Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1830-09-15

ingly restivc under it when he grows to
be man. lie finds it wonderfully gal
ling and uneasy; Increases the irritation
by his endcavours to throw it of, and
makes himself and sthose about him very
unhappy, by his want of submission TO
the burthen imposed upon him.
\ In discOursng from this text, we shall
consider tie bearing oithc yoke in youth,
as the being subjected to discipline in
bringing up. Ind in the first place we
shall take notice Of those who have not
been "Jro"SM Up, Lui come "p a FOOT"
I These come up-a-foot children form n
very numerous class, and Il very trouble
some one both TO their parents and neigh
bors while coming up and to the world
at large after having actually come up.
They are those, who answer the com
mands and injunctions of their parents
wih:--I won't! | won't touch to !
say won't =
30 now, Tommy, be n good boy, and
do a. your mother bids YOU
Il won't stir an inch, II! be hanged if
do.
\ What not obey your mother?
'No, III see you further first
| 'Thcn III lick You, you good for moth
IN. brat you'
Wcll lick away for what care, !
ant afraid on yc :.
/, This is but one among the every day
specimens Of the obedience of Il child,
who has not been propcrl, subjected TO
Al, Il. Il IL, ,,t ,I,l 4 ..
patcrnal authority is not the only bad ci-
feet OF his unyo!cd and uncwbcd dispo-
siton, besides being Il vcAa;on to his
parents, he isa perpetual annoyance to his
whole ncighborhood. lie is the projcc-
tor and principal executor of every
scheme of mischief lie is the lad who
cuts of the cars of kittens, who curtails
puppies, who sets the fcrocious dog on
the cattle and swine, who kills the inno-
cent bird Oh her nest, who robs orchards,
who plumbers the watermelon patch, who
spits in the schoolmastcr's face, who a.
buses the younger boys, and quarrcls
! with every body. lie is the boy who is
! loved and esteemed by no one, whose
company is avoided by all except those
ofhis own stamp, and who grows up igno-
rant of every thing but the practice o
disobedicncc, vice and folly.
4 If he hos not broken the hearts of his
| parents in childhood, It l. Ten ~ vuv Il,
will do so in maturcr life; for as he
! comes into the world, he will be Us little
: inclined to yield obedience to the laws
! of his country as he was before to listen
to the injunctions of his parents. lie
who was bad child, will in ninety nine
cases out of hundred, be bad citizen
and he who disobcyed his parents, viii
be very likely to set at naught the law.
of the land.
j DO not imagine, parents, that it is ev-
or too early to subject your children tC
the yoke-or in other words, to exact en-
tire obedience and submission. When
young, tender, and susceptible, they are
easily subdued. But as they grow older,
every day adds to the difficulty of the
: conquest. Every willul act, every in
stance of unpublished dsobedience, in
creascs the difficulty ofbringing them tc
subsection. Then take them while young
Think it not hard nor cruel. Use then
tcndcrly, but keep tight reign. They
will love you the better for it. A child
who is allowed to have its own way sell
dom loves, and never cstcems its parents.
1t is not corporcal punishment, nor vio-
lencc, nor force, that will avail when
the neck has become hardened by a
long course of disobcdcncc. Parents,
who beat and bruse their children the
most cilcctua!ly, arc seldom the most
thoroughly obeycd The weight of q
straw may do that infancy, which tho
: force of bludgcon cannot effect in ma
turer years. 1t is not so much the amount
; and vigour of correction that is to be
: regarded, as the timely and judiciou:
use of that which is necessary.
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