Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1859-06-08

things Of the favorites Of fortune or the
drudges of another class. Aspiring to be
ladies offashion, too delicate to rear their
own offspring, or worn into an early grave
by hardships.
That there Is sone radical defect
in the training of oar youth, do believe.
We need mothers. But while society rests
on its present basis, and while wealth is the
criterion of responsibility, marriage win
be contracted from sordid motives
And a man or woman who woulA
marry from such motives has not within
him or herself the essential elements
Of the high moral training Of offspring.
Neither is capable Of desiring for them
selves, or for their children, more than
the need Of ambition g the pleasures Of
wealth. xsa
But women are experiencing in another
direction some of the evils arising from the
present organization Of society noticed
short time since, in prominent Journal.
an article alluding to the immense number
of unmarried females at the present day;
and dwelling upon the imperative necessity
devolying upon parents to have their
daughters taught some usefnl occupation
by which they might earn a livelihood.
1t ID true that our Hotels and boarding
and lodging houses are filled to great eI-
tent with bachelors, men who dare net
take upon themselves the responsibilities of
family, and so choose q single and selfisA
existence rather than run the risk of possi-
bic penury with wife too delicate to be
anything more than an incumbraaee in the
days of trial. Thus many of our sex are
deprived of Zone great means of developing
the higher and holier nature innate in wc-
man, and which her destiny rs a. wife and
mother is designed to call forth.
But | am persuaded that woman will
arise from her supineness and be to msn a
greater benefactor than she has vet been
since the foundation of the world. It's
moral regeneration rests with her princi-
pally. Man, when be is aroused from the
the intoxicating dreams of gold and fame,
will with the generosity of his nature aid
ns in our work. five are left To live love-
less and lonely lives, while voa are feeding
upon the husks Of empty pleasures, We win
; have ready for you the loving hearts of
home when you return from your way
ward courses. We will show YOU that
"to live independent of self, by ideas, by
sentiments, but above all by virtues. con
, stitutes an elevation of character so. true y
f that its selfsustaining force will carry us
through with dignity to the end of the
+ great drama Of life.
. We arc not among those who desire 4
s encroach upon the rightful domain of man
t We believe that woman, capable as she i
t Of tenderer and purer enthusiasm thar
: man, would be so much the more likely t.
0 be injured by assuming masculine occspa
tions. We think if a woman had the tai
o ents of Corinne, few men would be so un
+ generous as to desire them suppressed =
But among women, as among men, &c
y muses. are rare, and nature sees. to It tha
in most cases her favored children make fe
themselves hearing. Wedo desire, how
ever, broader basis for her education, an
e higher cultivation. Not that sort of ed
ucation which remains an acquisition, bu
that which will pass into culture, and al
woman to become what the Creator inteu
ded his last best work should be.
- E. +. L.
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