Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-09-29
From THE BALANCE.
ON EDUCATION.
No. XII.

No. XII.
I" Hail wed led lcve Myteriousl law, true fource
OF human offspring ..................
................ ........ !; by thee
Founded in reafon, loyal, jult AMI pure,
Relations dear, and all the chara,iss
Offather, ion, and brother, frA we knew"
MILTON.
/" ORDER is1Heayen's drR law "'e&
the foundation OF order among mank ind
IS laid in marriage, and the Que regula-
ton Ct families. Ga this pivotis depend
ing the weight Of the world! Deteita.
tioa and contempt be the portion of fhe
phiolophlts who exclain againa marrl-
age and employed sneir hell corn powers
OF foPhlfry 20 prove it sincompatible with
human rights. They woald make TO-
phet Of the world, by filing it with out
Gait, vagrant children, belonging to nc
families, deAitute OF the privileges Of pa
rental care, pefraints and dilcipline, and
trained up and prepared for every kind OF
mitchell. X
In the facred bands Of marriage, unlels
where an awful degree of depravity over
overs and extingulhes natural affection,
Doth the parents ieel a lively iniefeN tor
the wefarei of their offspring. Their
hearts, beating here in uniion, are n,utu-
ally drawn and riyited TO this darling
opjset il is the p9lefar, to which their
daily cares and attentions are directed.
The child OF man comes into exittence
in condition more helpless than that of
he lnaedged bird but Heaven has made
wife and gracious provihon for his pro-
tettion, fufenance and inisruttion. Born
in 7osd oek, "a ern9l arms are:afettiona ey
extended 70 receive and embrace him.
Ehe infruments of his beins, united toge-
ther in lolernn covenant, are his atfc1ti.
onate and viz liant guardians. No fooner
do they behald him, than their hearts
yearn towards him. They fondly view
ain as part Of themfeiyes, +" asbone OF
their bone, & heih of their heh." They
hear his plants and wallings with pity, &
obferve his fmiles with raptures. Tofuc.
cour & cherilh him, the ywilIingly con(ume
days OF toll knights of watching. When
FIX, they hover around him, water his
couch with their tears, & with trembling
anxiety adtnniRer the health,reitoring
cordial. When health returns and blooms
in his countenance, joy fpring up in their
bofoms. Their ienhbilities and folici-
tudes concerning him increafe with the
encreafe OF his age. His hapPineEsbecomes
more and more connected with their own,
and interviewer with every fibre of their
hearts. Anticipation and hope aid their
exertions and fwcten their cares. This
child, they tondiy immagine, will be the
ilpport and comfort Of their declining
days and will remain their representative
on earth when they fhall be hidden in The
grave. Thus ,hey- beguiie the tedious
hours of toll AM wa,chings, and tread
on an enchanted ground add thus by
means of the marriage union, the helpless
infant Whole exifence might otherwile
Jean Jaqnes Rofcau, who excepting v,l
taire, was the mott eminent among the French
,hiof 2phfs, had no wife but kept miitrcls
Whole children as foon as they were born, he.
lent to founding hofpital. And this was done
with lefs care and attention than any prudent
man would beGow on his pigs: for he neglected
to diltinguiih them by any mark whatever and
they were coniequent!y fooa loft in the general
mals, iniomuch that, when enquiry was made
at the hopital for RoGeau's offspring, it was i'm
pofiole to find them. or opoint them out with
any degree of certainty. among the numerous
children with:whichtha public edi6ce crowd.
ed.
This is the very quinteGence of philofophifm. |
While it profefIesa boundIe(s glow of general
bcnevolence towards the whole human race, it |
claims difpenlation from the performance
Of the common duties of life within that par
ticuiar circle when alone the exercife of bene- |
violence can ordinarily be efficient and uCeful.