The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-09-04
a Word with ksareats.

You coulc not shun II YOU would, and ycu
wouli not if you could, your responsibility as
parent. YOu may err in judgment; err yet
more in ecriOu. But your first purpose-the
FIRST wish Of your hearts-is, to bring up your
chiliren wsll-to make them worthy your love,
AM the respect Of all who know them.
Tnis being true, you must watch closely and
snxi,usiy the etec, which slavery exert. over
them. II Is not negative In its action That
you know fall well. 1t positipe, and because
IL Is so, there are hundreds upon hundreds of
You who senj your children into the free States
tt7sre TO be Trained ana educated. You ale will
ling 10 bear the brunt Of the evil hut you are
not willing 10 expose your loved oaes to ii.
Ner can We blame you. For what is the po-
sition Of chiliren Of slave holders
the first thing they learn is TO command an
other-io make that other perform every COM
mon work. The jealous love of mothers may
urge, and the stern Command Of fathers direct
q different course: but it will not generally be
followed. The Institution itself will control
Get ssde-in a vast majority of cases, the wi
sest, truest, endeavors, when they are made. We
say when they are made: for unfortunately
slavery oftentimes induces parents to teach
their offspring to shun labor-to look upon it
- mental thing task fitted only for the bond
And what follows7 Want Of ssf-command-
ignorance Of those habits which give system
and steadiness--an unfitness, in short, TO meet
the rough hsrdships fife, or 10 overcome those
ills and misfortunes to which all are subject
Consider one or two familiar examples by way
of illustration.
A STAKEHOLDER has boy whom he loves. He
has no want which is not supplied-no desire
which IL left unqualified he IL waited on,
wherever he goes, and knows nothing Of the la
bors Of life. That .lave-holder dies, leaving his
son without sufficient means TO maintain his po-
sition. What is he ia do? WAat can he do
He has TO labor, or starve. To labor, he is un-
prepared by habit, and yet more by feeling and,
he is, with ali his manlike qualities, helpless
child How many such have we known who
have fallen victims to despair and dissipation.
How many who have become outcasts and vaga-
bonds. To talk of boys SO reared having the en-
ergy to do for themselves, is TO talk of impossi.
biiIies. They who rise superior to the ills of
fortune when thus situated, ale rare exceptions
and nothing more--to the moral and physical
ruin which overwhelms their class.
And yet harder and harsher does slavery act
upon the daughters of Shareholders brought I'D
amid plenty. when thus suddenly deprived of il.
No condition can be more painful than theirs
No lot more hopeless. What are they pre-
pared to do 7 Can they manage household af-
!.irsf Are they capable, in any way, of min
Cling in the rough struggles of life ? While
their parents lived, their sIightes, wish vas an
ticiPated the thought Of toiling in any way for
. livelihood never occurred TO either of them.
What a change. The earth which seemed TO
them once SO full Of beauty, is now full Of Bit
t,rness. and life, which a little while ago was
lsdened with JOY and hope, looks bleak and des-
ISOLATE. Many aioveiy creature hsveswe known
wns In consequence Of the manner she had been
saucsied-in consequence Of the influence of
slavery upon her parents, and herself, has been
LEFT Is helpless as though her young heart had
no energ, no hope-no resort, because she was
saiisniy deprived Of Pecuniary support
Nor Can siaveholiing parents, owing to the
causes We have mentioned, transmit generally 10
taeir children either their wealth or their indus.
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