The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1874-11-18
THE HONE.

10 titeh t3S pStu ~ tutltf1l8uS 70 all assaults
as the home. All efforts to destroy its sacred
ness, or 70 impair It's efficacy, andall attempts
10 snpercede 1t by complicated schemes Of
communism, have signally failed. From the
time of Platow who contcnded that The domes-
| tic affections were adverse to patriotism aud
| that, therefore, children should be brought 10
by the state, instead Of by their parents :
down to the present time, when some are de-
preciating the home as being inadequate to
| fulfil our affcctional and social needs, it has
bravely and steadfastly withstood all the
storms that have threatened 1t, and has tri-
umphed in its simplicity over every intricate
scheme that has set up rival claims. II the
reasnnof this be sought, it may readily be
found in the perfect adaptation that exists be-
tween the nature of man and the institution
of the home. 1t is no labored system of or
ganization, no complex or artificial arrange
ment, but a simple, natural and unpremeditat-
ed union, having its founda ion In the needs
OF the heart and life. So simple and SO natur-
al does 1t appear, that even the accruing bene-
| fits do not seem to have been the first cause of
its establishment /; yet, as every thing which
is founded on the true instincts OF humanity
as whole proves eventually to be the most
efiectual in its benefaction, SO we find the
family home to be at once the simplest express
sion Of mans need, and the grandcst instru-
ment in hts development.
of course we here speak of real and genu-
inc homes, founded, as such ever are, upon
sympathy and affection. That there are arti-
fetal homes, when the inmates are drawn to-
love Of show, and similar objects, none can
DEFY. But the presence of the counterfeit by
no means implies the absence Of the genuine
it rather strengthens and confirms it. Al true
and honest affection between man and woman
founded upon mutual respect and sympathy,
is the only proper basis of marriage From
this union arises the various relations If faith.
or mother, son, daughter, brother and sister
or all the circles Of social life formed for Thu
various purposes of business and pleasure,
none is at once so natural in it's origin, or 81.
rich in its possibilities for love, which is til,
foundation stone of every true family is ali
potent in its Influence. 1t is twofod in it's
nature, comprising both the emotion and
pleasure in contemplating its object and til,
desire Of securing some good to that object
And although there are many modified de-
grees of this affection outside the family,
there is no other sphere that affords such ul
limited opportunities for it's exercise. II Il
not only that the circumstance Of bein
thrown continually togetherp produces intimacy
and sympathy ; but beside this the is !,
bond between the members of one family
which cannot be strictly defined, but who
all who have tasted domes il joys fullynndc-
stand 1t il under TODD in nature from all
other, and should be superior in degree. On
y an implanted principle could enable p,l
ents to undergo the labor, care and anxiets
that are endured without murmur, and even
gladly welcomed, If offering any hope of til,
child's benefit Nothing in the whole rang,
of human experiences equals this affection ii
intensity and dsinterestcdness. Surely
should be the nucleus around which ought t.
gather the closest Ties and the fnnf,,st assoe