Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1830-03-24
FAMILY GOVERNMENT

In Ve,siug the Fourth Annual Report of the p.oa D;c;
pine society of Boston, the attention Of the writer of this
particularly arrested, by facts and obseryao1 il conIa
Tire sub Of Family Government Anone the causes N
crime says this valuable Report he neglect OF mil
eminent stands next 10 nienpeance is fact not un.
frequently the cause OF YOUTH when
aud neglected by their parents find their wav n hs ,a
and the shop Others whose parents have
unnecessarily ihem have abandoned m
vice. till they forsook their fathers house the confession
Of many convict that the which brough, thp
Ia the prison, commenced in dsobedence their parents o
their pacns neglect And II has ALREADY been s,.S '
about sixty which is oneiTd Of whole number of the
youth who have been committed TO the House of Reformation
beient And among old convict for higher crimes esne
ciaiy those which the offspring and s
den PASSION there evidence from prisons that they who have
been guilty. oil such cflme subject
nrcnt And there further evidence, in few cns,s be,o
parents and children have been found together in the
prison, that the fathers house place Of entire dord in
regard TO thing good and Of harmony only in deyisns
and executing mischief and instance al least SON
VINO made spun on his way from the prison gaows
where lie soon to lose his life traced his dreadful end IN
the instructions OF bis mother Let parents them govern their
right ~ "
These statements of the Of which there can be no
doubi are really appalling and ought very seriously to impress
All hose vino are parents aud head. Of families with apay
sense OF the responsibility which upon them Ie, il be
the course Of vice. which brought 10 the prison
red IN dsobedienee 10 their parents their parents neglect
believed that IN large majority Of cases, the most ha
Oened criminals could easily these sorc es the com
nencenent Of their Of folly aud Of crime Is not
nen, the incumbent duy OF parents TO every within
their power to Proecte tender opring from the corupng
huence OF bad example; TO guard them Young against
-, - s.ooavois ahu 10 restrain Them on every
ttn Whee restraints necessary Parents who are thus d
ghy ensaBeo ~ the discharge Of the important their
sao-who are concerned to bring up the lambs committed
10 er care ~ The nurture and admonon Of the Lord ,l
receive rich reward for their fithness; md no, o.v ,be
children, but their cldrens children will nave rrason q, [
them for their oversight and care ~ W. "'o''
william Penn, who had profound KNOWLEDGE NJ t,,s
nature, and was well qualified TO administer advirs n ~,
excellent observation: eff thou wouldst be easv ao
Thy family above all things observe discipline E,e,v ~
II should know tlsir duty, and there Should be tins az,
place for every thing" II wholesome dtscipine ve,s
Jshed and maintained in fsuesf parents and those yh
have the Of youth kept their proper places and e
enough concerned 10 train the child in the i've should
the saluary ELECTS would be obvious; disorder
tie misery and the crime, originating parental neglect and
youthful dispbedenee, would not be frequently presented To
our view Surely the painful and affecting
~ ~ The above extract every way confirmed and
as 10 by experience and observation ought alarm those
WHO lamenaby careless and Indifferent in relation 10 this
most interesting and important subject What they sup
ss | We me consequence of SLOWING their children ihfog