Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-05-05
La lies' correspondence.
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from the O5sereer, that you would
again favor its columns with the pro-
duftions Of your able pen, | will take
tho liberty of addressing you ia the
for of a letter, upon a subject which
should interest every one particu-
larIy,. our sex. 1t is the present
system Of FEMALE EDUCATION. A sys-
TEN not calculated to expand the
MUD, bat on the contrary deyelopes
every weakness Of our nature. Up
on this subject much has been said.
and don't know that l can add
single new idea to the many already
advanced BY wiser heads, but hope to
draw you out upon that which exer-
clses SO great an influence d pom our
political institutions and sd cial en-,
joyme uts. For it is won ban who
forms, in very great degree, the
character Of man. Yes, she It is who
implants the seeds of every pure and
holy principle, which, nurt bred by
skIllill hands, viii blossom in beauty,
and bring forth fruit which will win
the adulation of the world. JPush-
!iRgt0n, whose very name fills the
heart OF every patriot viii holy
reverence, and whose deeds of valor
will be banded down from generation
Et6 generation, 50 long as hist pry dlls
Tie tale Of departed greatne IS, CIV LED
bis greatness to the early trE Inning o.
q wise and pious mother; while this
verysman, whose memory a world
adores, might, by the influence of 1
weak and wicked mother, have beer
formetl for the crosses t acts Of de.
ipra witty Then, if there be no Other
I end in view, this alone is sufficient tc
'iincite parents 10 the greatest e4Jr
lin the cultivation Of t ne mental anc
moral faculties Of Dir daug ht els
But there is another object FHicI
Should not be lq ST sight of: the i,ls
prorcfafni ana fayoynF ut Of W plhar
in the quiet scenes of home, #herl
her virtues Shine most conspicdu$lv
This, indeed, is enough. The r4ihd.
Of lhenIare busted in various Ways
and if ehnui should stead upon them
can go cut into the great world at amy
and all times, and throw off theil
gloo m, by mingiing in the hum-drdn
of a etive life, but home is the prov
inee Of woman, and unfinished Will
topics for meditation which edufa-
ton affords, what has She to dwell
upon in her hours Of solitude, whici
alas. she has to endure oftentimcs fol
hours and even days without change.
Nothing, but shining eofee-pots
clean floors and good di nners; HI
very good iii their places, bat mix,
ture of something more lofty il its
nature, would give to these brighter
polish and sweeter flavor, to every
belolder and partaker, whose mind
has been Illuminated by the lustro
flame Of intelligence. Besides, such
thoughts will in the course of time
erase every trace of intelligence, and
render the person unfit for social in
tercourse, and nothing aaore than a
| physical operator in the avocations
lof domestic life. What is home
without the attractions of learning?
No thought for the amusement Of
the Preside circle no desire to read
a verse or paragraph for It's instruc--
tion-no disposition to lend pa
tient ear to the records of the historic
page, or the soll-stirrilg song of the
poetl A place more lonely than a
cave IN the desert wild. 1t is not as
tonishing that so many Indies com
plain of loneliness, for to them whose
Joys are joys Of sight, smell and
taste" it must bemost awful. Nor,
that their husbands delight so little
in their society, since they seek not
to fill their minds with thoughts con-
genial with-those that ema7ate from
their spacious and wel-sI0red cram
ums. Were it otherwise, many
hours spent in lettering about the
streets in quest Of something, they