Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1843-07-13


In this new state OF republican sim
paicuy." BOYS from - To I8years old
go where they please, seek what haunts
of folly and vice they please. annoy and
insult whom they please, and kick upl
n row" when and where they please
and if any respectable citizen rebukes
them for any Of their disgracelul conduct,
they turn TO assail and denounce him IA
can aristocratic old tyrant." Not one
parent in ten in our villages, knows half
the time by day or night, where his boys
Of 10, l2 or 10 years old are, or what
"scrapcs" or sinks Of iniqnity they may
he IN. Aud when these boys are ut home
if asked to perform any service to pro-
mote the interests Of the family, ten toI
one, that they whine and snarl at the
alleged hardship, and perhaps utterly
refuse with offensive aud insolent Ian
guage.
II such boys go 10 the school or the
,vceun, instead of behaving with deco
rum and modes'y, aud trying TO learn,
their whole aim ls Ia create mischief ana
MAX. as much trouble IA they possibly
cau-and ,f the teacher calls one Of them
10 account for his lawirss and insolent
conduct, some half Dozen Of these young
rawdips, backed up by their foolish and
d,sgraceful parents, pouOcc upon the
mnster, aud break up or destroy the
school. We have no doubt that nearly
100 schoois, lyceums, and other intel
leciual assemblies, IN Maine, have been
either entirely DESTROYED or greatly IN
iured during the las, twelve months, by
the folly aud ruwdy ism of such ill-bred,
,ostinc, msocnt upsnrts And what adds
to the evil il the fact that there are IN
almos, every town among the adnlt por-
t,on of the community, some env'ons,
little souIed creatures, who from The most
unworthy motives will encourage and
stimulate these young desprradoes Ia
acts of annoyance and villalny towards
the advocates oi social order.
Look II, the village broils, the mid
night carousuls, the riots, and the mobs,
which have 50 frequently occurred with
in the last ID Years, in almost every por-
tion Of the Union. Think Of the licen-
t,ous indulgrncie., the prostraied hopes,
the strife, ,urnnlt, and anguish, IN the
fuences upon the Jury and ballot boxes
and upon all the diversified interests o
society, which have resulted, and mus
continue to result, from the criminal an,
suicidal neglect of parents Ia bring VI
their children Sin the way they shnul'
90" L. i, too much 10 sny that probabl
three. fuuiihs of the inmates of our aims
houses, county jails, and penilen,iarles
and Of those who commit suicide or en-
their days upon The galows, owe thei
destiny, primarily, TO the neglect Of pro
per culture " hilc under the paternal roO
Ofihis we have not the least doubt-no
that the recent tragical event 90 boar
the L. States brig Somers, would neve
lave taken place if the parents of lhos
iil-la,rd youth, had bestowed upon iker
: that early discipline which God and ,hei
country demanded. IL these suppns
iions are we'll founded, wha: unuierabl
anguish must wiring the guilty. bosoms {
such parents in IA Jud dgment day.
Who is so blind IA not 10 perceive tia
il something is not speedily done To ARE.
the downward tcndency Of this sad st al
of things the dave of The Republic mu.
soon be- numbered /? Tbs is jls, as OF!
vious as that wafer wall nin down hin i
search or lcyrI IL is most unacc oun!s
bLc, N, ai psrents of good sense and so,n
Judgment on most subjects, ard VIII
readily admit the existence of ihis alarm
ing evrl, anh the general duty oiparcnt'
government, should fold their arms, loo
on. and do nothing TO save either the
offspring or their country from lr'pendir
ruin
How is this What can be the can
oi this strange hailucinaiion What CT
induce Christian parents I" neglect III
momen'ons Christian duty : ii is som
times said that this neglect is caused
extreme tenderness for their offspring
an INV ,Iingness (" give them pan-a
the IT. founded hope that future maturl
of judgmeu, viii correct he.whole ev
But we ate convinced that it orig mat
principally IN an indolcn,, selfish love
ease on the part Of the parents-and
want Of Judgment ns to the time and ma
ner, when and how parental restraint
the enid should be commenced, esta
l,shcd, aud perpetuated, until order al
,Irue shall hrr"me part OF It's natur
Ellsworth, lG43. LEoNIDAs.