Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-08-01

IL
oeneralIv the following plan is most res
sner,ful submitted. Ii is hoped that il
MiI receive their serious attention, and
meet their appreciation, since i IS for
| their especial benefit that thhe work 70
projected.
PROSPECTUS.
MN submitting the following plan, we
N should first call tho attention of the
ladies' and all those who feel Interested,
land who are those that do noi) in the
welfare and Improvement ol the female
sex. Il, lie present condition Of the South
ern press. Nearly all publications which
issue from II are engaged in political dis
cussion. and their columns TEEN with accu-
sations, DENNIS, abuse, and every form Of
worldly warfare--carried on IN language
frequelily unfit for sears politics" and sell
dom suited to the dclicacy and genileness
which belong 50 peculiarly 70 the Femal
character
or the few literary papers publish
South of the Potomac, there Is not
exclusively dedicated 10 the LADIES!
We have fell this as want which ought
TO be supplied and we propose 70 make an
effort to do so, confident that our endeay-
ours will be crowned with success, # We
can only secure the hearty cooperation Of
those for whose welfare we are about 10
labour The Ladies of the South. And
we xpect farther, that every Intelligent
mind among the other sex will view with
apnrpbaiion. and aid in sustaining, an
enterprise designed to improve the minds
Of those who without whose cheering
smiles and soothing companionshlP, HE
would BIZ dreary and this fair world
desert.
We also wish 10 afford to the Ladies, d
field for the exercise Of their own talents
and for the developememeni Of the resour>
ces Of their minds. The list OF authors
for some years past, have frequently en-
rolled the names of Females whose glori.
GUS success has shed an additional radi-
ance on the name OF "Woman." The
slords creaiionn have been forced to &C.
knowledge that the Female mind is by n
means, deficient in capacity and ntclle,
tual endowmenis, whilst, att the same tim
it is possessed of superior delicacy al
tact Long was Woman's mind held
thsaldom, long were her powers underateo
and forced 10 remain inactive unexercise
by the force of conveniioal arrangement,
bat her chains are broken, and her libert
has been proclaimed. The article Of Mo-
len faith; that Women have no souls,"n
longer obtains among us. Let the Ladies
M fhatr nrtvsI0na and IA
offer them, in our proposed work, a medium
for the expression Of their own views an,
sediments, on all all that apperiains, in any
degree, to the welfare and improvement
Of their sex.
Ia Offering the plan Of Southern Ia
dies Book, we do not intend that it shall
be precisely similar to work Of like name
at the North. We leave to our Mother,
contemporary EDITORIAL representations
fashion and dress, for the embellishmer
Of their person: 5eit ours 10 provide gar
Of purity, elegance refinement, and gruc,
for the adornmenl Of the mind.
All that may contribute 10 inform th
heart, invigora,e The mind, purify the affec
tions, and refine the manners, shall be on
especial care, that our work may be use
fol aid TO the young, and fair, and beauti
ful, in preparing themselves for the dis
charge Of the noble and arduous du,ie.
which devolve on Womnn, in her vare,
capacity Of Daughter Wife and Mother
Aud we repeat in the accomplishment
this high enterprise, we confidently expec
The aid and support Of enlightened and ju
dicious OF both sexes. Arrangements iu
regular aid will be made with severa
LADIES' whose productions have alread,
gained them high fame In the literar,
woIld--and several gentlemen Of distin
gnlshed attalnments have already been Sc
cured as contributors, from whence scieh
tihc tracts, wiihhoies and observations on
the arts may be expected. This depart
ment'of the work will receive marked at
iehiioh lnshort, nothing will be omitted
which may lend 70 give the publication
such character as will reMder Ii worthy
the attention Of the learned, and those to
whom i is dedicated The Ladies OF the
South and West. II only remains 10 oh.
tain the requisite number 81 Subscribers
say two thousand opd II the Ladies will
smile uponS and aid our efforts, that nun
Der wilsnot long be wanting. Let then
urge their fathers, husbands, Brothers, an,
friends and il IS soon dones
The work will contain ga royal octay
pages, stitched in neat colored cover. y,
WI appeal monthly. Terms: five lollai
Eoi psf annufH payable on the delivery
iheilist number.
THE LEXINGTON VrNEnN.