Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1847-10-22
A Word TO Parents.

From an earnest and forcible appeal to the
fatkexs and mothess Of the South, by the edi-
tor of the Louisville Examiner, on the effects
Of Slavery upon their children, we cut the
extracts below.
When asked 10 do Justice to their slaves
they plead that it will impoverish themselves
and leave their children to beggary, when,
were their eyes half open to the necessary
consequences Of their action, they could not
but see that they are now preparing a legacy
of beggary, or crime and misery for their off
spring. The father who should put out the
eyes and cut off the hands of his child, fear
ing lest he should be impoverished, would
be as wise and merciful a parent, as he who
clings to slavery and trains his child under
its baneful influence. He is dwarfing his
soul and mixing curses for his life to come.
''The first thing they learn is to command
another-to make that other perform every
common work. The jealous love of mothers
may urge, and the stern command of fathers
direct a different course but it will not gen.
orally be followed. The institution itself
will control-in a vast majority of cases, the
wisest, truest, endeavors, when they are
made. We say when they are made: for
unfortunately slavery oftimes induces parents
to teach their offspring to shun labor-to look
upon it as a mental thing-a task fitted only
for the bond. And what followsa Want OF
observation-disclosures of those habits
which give system and steadiness-an unfit
ness, in short, TO meet the rough hardships OF
life, or to overcome those ills and miSfortuneS
10 which all are subject.
Consider one or two familiar examples by
way Of Illustration.
A STAKEHOLDER has a boy whom he loves.
He has no want which is not supplied-no
desire which is left ungratified-he is waited
on, where ever he goes, and knows nothing
of the labors of life. The STAKEHOLDER dies,
leaving his son without sufficient means &c
maintain his position. What is he to do p
What can he do? He has to labor, or starve
To labor, he is unprepared by habit, and ye
more by feeling and he is, with all hi:
manlike qualities, helpless as a child How
many such have we known who have falleT
victims to despair and dissipation How
many who have become outcasts and vaga
bonds! To talk of boys so reared having the
energy to do for themselves, is to talk Of i'm
possibilities. They who rise superior to tn,
ills of fortune when thus situated, are rart
eXcsptions-and nothing more-to the mo
raj and physical ruin which overwhelms thei
class.
And yet harder and harsher does SLAYER
act upon the daughters of Shareholders bro
up mid plenty, when thus suddenly depri
we'd of it. No condition can be more painful
than theirs. No lot more hopeless. VIVA
are they prepared to do? Can they MANS
! household a%ffairs2 Are they capable, i
> any way, of mingling in the rough struggle
7 of life While their parents lived, the
slightest wish was anticipated the though
of toiling in any way for a livelihood nevt
occurred to either of them. Whats change
The earth which seemed to them once so flu
9 of beauty, is now full of bitterness, and lif,
3 which a little while ago was ladened wit
Joy and hope, looks bleak and d~esolate. Nj
ny a lovely creature have we known who
= consequence Of the manner she had been e.
n ucated-in consequence of the influence
slavery upon her parents, and herself, hi
been left as helpless as though her your
heart had no energy-no hoPe-no resort, b