Alexandria advertiser and commercial intelligencer. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1800-1803, 1802-11-06

mixing, event uaiil s''S eh"' oes0i VI -
' .:ao TO them is committed treafure
no,e valuable than the mines of Peru and
Ia4oaan. In their hands is placed the
lao hope Of their county. They arc
=. oaiats as well as the Wfruaots OF
=. riiag generation; and i, IS their ba-
soe!, 70 mould the yielding clay OF human
aaf,,re into comely and uietul yeilels.
R.6lss rhe indifpen6ble pFereqaidte Of Ca
n,city and information, adequate to their
ts.aoloyment, it is eqaally necellafy that
heir Character ihouid be nloysl, am!ab!e
and respectable.
The praaiee Of employing eruakards,
vsoabonds and the ragged retase Of man
kind, as inRtu6er. IL iehools. IS bafe ard
1eteaable beyond he power otlangaage tc
expreis. No rational hufbandnan would
g. an owl to tend his chickens, or vol
. gaard his lambs though, It would
bs infinitely lefs abfafd and cruel than
I IS TO commit chi!ersn 10 the guidance
,ad tuition Of yieiaas, worthless, contemp
,;ble Characters. Children are imisive
ceau IS. They:ralurally catch the dialetf,
me zones, the manners and habits Of Others,
snaelpecially Of ,heir infIuao;s. Moro
oels, 5rage & ravenge, to9ether with eve
r. kind d valgariry or oddly IN disleci
or manners, are ea6Iy and quickly COM
r,,;rafed from the uaRer 10 the pupils
or even, If they hould be ind;fpoied 10
initiate theig preceptor, by reaion that
they conceive contempt for his peifon,
the manifold evils Of mja6ordiaatisn would
be The natural coniSqreoee; ana ,he tehooi
would become worfe than ulel6t5. lo the
diferacc oithe parents, TO the ruia q The
children, and 70 the iTreparable injury Of
the commonwealth, there is inmany places
10 this country, an apparent dilpoiition 70
gu, Up, as it were, al aufion, the all I'm
portan, bul;nefs of teaching fthools; and
to Rrike it Of to the ioqUeF bidder. Pa
rents, in fach inaances, maniieit les re-
gard for their childfen, than they do fer
their cattle. A fine young horfe, that
they would with TO break fer the PADDLE,
or for carriage, ,hsy would in no wife
commit to the management OF bungler,
who would accuaom him TO an awkward
attitude and gait, or learn himto be tiicky.
For the purpofe oftrsinlng up fuch colt,
they would readily be at the expence Of
hiring an expert horfeman; yet they are
led BY blind avarice, to pick up vile
outcaa Of focisty, fome beggarly i(roller,
iome drunken fwab, to educate their chill
dren 9-and they jafly reap what they
low.
An afeaionate attachment to children,
at the fame time that it is generally mark
of a virtaous fenGbility OF heart, forms a
ncceaary part of the character of good
inarutaor.s This amiable quality, IN The
teachers Of ichools, is iure pledge OF f.
deity and of lacdable exertions TO promote
the insereis Of their pupils. In every To-
c;si department, of life, and in tsis parsicu-
lsrly, love is the mof powerful incentive
TO duty. One who has tate for con-
templating the frnp!e and, comparatively,
innocent fcenes of childhood, and the gra
dual expauGons of the human mind /; and,
in the mean time, feels lively interef
for the general welfare of children can
not fail, with competent learning, to
make uieful ineru8or. But no degrees
of learning, in the mater or the miltreiS
of a ichool, Can comPentate for callouf.
ncfs of heart and uorofeneis of temper.
Impartiality is a primary qualification
in the teachers and governors of fchools.
1t greatly behoves them TO hold an even
hand towards the children committed to
their charge, without any favor or pre-
JUDGE, ariiing from the rank, circumstances
or characters CT their parentage. An I'M
partial government of fchoois, while it
produces and cherithes general good will,
affords an incentive to general lndufry.
Under tie aiIurance that they will be no
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