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Of light that pervadcd the darkness OF the
m;diIe apes. was announced by the homage
maid to female worth and as civilization has
advanced. it has always been highly appre.
ciated. At the fireside of female watchtul-
ness. many blessing to these United States
is fostered. If that love of truth and right
eousness-that ardent benevoencc and ex-
nansive sympathy, from which alone the
cause of humanity can hope for support, are
to be found on earth, in purity and simplici-
ty. it is in the bosom of the amiablc, accom-
plished, and intelligent female.


90 Retiring and unobtrusive, her influence,
in point of numbers, is not perhaps extcn-
siye-but within the sphere OF its operation,
It i, powerful, and it is decisive. To her it
belongs to unfold the powers of the intantlle
mind0to instil the earliest precepts OF vr-
tue-to impress the earliest feelings of hu-
manity-to form at once the understanding,
the imagination, and the heart. Around the
domestic board and altar are inculcatcd the
first great principles which give impetus to
the future character. Here are ELECTED the
first scintillations of those luminarics of
science. which shoot their rays into the re-
motest time. And here too, man finds So
lace for his care, and resting place for his
wcaried bosom.


" Domestic happiness! thou only bliss


of Paradise, that has survived the fall!


Thou art the nurse OF virtue! In thine arms,


She smiles, appearing as ln truth she IS,
IIeayen-born, and destined to the skies again."


"Whcn behold pious mother inculca-
ting on the sacred pledges OF her affection,
the lessons Of wisdom ard vlrtuc--dircctlns
the new born ideas of children; and fixing
upon the plant mind the impress OF truth
tcmpering heroic fortitudc with the gentle
ness of compassion, and manly vigor OF intel
lect with the tendcrest affections OF the
heart, rejoice in this happy spectacle as the
best guard of my country's prosperity