Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-03-16

memory, If among the mothers Of her sons
there are none with hearts of sufficient pu-
rity, and minds of true womanly mould, to
abandon forever their fashionable inactivity
and stupid life routine, and labor firmly and
boldly for the briiliancy of her destiny?
The pulpit. the platform, or the states
mans desk, do not call on woman now; but
voice is constantly re-yibrating from neg
lected 6resides, vitiated sons worthless
daughters. Give us, mothers and wives, the
hours God gave ye for our devotion, and
which ye spend so lavishly upon the fimsy
webs Of literature, and the frivolous pur-
suits of fashion! Smile around your own
hearth-stones. and they will give back a
blessing, and not the curse that follows with
blight the simper of the gay!'
Does woman wish to guide the helm Of
state, to purify it's laws and elevate IFS aims
Does she wish to restrain the frightful
march of intemperance, she increase of i'm
morality, and the vice that stains with in
delible dyes the hearts of our youths? God
bless her prayer, and every effort she may
advance; but lei her not forget that IN no
station, nor any place. can she exert pow
er and influence greater than that within
the circle of her home.
When we say tha. American women are
unmindful of the important station they fill,
and that their habits of life, instead of hav-
ing an ennobling influence upon their pros
perity, possess rather corrupt and vitiat-
ing tendency, we do not include those true
hearts who are striving, both in public and
private, for the elevation of their sex; but
The general mass of our sisterhood-whose
enfeebled minds are too much absorbed in
tr;aing vanities, to devote one though: or
exertion towards the accomplishment Of
blessed duty. or even the guardianship Of
their own children. Can a woman, whom
God hath given sons and daughters, with
hearts and minds capable of becoming
blessing to the age in which they live, and
u glorious example for generations yet to
come, fulfill her trust by making her off,
spring the automata Of fashionable society ?
Can we expect to 6nd true mothers heart,
superior intellect and purifying influence,
in her who, with wealth at her command,
and neglected objects awaiting its disposal,
will filter away the short time of her exist
ence at fashionable watering places, during
the summer, enervating her already broken
constitution, as a preparation for the win
ter's festivities? Can we expect to find in
her sons men Of expanded minds, and wise
judgment, guided by hearts SO honest and
noble that the nation will submit to their
guidance, and treasure their memories with
that Of Washington? Can a mother hope
all this of son whose unrestrained youth
is devoted to the sporting of fast horses,
giving champagne suppers, and drinking
and gaming half the night?
The daughters Of these pleasure-seeking
and fasbion-aspiring women, what has Lib
erty to hope from them? Poor butterflies!
Blghted apples on dwarfed trees! Little
souls plumed over with mannerism, afecta-
tons and foOleries, shedding just light
enough to draw the moths-minds of sufi-
cient airy roominess TO shelter tie senti-
mental fiction Of the day, and hearts so hu-
mility clad that they aim no higher than
ribbands and 6eaari And yet, how great
the hope that America places upon them
These are to become the mothers of the
next generation-shedding an everlasting
influence upon posteriy These are to be-
come the wives of those that form the
strength of our Republic, and their union
shall either facilitate or retard our progress.
Americas hope is centered around her
6resides, and her destiny depends upon the
influence they emit The eloquence of
statesmen may reverberate through the
land-pulpits may send forth their appeals
of ruth and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. may Ia
Dor and bestow her undying tribute, and art
may petrify her dreams-yet the garland
will fade from Liberty's brow, and disap-
pointed millions send up their cry Of dispair
if woman's hand and woman's heart refuse
an interest in the work. Let our daught-
ers be educated for the station of true and
noble women; let them learn TO discard the
soul wasting vanities of the day, and enrich
their minds, and so purify their influence
that it shall be their lasting monument for
long ages 10 come. Teach them So 10 Ia
Dor that generations yet to be- shall look
back and call them blessed, and ballow
LnolI hSIuOIleS ds IuS if SS vi tuOSS huo
placed the brightest and the purest star on
Liberty's brow.
Begin to-day, nor end till evil sink
In its due grave; and if at once we may not
Declare the greatnes of the work we plan,
Be sure, at least, that ever in our eyes
It stands complete before US, as a dome
OF light beyond this gloom; house Of stars,
Encompassing these dusky tents; thing
Absolute, close TO all, though seldom seen,
Near as our hearts, and perfect as the heavens
Be this our aim and model, and our haRds
Shall not wax faint until the work is done"
JENNY MARSH.
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