Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-09-29

BIT whilst she IS on'y Taught 10 sing and
ito dress and to gab,ie a foreign Language,
! she ca1 never meser, aid acquires her
knowled = IT men from novels and of their
nanpe-s At IA theatre ;-whilst she learns to
tst, walk. ,wirl her fan.-wrigs'e, ogle and
even q feel itself, according to toe newest
| 'shiou. h We not men an apology 20 put off
marriag- 20 old age, or if they m AIRY &C
al, % d. it for the love of her fortuae and
not of her person. when they know that by
! ntrrving, they run the ch ,ncc OF nos hn1-
ing sensible friend, bu. a { shionable tri.
H., pl-ly thing, of which, like every o.
tner pay thing, they mus soon grow tired!
! Is It such b ing as this that nature in.
>~nde I Il admins err COUNSEL to man in his
! d stress, toco1s, !e him with hope, TO bear mis-
/ pains ao1 his tolls as well as Co share in his
| pleasures, 70 snfscn dovn the stubborn way
ward pro3ensities ofhis temper, 70 bind him
| by the mild and chaste sepsbi,ities of her
nature. and make h-m happy in all the
complex relations Of friend, husband and
father
( do not by this mean that no attention
] sho De pablo dress or elegance of man
hers. am conscious OF the Superior deli
cacy apd elegance of the female form
! know that woman was made to be the orna
| neDt rs well As the friend of mao: AN,
thereSor-, CONVINCED that any thing that
contributes 20 the natural beauty o, her p-r-
son, IS agreeable to the Intentions. of its All.
ttnr: Bur why should the means of ador.
/ mig her psrson be the sole employ nent of
m any; and whv are they entirely inatten
tive to;he beauties of thu mini !!
Parents have given existence 10 their
children, but life itself is smaD blessing
withoat the means of its enjoyment. Pa.
rents are therefore Obliged TO take care OF
their health and provide for their maiute.
nance, But it's their INSTRUCTION in m ora-
lily and religion, and the form alton of their
m snners and ideas to the society or govern-
ment in which they nay n lDpsn 10 be born,
| that compose their great obligations.
| Parents SHOULD, therefore, find our their
| inclinatoas, in order to control or direct
| the N; 10 iDcuicate love OF virtue ana
| detestaton of vice and teach their daugh.
! ters. that though the proHigacy of men may
be isyuised under the name of fashion
the christianity at least has gwen her the
same exclusive right To the rson { her
| husband, that the opin On of the void gives
| husbands to the persons of their wives
! That, therefore, 1t is unjust Oh the part OF
! the husband to exact what he would not
perform and that she should not chuse
either for friend or husbaod a mla Of de-
bauched morals.
I That the supposed equality bctweea hus
band and wife, which some late fem les
have advocated in their writings, whilst
they disgraced the name of woman By their
practice; and which some female Draw
iers do still advocate: is nevertheless i'll :
compatible with the harmony of the m atri-
monial union, and would be productive OF
bro's and family differences.
That though the parent during the mino-
) rity of his children hasa rigbt to prescribe
every thing belonging totheir education and
they are )Ind TO obey in every thing apper'
tanning IN that end yet when that once cea
ses s they have grown up and attained pro
per age 20 enter into the world, thatth Dush a
children, they should be grateful for the c IT,
of their parents, still they are no longe
bound to pay implicit obedience to thei
commands and if parents shoaid any way
influence their conduct, 1t sn Juia be nv re.
verence for their superior virtue aud know.
! ledge,
Hence, that the advice, influence, and We
Try often, coInpulsion of parents to force theI
| children TO marry w;th the old, deere
| pid, and deformed, provided they be veal
| thy, are no ways obligatory on their chill
, | dren; that after limited period the chile
8 is manumised by nature from the authorit,
OF a parent: that such marriages often 90
tain none OF the ends Of such institution ant
I though gen rally Varnlshed over with CO
loring of prejudice, frugality, and even O
spirit, taste aud elegance, do in truth, orr
ginate in nothing else, but in disguised Gun
ming, LUXURY, selhshness, restlessness an
avarice.
? That such marriages are most probably
not productive of any increase TO the po
pulation of the country, and most geHer ii
ly of discord. and sometimes even from tn
old age and decrepld state of one of til,
parties, when "sans teeth, sans eyes, san
: eUery thing; !" and from disgust on the par
of the other, become the causes of shocking
6 Infidelities.
5 "Quum tsner uxorem ducat Spade
D - de6cile Satyram non Scrioere"
That though it belongs to the parents /
> choose for their daughters, because of tn
: natural modesry of their sex yet it parent
n from motives of selishness and ayarce, vii
sacrifice them to the arms of An old and de
cripid lecher, that from the laws of SCI
preservation and personal happiness, the
should stand uninHu=nced in thelr chplcs
. But if~daughters without being compelle
- by any such necessity, act oth rw,se, tn
ha cane rafly r., kt..o.,