The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-01-31

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- the pulaie EooS-shsy slsSua ~ ~ t.n seueucs
or pssjsaice divert thcR SOr ~Uusui tv@ Iull g.
,erm.nanon q rjertiue I'll oandsdascs Uhs ere not
emiueasly qualified 70 inssTscI me rsng hope &C cor
ouusEy. One error here may produce eVis too greet
TO be atOaed Cor by many years Of rigid auensOA the
hole duties Of their appointment Il is too mach
say that great share Of the crimes which disgrseO
humanity engcndered in those hours which should
have been devoted to the requirement acknowledge,
and not few Of them in very schools. ChildFeO
left to themselves do not practice virtue from aregard
to it, or shun vice, abhOrrent to their natures; aBd
such the character Ofvery many schools in OuraDd
that children are but little better than left to them
selves.
"Train up child in the way he should 60, and
when he is old he win depart from it," saying
of Infinite Wisdom; and it is an injunction not bind
ing upon parents simply but it extends itself to all
those means by which children taught. Is il ofno
| consequence that children should have 4" line upon
line and precept upon precep, in relation the inn
portance of wisely improving time, and Of the excel
lence of good moral character and do they receive
this instruction by attendance many ofour
mon schools7 We certainly do not speak unadvisedly
when we say that very many men, who year after
are employed as school teachers, totally un6t for
the station-they have sufficiently studied ha-
nature, enable them &c gass acc esq to the
youthful heartand few of them never think Of
doing than force their pupils with the rod to
read or recite correctly. We would lay 1t down as 3
universal principle that when child shrinks At the
approach Of his teacher, bearing his authority in the
shape of birch stick that man is unfit to take charge
I Go, L. -
the youthful mind is capable Of making surpr.
sing advances 10 the requirement Of knowledge and
it woudbe strange If the rod has forced the child 10
yield his mind in some degree to the natural conse-
guence of study -but knowledge thus beat into the
head, is il possible than useless; for many
youth has left school, swearing eternal hatred to
books, with which he must forever associate sore
hand and bruised back. 1t not the natural char.
acteristic Of few individuals only that they love
hook; every sane person would love it, where he
rightly taught its value Every child has an enquriny
spirit-a curiosity to be satisfied; and If he can be
won to the belief that books his best of
Formation, be will naturally go to them and the
he reads the more he will wish to read.
We must be allowed here to answer 40 objection
which some may raise against this doctrine, who
INSTRUCTION, some few children naturally love book,
and were ofsOays fond Of reading while others can
never be induced to look into one. If the parents Of
the former have not instled into the minds Of their
children idea of the importance of reading go as to
cate this difference it will be found that from some
cause other they ayores OF their instructor,
. and he pursued towards them mder and more cor
rect of discipline than adopted in relation
to the latter class. In proportion to the dversitiee
OF gifts to mankind, every person has spirit which
pants after knowledge; and it entirely owngt the
first principles Of education that man is scholar
and another is nOt-that one person loves book and
a"nther-h hates it.-that child will spend all his
leisure hours IN reading and another in ideness and
vice. This difference is not "borD in men," for va
see among the lterat of every land, persons possess
sing all the yarieties Of s' which were ever be.
slowed by our Creator the human race. These
are facts inconrovertible and they set forth in the
strongest possible light, the importance of the station
ola school teacher. Aud in exact proportion to ,h;s
Importance, should be the care of the examining com.
mittee in granting licences of qualification to teach.
Should any complain that this standard is set too
high we have only to answer that the standard in ey.
cry science, should be 'pertection'' and our aim
should be 70 come as to possible or at least
that view of these qualifications should deter us
from licensing those who have scarcely made sinse
advance towards perfection.
The following is copied from the Boston Pa,ro, %
the 9Th inst after introducing the performances al the
4 fremont Theatre on that evening, a correspondent
max es the following remarks:
| =" In addition other attractions "The Gamblers
Fate" is announced. This Meio Drama ia of higblv
interesting character; since it pourtrays the gradual
manner in which those who indulge in this fascinang
vice, are led to misery, disgrace, and perdon Tho
pulpit may illuminate its thunders, and authors NAV
write themselves blind in combating il: but the live
| ly picture ~ the Drama will more often reach tho
hearts OF those whose sanguine temperament makee
Them IN peculiar manner, the victims of this lameD.
| table vice.. &N
We believe it is an ndisputable fact that majority
oftbe youth who are desn Dyed by vicious associa.
tons in our large towns, are natives Of the country
young men Of warm temperaments and enlarged OK.
pecations, who have rushed the city without any
fixed correct moral principles to guide them in their
new ana exposed situation. That there are numerous
moral dangers in large cities, which do no. exs, in
the country, cannot be questioned by any one and il
ls certainly important that these dangers should be
known, that they may be guarded against II is With
this view that have copied the above extract into
sheet, the alacy and impotence Of which We shall
! endeavor to expose. "The Gamblers Fate,n wac
| announced in New-York, we believe, more than eix
months huf hasi nufa chonk