The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1852-06-05

qualification in after l:r. How frrlurntl,.
has 1t been confessed that the remembrance.
of fathers sulicitudc and affection has act
ed Ike perpetual beacon in warning from
vice
Old rememhrances, however, center chiefly
round the mother. She is the divinity of the
child and was all in all 10 him before he
new any other object OF generation. What
'."-;S O.. rem -EIbranr,> of this dear departed
.'1''.s = "ariv attention 10 all his little
want, . .'>'"ty about his personal ap-
pc1rance a. f .Tinr a> She used TO Send
him forth every i.,,.,lng to >rhool: her at
telnptS to shelter him from rebuke and pun
i>hment; perhaps her pri,arion>, her suffer
lngs in widowhood: her heroic struggles 10
maintain appearances, and get her boy for
ward in the world: her delight. finally. in
living 10 see him in tlia. l"Sition Of re>pecta-
hility which for years had been the ohicct of
her most tondly cherished hopes; the tram
qull close Of her existence. and diving bless
ing-all these. and much more may be said
10 form an incAtIn-ui>hahle inheritance nt
plca~nrahlc recollection. fountain of feeling
prrpctually wcling out and irri.atinr ;ho>s
drcary wastes of hard everyday t,ii an.:
thought which lie irksomcly in the path Of
life.
Nor are the benefits OF family intercourse.
in their immediate or remote consequences.
confined 10 the children. We are very apt
To imagine that the tamil ' arrangement is en-
tirclv for the voung-that the children are
exclusively benefited; and that if it is dis
turhc'l or set aside. the vounc. the children,
are the only persons who suffer On the cor
trary the old a.c a> much interested, in this
divine institution "a the ,cung: it Is a ben
ciirial tothc parents as The children; arv de-
parturc from ii must hlimg a penalty npon
the parents equal 10 any Which The children
can suffer.
We are accustomed to hear hand very
Nii Va tIif '. tlfia-> " !itt II TiIiifls H
10 their parents, lir,' Will. 'hcv Nrr, wisely
impress thu on thci: .l,...,ircll ls~.ir ;,rc yer,
ready IL FORGET tha: The isqrrmt owes much 10
'hc child that. ~lilr he ia> l,r,,. tl.. object
AMI Receiver vi good. Ia H., al-u been lhe
minister nt good; and every lc,ing iir"ughr.
cNe.y t"il- ever, sacrifice. on the ;art "f the
parent. has received. from dar to day. ri
turn-a real and most ,rccion~ reward
sure : tho>e persons Judge Wy errol..-o,l>lr,
VII" imagine that al lie ra~.. trnl,., ami
expense t',.y LAY Su; npnn their children, !,
81 much capital sunk from Win, II Ii" Return
i> 10 hc expected Ill Ia, ri.ill ha, crown L,
maturity. or al lrast til he ha> reached the
wears of discretion.
We are very apt 10 II, h"n nothing i,l,-s-
mg which does not come 10 lis in material
form: and 81 We sometimes unl,r,a,n, nr
overlook our hi -h,->t rri, il,-e< l,c,an-,. rhcy
do not arl'lreS> themselves 10 our ewes. and
cannot he felt or handled Us. To anv one
who observes ami reflects it will be evident
that the parent Is a> much better for the
child. as the child is for the parent: that in
fancy. childhood. and vouth. bc>iow a> much
on manhood, w"n anhool, and Old are as
they derive from them: that this Is an ms
taurr of that General law. that VIC cannot 10
ganl 10 others without getting good from
rhcm; in this field ii i> impossible to sow
wiihDa; crapirr: for The same soil which re-
rrivc> he >o,4l from the beautiful hand. re-
tarn- i 18th ;rl.rc1>r What Blessings, thc,.
er, "a. rh'.lr.n tlic means of conveying IL
their ir.r-ni-: Ia ether words, hox is it
nee,itul. tor l., ~akc of lie father and moth
er, aS well a. ';.c:r oA>,'s.l.g that the family
life should be iralon>iy -rrarlcl
The celebrated Lord Er>kinc has told us
that he never rohe'l himself to plead at the
bar, hut he thought hc felt hiS children pull
lng at his -own: and if the history of human
thoughts We're lcgihc Ia u> a il l. TO the eve
of God, We should doubtless find that multi
t,l'lcs of the greatest men-men who were
-reat iu good which they were enabled TO
achieve, which i> the trucst Crratrcss-tlrew
their strongest siimulants from the families
God had given them; and that. on the other
haml, myriad>. wa" have lived usclnllv anl
we'll, have been saved from wires la which
they werepronc, by the consideration that they
would involve in ruin those who were dear
er 10 them thau their own life. Parents who
do their duty, and keep their ewes open. Will
acknowledge that they have been amply rr-
pad, day hy day. for all their anxiety. !alor.
and pans that the pleasures ami i1>trurtirn
the Inducements /" good. and the ,a,uiarv res,
traint=, whrh their children have >u,;,lird.-
the thoughts ;hrv have suggested. and the
feelings th'y have in>pircd.-wcre rhrallv
purchased cvcr with ,h. cost and care of 4
family: airl that children are not. as men
buried in >rlfi,hnc>S anl sylf,,;c,m. mere
tax and burden. bat trulya promise and a
blessing, as THEY haze pronounced them VINO
live III aces of faith 'iaa.tcry' IMsrcIanr.
4 INTERMIXTURE OF RACES.
! y. J., Willis, Editor o: the Home journal.
in one of his letters from tn. Island of ST
! thomas. W l.. states some curious facts which
we commend 10 the notice Of those whose pre-
! iutiicc against tn. colored race leads them IN