Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1840-07-18
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generally the following plan Is most ~
speciful submitted. Ii is hoped M, !,
will receive their serious attentiDu 49,
meet their APPROPRIATION, since Il I G..
their especial benefit that thhe WORK 4
| projected.
PROSPECTUS.
MN submitting the following plan. IA
N should Iirst call the attention Of ma
| Ladies and all those who feel in,eres,aI
(and who arc those that do noi,J il M
welfare and improvement of the fenaIe
sex, 10 the present condition Of the Soplb.
ern press. Nearly all publications which
issue from It are cngaged in political dis.
cussion, and their columns teen with accu.
sations, denials, abuse, and every form Of
WORLDLY warfare -cafried on in language
frequently unfit for Gears polite, and sci.
dom suited 10 the dclicacy and genileness
which belong SO peculiarly TO the Female
character.
or 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
10 be supplied; and we propose 10 make an
effort to do so; confident that our endeay.
ours will be crowned with success If We
can only secure the hearty Cooperation Of
those for whose welfare we are about ID
labour The Ladies Of The South. And
we xpect farther. that every inteligen.
mind among the other sex will view with
appreciation, and aid in sustaining, All
enterprise designed 10 improve the minds
| sf those who without whose cheering
smiles and soothing companionship, lie
would be dreary aud this fair world
desert.
| We also wish 10 afford to The Ladies,
field for the exercise of their own talents
and for the developememen; Of the resour>
res Of their minds. The list Of authors
for some years past, have frequently en-
rolled the names of Females whose eori-
JUS success has shed an additional adi.
ance on the name Of "Woman.n The
'lords creationo have been forced TO &C.
knowledge that The Female mind is By no
means, deficient in capacity and intclec-
tual endowments, whilst, atthe same lime.
it is possessed of superior delicacy and
tact. Long was Woman's mind held in
thraldom, long were her powers underaled,
and forced 10 remain inactive unexercsed
by the force Of conventional arrangements
but her chains are broken, and her liberty
has been proclaimed. The article Of Mos
len taith; that Women have no souls" no
, longer obtains among us. Let the Ladies'
now assert their own privilege, and we
, oiier them, in our proposed work, medium
tor the expression Of their own views and
sediments, on all allihat appertains, in any
; degree, to the welfare and improvement
Of their sex.
: In offering the ptun Of Southern La
E dies Book, we do not intend that it shall
$ be precisely similar TO work of like nume
( at the North. We leave 10 our Notherr
contemporary EDITORIAL representations o
i fashion and dress, for the embelIishmen
u OF their person: be il oursto provide CARL
II Of purity, elegance refinement, and grace
/, Tor The adornment Of the mind.
u All that may. contribute 10 inform tht
e heart, invigorale the mind, purify the aflec
: lions, and refine the manners, shall be GU
especial care, that our work may be use
lul aid to the young, and fair, and beauli
lul, IN preparing themselves for the dis
charge Of the noble and arduous duiie
which deyolve on Woman, in her var;e,
capacity Of Daughter Wife and Mother
And we repeat in the accomplishment 0
% this high enterprise, we confidently expec
y The aid and support Of enlightened and ju
q dicIous oil botn sexes. Arrangements 70
n regular aid win be made with severn
! Ladies, whose productions have alread
h. gained them high fame in the literar,
rs woild--and several gentlemen Of distin
Is saished attachments have already been So
Il cured as contributors, from whence scien
ilic tracts, with notes and observations o.
The arts may DO expected. This deparl
ment OF the work viii. receive marked al
tcntlon. nshort, nothing will be omitte
: which may Tend 10 give the publication
such character as will render ii worth
= the attention Of the Learned, and those
" whom il Is dedicaied-- The Ladies Of th
~ South and West. III only remains to Oh
Il tain the requisite number Of subscribers
- say two thousand--and 1.-THE Ladies wi
y smile upon and aid our efforts, that nun
81 Der will not long be wanting Let thet
on urge their fathers, husbands, brothers, an
be friends and il il soon done.
}. The work will contain GA royal oclav
pages, stitched in d neat coIored coyer,an
A, will appear monthly. Terms; five dollar
Of per cnnuni payable OH the delivery (
thefilst number.
II j. highly important, 10 state thai q
The subscribers names which may be o.
" tanned should be forwarded BY the FIRST
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