The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-07-10

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watk Of d.. xshsr. a Grrmaa wrier. re-
cenlly Published N Drssdrn. The topic
. one ~ ssry geBessl in'esesl. bosh AZ
hone and sbrosd. It's vssy desirabls 10
sfuse Al eoirret ideas Of the tue post
toa Of womsn IN ord 10 attain The great
e.. AMOUR, Of domestic aHd social happI
ness.
Ia The fret place. foTeign sIilers and
travellers sgrfe-snd they are surely die
! in'ereslsd-in tie general fact Ihsl The
Autricsn womrn are Superior. and by the
American men more deeply respected.
than uomen are IN The nations OF Europe.
de T0eque.ille. lhs masl inlslligeni and
philosorhieai-mlnGrd Of any Of he Euro-
iptan ha~llsrs IN America. ,fFrms lhis
most posilis.ly. w. suppose ihe fact is
e-,isin. Whist 70 the canse Of ~ Il Is
not whist DR.. Ysh.. ,upposes il 10 be.
Ia III civilized COMMITTEES there are some
wouea very highly educated inlelleeiu-
ally; anil beyond dOubl they find srcounI
IN u in the superior weight OF the info
lenre. and The superior means Of educating
lie children veil.
! u is also beyond doubt. In he highest
degree necessary and desirable that lar
ger proportion should be educated 10 lhis
manner. As with men 80 with womsn.-
educate IS many highly apd ussfully a.
possible.
4 Bu, i is mt this Intellectual rdacsiion
whirh gives domestic happiness q The
majority OF American families. ID is q
higher principle lh.n that. II 10 q NOR.
al and religious principle.
+ In the frs. place. as a matter Of fact
,the American women are not very deeply
. educated. A great many American young
women 20 10 school al female Academies,
and 'hese Academic. very excellent ones
generally In ,r.sell,ng through Tennss.
see and Norh Alabama we nouced thai
every county seat hal very superior Fe.
male Academy; aid in the Northern
Staes they are even more frequent. But
notwithstanding this. large number Who
20 10 these schools cannot complete iheil
sducslion--snd notwithstanding also. 4
very large cirele Of The ArIs and Sciences
Literature and Philosophy are pu, in lh,
prospectus OF bill OF fare. very few OF then
are taught efficiently, 10 manner 10 give
! solid instruction. or salulary. intelleciu.
al discipline. The bill Of fare 10 femsl,
! schools. Ike those 10 many other popula
aod higL-soundine institutions. (even som,
J OF our Colleges. il not sustained By -ih,
quality and favor Of the materials, nor il
, The culinary dressings OF these leasts o
reason. There are. however. American
women who have read the pages Of Wiz
gil, ard understood well the iheorems O
: Euclid. So. also. we know American la
{ dies who read S.lliman's Journal, and ma,
2 occasionally peep into scientific Reviews
But they are certsinly rare in number. ant
5 do moi give tone, and spirit. and pfincipi,
a 10 American society. They are shinin,
7 ornaments which sdorn ths, society. The.
: are TO the country like rich pearls worn OF
! the bosom Of charming woman, 10 b
: valued and admired, but do not constitute
!. the putty Of mind, the excellence Of char
: scier, the correctness Of conduct and th
r grace Of manner. which, far more than III
d bloom on the cheek. or mimickry OF fash
: ion. constitute The charm of that woman.
! There is one sort Of intellectual educa
r lion, however, in which American women
n Ike the American people generally, ia
e exceed any olher people whatever. lti
9 that practical. realizing education, whicl
= Liberty gives 10 all who breathe lis air
o Il is The element Of business, Of society
and Of manners. which the America
d Young Woman found round her cradle, a
It her birth. has grown up with, and breathe
J, in, through The whole atmosphere Of so
cial life. Il is The realization Of thing,
= as they are. This she did not 10 get frou
Y schools, nor from books. however man,
+ she may have read. She go, il fiom heat
ing conversation-from reading newspa
Il pers, and from being brought up in soci
!, lety just as if she were a part Of il, like he
e brothers and neighbors. This is the al
I lof liberty. Il is The udor Of knowledge
q Iboroe upon il To The curious mind. l. j
e lthe most incomprehensible thing 10 Cor
h Ieisners. How our young women Cal
walk IN this way, wi hous falling in'o p,l
Ifalls, a, every step, was marvel even 4
De rocqueville himself. They do wal
/ lso, and IN the aggregate are both NOR
e useful and more viriuous members OF SO
d lcle'y. than the women Of any other caun
e lWy. But We come back to our inquiry
e What is it that makes American womel
h 10 their families, on the whole, moe do
e nestle and happy than 10 mos. Europeal
: nations. We have already mentioned on
= thlng-the realizing education Of EJs-
l- but, that is not sll; nor, in a moral pom
= loi view. The most important. There ar
4 two peculiar and predominatng facts il
n The domestic life of American women
: which have given them wider and bel
8 ter influence than ever proceeded from IN
: ancient modes OF civilization.
: l. The fret is, that Marriage is vol
+ lun'ary between the parties, and not FOR
Iced, or centralized by nlterior DersOns a