Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-06-20

ReHolai'y Tue following plan IS most re-
speciful submitted. Il is hoped that il
will receive their serious attention, and
meet their appreciation, since it is for
their especial benefit that thhe work is
projected.
PROSPECTUS.
Mn submitting The following plan, we
M should iirst call tho attention Of the
Ladies and all those who feel interested.
(and who arc those that do noi,) ia The
welfare and Improvement Of the female
sex, 10 the present condition of the South.
ern press. Nearly all publications which
issue from It are engaged in political dis
custom and their columns teen with accu-
sations, denials, abuse, and every form Of
worldly warlare-carried on in language
frequently unfit for sears poIite,n and sell
dom suited 10 the delcacy AID gen;leness
which belong SO PECULIARLY to the Femael
character.
Of the few literary papers published
South Of the Potomac, there is not one
exclusively dedicated to the LADIES!
We have felt this as want which ought
TO be supplied: and we propose to make an
effort 10 do so, confident that our endeav-
ours will be crowned with success, if we
can only secure the hearty cooperation Of
those for whose welfare we are about TO
labour The Ladies of the South. And
we xpect farther, that every intelligent
mind among the other sex will view with
appreciation, and aid in sustaining, an
enterprise designed TO improve the minds
OF those who without whose cheering
smiles and soothing companionship, life
would be dreary and this fair world 8
desert.
We also wish to afford TO the Ladies', a
held Tor the exercise of their own talents,
and for the developcmemeni Of the resour-
ces OF their minds. The list of authors
Tor some years past, have frequently en-
rolled the names Of Females whose glori-
Gus success has shed an adddilonai radi-
ance on the name of "Woman." The
"lords creation" have been forced TO ac-
knowledge that the Female mind is by no
means, deficient in capacity and intellec-
tual endowmenls, whilst, at the same time,
It IS possessed of superior delcucv and
tact.-Long was Woman's mind held in
thraldom, long were her powers underated,
and forced 10 remain inactive unexercised
by the force OF conventional arrangements;
but her chains are broken, and her liberty
has been proclaimed. The article of Mos.
len faith; that Women have no souls" no
longer obtains among us. Let the LADIES'
now assert their own privilege, and we
oher them,in our proposed work, a medium
tor. the'expression Of their own views and
sediments, on all all that appertains, in any
degree, to the welfare and improvement
OF their sex.
10 Offering the plan of a Southern La-
DIES BOOK, we do not intend that il shall
be precisely similartoa work of like name.
at The North. We leave to our Nothern
contemporary EDITORIAL representations of
fashion and dress, for the establishment
OF their person: Jeit ours to provide carb
OF purity, elegance refinement, and grace,
Tor the adornment of the mind.
All that may contribute to inform The
heart, invigora,e the mind, purify The afIec.
tons, and refine the manners, shall be our
especial care, that our work NAV be use-
lal aid TO the young, and fair, and beauti.
tuI, IN preparing themselves for the dis.
charge of the noble and arduous duties
which devolve on Woman, in her varied
capacity Of Daughter Wife and Mother
And we repeat in the accomplishment Of
inns nigh enterprise, we confidently expect
the aid and support Of enlightened and iu-
d'csous ot both sexes. Arrangements Tor
regular aid will be made with several
Ladies' whose productions have already
gained them high fame in the literary
wofid--and several gentlemen Of distin-
gulshed attainments have already been Sc
cured as contributors, from whence scien-
INC tracts, with notes and observations on
the arts may be expected. This depart
ment OF the work will receive marked at
icntion. Ia short, nothing will be omitted
which may tend 70 give the publication
such character as will render it worthy
Tho attention Of the learned, and those to
whom It is dedicated Ladies Of the
South and West. 1t only remains 10 OBJ
tain the requisite number Of Subscribers
say two thcusand--and If the Ladies will
smile upon, and aid our efforts, that num-