Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1851-01-04

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take, the forms into which the genera
power may evolve, depend greatly on frs
Impressions and early management; ant
here it is that the mother is so important tt
the future man. Weak, trihing, careless
and selfish mothers will neglect often th'
finest material ignorant of the value o
what they hold in their hands, incapable o
fishioning it, negligent and perverse, they
allow il to 'emain raw, rude, and unworR'
ed, or they give it wrong and hurtlu
directiori,---or they suffer it TO shape ltsrlf
moved from within by blind impulses which
it was their part to have purified and con-
trol.ed; or caught by objects and infu' n
ces from without, which act upon 'thr
flesh" like the atmosphere on the dpad.-
Now, do not mean 10 say that Sir Fowell
Buxton's mother was the wisest and most
accomplished woman in the world that
she had no weakness, or committed no
error in the management Of her children.
1t IS rather, perhaps, to be admitted that
She went TO an extreme in her methods OF
securing that one thing which she strongly
and pre-eminenily desidrrated for her son ;
but then she succeeded, we must remem-
Der that. He turned out the sort of man
that she wished TO make him. Her desire
| was, that he should have strong, vigorous,
decided character; have mental independ-
tnce, moral courage an unconqurrabc will.
Her idea OF man was, robustness, power,
seli-trust, general capacity for any achieve
ment he might deem it right to undertake,
united, however, with candor and benrro-
lence, loving thoughts, sympathy with sul-
ierlng, and impotence with, and hostility
to, injustice and wrong. She desplsed
whatever was weak, enrninate and uXuri-
Gus. She erred somewhat in allowing
fowell. as the eldest son, while yet but
BOY, to assume the position of the master OF
The house, ard in requiring his brothers and
sisters to obey him. But she peremptorily
demanded his obedience herself. Her rules
We're, in one direction, "liile indulgence
but much liberty :" and in another, "impIi-
CT obedience, unconditional submission"
towrll was encouraged to converse with
her as an equal, and 10 form and express
his opinions without reserve. The conse-
quence was, that he had early acquired the
habit of resolutely thinking and acting for
himself; and TO this habiual independence
and decision he was accustomed 10 say that
he stood indebted for all the success he had
met with in lfe. But, along with this ele-
ment OF power, it was Mrs. Buxion's OBJ
Ject to inspire her children with sentiments
that would induce selt-denia and seli-sacri-
hce, and render them thoughtful for the
happiness Of others. His father, when fill
ing the office of sheriff, devoted his atten-
ton to the condition of the prisoners and
the discipline OF the Jail. His mother talk
ed with him, there can be little doubt, OF
this clrcumstance,-iti is known that she
did OF the horrors of the slave trade and the
sutferings OF the slaves. 1t is as natural,
therefore, in fact as it is beautiful in itself
and encouraging to others, to find him say
ing to her, in the meridian of his manhood
and in the midst of his mutitudinous and
merciiul pursuits, / constantly feel, espe-
Gully in action and erertion for Others the
effects Of principles early implanted by you
an my mind" He had high idea of his
mothers character; her arge-mindedness
'''''N Soo'o,5Vy Observation-Disclosures, sCISi-
osity, and general excellence. His love
for her was strong, and vpneration great
and mothers who have really earned love
and veneration are very seldom deirauded
Of either. She lived to see him all that
she could wish, and far more, perhaps,
than she had once hoped. Time did more
then justify the trust and fulfil the predic-
tion, which, when his seli-wiI as boy
was remarked TO her, she expressed by say
ing, "Never mind he is self-willed now
you will see it turn out we'll in the end.'
A PRIzE ESSAY ON. IsDEpENDEScE.-Thi,
being (says a Western editor the age o
prize literature, we recently offered our old
hat 10 the person who would write III. bes
essay on Independence. The following OBJ
tanned The prize:
''Naiional Independence is easier imagined
than described personal Independence cou