Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1855-09-01

hardships without murmur; preserves her
strong and faithful rieiy through long years,
during which she hears not the music Of Sab
bath bells, save in her dreams brings np her
boys to be sturdy lords Of fifty thousand acres
of land and future members Of Congress aud
her girls 10 bo educated ior any position in this
country or Europe. We forgive the Eastern
young lady such virtues as these, such consian-
cy, and sublime selfdenial such apostles Of
good as these well-cducaicl and wcll-principlcd
young women have been in all our great Wos.
tern land, make their rigidity Of muscle, their
tendency for lectures, 10 fade out Of the pic
turc, and we see them in all their admiraJls
tnis.
II we have chosen to speak of the shadows
in the fair portrait, wo have also neglected to
point out the high lights. No, satisfied with
doing those things which we ought not TO have
done, we leave undone those things which we
ought 10 have done. Let US repair the latter
error
Our Eastern yonng lady reads very good
books she knows Shakespeare well, and his
glorious company. As Charles Lamb delight
fully says Of his sister, "she has browsed at
will upon the fair and wholesome paslurage Of
old English reading"
She reads history, aud has no shabby amount
Of science. She knows Latin better than
French, altogether she has read the classics Of
the latter tongue. Accomplishments (of the
lightest eharacier) arc not as much cultivated
at the North as a, the South. She prefers
hearing ono Of Mr. Emersoa's lectures read
aloud, 70 the music Of the most bewildering
waliz--not that she does NJ like dance now
and then, but all bor profound emotions and
sympaihics are Of the asihGtic. IN mustv. -lsu
worships and culiiyates tle Beethoven and Men
dolsshon school. She kes whatever is obscure
and dreamy; is profoundly metaphysical in
mind, while remarkably straightforward in prac-
iicc. She is the flower Of a Northern tree,
which, though torn NJ and planted anew, has
not changed in growth but perhaps modified its
( development
The Southern young lady springs from diff
fereni source. Her treat-gmndhiher was
cavalier. With his sisdain of his interiors,
his snowy person and accomplishments. he was
not likely to leave as IN inheritance to his chill
dren the stern yirtuesor intolerance Of the Pa-
ritan. His fair descendant has been born grace
plishmenis which tell best in society. She is
far more amiable in har manners than the Eas-
tern young lady; and if her knowledge Of his
tory is moi rs good, sie has French epgram
al her tongues end which is more amusing,
and is spoken with infinite grace. She has
fine eyes and hair, and a superb person. II
she has not the deicnte loveliness Of the dame
of the East, she has more presence she is
more snowy, aud admired at first sight.
Her manners are perfection ; the snnniesi
smile, the most faitering attention to the speak
O., be lie so dun the readicst courtesy n
the world beams from these daughters of the
South. They arc great politicians, and theil
, goal is the White House. II they fail of reach.
ing that, foreign appointment is the next best
! One Southern lady of great beauty and grea
} influence, said she had done everything to gair
, 4 foreign post for her husband bat 10 Hiss M
President, (and IL he did not relent then, HI
, certainly was harder than his face, which wal
a very cast-iron one y she did noreyen have Il
; proceed to this dsaereeable extent, hut got ,h'
> appointment without.
= They are generally fine musicians and goo'
, linguists. In short, they are pre-eminenily on
women of society. They are said 10 be some
: what inconsiant in love, and to consider them
! selves doing only slual business when engag
cd 10 thfoc men at once However thu, ma
2 be, the fortunate man who carries off the prize
finds generally that his accomplished brid
: settles down into an excellent wife and mother
discharging with great proPrieiy the numerou
# duties of plantation life.
Q Let us imagine the horroryof an English,
r French, and Spanish mamma, if il should b
v proposed TO them that Lady Geraldine, the fai
) Matilde, and The dark eyed Inez, should g
travelling about the country done take youn
" men to parties, dance with whom thoy pleasr
4 conduct their own matrimonial arrangements
; and enjoy nearly the liberty which falls 10 tn
a lot of the elderly and married. The Englis
d mamma would quietly retire TO her inmost clos
n ct, and thank Heaven that she is not as thi
e American. The French mamma would shru
}, her shoulders very significantly and the Spar
/ ish lady would double-lock her daughter roou
h and substitute an uglier and more severe dueI
d ma than ever
st But should we like to exchange standards {
l. morality with the Spanish or French ! No.
+ So far as the results speak for any systeI
of education, we point with pride to the result
Of freedom Of action. No women comman
the universal respect, none, we believe, deserS
n il more than our own.
= One course of education, however, the
J. might copy with advantage. We refer to II
III English system of prolonged yohth. Will
e our girls are figuring at parties, mperfecily e'
in ucated, to say the least, the English girl is car
J. fully secluded in the school-room, allowed mer
Of ly to exercise under the protecting shade Of Il
tall ancestral oaks, far from excitement, an
W glitter, and distraction. She is building
y splendid edifce of health and beauty she
is ripening slowly and we'll
/; At ihiriy-fye, our women do not show we
b. beside English women. Is there not someihir
in our course of life which is wrong
10 Is not our great desire to make our your
re women enjoy themselves, after all, weak i
m diligence to ourselsesl Would it moi promo
y, the real happiness of these young people
or they led more secluded and thoughtful III
is and did moi prelace the sterner duties of Ii