The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1845-04-17
A!riI II, 1915.


on every command or requirement of It's
parents; TO 60 when it pleases, stay as
long as it wishes, and return when it
seems most convenient; such child as
this, and alas, we have many among US,
is far from beng pleasure to govern, or
an agreeable one to control. And vet,
teachers are required to enter schoolroom
with such scholars as these, and to pre-.
serve order and regulation among them
They are expected TO govern and instruct,
company of children, tina, have never
been taught the first principles OF obedience,
and consequently y, are no. prepared 10 re.
celve either government or instruction.
The whole energy of the teacher, then,
must be called into vigorous action, to
control, instead Of Improving, the objects
OF his care and anxiety. That power and
wisdom, that skill and genius, all the COM
b'ned advantages OF age and experience,
are called into immediate requisilon for
'he government, instead OF the improve
f''eht OF his scholars. Instead Of exercis-
ing, as he would, or ought TO Go, his abi>
l'y in devising ways and means for ins,ruc.
lion Of his charge, he is compelled to re"
sort to any and every measure, tina! may
offer the least success, in suppressing in.
suit, or in siencing insu,rection. Such
is literally and uudeniab!y true.
Il is a fundamental law in nature, that
cause produces effect; and wherever We
find an effect, we are positive in the ex
isence OF an influence that has produced
il. However hard i, may be, 10 some in
stances, TO trace cause and effect, yet in
The matter of school-teachlng, it requires
no grea. stretch Of inquiry, to follow the
ungovernable disposition OF children 10 its
proper source aud 10 ascertain, with ex>
aclness, the cause of much OF the derange
meat and perp Iexisy, which are experience
ed in the management Of cur common
schools. This spirit OF disorder and re-
keIlon which is exhibited in the conduct
Of 100 many of our children aud youth. |
originate, in The family circle. /, is The
result Of an entire ignorance, on the one
hand, and an utter neglrc', on the other
ignorance on the part of children Of the
duty of obedience, and neglec. on the
part Of parents and guardians in enforcing
il. Therefore the children are 10, 10 b.
blamed for their disobedience, their undue
forwardness and dlsorderly cooduct They
are not the ones upon whom falls the re.
buke. The evil is charged upon parents
They alone are responsible Ter The nan.
ner in which they have brought their chill
dren up. If they hive neg 'ec'ed 10 train
them Up Alright, and 10 lnstl into their
minds, the duty and TIE necessity Of yield
ing 10 their superiors, of teing submissive
at home, and kind and orderly at school,
they mus, as they deserve. bely tie charge
of such neglect. We pronounce it 10 love
and friendship upon their heads. And
we invoke you, fathers and mothers, pa
rents and guardians, to heed the charge,
aud prof, by the rebuke. Govern your
children, command their obedience, and
no! leave this your own duty, for teach
er 10 do: anc then curse and underra,e.
perhaps the invidual who does it, The
work belongs to you, and where you right.
ly begin. teachers will fud no difficulty
ia continuing it. But where you have
Got commenced the task OF government,
add allowed your children to come up,"
Instead Of being brought up, YOU will not
only have TO realize The bitterness Of their
disobedIence yourselves, but teachers. aud
our schools generally. must suffer for
your neglect, They must endure what
YOU have left undon&
It's very common pra,icc among pm
rents, Of hurrying their children off to
school, TO &c! rid OF their noise and confu>
sion at home. They have become SO IN,
manageable in their conduct, and so ndif-
fercnl to the threats and upbraidings of
their parents, that j. is sor Of pleasing
relief to such individuals, 10 see their chill,
dren directed Tor the school house, and 10
have the responsibility Of their govern-
ment reposed in o'her hands. This is
wrong and decidedly injurious n its ten