The Wilmingtonian., 1823-09-18
Advice to a gQung Female.

.advice to a 4Qung Female.
Much has been said to defend the innocent and
female from the too successful inno-
atons Of libertnsm, yet the following remarks,
" those to whom they are particularly addressed.
annot be read with Indifference.
Fly the company of rake, as you would
he approach of a poisonous reptile. A
Young woman's only safety consists in pre-
caution. A prudent girl should not adj
nit any suitor till she. carefully exam.
ines his character, habits and natural dis
position. An artful libertine, when he
casts his vulture eyes upon beautiful
amiable, virtuous young woman. that att
tracts his amorous suiicitude, he. immedi
ately assumes the demeanour of prudentI
and modest man; as he we'll knows it hp|
appears in his real character, he will be
rejected with scorn: he of course, pays
his addresses to his intended victim, pro-
poses marriage. processes much attach. j.
ment, aud vows eternal constancy and
love. He easily gains the affections of the
innocent unsuspecting girl; she loves him
Ito distraction. Then, and not till then,
will he attack her virtuous intentions !;
still keeping his real character out of
view. AS he has gained her confidence,
Ihe retains it till he has destroyed her
peace or virtue. She thinks it impossible
so much apparent goodness and tenderness
can be affected he raises obstacles and
objections to the matrimonial alliance, al
least for the present; but swears by the
bible and by all that is sacred, that he will
lprove faithful to the hour of his death ant,
that they are in reality married in the
sight ofheaven; and that when circum-
stances will admit, it shall be consumma-
ted by minister. Under such temptations
lis it any wonder that thousands of inno
cent and unsuspecting females, are sunk II
the vortex of infamy and ruinp
Parents who have giddy and self-confi-
dent daughters, should particularly incul
cate on their minds one truly important
lesson; which is to view with horror, and
|repulse with magnanimity and scorn, tht
: imam who makes the smallest attack or
your delicacy. Let it shock you with tht
lquickness of electricity, and let the re
pulse be instantaneous, and the battle il
won. But alas how many thousands o
,unsuspecting, unconscious, and virtuou,
females, have been ruined by neglectins
f|this precaution. The lover or suitor, frs
appears with diffidence and conscious
'Ishame, to assault the delicacy of the sill,
'lfair one. She repulses him indeed witt
gentle reproof, but not with suitable indig
nation and horror of heart, and her pusil
animity only tends to render still more
invncible the guilty intentions of the am
orous lover. Her coyness, in short only
tends to infame his unhallowed passions
tito the highest pitch of vouptuous delirium
rlSnch man, though his intentions. affec
: tions and resolutions, be ever so ardent
rldisinterested and sincere, towards the CIR
! he loves, before she permits him to assault
: lher delicacy with impunity, yet subse
,Iquent to this event, his good intentions ant
5 sIresolutions will be eventually vanquished
4 land nothing, not even the loss of fortune
: friends and health, or even life itself, will
!, $50 effectually annihilate the love that mar
Ientertains, as imprudence and immodest,
on the part of that woman; and this j
Very natural. II man love woman ar
/. .dentIy and aifectionately, and really in
: tends to make her his welded wife; if tina
] woman will allow him, previous to thu
: matrimonial alliance, to take Liberties
: incompatible with vlrtue-this impru
: dence on her part destroys all confidence
) ION his; and consequently, vanqushes hi,
5 owe, though not his pity: for he must be-
lieve, indeed he cannot help believing, thai
she would give another person, under the
same circumstances and with the same
opportunity and importantly, the SAME
), iberties she gave to him; and consequent.
lily, she is not fit person for an honourabe
: mans wife.
RI 1t is lamentable fact, that the success
| |of libertnism irresistibly impels hundreds
: |of amiable young women ofdelicate honour
and susceptible imaginations, to seek an
,lassylum in suicide, or die of a broken heart
elbow great must the criminality of those
s|parents be, who while they lavish hundreds
: |of dollars, to purchase novels and fashion,
|abe dresses for their daughters, would
INIT give one cent for book that would
defend them from infamy and ruin.
j Let the young, prudent and unsuspect-
'ling woman, who has deceitful lover, read
the foregoing remarks to him, and his en-
|chantments will be instantly broken. As
the charm of the speckled serpent is bro
ken by the firing of gun, before whose
open mouth, the innocent golden bird was