Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1863-09-23

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warm and tender affections Of the child
by all this severe unnatural restraint yot
exercise over, the ehild's nature, you pro
duce the opposite result. You put thi
2 severe pressure on the buoyant spirit
and inclinations, until it rebounds, anC
he becomes reckless, willful, or very dis
obedieRt. The truth is;you are misgoT
erning, aud making bad men and women
Such parents are fast lOOsing hold upor
the affections Of their ,ehildren-are as
surely alternating them as that they have
Ean existanoe. Somef persons are ever
indulgent to-day, then wholly neglect tc
administer suitable correction at other
important times You are incurring a
fearful responsibility with regard to the
future Can you risk 50 much in this
life and effects Of neglect in the life that
is to come? Then they attain the years
of their majority and are not companion-
able and conformable to your ways. They
are not your support in age, nor comfort
in aflietion, and manifest grievous in
difference toward you in regard to flial
affection Don't upbraid them. The
responsibility lies at your own door.
You may not realize it, neither do hope
to convince allrof the truth of this asser-
ton. In their childhood they heard no
thing but imperative commands-they
worked and played under threats. All
they accomplished was under the mani
festo of father or mother. When their
tasks we're accomplished they were rare
ely encouraged. Such course adopted
and faithfully praeticed, win surely make
rebellious, unfeeling children. You are
striving to uncultivate in your child what
you will despise in the man. You are
/ implanting irrascibility and rearing a
creature of moods, and hence they will
never be agreeable comrades in life;
they vibrate between hiIarity and taci-
turnity. Never request your children
mildly, in a soft persuasive manner to do
thus and SO, and by your gentle authori-
ty command the love, respect and obedi-
ence of your children. But you COM
fmand with a frown that will be equiYa-
lent to saying, "disobey if you dare, you
young rascal" if he looks willful storm
a little, and tell him "what he will
catch, &C. Perhaps the child did not
think Of disObeying you, but you sug-
gested it to him, and he makes a practi-
cal exemplifcation of what you expected
Of him. Tell him he is a bad boy, and
you might have known he would act con-
Etrary. to your wishes Parents never
Estop to think what Will improve the mo-
rality of the child, or tax their brain as
to better plan. They will not relin-
quish the old-time system of the rod and
severity, What is the result of this bar
Barous system Of training children? They
are demoralized, and secede from paren-
tai authority, and coercion has no infu-
enoe in lettering them from putting into
practice what you suggested and oppo-
Ssd, uHEI5.H Ha5a 5lHd1
GENERAL MCCLELLAN by request of
the soldiers, reviewed a portion Of the
old troops of the Army Of the Potomac,
eneamped on Staten Island, on Tuesday,
12thinse He made the following re.
marks e3
"MY sCoMRADEs-I am glad, and sad
and proud to meet you again, Loud
cheers, I am glad, because we are all
J glad TO meet old comrades and brothers.
in-arms. Renewed cheering L am
sad, because 1 am reminded, in seeing
you, of your brethren slain on our fields
Of battle; remember, too, our last fight
opposite Warrentons I am proud, be-
cause call to mind all our battles, from
Yorktown to AnGietam. 1 am proud be-
cause you who are here are some of the
old Army of the Potomac on which I
have looked with pride, and ever shall
ETremendous cheering Z When you re-
turn to your comrades, say to them their
old commander has continued to watch
their every battle with as much interest,
feeling and pride, as when with you, and
that he viii ever do 50. [Cheers.J I
am also proud to know that so many of
you are returning to the service. Ithank
you, comrades, for the kind welcome you
have given me. I will not say goodbye
again. We have said that once before,
land / trust never to repeat it.
A MODEL REGIMENT-When Pay
master NorthOp was in New Orleans, he
asked Colonel Bissell, of the 2jth Con
neetiout Y0iupteer Regiment, whether
there was any swearing in bis reg7ment2
FY9d may So through tRe regiment, +"
answered Colonel Bissell, "aud III give
you FIVE dollars ior every oath from it. =
The Paymasesrl hunted diiigentiyafter
his reward, with good hope, but he scar
ehyd IN vain
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