Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-07-28

+sd me for preparing it, will palliate, in some
 rse. its obvious imperfections.
 an. gentlemen, with great respect your ,.lieut servant,
 J. D. KIMBELL.
 IT, A. s. Huey, Gen. w. E. Ashley, Col ". McConaughey, 5. H. Tucker esq, ct d. Cami4es
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 Whether we look back to remote antiquity, ,- contemplate later and more familiar ages l .io energies of the world have ever appeared r yo ucousiderabe degree, directed by the in- ,4rce of woman And although, to the su- ! ,.rfcial observer, it might appear prudent that man should be the sole arbiter of the affairs of <, life, yet, to every rehecting mind iti mani l .,. that he never so grossly errs never so far parts from his own and his couutry's inter- 4 as when he places upon woman those nar- nv restrictions which rob her of the very ca | lcitv she possesses for the promotion of his au welfare and happiness. l allude to that 8ss of persons who believe and aver that wo- n9u needs not the advantages of education, to and qualify her for the sphere in which she owes. Alas! too true and derogatory to the uty of our race, we sometimes encounter | 1rh persons. But I cannot enter into any for l argument to prove the fallacy of their range position, assuming, as do that not one thi, large and enlightened assembly, enter s such an opinion.
 Itis not my purpose, as it will appear, 10 eak of the iisttacttUe process of female edu- l ron-the results of which process have been admirably displayed during the progress of s eXaminatlor-or to prescribe any course for development discipline and culture of the leatal faculties of woman. l choose rather l. speak of her as occupying a cOrreiative po- -Jn 10 man, of her great influence and solemn responsibilities; and allow me, ere l proceed tner, ln most unfeigned sincerity, to express regret that have been invited, under cir rms,ances, and in manner which regard IS torbldding my refusal, to walk where ue but men of experience, ability and re- 1 gu have trodden before me. and to deprecate mputAtion of arrogance in my feeble at mW to follow them-haviug been actuated no motive but an unwlingncss to reject the lv honor l hope for in the attempt-that of l Icing thought worthy to perform the task. il IS assumed that the feminine and mascu- e natures are identical, neither being sure- r to the other in the scale of existence, but sring, in common, elements of being. under Inference of temperament, and each posses Z powers, the developing and harmonizing which, are necessary to the ideal type of s human race. It is a fact of common ob Hatiou that the reflective faculties generally | -ed7mil7te iu man, and the affective in wo- l' and that energy marks the one and senSi .tt the other. But fortunately for inc es .| rff -g- off h.,
 ame0ts are not held respectively in exclusive s>eSS'on and power. Woman, to bn woman, st reflect as we'll as feel; man, 10 be man, 7t feel as well as reflect. Thought and feel arc rec'rrocally dependent upon each other tae great work of developing character It th's d.Iierencc, however, iu the prominent .,H'es ot the scxcs-thought predominating the one and sympathy in the other-the ra- al affinity of the two elements and their h1eneE towards a living unity, that gives so aoeh t"tce and truth to the oll philosophical ea that each sex finds in the other the phsv- ,5gical complement of its own being and cha nior- hich is said to be something more than brmony-a complete unity. l. would not | me me, perhaps, to he very absolute on this geci, but 1 cannot help marking the perfect cTJahce oi this Platonic idea with the scrin- 7I account of the duality of inc human race. s, us go back to the beginning of creation, -eH ills earth we inhabit was a shapelpSs mass er which darkness brooled with eternal wing. Np1t whose reflections defy even the pow soi inauguration to conceive. or the tongues angels to express, moved in majesty over bundles chaos; light sprang forth and the -e mass assumed the curvil.ucar form: here lolh,an rose ;u grandeur, there a valley rad out in everlasting verlure: here sparkIed iacid waters, and there the landscape was -i over which it was designed they should
 er pass. The tiocRs, the herds, the wild
 >s aut creeping things moved upon the
 Hd; fishes iunumerab'e and monsters of
 deep played in it's waters; the gathered 2. n al. their gorgeous dyes, the Tainted 7.Hv, and countless insects cleft in i0v the ny ar Lastly, and among all these, in the
 aS spot of the new formed earth, appeared hHS more largely endowed than all things
 iroln she beauty and perfection of the Spirit whose presence had wrought these
 'eriui works. Before him the lion cower-
 submission and the tiger played about n affection; all animated creatures moved IS nod, and the spontaneous productions of
 vegetable kingdom poured themselves at
 ae'; and the benefccut Spirit from whose Fer he had spruug. coudescenled 10 converse him as peer, for in him was his own i'm
 aintlv shadowed forth. What more, might asked, could have been added to all these sings and wonders, and the perfections of
 mighty Spirit, to content the lord of crea- Yet they failed; the former were found e inferior to his own immortality, while the er was being too lofty for his svmpathies: 4 ,1.l,
 'dor and power and the presence of his .aer he was sal; for
 Man. He hermit, siglled, till woman smilcd;1 hers was more potent than natures uni '~sa smie"- " l. is not good for man to be Jfe' said the Spirit, in mercy, "l will make
 aelpmeet for him." Discomfort sat heavily
 the soul of man-dark clouds of compas- as it were bent over him.
 A,lo'e o'er death couch, or hope OCT d tomb"
 By the magic power of the great Spirit, a 2lHfUl being, resembling him who was un-
 'cous of the mysterious transformation, me forth. Less stalwart, and less majestic h himself, with a counteuance of less yigor,
 brow of less exranse, this new creature
 more delicate, and bore in her couutenance
 'eof dove-lile innocence and angelic sweet N tudI ne WilO WaN even CFcdlet III tllD Ill- @of his Maker; while her tresses, far more -i6ant than his, descended in graceful and
 ,ng riuglets.
 ' Such, in my feeble conception, was the new
 1lsuion of man; and these were the first of
 hnman race, in whom was fully realized
 Ideal type of car being Go with them
 agh their brief hours of bliss, their temp
 n their flll-folow their race, if you kse, along down the |" corridors of time," to
 ssseut day Human nature, we find, is
 ssesane; and although the will was cor
 fei by f1le fall, and orr whole nature there
 oaiused, the primal elements of our being
 hot destroyed and the ideal type of the
 Yet remaius; for, in the beautiful lines of
 ''yson:
 Ike perfect music unto noble words,
 ,e twain upon the skirts of time
 aie by side, full summed in all their powers"
 le idea is too often entertained, and fear
 oten enforced, that in consequence of the
 woman was placed in state subordi-
 '9o to man. It had it's origin, perhaps, in
 dgment pronounced upon woman, but
 Nal this i1pa of subieciiOn or inferlOrity Is