The Arkansas banner., 1844-01-23
FEMALE EnHCATION.

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 "What do pce need for the education !t our youth ?" inquired NAPOLEON, of the first in- tellects of his empire.
 s.JMothers" was the prompt answer of .Mddame Campan.
 s.Here in one rord,'' exclaimed the Empe- TOT, lis system of education for the world!"
 Of similar import is the significant and touching inquiry of the accomplished .Nrs. Phczps: ssIs not the future character of the men of our country, to depend on the mothers we are now educating"' Every refecting mind answers her in the affirmative, and con- CUTS in her conclusion: ''It IS, then, not the interest of woman only; but of man, the child of woman-of man emphatica1ly, that we would consult, when we advocate for our female sex, that mode of education, which will fortify their minds, and enable them to control their passions, by the powerful aids of cultivated understanding, and subdued temper"
 Female education is, indeed, the true basis of all the good in the world: so far as tenn poral agencies are concerned. It determines the characters of men,-inasmuch as woman controls man, in the plastic stage and time of life; and, consequently, determines the cha racter and condition of all the institutions which man may establish. Thus, is woman the star, in the ascendant at his birth, which guides man onward to his destiny; and her educationthe means by which that star is made to shed its pure and cheering light along the pathway of life. Elevate the source of that light-supply it with more ample means of efulgence and the increased happiness of man will ensue, as surely as daylight follows the rising of the sun. And by enhancing woman's capability of good-by enabling her to confer happiness on others, her own happiness is secured.
 | What, then, does 1t behove man to do? With happiness in view, and the means of its attainment at hand, will he sit idle, un- grateful, reckless of his glorious privilege will he neglect these means, and lose this happiness? Or, will he, with the enlightened energy of man, and the holy zeal of a christian, arise and do his duty' If the latter, then let him establish and sustain institutions of Female Education-schools for his sisters and his daughters, that the girls of our day i bo Gt ssr1athorc for tho f,,tu o( the republie!7 Such institutions are the only sure and safe foundations, on which to rest the hopes and destinies of our country.
 These reflections have been suggested by the proposition of Madame p'EsTIMAuvILLE, of which we have heretofore spoken, to es- tablish, in this city, school-embracing all the branches of Female education.
 The position in which this Lady is, thus, presented to our community, is one of pecu- liar interest-of great moral force and beauty lone and delicate female, endowed with all those native qualities which adorn her sex, highly accomplished and refined, relying solely, yet cheerfully, upon her own personal exertions for the means of personal indepen- dence, she offers the richest tribute to every family-a finished education for their daugh- ters! Will not this tribute be accepted? Is there one to relectit! Is there an individual of her own gentle sex, whose generous sympa- thies will not pour forth to embrace and sustain herr Is there a man, whose heart will allow him to withhold his active exer- tions in behalf of her, and of her noble enter prize-whose manhood can refuse its cordial advocacy and promotion of her success