The voice of freedom. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1839-1848, 1846-03-12
The Sin and Folly Of Seeding.


Psalms XXXVlI, 2.
|. 1t is sin against God. I.is an ev
and only evil, aud that continually. Da'
vid understood both human nature and the
law of God. tle says, Fret not lhyseI
in any wise to do evil Tha, is, never
fret or scold, for it is always a sin. If you
cannot speak without frettng and scoldIng
keep silence.
2. II destroys a6ection No one ever
did, ever can, or ever will love an habitua
freter, fault. finder or solder. Husbands
wives, relatives, children or domes!ics
have no affection for peevish, fretfu faull'
finders. Few tears arc shed over the
graves of such. Persons of high mora
principle NAV tolerate them-.may beal
with them. But they cannot love them
more than the sting of netles or the noise
of mosquitoes. Many man has been
driven 10 the tavern, and to dissipation, by
peevish, fretful wife, Many a wife has
been made miserable by peevish, fretfuI
husband.
3. IL is the 6ans Of domestic happiness.
A fretful, peevish, complaining fault find
er in family is like the continual chatting
ofan infamed sore. Woe 10 the man,
woman or child. who is exposed TO the in
tllence Of such temper in another. Nine
tenths Of oil domestic trials and unhappi-
ness spring from this source. Mrs, D. is
OF this temperament; she wonders her
husband is not more fond of her company,
that her children give her so much troub.
le-that domestics Go not like 10 work for
her-that she cannot secure the good will
till she leaves off fretting.
A. IL defeats The end Of family gOrern,
meah Good family governmen! is the
blending authority with affection, so as TO
secure respecrt and love. Indeed, this is
the great sec ct Of managing young peo-
pie. Now your ffetters may inspire fear,
but they always make two faults where
they correct one Stodine al a child, fret.
ting at child, sneering al a child, taunt-
ing child, treating The child as though
it had no feelings, inspire dread and dis
like, and foster those very dispositions from
which many OF The faults Of childhood pro
ceed Mr.. and Mrs. F. are ofthis class;
their children are made 10 mind but howe
Mrs F. frets and scolds her children; she
is severe enough upon their faults-she
seems 10 watch them in order 10 find fault
She sneers at them-lrea's them as though
they had no feelings. She seldom gives
a command withouta threat, and long
running, fault finding commentary; when
she chides, it is not done in a dgnfed
manner-she raises her voice, pulls on
cross look, threatens, strikes them, pinch-
es their ears, Snaps their heads, &c;-lhe
children cry, pout, suk, and poor Mrs F.
has to do her work over pretty ofen.-
Then she will find fault with her husband
because he does not fall in with her ways,
or chime with her as chorus.
5. Fetting and scolding make HIPPO
critics. AS fretter never receives coni>
dence and affection, so no one likes to tell
them anything disagreeable, and thus pro
cure fol- themselves fretling. Now chill
dren conceal as much as they can from
such persons. They cannot make up
their minds TO be frank and open hearted.
So husbands conceal from their wives, and |
wives from their husbands. For a man
may brave lion, but he likes not 10 come |
in contact with nettes and mosquitoes.
6. ~ destroys ones peace Of mind.-The
more one frets, the more he may. A fret
ter will always have enough 10 fret al, es.
pecially if he or she has the bump of order
and neatness largely developed. Some.
thing will always be out of place. There
will always be some dirt somwhere 9th
ers will not eat right, look right, sit right,
talk right; they will not do these things
so as 10 please them. And fretters are
generally 50 selfish as to have no regard
for any ones comfort but their own.
7. Hss a mark of0 vuigor disposition.
Some persons have so much gall in their
are so selfish, that they have
no regard for the feelings Of others. All
things must be done to please them. They
make their husbands, wives, children, and
domestics, the conductors by which their
spleen and il.nalure are discharged
Woe 10 the children who are exposed 10
TO such Influences! Il makes them cal
lous ard unfeeIing, and when they grow
up, they pursue the same course with
their own children; or those entrusted to
their care, and thus the race of frelters is
perpetuated. Any person who is in the
habit of fretiing,or sneering, taunting their
husbands, wives, children, or domestcs,
shows either bad disposition, or else i'll
breeding. For it is generally your ign9-
rant, ow-bred people that are gully oil
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