Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-12-12
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FOR THE KEowEE COURIER.
Female Education -" Orco Random"
~ Marshalling all his terrors as he came,
Thunder, and earthquake, and devouring
flame" @
.a.p Mr.. 5EpIToR.;.We notice quito u pert. and,
rather approximations article, in the JPdlhalla
Boia,er, of the 5th inst. over the signature of
+" orco Random" purporting to be reply to
my article on "Female Education," which
appeared in the KeoOee Courier, Of the 28th
of November. In reply we would state, first:
That our literary star has misrepresented our
article sadly. Hear him; "Thewriter COM
mences by stating, that the education OF the
fair sex is neglected to great extent" We
quote cur remarks "Femalc Education
Mr.. Editor: We are under the impression
that tliis thing is sadly neglected by gentle
men who arc perfectly able to give thcir
daughters as good an education as tho coun-
try affords" The reader will Mt once per-
ceiYe that this extract from our article, does
not lurl orr to be a general term, but has ref
ercnco to class ofpersops that you will find
III every district orcounty inthe States. And
we are uttcrly at loss, to know how n per-
son who prctends to be compoS mentis or even
sane, could render itasa general torn. But
e" 1t moves mo moro perhaps than folly aught,
When some green heads, as void of wit or
thought,
Suppose themselves monopolsts of sense
And wiser mems ability prctence."
In the second place, "0rco Random" as
sumcs, that our remarks were confined to
Pickcns district. Not so.
Nvn,II inf farm, o,,r J,J1,..,,,
that at the time we ponciled our article we
were aware that we were writing for journ-
nj that had large circulation, both inSouth
Carolina and Georgia. And we would furth-
or inform our friend that we would not write
for journal whose circulation was confined
to its own District. Again he says: That
wo have charged the "bewitching daughters"
lofPickens with ignorance" This we deom
a blunder unparalleled by any person, aspir-
| ing to tho position of correspondent, or con-
tributor to a public journal. For, if the rea-
der will refer to our article, he will find that
ne charged no one with ignorance, but simp-
ly remarked, that if there was falling off in
| female education that they would commence
to loose their equilibrium in society. And
that they would cease to be the "augels of
! our dreams" "Aud, instead of tho lovely
| beings that they were intended for, wc would
find them ignorant and unintorcsting." -
How any one who pretcnds to possess any in
! formation, and especially one who deals in
! UdriO,ts ldti,, phrases should make such con-
structon of our language is perfectly ama2-
ing. But
Thou nay'st of double ign'rance boast,
| Whoknow'st not, that thou nothing know st ,,
| In the third place, "0rco Random" aceus-
cs us with an ambition to appear in public
print, combined with an ignorance unpard-
enable in resident of Pickens district Be
that as it may.we would inform ourrenowncd
| HagatSt that this is not our first article by
many, and we hope it will not be our last
And that we don't write for the honor of a
place in the columns of Il public journal.--
! (For. five did, we would give our name cc,-
6dtim htcrdtim. But we write for the bene-
fit of the reading public, and are always par.
ticular in selecting subjects that We think
will interest thom. And friend, "Orco Ran
dom, as for our ignorance wo would say VIC
have never needed hajLy horse to ride in
to the columns of AZ public Journal bad enough
to take some other persons article and make
such stupendous blunders, in the con-
struction of the plaincst English, and then
try to cloak it up with mantle of latin phra-
ses. Our advice would be for you to consult
| Webster little, and get little better versed
in the construction of the English Language
before you launch out with your latin phrases
For, it is shure sign Of an igl.oraiaus i'm a
person using latin when they don't under.
| stand English. Come, friend "Orco Ran.
dom" search we'll and see if the "beam is
notin thine own eye" For our part, wetllink
thatambition "to appear inpublic print, and
:" the objectionable ignorance" will apply
more forcibly to "Orco Random" than it viii
to carr. CHAw."
Walhalla, Dec 1857.