF flashing sik, 6ue
gauze and tinse to follow with obsequous devotion
the ever-varying phases Of c.pricious fashion, or
powdered dust of the diamonds but strive rather to
obtain the richer ornament, the brighter radiance
and more substantial charm which intellectual cul'
tuse bestows
The proper training and development Of the mind
does not consist in accumulitng and storing away
in memory the facts which history discloses the
truths science reveals; but in correct understand
ing and just apprehension of the relation and bear.
ing OF one fact truth upon other facts and other
truths. There does not exist in physics or morals
single fact or truth, standing solitary and alone,
without it's relations to anecedens and results. An
unbroken chain links each fact in the Universe from
the original fat Of the Almighty to the latest mo-
ment of time. To trace the connexion between
cause and effect to comprehend the fitness and pro-
prety OF things, the purpose and design OF the Gre
ator which everywhere exist though often misnn-
derstood, to know our duty to ourselves to society,"
and to God, and to fit ourselves for its faithful dis
charge, is the end of knowledge and of reason.
True, you have not the same length of time allot-
ted, the same facilities furnished to pursue
uninterrupted course of study with the opposite sex.
Our universities TEEN with greater number of VOL
umes more numerous corps of learned professors
are employed, as well q greater variety of astro-
nomical, philosophical and chemical apparatus, to
pry into the secrets Of nature and demonstrate the
truths of scientific discovery. 1t is not expected
that you will acquire deeper or more varied learn
ing than the other sex but you may and you ought
to closely upon the footsteps Of the boldest ad
venturer in the regions Of thought. You may not
with Hersche point the telescope to the bright orbs
that move in silent majesty in the unfathomable
depths of space : nor, with Humboldt and Hugh
Miller, ascend the rugged heights of the Volcano and
hang over its burning crater or penetrate the strata
of The earth, and trace the footprints of the
tor in its once yielding crust; nor with Prescott
Bancroft and Hawks, gather from musty volumes
and obscure manuscripts the facts and great events
which make up the history and character of peo-
pie But you ought and you may know the result
Of their researches, in much shorter time than they
were engaged in making them; you realize the
full benefits Of their abors and discoveries No chill
ling penury clips the wings of youthful aspira
ton. Parents and guardians have lively appreci-
alton of the real advantage and priceless worth Of
solid learning and polite literature. The time has
been when the father looked with misers eye up
on his gold and would have sooner excluded the
light of heaven from the sou! of his child than have
parted with his treasure. That day Of ignorance is
fast closing-its becOuded sun rapidly sinking be-
meath the horizon. All lovely heritage, in
town and sequestered retreat, are established and
springng up, as by magic, seminaries of learning,
devoted to female education, whence flow perennial
streams Of intelligence and virtue that water and
gladden. our country.
manifested
by the Old North State in behalf Of her daughters.
1t is tit that she who first breathed the thought Of
liberty and ndependence-whO first uEsheathed the
sword and defed the tyrant's wll-should be among
the foremost in that whose goal and end is the
rescue and redemption Of mind from the throdom Of
ignorance and the gloom Of superstition.
Napoleon BOnaparte once asked Madame DeSteal,
one Of the brightest ntellects Of your sex, how he
should best promote the happiness Of the French
people. Her reply was, "lnstruct the women Of
France" Woman is the kind and afectiOnate teach
er Of the race. She watches with maternal and
love the first budding Of promise, and trains with
gentle hand the tender springs Of thought. She tolls
day and night to fit for the fierce conf cts of life
for usefulness and distinction. When We quit the
parental roof she gives shield and tells US 10
leone back with or upon it." If We shall succeed,
if fortune shall favor, and honor be reward, We
flee for while the storm and the strife Of the world
to revisit the old homestead and lay that honor at
the feet of a mother who has watched with Joy our
upward career. 1t is enough for woman that she
fashions the mind and gives to the character Of
him who shall command fleets and lead armies to
battle whose elOquence shall move and calm the
excited masses of the people. Let not, then, vault
ing ambition. the pride Of learning and thirst for
fame usurp the throne in her heart, where gentle
ness, submissveness aed patience ought to egn.-
Let her not reach forth her tiny hand to grasp the
helm and guide the ship Of State over the heaving
of political strife-it is beyond her sphere of &C.
tion-a labor too great and hazardous for her. Her
throne is in the social circle the household altar is
her place OF worship and service Here the virtues
and the graces of female character bloom and shed
their fragrance. Behold the ardor of her pghted
love, and the strength Of her devotion, as excmpli
fled in the classic story of " Penelope's web" For
ten long years Ulysses is - the camp and siege of
Troy, for ten years he is detained by adverse
winds from the pleasures of home and the joys Of
the social circle still, for score of years, his faith
full spouse deiudes mportunate suitors, weaves and
s~snlr ,1,x o:~s-
and hoping for the joyous return of her lord. Look
upon the disconsoate and inconsolabe widow of the
lamented Sir John Franklin Her affectionate de
votion has touched the chords Of sympathy in all
hearts throughout the civilized world; when hope
for the return of Sir John has withered and died in
all other minds; when voyage after voyage Of ex-
ploration and discovery have returned with no sat-
isfactory tidings of his own or the destiny of his
crew still faithful and hopeful she is this day gath
ering together the fragments of her fortune, to fit
another expedition for his relief if it be that he
yet lives Still, for her, does hope plume its white
wings to search amid the thick gloom, the everlast-
ing SHOWS and icebergs of the arctic region, for a
lost husband. Woman alone is capable of such con-
stancy and such devotion.
1t has been we'll said that the vine which has
long twined its graceful foliage about the oak, and
been lifted by it into sunshine, will, when the hardy
plant has been red by the thunderbolt, cling round
it with its caressing tendrls and bind up its shat
tered boughs so is it beautifully ordered by Provi
dence, that woman who is the dependent and orna.
ment of man in his happier hours, should be his stay
and solace when smitten with sudden calamity,
winding herself into the rugged recesses of his ma.
sure, tenderly supporting the dropping head, and
binding up the proken heart. This is her province,
this the orbit in which she ought to move, except
when like the morning star, she deigns to issue forth
to the world in her beauty and grace scattering her
approving smiles upon all that can appreciate her
worth; then she retires to her home again, like that
star sinking in the west, and the refining influence