Alexandria gazette, commercial and political. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1812-1817, 1814-05-26
FROM A LATE LONDON PAPER.
ROYAL EDUCATION.
TEE cRoWW PRINCE.

A
Leser from his Royal Highness the
PRIME Royal Of Sweaen, to Baron
de CederAeHm.
have solicited the king to appoint
ven governor to the Prince Oscar, my
son, and his majesty has granted my re.
euest-your merit has determined bis
choice,
Tits for you to form the heart, and de-
velope the understanding of my son
his favorable dispositions will assist you
in that task by endeavoring to incul-
cate in him the customs and habits OF
this country, you will satisfy my desire,
which is, that his education should be
entirely Swedish, and the nation will be
indebted 10 you for all the benefits which
shsll result from your attention.
l wish you to direct your whole atten-
ton 10 inspiring him with habit of-ap-
plication, and to teash him to profit by
the lessons be may receive.
You will strengthen in his heart the
sentiments of religion, morality, and
love of the laws Of the country.
You will fill his mind with the exam
pies furnished by the reigns Of good
Kings, and you will also excite In his
soul that ambition for true glory, which
should always have for its object the de-
sire of being useful to our fellow crea.
tures, and OF ontributing to their hap
p,ness.
4 A, my sons age, the impressions he
NAV receive will be preserved during
bis whole life-you must therefore pre-.
vent him frem forming false ideas Of
what is called character; Grmness, which
forms the basis Of the character of a
Prince, can never be regarded as vir-
tue, except when properly exercised.
1t will be easy to teach him that his
duty should correspond with the feelings
of his heart, when Tic relief of the uu-
fortunate is in question--and that his
benefactions should bear the stamp Of
magnanimi,y, and never tina: of ostenta-
lion orsprodigality.
The INDECENT class of society should
particularly excite the solicitude of
Prince wish my son to be convinced
of this truth.
A Prince should neither be subject to
fear nor suspicion-he ought not to he
I state the exposure Of his own life to en-.
sure the glory and welfare Of his coun.
try. He should judge without passion,
and with that digni6ed calnness which
distinguishes good sovereigns.
Endeavor, Baron, to engrave these
principles firmly on the heart OF my son.
I entrust him to your care at moment
in which he has docility to receive, and
strength to retain every opinion condu-
Give to the happiness Of the Swedish
nation. Repeat to him without ceasing,
that one of the greatest curses with which
Heaven can charge nation is 10 bestow
upon it a weak Prince; that the destruc-
ton OF states, civil war, asd the slavery
OF the people, are generally the dreadful
consequences Of the timidity of Sovc-
reigns-,hat war is the most terrible e.
vii that can fall upon a state, but that
there are circumstances in which it Is
a salutary remedy to recall nation to
energy, to make it resume its ancient
character, and to preserve it from the
misfortune of losing its name by becom.
ing the province of another empire
that when kingdom is thus menaced,
and cannot avoid disgrace without hav-
ing recourse to arms, the Prince Is no
longer master Of bis choice---he must
hazard and undertake all to maintain the
independence Of his country-,hat those
are the moments in which the energy
of his soul is developed, and in which
he ought to be surrounded by men of
probity and courage, whatever may be
their political principles-his grand OBJ
iect being the salvation of his country,
the true method to obtain it is TO pro-
coed united against him who Expresses
it.
You must instruct my son not to
place his confidence in the indiscreet or
the prodigal the former will betray him
from vanity, the latter from venality.
Religion, history, geography. stalis-
tics, mathematics, writing, drawing, and
bodily exercises, will form TIE basis ct
nv sons instruction during two years.
after which period | shall entreat the
kings permission that be may pursue
another method.
The stsdy Of religion leads to that OF
az amiable morality you will insih It
into the mind Of my son. He ought to
be acquainted with the history OF all ma
tions, but in prosecuting this study you
should make him direct his principal
! attention to their government and laws,
and the influence of those upon morals
aad public happiness. The art OF war
should most essentially Fix the study of
my son. and your attention.
A Prince OF our days must be Gene.
rsl; the terrible consequence of oppos.
&c. q ZANE cal. resnansihle tnRarfls his