Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-27
FROM THE BALANCE.
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No. Xxx.
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No. Xxx.
g Mar les @aAtby fau ones to glory az
eead,
Aud geuixs ard beqsty il harnony blend;
TIE g,acss Of fo,mJ5uA oapafe PRE- dsfre,
14ud tbc charms Of tbe lo4t eUer fbsry@ re
frc:
TIER l4veetusl, uumi9glsa, t5eir maaaers
refu'd,
Ind ufrtue's brigbt iinage egfamfa Q"
fbeir mind,
Viii peace, and lstt rapfara, Full teach
life to gloqv,
Aad light up a ./mle il the cl1eR Of qeoe. +"
DWIGHT.
MoNTESQUIEU, fpeaking of the
influence of the female f.x on public morals
and manners, fays, +" Tie fatety ofa Gate
depends on the virtues of the women. p
The truth of this Pertinent might beeyin-
ced and illufrated by adverting TO the
hiGory of foale of the mott famous among
the ancient nations, and particularly OF
thofe, whole forms Of government were OF
the republican kind. The mott filming
periods of their hifory were thoi. in which
tie modeRy, fidelity, economy, 81 various
other donlefic virtues Of the female fex,
inbred the men with noble itntiments and
pranpted them to deeds Of honor: and
The fatal harbingcr Of ghsir fail & deRruc-
ton was ehe deeienfon Of femaIe virtue.
Women are the guides Of NANCY aud ear
| Is childhood. From then are received
the fft and moa indeIible inpreGions;
and their influence in fociety ever increafes
with the increale Of Civilization and foci-
al refinement. Throagh the benign inau
eace Of The chritian fyasm, the general
dif4iion Of knowledge and the fuperior re-
inement Of tate and fentim.nt, Womtn
las rifan to a very important raak in foci-
al lie. It's feen that he has mfud as
veil IS farm her capacity for intellec-
tual improvements and hes righr, in COM
mon with that of the other fssi, TO par
ticipafion of intellectual enjoyments are
freely acknowledged. In tbe mean time,
the Importance of female education has be.
come trite theme, on which the tongues
and the pens of the learned and ingenious
have frequently defcansed. Any attempt
therefore, TO add TO the numerous argu-
nents in flpport of fentiment, that has
now become generally obvious, would be
equally d::sicuIt and ufeful. But the quef
tion, reipectirg the bef modes and mott
ufeful objects of female education, both in
regard 10 Individual happiness and the
iaterea, Of the public, is worthy Of diff
cuiIion.
Whether the fexes be equal or unequal,
in mental powers, it is evident that their
deltioations are different. The female
form, while it is more graceful than that
OF the other fex, is inferior in point Of
arengh; and, consequently, is leis adapt
ed 70 the rugged and perilous occupations
and boiGerous fcenes Of life. Female
children are commonly lefs rowing 10 their
dtipohtions, and isis turbulent ana obitl-
nate il their tempers they are more do.
Gle ana more domeaic, than thofc OF the
other Tex. Hence it plainly appears TO
be the ordination of nature, that women
lhonld be employed chiefly in the various
bufine(s Of the domeitic kind. And, as
the dtiigns of nature are never thwarted
with impunity, thoie women, who diff
daioing TO be confined to the feminine
fphere OF action, ufuvp the ,bullnels and ape
the manners of men, are puniihed for
tAls ufurpation, bg the lois of their altrac
tons.
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