Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1846-09-09

As necessary consequence oT SHch innu
enre, the permission was jnyfully recei.
we'd. and the desirate supplied. 1t seems
almost useless to add, that THIS mother
would not rfface lessen of great porma
nent value, by giving the garment 50
cheerfully relinQuishet. She said that
her self-denyius daughter, instead Of being
mortified at her peIisse, when compared
with the new one of her younger sister,
seemed always 10 exult al the superior
worth of here own purchase. The fortune
&c which she was heiress was palry
possession, when weighed with this iutrin-
sic generosity Of soul.
My heartfelt interest in the subject of
paternal instruction, and my deep convic
lion lha, there can be no adequate substi-.
tufe for il, 10 the mind. character. or hap
piness OF a child, Ltrusl may he my excuse,
If have Eeen thought to he too minute
aud tedious. Oh, mothers mothers Of
immortal. haings, wlicm YOU are practi
cally guiding to eternal felicity, or unut-
terable aud unhending woe the blight or
blessedness Of whose. existence may be
traced to you--nh, say, what care, what
employment, and above all, what anuse-
mrnt, or GOllies. or what self indulgence,
shall supersede duty which is imposed
alike by God, by conscience. by reason,
and by natural affection?
Next TO domestic influences. as means Of
education. | may rank schools. Aud what
should ii teacher be? DOUBTLESS as nearly
whal YOU wish your child 10 be as sou can
obtain. Vero you solicuous that your
son m'ghI be an eminent lawyer, or ply.
sician, you would not place him in the
office OF legal quack, or Of an empric.
If you wished him To excel in a mechanl-
cal arr, You would apprentice him TO one
whose skill in his business secured conf
'!enre in his Instructions. And if you
YOU sonshl nothing but high breeding and
conrtlv elegance, he surely would need The
example oi a finished gentleman. The
lo,reSt requisites in 4 teacher skoald be,
Thorough knowledge of what he teaches,
unhIenchins moral principle. seIf-conlrol,
aud manners, which, il hey might not be
"a model for his pupils, ought. at least. to
be entirely free whatever is violent, or
vulgar. II is impossible that the attentive
youth should be directed several hour,
each day 10 an indiYiclual. without con.
tracing good or eviI from his 'nauners.,
even, Such ,afinsirue,oras as isiiifvc- desert
bed, with no higher crreconlmendalinns ihaG4
good manners. self. government. moral
principle, aud acquaintance with branches
he prplcsseS to teach, must be an advan-
,age 10 his pupils beyond pecuniary equiv
alent. For his recumpease would be en-
trcly physcal-,hcir gain, intellectual and
moral. His, what the veriesl Ounce and
greatest knave may acquire, aud which
will "p'rIsh Ni'h lha using g"-lhcirs, what
alune can command heartfelt respect anI
cnnfer true dignity and honorable iunu
cnce-quaIitcs which constitute the spe-
ciGc difference hetween man and 6rure.
and also between angel aud demon.
i'hc objects OF faithful Instructors are 10
Pfomnie the present and future welfare Of
,Lci.' pupils. But their means and op
po'luuilies are vastly inferior 10 lhosc Of
parents; aud their success must be directly
prnprrlinned to d"mesric advauIagcs.-
As in agriculture, one sol; requires little
more than seed, which will yield "a hun
Dir d Iold.' in a brefer period than is re
qusite Ia remove membranes; aud ind
access 10 another Years may be spent
in reaching some to he systematically cm.
played, and to Think. whilst these years
have greatly advanced or completed The
scientific instruction of others, who had
only Ihuse prerequisites. Il careless OBJ
server may suppose, tka, there is no hr
'nan being possessed of ordinary under.
standing. WHO does not think. or reflect.
But there are nvriads, who pass from their
| iirrn to their bicr-arrive also to maturity
of years, without Que original thought
LlAr mirrors they only reflect external oh.
jrcs. They are the very echoes. The fac
SMILES Of others. both in opinion and con
duct. They not Only. dare no. but they
cnnnor thrk for themselves. y threat, a
lrowan, sneer. even. can vanquish them
can awe Them 10 scrviity, can freeze them
to rrlenllessness. or dissolve them to mbe-
ciIity!
sLarzIelas