Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-06-16
la dies Correspondence.
For The E4yessssssEs Observer !

t DEsE Flo Strange to say,
your k ind and interesting address to
Ime of the 9th Of May, was not seen
Aby me uutil very recently. ] avail
myself of my first leisure since then,
to reply.
H You desire mo to give you my
views i b relation to the present mode
of educating the youth Of our sex.
Loving, as / do, the whole human
ne, and desiring, sincerely, the hap,
,iE5ess of them all, | DO assure you
that nothing earthly would afford
me SO nuchrleasure as to become
the hohored Instrument Of promo
ting their present and eternal well
fare. But l doubt my ability to
point out any improve ment in the
prevailing mode Of instructing young
girls, which would prove generally ac-
ceptable Tie errors which you
seem TO dcrlore, and which, doubt
less, exist, cannot with equal hand
ed justice, he. charged b the teach
ers solely; nor should they be laid at
the door of the mode Q r system
They can be clearly traced, either
TO the culPable neglect Of the pa
rents, jointly and separately; to the
lack Of solicitudd Of guardians; to
the ignorance Of many Of the SEN
iers; and to the conduct Of mis-
Judging mothers.
\ Your own school day recolleetions,
and Your experience and obsertl-
lions while pupil, will not have
failed I'd teach one of your aeumen,
how useless 4 task it would prove
to al tempt the reformation Of our
femal lie schools in opposition to those
noxi BUS powers for powers they
are. And yet something could be
done TO remedy these evils or to
lead to their remedy, if some learned.
eloquent, and earnd st qenflensqn could
be found and prevailed on TO visit
the seats Of o r schools, and there
tell the people (wlRat in verify they
do not seem to k now) that to be-
come learned, they np ust study--study
hard, study long, study earnestly.
You are a stranger to me, Eloise,
and, consequently! | feel some de-
gree of eE.barrass mont in address
ing YOU ] wish bill the time to
use the endearing ID 4gnage of friend
ship, but fear to Go So, lest you
Should deem me ior ward and assum-
ing. | too am Stranger to you.
But ! do not int md TO be so al
together. And, that ] may not be,
let me tell Yen that my intimate
friends have often charged me with
being masculine, because l se:U speak
my thoughts undisguisedly-if l
speak at all. | pray you, now, not
TO be shocked when | tell you that
] blame no mother for seeking, by
all honest, open, honorable mears 10
provide, if she can, good husbands
for her daughters. And why should
she not? Is she not wiser than her
children, and is it not her duty 10
use her superior knowledge for The
Benefit Of her offspring?
] fear that ! am making this lei
Ter 100 long for the use Of our 9 me
diam1'; and will, therefore, bring i.
10 ID { lose by remarking that | hi we
mach TO say 10 you yel, on lie ub-
cct YOU have SO well and so APP
orc priaiely Introduced; that my po-
;llion is peculiar-not always h hv-
ng the command of my line; ind
hat | will certainly reply TO your ,
cknd wledgment Of the receipt of
his which | earnestly hope will be {
cry soon-at the earliest mono n
t my disposal Meanwhile ! pray !
i3d TO protect you harmless. Il
ScPHRoNIA. II