Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1845-11-14

10 "0I' TP''I-' " 'OIWdIu chii1, AL
lI"sa great attentions to I've wants Of II,
nH..d. dro Of no u-' without ii iu4 a,gt-.-
tiJn 70 the wl9;s OF the body! Al Y,In. (.
abte cnli'.rrn ,are locked on and ound
t. he OF $40 more use iE society than 70 rna-
~ rem4.ha1ie apor! think no more of
them tA1a ! % oil the remafkabe IN. toy
ilom No. h Carolina. ard no more OI him
iha1 DO Of d remarkably huge maggot. -
Lerail CG,HnIn was more than 4 gfeai
lncIrn aud multiplication table, whilst
Warren C1Iuurn was arithmetic jl.e'f.
/ Iar great pTor in eGuca. on cones f ora
lir 'wln-H-r GiaproporIion bestowed on Tia
lL!rIIrc.uH culture az compared with ,hat
( tcs!ow~d on the neral culture. AID that
the .at;cr requires the same ai.aatol 10
SAN" nan will dispute. Although the mind
u - H"GIJtP lh1t II may be trained in any
direction, az the gardener trains his VI ~,
yrl 4uch IS the elect Of surrounding Gu-
ence- dulng the progressive g.owth Of
mind, inat among tie rog!otIa Counties Of
The earth We find poiythrisn prsctic-d in
one, lHI4ntcide in another, po!ygany in
another. the burning Or buryng the wing
WIIh the dtaI- and customs so various IS
TO nIucr the beIlei by come that iheIt was
b separate Adam and Eve for each esct.--
And JET We 60 on cuItvating the inl"..ec-
tual thousand times more than we DO lie
moral ones.
LooG at the eXercizcsin our public schools.
See what attention is paid in rfaairg 10
III" tone. the accent, the modulauCL; n
grammar, the RUE and the exception and
20 forth must alt he eiaboratey attended 20;
IN geography, the population and latitude
and lorglgude OF cities the hciGhJ Of
mountains, and lengths Of rivers aIr al
thought OF he highest moment; in s.j,A.
melc, the same occursin regard togun"rnt.
dividend, fraction and infnitessmaj. -
Look at the re.tCrali0n and perseverance n
the whole machinery OF marking. rIhor.
.akng. przes, and-so-iorth. Lock a. ,ha
page, and then turn to the blank lea! Of
moral appliances ard indictments.
Such has been the neglect in this ma.,er
that msrveI There is any simililude OF .
moral nature LETT among us. Iwonder lhst
morality, truth. love and honor has not led
irom earth. and leitu heartless, alhe.slical
and devish wonder that the spirit Of
morality has no; fed like Asirea TO tie E;urs.
expelled from earth by the folly and ck-
ednPsa Of men. But it is fortunate dat it
ls otherwise! that 10 vice of the iatlcr's.
no folly Of the mothers, can expel fiI.aI owe
from The breast OF their child az when the
! autumnal fires Of the western prsiries ruah
over them, leaving an ocean waste OF tes-
Datlon behuH--yet when wa!ered by lhe
gclrtshug raIus Of the following sprng,
beauty, Ioveness, and fragrance may hurst
iolth aneW;and from the -loins of WiSkoG
and diseased parents, springup new ho.e1
and new susceptibility OF virtue and c! IL.
IIgloE.
Another truth, also, must be attended %
in the education Of the child. The power
or faculty that is n be increased cniv l9uet
be !ncIted 10 act'on. If you address, ciiid
IN d language rot understood, it viii b. as
useless as II 4 bolGnisi was to adl!ess q
number Of p.auts and flowers, and di!eut
them 10 grow, There s much that is now
called moral teaching that is utterly uNwor.
thy of the name. Thele can be 10 MORAL
good effected unless all the intelligent &C.
tivity OF the moral good nature be aroused
TO action. II the teacher cannot command
the attention OF the child, the CHILD glows
worse. or e,se he growssmaller. The best
means TO be proceeded, s lha! the mother
should early begin this work. The founIo Of
maternal love never runs dry! She waters
the plant doy-and though the leaves
secm dry and withered, yet there may 10
life in the root. Tma and fate are wres.
tied with by mother, and, despair hurled
10 distance. See how the mother will
watch by The bed Of her sick childl the hec.
tic flush, the psrched tongue, the rattle in
the throat, are portenIs more terrible 10 her
than all tha. shake earth or sky. She
would give her whole fortune for sing!s
remedy that should save her chId's IiIeI--
And yet all this is only FOX the breath in tho
Dody How much more, then, should she
do It 10 prevent the death OF The soul! There
is no dealh-beL en- earth SO horrible as the
extngushment Of virtue in the human
soul! Death Of the body is indeed terrible
to contemplate. but the pangs OF renoTse
who can lear!
Bear in mind, then, ths. whilst suscepti.
biity remains, no child is utterly, inetriev-
ably lost. The renovation and redemption
Of mankind depend on our knowledge and
means for eultvating and forming tho
mind as it passes through the successive
stages Of childhood!
Tha; part of our nature created in the
image OF God should be rendered bold, firm,
serene and awful in the exercise Of virtueS
that which is base should tremble before
the power and bow 10 the will of the law.
giver In ths way We may render our
commons noble, learned and manly, and all
alike beautiful and true; instead OF being
the sleepy, mantry and generally diseas.
ed set that too many now are.
We shall then have an intellect like ma
ture's veil, transparent as air. A beneVo.
lence that will melt all the good contained
in the human race into one mass! end neI-
ther hunger nor want, nor vice, nor m'fe-
nv. shall be found in our midst! Judg-
ment so bright and clear that naught can
din lis vision--every truth shall he known
and so far from again being blended with