The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1850-01-09
DUTY OF MOTHERS.
nv MDs sJcOITpSEy.

Is it mt certain that mothers best discharge
their duty tn'hc community, hy training up those
who shall give it strength and beauty? Their
pira,ions of the Fsalmist, and their 'sons may
be as plants grown up in their youth; their
daughters as corncrsioncs. polished after the
smili'ude ola palace" They would not wish
to leave To society, where they had themselves
found protection and solace, a bcguest that
would di>honor their memoir.
We, who are mothers. ought to icel peculiar
solcudr with regard TO the manner in which
our daughters are reared. Being more con.
san,ly with us, and more entirely under our
control, than sons, they will he naturally con.
sidered o,lr representatives, the trucsl lest Of
system, the strongest witnesses to future gen.
Grafton, of our fidelity or neglect.
"Unless wonrn," said the venerable Eel.
lrnburs, "are brought up with industrious and
religious habits, i, is vain that We educate the
men; for they are the ones who keep the char.
aclrr of man in its proper elevation" Our duty
to the community, which must he discharged
by The education of The whole race, comprises
many unoblrlsivc, almost invisible points.
sutory, but which are still as important as the
rain drop To the cislcrn, or the ri 10 the broad
stream.
4 long prrio;i allnlled to study, thorough i'm.
plantations of domestic tastes, and a viglant
guardianship over simplicity Of character, arc
essential To the daughters OF republic. That
it is wise 10 give the greatest possible extent TO
the season of tniclagr, for those who have much
TO learn, is setevidrnt proposition. lIIhry
arc to teach others, it is douhly imporIant.-
And there is no country on earth, where So
many females are employed in teaching, rs in
our own. Indeed, from the position hat cduca.
ted women here maintain, j, might not be diff.
cult to establish the point that they are all teach.
ers, all forming other beings on the model ol
their own example, however unconscious Of the
fact. To abrid &C the education of The educator,
is 10 sin, the culture ola plant, whose "lcavcs
are tor the healing OF the nations"
| was delighted to hear young lady say, at
the age of nineteen, 81 cannot bear to think gel
of leaving school, have scarcely begun TO
learn" With proprirty might she express this
sentiment, though she was eminent both in
studies and accomplishmrn!s,-if the great Nj.
chacI Angelo could not adopt for his motto, in
his nine,iclh year, "yc, am learning"
II has unfortunately brrn too much The Gus
tom Of our country, not onl y 10 shorten the peri
od allotted to the education of our sex, but to
lrii,cr away that brici period in contradictory
pursuits of pleasures. Parents have bindly lent
their influence TO this usage. To reform it,,
they must oppose the tide oliashiun and of opin
ion. Let them instruct their daughters To resist
the principles of conforming in any respect TO
the example of those around them, unless il is
rational in itSriI. aud correctly applicable TO
them rs indv vduas. \ proper expenditure for
one, would 'e ruininnus cxlravigancc in anoth
or. So, il son,u indiacrcc n;ulcrs permit their