Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-07-27

be with the subtlities Of metaphysical
reasoning. An abundance Of physiologi-
cal facts may be adduced from tho IRA.
tional as we'll as the rational part of crea-
ton, to sustain the position here assumed
but such object is not the intention Of this
communication. cannot, however, omit
remarking, that, notwithstanding, the lit.
tie pains bestowed upon the education Of
females, that they evnce greater apti,
tude to receive lasting, benevolent and
moral impressions than miles. Boys who
are designed for any Of the learned profes.
sions, are placed at an early age under the
care of the best instructors, where they
remain till they are qualified for their par.
ticular station of life. But how often dc
we find these same boys, disregarding the
wishes of their parents and running head.
long into the widest excuses of folly, vice
and dissipation, as tho they had grown up
under the most unfavorable circumstances
But the female, on the contrary, TO whom
these favorable advantages are not often
extended, appears, from the very consti-
tuition of her nature, to have an antipathy
to the vices, so fondly INDUCED in by the
male. and the very idea of disgrace and
degradation of character are revolving to
her soul, from which she turas with abso
lutte disgust and loathing.
cannot speak in too extravaganza terms
of the Importance offemalo education, as
connected with domestic happiness, nor of
its influence upon the character of the
rougher sex. Altho' they do not mingle
in our popular assemblies; altho' they are
not present at our public meetings, where
we meet to discuss political questions;
altho' their voice is not beard at our cleo
lions, nor in our legislative halls, yet their
influence is not limited to the narrow
walks of the parlour, nor to the assemblies
If fashionable life. No. Columbia's fair
daughters WELD one influence which d.
rect the wheels Of our destiny. To them
we look to implant those early impressions
IF piety and virtue, that shall grow with
our growth and strengthen with our
strength, and which shall stamp upon our
character the impress Of their own. It is
in infancy, when we arc the special OBJ
lects of their tenderest care and love, that
we receive the turn of mind that shall ac-
company US through life, and which shall
determine whether we shall be the saw
ors or destroyers Of mankind. Is there a
man that can forget or disregard the ad-
vice of his fond and boating mother, as she
breathes out her expiring life upon the
pillow of death? Is there one who could
view that cold and blissful form, enshroud-
ed in the winding sheet, or kiss the pallid
cheek without having all the tender knit
of his nature aroused and CEN
tered upon her, who first led him up to
the altar of God, and taught his youthful
lips to lisp his Makers praise9 Or, is there
one, who can, On less trying occasion,
bid adieu to the scence of his childhood,
to his mother, to his sisters, and embark
upon life's uncertain billow, without send |
ing up fervent aspiration to God, that
that mother, and that those sisters may be |
objects of his peculiar care? No; there is
not the man. We may forget our early
sports; we may forget our early associates;
time, with its oblivion's wand, may strike
from our memory all thoughts of her who
irst aroused incur bosom the glow of loves
lender sentiment, but mother, dear, dear
mother, we can never, never forget. AS
lime recedes and bears away from us the
Impressions of recent events, our minds
will occasionally be animated with the re-
nlnisciencies Of our childhood days, aud
hat object upon which it most delights to
Iwell, is stigmatised as possessing an infe-
iority of intellect! 1t is not, it cannot be.
But when we view female education in y
domestic point of view, its Importance
annot fail of being duly appreciated. at :
east by those whose minds are not preiu. .
iced by the bigotry ofsavage notions. 1t !
: around the Preside where man spends S
he most Of his time; il is at home where !
q finds a refuge from the Auctuatinr 9
Genes and embarrassments of business !
transactions; he finds there an agreeable q
eiaxation from outdoor cares, BY sweet
lterchange ofsocial affection; he finds at
ONE treasure of love, that cannot be I
'und in the busy calculating world. Con- n