The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-06-09
From the New York News
Who is CensurabIc for the Licentiousness of
the timesc


We fear much of the immortality of the
age can be traced to defective female ed
ucation and example. Upon parents or
teachers, or probably upon'both, rests the
fearful responsibility Of the almost daily
occurrences which so much scandalize
society. But while, no doubt, the founda-
ton of error, either of taste, judgement
or morals, is furnished in the schools, and
in the indulgences of over fond parents,
we cannot shut our eyes to the fact that
it is the young woman herself who, in nine
cases out of ten, is really mere to blame
than any misfortune or unhappiness which
may befall her. Bshop Doane, in the
very last address made by him to bis pu-
pills, beautifully and forcibIy presents cor
responding views. He says: 1.-The
times are out ofjont.' Corruption stalks
in high places. Liccntivusness has well
nigh lost its shame. lnfdeity is bold
and brazen-fa faced. The wave of barba-
rism is rolling back upon us For these
things your own sex are greatly answera-
bic. Women are not true to themselves
They wink at vice. They make com
promise with worldiness. They tolerate
irreligion and they are the victims of
their own unfaithfulness. The stronger
sex look in best things to the weaker
They have all had mothers. They have
all had sisters. They own them in the
sex to which they owe them. And if wo-
men were bnt true to God, true to their
position true to themselves, they would
have strenglhfrom Him TO hold the world
in check. 10 woman can fall bnt by her
own consent. AS al The first, the woman
is the tempicr. There is 10 man that has
not passed into brute, t6to US tigers do,
that can resist the macilcss majesty of .
resolved woman. And stronger than all
aw-strqngcr than anything hut God,
where it is strong in his slrength-- would
be the power Of wrmen, 10 put dow,
rudcness aud TO lay The bride upon IL
cense But the age isself-indulgcnt; and
self-indulgence grows by what it feeds on.
Women are coupled by fashion. Women
are slaves to dress. Women are willing
to be flattered.. Women are careless Of
their companionship. Women are un.
scrupulous in their amusements. Young
women set out for themselves; they look
upon their parents as old fashioned !;
they are impatient of domestic restraints
they are averse to domstic occupations !;
they vote their home bore; they congre-
gate away from its control; they indulge
in unreasonable hours they meet the
other sex more than half way they make
themselves debtors for their escort to
places of resort; they permit the ap-
proaches of familiarity; they tempt the
hidden devil of their nature- they forget
their Bibles; they forget their Prayer
books; they are women of fashion; they
are women of the world. What else then
are'srather shaped byopportunity than BIZ
Themselves. In this way home is stripped
of its sanctity; in this way the female at
mosphere loses freshness and fragrance.
The woman is no longer what she was
made to be--a help meet to man; and
man ceases to be what God designed him
for her partner, her prop and her protect
or" The English language does not con-
tain an essay of more power and truth
than this. Let all concerned, and who is
not = read, ponder and seriously reflect
upon the lesson here so beautifully ex-
pressed.
Don't DO N.-Parson Brownlow, ofthe
Knoxville Wing, anticipates the election
OF Goggin, and threatens to do a very un-
clerical thing, that is, to "get on bust"
Hear the old reprobate:
The excitement increases in Virginia
daily, and the cause Of Goggin gains
ground in every part of the State. We
really begin to count upon his election.
A more gallant, patriotic ane meritorious
man than ne, never ran for Office in the
Old Dominion. If he shall be successful,
we mist null am fyees fe,, I,,r,, Io.,eo.