Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1852-04-17
For the Nouth.rn g.,

that our feminine nature has worried us ma
perplexity, thai we can scarcely keep our ~
secret?
but, surely, " says our Fear to ourself &C,
natured Criticism, does but desire to crnsl
infant thoughts as they struggle into beipp-~..IR
the persuasion of older freuds, We stretch ~
scarce fedged wings for our own adyancemsr,e
! high pursuits.
{" Certainly. " says Reason, there is D,rl
outre or improper, in our attempting to arrest
1 shadowy images, that are ever fttipg tb-..1,s
our brain, and giving them local hab..esua
and a name There is scarcely, - saws .hs ~
petty sheet in the country, but has its charn..
/ contributors to whose communications the as
ton of the unappreciatfng public. is fatteringTS
rected BY the obtigfng, it not obliged editor. ;a
matter of wonder then, that in our city Of .r.,l
wealth, beauty and fashion, there are those Nh
aspire to the dignity OF literary incognitoi a.
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| Surely, - says Indignation rising At 4.
thought. Dame Malice can scarce have desr5
TO aim her poisoned shafts al one so humble >
Envy or jealousy, are certain, can find nah.
ing from = Tara's" pen, they would be xis,
To or claim.
| Then be sun, our timed heart, end let rs ss-
msne with Tara's frends-sor friends hey ma
be, who would beckon her on IN the path of RI
h..
untried mind And first companions Of N, F
chiidLood's hours-our gjriish DAYS WHO "a,
meet US in the enchanted circle TO which woman.
hoods years have conducted u would rm
know who Tara is =? Then listen She
not your rival, bu1 your friend. She comes no.
III her unseen spirl.-torm, 70 harm OF 70 wrNg
you--to rob you OF one charm or one cart " q
heavenly gin you prize She seeks no. 10 crnb
herself or exait her humble name at YOUR e.
pense. She only hopes 10 meri. your knd and
affection regard, while She attempts 10 sirengha
and improve her own poor, confined thoughts tr
/ giving them the freedom OF inference And
whie she be u'l~ many hour, that would othsr,
wise bring to her wearinesss or pain, she NAV
possibly, sine trusts, be ihe means of leading your
own thoughts and aspirations INTO rev and pleas
anC realms. She IS. then, your friend, and Graves
your approving smile
But, perhaps, some inquirng Young genius q
the other SIX (not troubled wi h poor..yomsn,
foible, bus WI ioddobte desire to increase Bis
stock of Information, or some one, Of that singu.
larry numerous class, whose only sentiment with
regard TO literary lady is, {. Good Lord daErsr
Us, land He generally hears the prayer) may,
for his projections sake, desire to know
who Tara is = Is she young rich hand.
some, or is she, as l half suspect, some 5a, Hr
OF an old maid, with spectaces and dyed hair a.
ready arrived at the happy goal when old Tine
arrests ms flying footsteps, aud commences bis
retrogrades. Forbear, we eutreat you, Young
ir.end--old maids are cur hobby. There never
was. since the world began, a class so much
abused; we could write pages to prove it, aiho'
1t aooutd look suspicious, as though We were BE-
speaking favor for ourself. We must. howeTa,
disclaIm all title, TO The rank of Jas Uea, fN,
from the time when at school, we persisted il
cr1a lIIr-.r Pal. l. L.,
told US that we were pe1.y good And who so ig.
norant as not to know that this is a term of cen
miseraton, and implies thar Nature, sadly deft
tive In the BRAIN, has made some attempt to con-
pensate, by the increased size of the keen , Ba
upon reflection, We cannot if YOU are OR friend
positively we cannot, consent to disturb the idesl
you may have pictured 20 yourself of Tara, by ihe
dull and PLAN reality. We cannot consent 70 lose
anything thai may be gained by retaining or dom
mo. Indeed, We cannot reveal, whether We Be
tar as beauty's self. or hideous as Medusas head
whether the sands still dropping into, or out
OF our giass-or ii We are as gentlemen sometimes
pertmently express it, ''sound upon the Southern
question = although We may, BY our silence, leave
You unSuardedly exposed TO this may be basLisk
IN woinans form, you seek. But do confess
that we are most decidedly attacked with eGcatha
sc'a6eads, AMI know OF no better cure Tor it, than
u
can remember, been reading and devouly belsy'
inS everything the newspapers say, even through
the advertisements and Job work done neal
" done at tins office, and now We hum5y thlDS'
are entitled 20 the sin Gle boon We crave from then
"a small nooh IN the corner OF great Journal
without other reward than that OF being read
NOW would You read an essay from one nj 's0a%
on tfse Southern question ?'' not charming-youns.
i-araon as then. we desire YOU faEor, and soaa
no. RISK lis loss, by revealing what may be in YOU
eyes our misfortune, ii not . fault
But seriously, We do nos enter the arena Of Hters
sure, with the VAN and idle hope OF becoming DIS
inguished that were as unworthy us presump
e'ouS- Nor do we wish to establish ourselves 81
a censor or public mentor; If we had the powell
that We're an Office TO shan, for many reasons, 0a'
We write with the simple ana selfish desire OF en-
'iSihS ana improving our own contracted ln'st
'eee' Amid her social ana domestic duties a Is
may cultivate her literary taste TO the exclusVa
u neither and there is nothing Inconsistent In DC
ing able to write easy essay, and yet to exec
~ al the feminine graces which render her loVe9
ana attractive On The contrary, ali approachio
"dIus Perfection lii both, emanate from the SAME
source and are as compatible with, and necesss3
~ each other, as are the sumbeam's light Snu
neae. Let the needle and the pen lie side Y
siuc' they VIII nos wrangle for the one, induce
aSant reveries. and the other give theu
expression
But our timid nature shuns and fears the crite
eye. Then Tara may not again expose her rec
DIE thoughts to stranger eyes. While she VII =.
ever emulous to deserve-she may not SEEK Wv
compliment she hopes your interest implies,
AS We have received the first number 9.
new paper. devoted to Religion. printed at lcl'