Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1843-11-11

tWtt n youth ul thuuNh|loaNhNs't '"''
dream, ending suddenly IN femorac, dos. q
pair AID death Lc, tho Young girl per- y
suadu herself that tho passing fancy OF q +
moment Ia that affection which shall bless
hor life, and rush upon her destiny gut
ded only Ivy the ardent impulses OF an
iIlregulucd mind and undiscipllncd heart. i
So surely as she "sows tho wind, shall
she reap tho whirl.wind" How often
has my heart uched 10 hear proud ladies
speak 40 lightly OF the character OF those
with which they nssocioted!--Who has
not seen these fair, lhoughtloss beings ex-
tol manly form, a bright oyo ana per,
suasive tongue, regardless OF the MIND
that animated or the principle that guided
When and where do tho young females
Of the present day look for virtue and
high moral principle2 The answer is
with those who have failed TO ask lhel
Iaues,ion ia time. But the blame is not
theirs nj one. Society has voted an sold
maidn nuisance, and placed its mark up
on her who having numbered the years
| womanhood is still unmarried. Amer
lean society eherishes and encourages the
introduction of mere boys and girls with,
in its precincts, consequently boys and
urls must be married befole either are
aware of the duties and obligations oil
the matrimonial state before they are
possessed Of sufficient Judgement oil JUS
lufyable one. The woman has no place
in our category. 1t is the child, the girl,
and then the wife and mother. The girl,
'Icareless and unheeding, the mother crush
: cd by the cares of family before the
= days of her girlhood are passed, or worse
than this, the neglected. and incapa
BILE mistress Of household. And thus II
: must be until public opinion shall have
y been radically changed, until American lie
males shall be allowed sufficient time ''
arrive at what are misnamed (olten mos
: empha,icalyl the years of discretion
and laugh, a different code OF opinions
viz. that marriage is not he end and am
of woman's existence, and that an 20"
I maidn may be useful and worthy men
! Der of society. Julia Darwin lived
= lnroye the truth Of this assertion, thong
" liner after life was'embittered by the re
:, lcoIlecti on of an error in judgement who
10 lhad most probably cost the lille OF dea
= friend. The natural adruptness and a
). perity of her character was subdued an
- :" chas tened by the consciousness that eve
from the best motives she might IAN
- the discharge of duty, and her whole e.
:, istence was devoted for the good of Others
" Although when lile's closing scene ma
= come, no husband or children wept owe
y a lost mother and wife, yet the poor an
No destitute, the bankrupt in earthly hop
- and happiness whom she had pointed i
the fulness of faith to another and bette
u" ~ world, mourned that one, TO thema qua
&c dian angel, had departed from them To-
" ever. No! not forever, for had she nc
Nv Nv taught them to "mourn not as these Will
Nv Nv out hoper' To Lewis Cameron, remain
~ ed drunkard's base existence and
- drundards dishonoured grave!
i'm NV Young friends, for whom this sketc
mi has been W ritten, let me earnestly entre
he and warn YOU. Cultivate your heart
ID. discipline your sensibiIities, regulate you
nv affections by the only safe standard, Il
AT word of Him who said, "Son give me TIA
As heartm Learn to Judge yourselves b
fore YOU to Judge another, and watch ev
ho ~ avenue to mind that 1t be not entertt
~, and won by the sophistry of those wi
ny have learned TO colhe the basest OF pr
w.. ciples, the most unworthy OF thoughts,
~ the parb of fair sounding words and bea
"a IufuIIy rounded periods. Remember, ii
90 serpent rears his clustering head amid I
"a rairest of flowers, and when the loot
,uu nlan,ed firm in all the enjoyment
oro youth and hope and life the deadly pc
lion pierces TO the marrow, laying low
~ unwary victim. Even so, the serpent
~, loose principle trails its Shiny lene
oo along, disguised beneath the dazzll
al hues with which it is enrobed by FASH
~" and the sanction of the many, ever
~ the watch to glut its debased appet;tes
.e the sacrifice Of all that is fair and pu
: And thus, society ratfies and places
har broad seal upon the deed which yields
~ her brightest ornaments TO spoil and d
" tructon Where is the mother that he
W ltates 10 bestow the child of her love uT
Gus the acknowledged infdel and libertl
80 when he possesses rank and rlch
Where is the Father who excludes tr
the the freside the son of an influential
fore 'aoaI,hv nerson. because his habits
her vicious and his character the subject
meri,ed censure?--Where is the yo'
all lady who stoops not TO receive with SIN
and encouragement the attentions o!
who, she is we'll aware, will pass II
And her presence to the card-table, the n
,uth- night carouse, or the house "whose
up is hell, going down to the cha'lioo'
nded deathi" They are to be iouno quo
with all, but among the fen. Legion Is