The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1861-03-20

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which renders it puny and peevish-an in
trinity which, while it does not prevent
the youngster from getting into mischief,
exempts him from punishment. Every
member of the family is expected to offer
ready excuse for all the pranks of which
pet is guilty. Pet can't possibly, in the
nature of things, do wrong. Is the sugar
bowl tempered with, or the cream pitcher
emptied of its contents do the cakes and
tarts mysteriously disappear-the older
brothers and sisters are soundly scolded, not
withstanding their protestations of inno-
cence, and imprecations unnumbered are
vented upon the head of guiltless pussy
Does the little rascal, in his migrations
about the house, catch hold of the corner of
the table cloth, and giving it twitch, pile
the dishes on the foor-a broken mass
"Poor little fellow" says the mother, as
she sorrOwfully gathers up the fragments,
"he didn't know it was any harm" Pet
usually flies into rage if everything don't
move to suit him. He screams like young
hycna, losses his playthings about in thewild
est confusion, scratches and bites-kicks and
squirms-and the whole household are at
their wits ends to know what on earth to do
to prevent the dear child from going into
spasms. The ingenuity of a mother rarely
fails her in such trying seasons, and a sugar
plum or a nice bit of cake is administered
with its usual soothing and quieting effects.
At school " Pet is fretful and quarrelsOme,
breeds difficulties among his companions,
and, as he is never known to be in the
wrong not unfrequently precipitates quar-
rel between his parents and the teacher, be-
cause the latter chastised him when he
didn't deserve H.
Our government is the head of family
that numbers not few pets amongits mem
bers. From the discovery of the cotton gin
which SO largely increased the value of
slave labor--to the present year, the Slave
States have been basking in the warm sun
shine of government favor, and they have
ruled the country pretty much after their
own way. The favored children of the IA
vored cline have held the most influential
positions under the government, both at
home and abroad Out Of twelve Presi-
dents which have administered government
al affairs since the adoption of the Constitu-
tion, seven came from the Slave States
and what is little remarkable, while no
President from the Free States has been
permitted 10 hold the Office two terms, no
less than five of the seven Southern Pres-
dents held their position two terms in sue
cession. While Presidents from the Free
States held Office for twenty years, those
from the Slave States held the position for
forty eight years. The Departments at
Washington, the foreign embassies-all have
swarmed with patriots from the pet section.
Even the Supreme Court had to be so con-
structed as TO give the favored portion of
Zion a majority of its members Not con-
tent with filling most of the OAices-the
very vocabulary of the nation is ransacked
to find terms that viii designate the chosen
children of the Southern cline as superior
to their pleblan brothers of the North
d" Chivalry" and chivalrous," as applied
to one, sound in pleasing contrast with
" mercenary and cowardly," as applied
to the other.
Is it asked how such a state Of things has
been brought about? Precisely as " our
pet gets control of the family household.
If anything the Southern pets ask for is
denied, they fly into a terrible rage, threat
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paci6ed by the other portions of the family
submitting to their demands. Years ago.
one of the most fractions of Uncle Sans
pets gave the old gentleman to understand
that she didn't think any too much of him
anyhow; that she intended to obey only
such of his rules and regulations for the
government of his household as she chose :;
that if he didn't like it, he might help him
self OF course the family was in an up
roar, but the child was only pacifed by
changing the obnoxious regulation to suit
her. This was done in order that the rum
pus might be quieted before it occasioned
talk among the neighbors. But, nOtwith-
standing the precautions used, the neigh
children. The whole family, however, are
prompt with an apology: "Poor things
they are constitutionally diseased with sIa-
very, and we have to humor them for fear
they Nay fly into such passion as to 20
into spasms and destroy the peace of the
family"
A parent who has permitted his children
to have their own way until they have ar
rived at years of maturity, can't expect
to change their dispositions or habits,
by an application Of the birch. Having
commanded when children they are not
likely to obey when men. So, our govern
ment-having permitted the Southern peo-
pie to hold its principal positions of honor
and trust for a long term of years-.to both
make and administer the laws-canuot ex-
pect them at this late day, 10 become
promptly Obedient however enerpeticallv il