Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1857-05-06

Restion to tnems sneJ
to PROFOUND kfer you to the haudsomsS
would probap have. principally, erec'sa'
college that % Selds which they culn-
andeshe Evidence that they are n0s,-
ne ysse. as Bis fact incontesslolI IbRbols Rbass from
II IOes %ers of this church Ni.nnO.. IN an
.h .he nort Of Christ's cause ms sab;eet
ne a means? Does it not Jus.ls s1
poYta - the charge of coyetousness of
''sn TLs, : facilities for the improSe'nssr
u 81 sas .l.--a the present c.
fe nigh usfffr1s which formerly snrrcca--
ded the mines of art, science and literature
have been removed by diligence and per
severance. To the youth of this highly
favored land would say-Go forth Ex-
plore the hidden recesses of these mines
and extract from them the rare gems which
lie just beneath the thin strata of contin-
gency-gems which viii immortalize your
name through time immemorial. Go fit
yourselves for future usefulness Go for
ward In the improvement Of the mind,
which reines and prepares it for that unlim-
tied improvement which it is destined to
enjoy In the celestial courts Go gather
up those immutable truths which times
corrosive fingers cannot tarnish Truths
which give the mind an enlarged capacity
tor receiving Enjoyment, not only in this
life, bu for receiving the unmixed joys of
the heavenly Jerusalem.
And should woman be denied the privi-
lege of participating in this noble work =?
Is she to remain mere cipher in the sci
entifc and literary world? Ignorant of
those facts which fit her for her sphere of
action Is she not moral and religious
being, equally responsible with man? Has
the Allwise Deity laid on Ter the obliga-
tions Of such a being, without endowing
her with the moral and intellectual power
to discharge them? Has she not, even un-
der the most unfavorable circumstances,
proved the assertion false, that she is not
capable of any praiseworthy attainments ?
Has she not welded sceptre before which
the rulers of seven different nations were
proud to bow? Has she not shown intel
lectual power which causes the boasted
monarch of Europe to tremble on
throne Has she not exerted an j.
en- e which wrested her country fl
Calling fetters of tyrany and desf
Give woman free access to the miI
ence. and she will yet entwine sf
name intellectual garlands fromwt
with all bis boasted originally,
s.stsasssstt 4 .e.s.,.st = =
It's fragrance Give woman her rights,
say, and she will yet insert in the futuN
coronet of literary renown, gems as bright,
as rare, as pure, as were ever inserted In
that of the past by the eulogized Virgil or
eloquent Cicero.
Who have made those discoveries which
have revolutionized the word? Who sus-
pended those lights ia the intellectual
horizon which have chased away the forbo-
ding clouds of ignorance and superstition
like mist before the morning Sun? Who
forged the great iron horse which forms a
connecting.ink between the most distant
nations? Who constructed the press,
which daily sends forth thousands of its
leaden messengers to bear entertainment
and instruction to all who will receive
them? Who invented the magnetic tele-
graph, which can convey intelligence to
the remotest point with lightning speed
Who first bore the glad tiding across the
boundless deep to the benighted heather?
TEE EDUCATED Why is our loved coun-
try the bright oasis of religious light and
Bible truth ? Why are our females exalt-
ed to their proper sphere? Education is
generally difuscd. Then let intellectual
culture be freely bestowed, until it has elu-
cidated every mind aud chased away every
cloud Of ignorance that sheds its blighting
shadows over the land of the free and
the homeof the brave
ESTHER.