The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-12-02


will not commit one if you will let him STAY
there.
The instinct Of the little one is natures warn
ing plea-Gods admonition. o, how many q
mother who has neglected it because it was irk
some to have the child about, has longed AZ
twenty-five to keep her son by her side, and he
would not Shut out little Arab constant
y told that he is noisy, that he is awkward and
meddlesome, and plague in general the boy
has found at last his own company in thu.
streets, in the highways and hedges, where he
runs till the day comes when the parents want
their sou, and the sisters their brother. and then
they are scared at the face be brings back tn
them, as he comes all foul and smutty from the
colnpanionship to which they have doomed him
Depend upon 1t, If IT is too much trouble Ia
Keep your boy IN your society, there will b..
places found for hun, warmed and lighted with
no friendly fires, where he who finds some mis-
chief still for idle hands to do, will care for him
II you do not. You may put out tree, and it
VIII grow while you sleep, but a son you can
not-you must take trouble for him, either n
sittls now or a great deal by and by
Let him stay with you at least some portion
OF every day bear his noise and his ignorant
ways. Put aside your book or work TO tell him
story, or show him picture; devise still parlor
plays for him, for no gains nothing by being al
lowed To spoil the comfort of the whole circle.
A pencil, sheet of paper, and few patterns,
Will sometimes keep him quiet by YOU for An
hour while you are talking, or in a corner he may
build block-house, annoying nobody Ifhe
does now and then disturb you, and it costs YOU
more thought and care to regulate him there,
balance which is the greatest evil--to be- dis
turbed by him now, or when he is a man.
OF all you can give your Charley, if YOU arr.
good man or woman, your presence is the best
and safest thing God never meant him to do
without you, any more than chickens were meant
togrow without being brooded Then let him
have some place In your house where it shall
be no SIN to hammer and pound and make all
the litter his heart desires, and his vsrious
schemes require. Even if you can i'll afford
the room weigh well between that safe ASYLUM
and one which, if denied, he may make for him
| self in the street.
OF all the devices for Charley which we
have, few shelves which no may dignity with
the name Of alcabinet is one of the best H.,
picks up shells and pebbles and stones, all odds
and ends, nothing comes amiss and if you give
HIM pair of scissors and a little gum, there
is no end of the labels he will paste on, and the
hours no may innocently spend in sorting and
arranging. Al bottle of liquid gum is an inval
liable resource for various purposes, nor must
you mind though no varnish his nose and Gn-
gers and clothes, (Which he will do of course) If
he does nothing worSe. A cheap paint box,
and some engr,vings to color, is another; and
II you give HIM some real paint and putty, to
paint and putty his boats and cars, he is a made
man.
| All those things mako trouble-to be sura
they debut Charley is to make trouble. that
is the nature of the institution; you are only to
choose between safe and wholesome trouble. and
the trouble that comes at last like a whrlwind.
God bless the little fellow and send us all grace,
to know what TO do with him.
Mr.. CLAY TO THE BoYs.-The Weste,7,
Farmers almanac for 1859 contains a letter
from the Sage of Ashland To one of his name
sakes, which has never before been published.
and is 80 characteristic of that grent man that
we take pleasure III transferring it to our col
umns
~. -. 49, -. 49,. II Ty,ro,-
YOU. On that account, and at tho request Of
your good mother, | address this note which
she wishes to preserve for your perrSal when,
by the lapse OF time, you shall have attained an
aye that will enable you to comprehend and ap-
precate its friendly purport.
Your parents entertain fond hopes of you,
and you ought to strive not to disappoint them.
They wish you to be good, respected, eminent.
You can realize their most sanguine hopes, If
you firmly resolve to do so, by judicious en-
ployment of your time and your faculties. Shun
bad company, and all dissipation-its inevita-
BILE consequence Study diligently and perse-
veringly. You will be surprised at the ease
with which you will master branches Of knowl-
edge which, at first view will brighten you
Make honor, probity, truth, and principle, your
mvarabe guide. Bo obedient, and always af
fectionately respectful to your parents. Assd
uousy cultivate virtue and religion, the surest
guarantee of happiness, both here and hereafter.
! In your intercourse with your fellow beings be-
firm, but at the same time bland, courteous,
and oblging. Recognise at all times the para
mount right of your country to your most de
voted services, whether she treats you i'll or well
and never let selfish views or interests FREEDOM
mate over the duties of patriotism.
! BY regulating yourself according to these
rules, you may become respected and great, and
All ornament to your country, and blessing to
your parents. That such may DO your destiny,
is tho sincere wish of their and your friend,
| III. CLAY.
! Master Henry Clay.