The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-06-10

JUvENILE CRyEL1T.-Tbore isa vice.
in The young, too oflen begun IN thought
lessness, productive ultimately Of aEbabii
Of cruelty, Dfdn ending, ii malureE life,
lin crime. We alfude TO the amusement
ofleasing and tormeniing helpless ami
mails, often killing thcm. Boys forget
The fable Of the reply oFihe frogs when
the children we're stoniDg them, that
"thopgh TO you il may be SPORT il, lis
death to u.s." There is something very
meauin wantoncruelty totte helpless,
whether bird, beast, oreven tepiile. II
shows an uukind and bad heart, want Of
nobencss, a proneness to evil and to
wrong, which unchecked, Is not al all
calculated 10 produce future happiness,
but the reverse, and which must degrade
the nature. The absence of az capacity
10 sympatbise with the happiness Of The
humber forms Of life, Is well as the will
10 deal kind with every thing that has
seniient being, are serious defects in any /:
and as il is tho aggregation ofliille things
which make up the sum of life, tha, pa
tent is very regardless OF bis duty, who
leaves his child's mind, likean unweeded
garden, 10 chokenp wiihthe foul plants Of
cruelty, hearilessness, and all unkind,
ness, from The want Of The due .incuIca-
lion Of correct humane principles. Ifby
his neglect, he finds, "sharper than a
serpena's tootb,"a thankless, disrespect-
ful, and disobedien, youth, in his own
offspring, he need not murmur Il Provi-
dence, bui should only mourn over, and,
| If possibility permit correct, nsi far as
may be, the consequences ofhis own folly.
One thing is certsin, q boy who delights
vantonly 20 tysannize ever, and cruelty
misuse the humblerenpimals, birds, &c.,
willlonly act in characlegiif he prove a
hard hear,ed selfish, and bad man. ''''
Barley AND CoRwfN ND Pubic INTEG-
RIrr.-Associaiion often makes men
blind. DR.. Bailey, editor Of The Nationr
al Era, with oil his acknowledged ability,
and power Of observation, has undertaken
10 white wash Tom Corwin's connexioD
with the Gardiner swndle, &C., as moi
involving loss of character as ia public
man personally, pecuniariiy, and polili-
callys This, after Cotwin virtually abaD>
doned his anti slavery opinions 10 pro,
cure cabinet Office, is very kind in the
editor Of the Era, but will not add much
in the public es,imutionto his reputation
for correct conception Of character, OF
reliability in dealing whit. Il is almos,
impossible that man Of Mr. CorNin's
sagacity could have been connected, fol
nine months, as con6dentIal attorney,
with the management and PREPARATION 81
q completely forged case, and negerhave
discovercdlihe fact; and if he did the
purchase ola dishonest claim, known to
be such, aud It's sale for . large personal
profit. ought 10 exclude, him from the
classfof honest public men.5dItia barely
possible that Corwin could have been
mistaken, but If so, wig has he made no
effort TO return TO q defrauded governs
ment bis ill-gouen gains2 If the recipi-
ent Of stolen9goodslis -reallysas culpable
as the thief, who risks something 10 steal
them, Corwin deserves more severerep-
rotation than Gardiner, who makes less
by the fraudulent TRANSACTION, and risks
the penalty Of The criminal law besides
The ruth is,efIiendship and sophistry
may gloss eoveriihis transaction, but hais
althe expence 6f the strict principles D
integrity which must Be ihe standard 3
our public men, i our Republic shall no
become corrupted 10 the core, and hope
icssly rotten. asal falled yssile.'8iol e.
THE SouRcE OF THE WRoNG I'VE
concurwith the Lima Argus, that the
Cabinet at Washington are not respons-
| ible Tor Gilson's appointment, and will
| The editor in The opinion that the nuthof
Of the wrong will yet regret,heir want o
lapprecia,ion ofshe commonest principle
that regulate public integrity. His re-
marks were called forth by some whig-
ling, who seems TO think that an edho
must uphold every action OF his party
whetherrght or wrong. Tha, has beef
loo commonly The Wing policy, butitha
failed 10 help Them 10 keep abused AM
prosliluted power. But TO the remark
j cs ihe Argos: :ss git3 .gV B 4i ai