Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-07-25
SOUTHERN LADIES' BOOK.
EDITED BY


p. G. PENDLETON & G. +. PIERRE.
TO the ladies of Georgia and 10 inc oou'"
generally the following plan IS nus ~
spectful submitted. Is hoped mar !,
will receive their serious attention, ano
meet their appreciation, SINCE i - ~
their especial benefit that lhhe wo'A =
projected. or,,e
MN submitting the following pan, we
should first call the attention Of ING
Ladies and all those who ieeI ln'efes'eo'
(and who are those that DO no') !" 'ne
welfare and improvement OF the female
sex, TO the present condition Of the souln'
ern press. Nearly all publications whien
issue from it are cogoged IN pol'lca'uls'
cussion, and their columns TEEN WIN uccu, ,
sations, denials, abuse, and every form o.
worldly warfare on in language
frequently unfit for sears polite,7 ana SCI
dom suited 10 the delicacy and gen,leness
which belong SO PECULIARLY to the fema'e
character. TIT.
OF the few literary papers published
South Of the Potomac, there IS mol one
exclusively dedicated to the LADIES!
We have felt this as want when ough
10 be supplied and we propose TO make an
effort to do so, confident that our endeav-
ours will be crowned with success, II 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 WIN
appreciation, and aid in sustaining, an
enterprise designed to improve the minds
Of those who without whose cheering
smiles and soothing companionshIP, HE
would be dreary and this lar world a
desert.
We also wish 10 afford TO the Ladies, a
field for the exercise Of their own talents,
and for the deyclopcmement Of the resour-
ces of their minds. The list OF authors
for some years past, have frequently en-
rolled the names of Females whose glorl
Gus success has shed an additional radi.
ance on the name Of "Woman." The
'slords creation have been forced TO &C.
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 delicacy and
tact.-Long was Woman's mind held III
thraldom, long were her powers underated,
and forced TO remain inactive uneXerclsed
by the force of convenlioal arrangements;
but her chains are broken, and her liberty
has been proclaimed. The article of Mos
len faith; that women have no souls" nc
longer obtains among us. Let The Ladies'
now assert their own privilege, and we
offer them,i in our proposed work, medium
for the expression of their own views and
sediments, on all all that apperains, in any
degree, to the welfare and improvement
oil their sex.
In offering the plan of Southern La
dies Book, we do not intend that il shall
be precisely similar to 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; be it ours TO provide garb
OF purity, elegance refinement, and grace,
for the adornment of the mind.
All that may contribute to inform the
heart, invisora,e the mind, purify the ailec-
tons, and refine The manners, shall be our
especial care, that our work may be use
full aid to the young, and fair, and beauli.
iul, 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
this high enterprise, we confidently expect
the aid and support Of enlightened and ju-
dicious OF both sexes. Arrangements for
regular aid will be made with several
Ladies' whose productions have already
gained them high fame in the literary
world-and several gentlemen Of distin
gulshed attachments have already been Sc
cured as contributors, from whence scien-
tific tracts, with notes and observations on
the arts may be expected. This depart.
ment of the work will receive marked at
iention. In short, nothing will be omitted
which may tend 20 give the publication
such character as will render it worthy
the attention Of the learned, and those to
whom il is dedicated the Ladies Of the
South and West. 1t only remains 10 oh.
lain the requisite number Of subscribers
say two thousand--and if the Ladies will
smile upon, and aid our efforts, that mum.
Der will not long be wanting. Let them
urge their fathers, husbands, brothers, and
friends and il is soon done.
The work will contain GA royal octave
pages, stitched in neat colored cover, and
wall appear monthly. Terms five dollar;