Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1841-02-06

instruction alone, very Ear from il. Sun the duties Of
The Instructor are included IN those Of the Educator
Great and fatal mistakes are continually made By /
n'glssting cone Of these powers, as well IS by sul
tVsting others, 10 an undue degree. Al one period !
the PHYSICAL powers were cultivated with a. much
diligence az if man were nothing more than an ami
NAL. At the present, these are neglected, while the
Intellectual receive much the greatest share Of at
tsnIon; and painful il is 10 add, the Mora have
been always neglected. Consequently man has ne
YER manifested that beautiful proportion ofcharactsr
which system Of education embracing the due and
equal cultivation Of ell his powers, must sssuredy
give him. lie is treated BY some as brute, BY o.
Tiers IS purely intellectual being and by nearly ell
as destitute Of moral sense. Some teachers think
that when they have taught their pupils the requir
ed studies By which The mind only benefited their
duty is discharged. In a word, that when they have
aught language and science. they have done all
These may call themselves Instructors, but are not
worthy the appealion oil Educators As | intend
N sone future numbers TO give my opinions the
dirren, branches Of educaton,I will here say some
thing as to The period OF its commencement. Ii be-
gins with our earliest existence. The infant Of
the cradle is at oil times receiving impressions
from objects and individuals around him. HIS eva
10 taught by the looks and movements Of his mother
and by the shades and coIors OF objects arc und him
HIS ear delights TO catch the sweet song Of BIRDS md
the rende tones Of his nurse. His clothing gives
him either taste for simplicity, love Of fnery, or
contempt for both The very food he eats tends
70 form temperate or incorporate habits. As he
becomes able TO move about and acquires more
ready command of his limbs, he notices more closely
and constantly than most parents suppose, the con-
| duct oil those about him. And he forms his habits
ard manilests his feelings in similar 10 those
around him. Thus in childhood many have receiv,
ed impressions which in after lie SCENE d strange
and uuaccountabIe. The looks, tones words, and
actions combined, have much 10 do in forming the
disposition of the child. Many parents do not seem
10 be Of this much less o the sad consequent
ces resulting rom their own Inconsistency OF con-
duct. They allow their children to indulge every
appetite, wallow IN dirt indulge their passions, and
use their tongues st pleasure, thinking that when
they become older they will learn and do better
without restraint for the shortest time, acquire
waywardness OF spir, and slubbornnesr OF DISPOSE
ton, which lead them to look upon any governmen nj
which may afterwards be exercised over them is
unjust and iyrannical. Nuli,udes from bare egIect
are ruined long before they are supposed 10 have
formed their habits. Parents sometimes wonder
why their children prove so vicious as they ap.
prosch the age OF maturity One father sas d.
not know what course 10 pursue with my son--he
is shockngly proIane, dishonest, Incorporate can.
not conserve what has led him into such ha bits, fol
have given him line upon line and precept upor
precepl; and after all no good effect seems 10 fol
low Now, this 10 a common case. The parent hal
, either neglected his has been grossly incOn
ssient in his example. He has expected what II,
rational man ought 10 expect, that is, that his Sol
wculd do right ~i,hou, being taught. Precep. vii
not do the work. II must be done by example,
: Parents look upon the young immortal you ar
iondl'ng in your arms It's bright spirit. born for in,
mortality is To receive its first and most durable in,
a pres'ons, for veal or we. from yourself Its spr
d now unsullied by vice asks, you in its purity an
# hepessness for add begin your labor of love SO
and while itexpands and blooms in the domestic cir
Gle, watch every avenue through which evil ma
y entera Throw around it every thing that can plea,
and delight, as we'll that improve and strength
u an liz feeble powers
., Yours Respectfully
n G. C. PRESTON.
V. Mr.. c., AND THE FRANKLIN ACADEMY
70 writer in the last number Of the Democr,
'e under tho above caption and signature, "prOpose
10 to consider tho benefits emanating from tho
rs bove institution to the growth Of this communit