National Republican., 1873-12-17
AN INDIGNANT PARENT.
MIR. BLISS DEFEvCE ron HORSE
WHIPPING mrs DIUGHTER.


now MEppLING SEiauBoRs iNTERFERED
WITH MS DOMESTIC AFFAIRS AND
TAUGHT HIS CHILDREN DfsoBEDIENCE.
MS IDEAS OF Parental AUTHORITY
AND DISCIPLINE,
WASHINGTON. December 10, isTs.
To ne Editor oftv National RepsbiicdHs
sim II has not been my habit to pay any atten.
tion TO slanderous articles published by tho press
especially those TO which the writers dare not put
their signatures, but will depart from my usual
practice aud say q few words In reply to tho
article In your paper of Monday. II could not
have emanatcd from n fatheri II might have been
written by libcrtinc, who would be glad TO see
all restraint removed that would In any way In
tcrfcrc with his practices.
My record as city surveyor stand by, and have
always found that all complaints against me
while In oflcc came from those who found mo I'm
pervous to bribery aud such complaints l pass
by With Idle contempt. AS 20 my abrupt manner
Nnot 80 agreeable, Il Is more honest than the
snyooth, deccItfal and oily manner that isassumcd
10 Win favors or hoodwlnk others
As father claim q right TO control my fau,Aiy
80 ssit myself, and the "BiNs Discipline" has
alupys proved good ono and u Harmonious one
unta mcidllng ncighbors took my family matters
INTO their own hands. For two years we have
syscred severely by this Interference. and every
ly There Is no family in tho Land whose private
ilc s such rs will bear the public RaEc and feel
sure there has been no more dlscord 10 mine than
Puritan stock" thank Godi And, with strict
Ideas 81 the duty Of children 10 parents, demand
an, and " VIII have obedience 70 my commando. am
nnor evening 10 dancing scbucis OF other ioubtml
places withous my knowicJg; " consent, and
such practices were YER uuknnwa 10 them until
the last two years, and had positively and
rcre.tedly icrhi'ldcn such ,i,lpg', The class OF
gentlemen WHOSE ncluaintanrc they made at such
places were not such rs wish to sec wNh my
daughters. My wishes ami earnest cntreaties
were disrcgarc,l. Every facility was provided
Tor COMPANY OF home proper escort out. No
matter what n rcnssrinus public may soy, or what
mcidlcsome nciyhhors advise. viii never con-
sent to let my children conduct themselves as
loosely as some dO. AMI arrcpi a,ietJions from
any man who " socially below them. do not
seek to iusilly an act icr which am necountnblc
tono one, The garhlnd and lying account Of the
ALTAR would bo greatly cxensrt if the public
knew my side Of the siofy. and q Is not just In the
press to 50 widely circulate ono side, and one only,
Of any affair. As to the siur cast upon her who
iora doren years has been a ;ruc mother pro-
nosnss no @ "a riic ',ander. fGr her record refer
ani know what sort OF n mother she has made
and not 70 ouisldors, with whonishe has associated
very little. No sensible person would object 10
my wish that my daughters should become skilled
In housework, and they were willing aud content
until meddlers put discontent Into their minds.
-Tho-c who Know tho fact that my wife was
under the care Of physician all the summer and
early fnll, and twice was III almost unto death,
,ri,. yIsy ~ in WY shs was often CON.
vile and malicious, indeed, that seeks to cast
slur on her who for mont his has been physically q
sufferer. Let those whose long prying Interest IN
my family matters learn 10 mind their own bust.
ness, and i can answer for IT there will be no
more trouble; but rs long as baleml Influences
are constantly brought to bear upon us, ingenious
Efforts made 10 ferret out our private matters and
influence my daughters minds against parental
son chooses to allow a child 10 come and 20 al ali
hours OF day OF night and with all CLASSES Of CON.
panions, do not think II my duty TO extend the
same privileges to my daughters, aud will never
do u, no matter what the world may think or say.
! am their natural protector. and claim the right
to govern my children necorlny 10 my own con.
science and the laws Of God and man. and neither
ask nor desire the advice ofthosc incapable Of CIV
ingit Z. II. Bliss.