New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-07-25
CURATIVE INFLUENCES.

limo Is q healer. Among the ancient deltIes
Chronos was more potent than Esoulapius
for while the lattss knew the healing powers
of minerals andvegeables, the former was
lord of the uis uledieatir.
Parents should not le impatient with vicious
children. Let them b restrained by parsua-
sion if possible, or little mild force if neces-
saly but if attempts It restraint are abortive
don't fret, don't grieve don't despair. There
is power ht work upon them, more valid than
the rod of solomon o any Christening of the
parental hand Timehesls follies and vices.
Darling sins are nursd and fed for season
or a term of years, but the folly of wicked
way and the thorns of the unbeaten paths of
vice are sure to be hown and felt. There
will be left the scarsnd stains of the vice.
but there is no gold Squire as that which has
passed through the fire no wisdom SO precious
as that taught by expelence, no virtue sosoid
and secure as that With reform plants on the
prolific field whence ne seeds of vice have
been removed. The lion vice dies, but
the honey virtue iafound in his skele-
ton The most charming of good people,
the best and kindest ofleighbors and friends,
were once little reproates, who gave their
parents no hope by day.nd no rest by night.
1 Spoiled children, inccrigible little rogues,
intantile scamps on wbm words of reproof
and blows of chastisment were as much
thrown away as earesseand persuasive sweet
meats. Human nature cimsits own Juvenile
wild oats prepare the al for a tanner, more
durable and more usell crop Youngsters
will not comprehend Ii sfolly of it" until
they have seen it. They're always willing to
learn by experience, buthey insist on having
their share of experiencejust as their fathers
have had before them. hey do not wish to
go straight to excellence " the air line road
district youthful prophet; they much prefer
wandering with horses, logs, guns, fiRhinp-
rods, cards, novels and tks, among the hogs
and swamps through tapting woods. over
green meadows and alog winding streams.
Be patient with them. Inc will bring them
out right at last, or as neay as it consists
with their nature to becop.
Time reoonciles, one % another. those
thrown into intimate eoIpanionship. Time
cures what may seemstrange to disap-
pointed spouses to be reconcilable diver
gences of taste and incurale incompatibilities
of temper. What is Otto found to be the
basis of recurring housebld debates d11ripp
the first few years that spervene upon the
honeymoon, so called, commonly turns to q
serene quietude in after H. The nature of
man is plastic under the inuences brought to
bear upon him. The tlisapointments Of life
moderate his expectations Collisions with
others round off his salientngles and smooth
his rough surfaces. Bothhis failures and
successes teach him the limits of his canacitv
The recollection of his lilies makes him
Of his ways and tolrant of the faults
of his neighbors From da to day and from
year to year he becomes Dre nearly recon-
He'd to his situation and NICE confor1nabIe to
t. Time slowly cures his opposition to com
'laln against evils and st1ngthens him to f
ndure such as are inevitable |
In the affairs of nations, tine likewise has q
IS curative influence. In th slow succession 5
I years, abuses in governments and intrinsic :
elects IN governmental systms are removed
remedled The tyranny power Yields to
ae growing resistance of tie masses. The :
rbitrary force Of law is mdiied and tem- '
cred by the liberality Of jdicial interpreta- G
on The rigid Requirements Of written con- y
itutions are modified and sftened by CEN a
'ous construction. Too greaHicense is toned I !,
own to well-regulated ibery, and, in pro- a
ISIS OF time, a nation will haN government Il
I'd a system of laws adaptd to the wants g.
I'd character of the people. oppositeg as
nuate from long association. Heteroeene- G
IS masseslose their mutual haired, and finally Il Il
alesee. In one age races fight each other
another, the same races vii form treaties az az
am1ty' and commerce, and, ii third thew Gt
Il rejoice in common government. The or
wages who were once ruled b, a despot have an
come a nation of progressive and enlicbt- 10
ed people, swayed by the rubs and prece- STU
nts Of mild and equitable law. In all The =
rms, wars and changes of a 1ation, the ten
ICY is continually towards a crater conform
OF Its government to the a,tual reouire-
nts OF the people The tyranny, even. of
majority will destroy itself BY its errors ba =
excuses. The system will gov more and pull
70 complex as the nation grows older but put
Ill be completely arising from the recogn- e otb
and protection of competitive interests.