Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1818-01-12
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In tie excellent lii;is f-ss- q Dr..
Cu,tnn N;aIher. eI.iitIth. .. Esssys 10
do Good tie venerable sSraor laws
down for himself tie f5iyoEinc rule
in regard to bis treatment Il oi!ltEtn
-" I will never use corporal punish
rIent except Il tr for Al aIroCT"Us
crime. or for srnSiie. fault Gts.i-
nateiy persisted H." \ nsIim which
deserves 10 be written in golden cha
rsoters. or ra;I.er, and far letter, TO
be engrayen rpon the hearts q pa
rents, and instructors Of schools. Nor
Is il al al inconsistent with Ire max
i'm in holy Writ. :. He that sPsreth
The rod, bafeth lis SOUL" For BY no
fair Interpretation can this last be
ulade 10 mean, that the discipline Of
the rod is necessEr, in any cases O.
ther than the aforementioned.
Obedience is The first lesson 10 BE
inculca'ed upon childhood. Ere il
can discern between good and evil.
the child should be taught 10 obey
Then il is that the task is compare
ii, ely easy, and may be effected by a
small measure ogprUdent enforcement.
No restraint, however, should lie i'm
posed upon childhood. but such Is !:
sa!utary, and Of obvious necessity
All and every needless restrain; j.
tyrannous in ais nature. ard hgfilul m
lis consequences. The child should
DC babiiuated 10 passive obedierCc.
and al the saue time be permitted TO
enjoy freedom Of action in things iT-
GitiCTen, -" 10 spesk as a child. 70
act as a child" TO he lively ard PLAY
some as a Child. 0ne, whose child
hood is closely held in trammeis, y hose
merely childish things incur rebukes
AID fr1wns, IS fell likely to make a
licentiOus use Of freedom VIXEN il ar
rivcs, or else 10 lie mopus all Tie
days of bis life.
Children should be carefully guard
ed against every species Of useless
veSatiUn.
" Provoke not ycUr children 10 an
ger, least the! be discouraged" Lay
coon them, none but necessary and
Wholesome restrictions. Never crgES
lheri for TIE mere sake Of shelving
Your authority. Reclaim with len.
lent hard their in, oIuntary errors.
Mark rot against them with a severe
eye. their tri' al alterations. Re no
less ready 10 commesd ;heir we'll do
ing, than 10 blame them for doing III.
Otherwise, the obedience paid yoa
will b. unChesrful, constrained, ard
sla,ish. II you are Of fai,itfEtiHg
temper, you will OCCASION the very
faults YOU seek after. Your children,
out OF despair of pleasing you, will
become regardless both OF your plea
sure and dispicssure. except in 50 far
as they are Influenced by seryile fear
As 10 slub6ornness, or obstinate
disobcdIence. "ihis Kind goeth no:
out" but by severe discipline. /!
must be mastered by bloNs.if nnthir:
else will DO. and the earlier the bet.
ter. But for the rest. mild and per
suasi,e methods are far preferable.
Over young minds, tie law @:
love might be made TO have mur'
more powerful Influence than ror.! !
Law. Mu>u more easily are they
drawn and guided by their affections.
than dri, eli BY their fears the tenor :
Of the former being spontaneous, Stea-
DIV and uniform While the latter o.
perate only by occasional excitement
You have the fastest hold Of tie /
child tbst YOU hold by I" the chords
OF love-" By those chords you Can
draw bin with ease. Delighting 70
PLEASE. and Of course. dreafing 10 r.
iend yOu. It is in YOUR power 10 IN
print in lis mid indeiitle oharaCttF' 3
to weed cut his award proVersH
tics ia awaken bis emulation 70 +
stiuruIa e his industry /; and 10 mVuit
him 10 sentiments and habits pre-
para'Ory 10 excellence in after life
But fear alone is an unnatural AID O. =
diuus tie. which the child i e's: de'
sirous to bteaH loose from. II stmU-
laies indeed. but not in the manntf
10 produce those ingenious sentiments
and feelings which are the foHnda'.'h
Of excellence in character.