Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1838-08-28
! COLUMBUS, slhIT) TUESDAY. AUGUST g. 1898.

ALiSIt tournaments or IN the adttle 5Heiu,
without invoking the aid Of their lady.
loys. Such was the respect rendered fe.
males during the age Of chivalfy. TWAS
but single step towards the advancement
Of their character. re besuble to repeat
d few verses from the works Of the most
popular Of their poets-to know how 10
emhroider the scarfs Of their knights
and, when necessity required, to bind up.
the wounds Of those who had fallen ia
battle, was the limit and extentsof their
education. The respect thus paid them
was butsa part Of the same enthusiasm
that prompted them TO take up arms for
the recovery of the Holy Land. It was
an enthusiasm in the smiles and loveIiness
Of woman, rather than an elevated and
just respect for her character. Then.
the wreath Of victory was shorn of half
its honor, were it not bestowed by the
hand Of beauty. This era has passed
away land thrust that there is not one,
even among the fair, whose fondness for
that which is romantic and visionary
would be willing 10 exchange the adyanc-
ed state of civilization Of the present age.
for it--with all its attendant excitement.
Its enthusiasm placed the stepping stone
for the just elevation Of female character,
and the faults and extravagant feelings
may well be overlooked and forgotten for
the advantages the world has reaped from
this simple cause. The ball then set in
motion has rolled on, deriving new weight
and impetus from the progressive inn
Proyement in literature, education and
morals.--And in the same proportion as
this advance has been made, has female
influence risen and expanded in the esti-
nation Of mankind especially in this
country, the birth place of equal laws and
equal rights, has woman taken that station
in the rank Of intelligence, designed for
her by the Creator Of the Universe,
The spirit of the ageais to carry educa-
ton up to every mans door, the poor
alike with the rich--whose object is to fit
every one practically for the pursuits Of
Ilife-females are not excluded. It has be-
come their privilege, their right. / am an
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advocate for their receiving liberal and
extensive education-one that shall en-
brace as full and complete a course as is
afforded to the other sex. The present
systems of instruction in their fullest de.
tails are infinitely better adapted to the
station they are to fill, than they are 10 the
professional man, or to the daily busting
transactions in the routine Of business.
Females are. calculated by nature, to ex.
eel in the social circle, Of which they con.
stitutethe. life and soul-+where their grace
and attractions appear TO such premin.
ent advantage, and where their ma
gic influence is so powerfully exerled and
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acknowledged. What can add more to
to the destinations OF their manners or
better excite true admiration and respect,
than to find their minds richly endowed
with classic lore-replete with the exqui-
site taste Of our finest poets, and rich and
inexhaustible in historical research It
detracts nothing from .tbemr-unfts them
for no duty Of life--Dbt throws charm
around thatinauence, the effect Of which
lis the advancement Of the noSal and in
ltellectual world. ] would not be under.
stood as wishing to co1fne the education
Of females exclusively to profound and
solid reading. Ths.6ner accomplishments
should not be neglected. They are ne!
cessary for displaying to advantage the
| richer and more brilliant endowments oil
/ the mind. Take music for example,
than which there is nothing more refining
and soothing to the feelings. Il allays
( the. passions, Gains the rufled temper, cor.
reefs and improves the taste, and around
the social hearth adds 10 that esse d
manner which goes directly to the heart.
The simple ballad, seemingly uninpoT.
tant, when breathing patriotism fires !
nations feeling. II is associated with Tic
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