The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1876-03-30
our ROYsAND GIRLS TOGETHER

parents of that bird are hawks, also. Hawks
are endowed with talons with which they
seize and tear their prey. They have bills
that are flied for tearing the flesh. of their
victims that they may eat it. But while
young, the talons of the hawk may be clip
ped, thus depriving them of the power OF
selling and tearing. While young the hawks
bill may be trimmed and bent to render ii
useless as a fesn-tearing instrument. Thus,
bya little judicious and timely manipulation,
hawks may be rendered ''as harmless as
doves"
There are great many human hawks in
human society, who are here Tin accordance
with y peculiar feature of natures laws -
and it is their nature to rend and tear their
prey. It is the duty of society to SO train
and trim these human hawks while young
as to render it safe for the few doves that
are among us to live in the same community
with these same hawks always bearing In
mind that the more old hawks there are. the
more young hawks there will be. Society
can only perform its duty towards its young
hawks through the fundamentally of GER
tain component parts of itself. Among these
compon ent parts are the parents, the law
makers, the officers of the law, the teachers
and the clergy.
The first, most important and lasting I'M
pressions upon the moral character of the
young, come from the parents and large
portion of these impressions are ante-natal'
The first, most important and lasting respon-
siblity in the proper training of the young
the clipping and bending the talons and
beaks of the young hawks--falls upon the
parents and the state should hold the pa
rents accountable for the manner in which
this responsibility is met. When the parents
fail in this respect-show themselves incom-
petent for the proper discharge OF this re-
sponsibiiity-the state should take the young
hawks under its control, as one OF the means
Of self-preservation from the ravages which
must follow, if these future marauders are
allowed to Gevelope their natural propen-
stiles. How many parents in this city would
lose the care of their children entirely If this
was the case Some parents who now seem
to think that they are doing their whole duty
to their children would find themselves
shorn of their olive branches and left alone
in the 'swide, wide world" How many old
hawks are there in this city who are rearing
up young hawks with strong talons and
powerful, hooked beaks that will some day
seize and tear the doves?
In this same connection stands the respon
sibilIty of the lawmakers and the lawen-
forcers. If the lawmakers will do their
duty-pass wholesome and necessary laws
and among these law that shall compel
the young of every grade to attend some
school for a reasonable number of years,
and law requiring every young man to en-
ter into some trade, calling, business or pro-
fession Immediately after the close of this
school term, unless he passes on into the
higher branches of learning and the officers
whose duty it is to enforce them, would do
so for the public good and not for the pleas
ure or profit of themselves or friends, there
would be fewer human hawks in society and
less need of those cages called prisons.
The teachers and The clergy have greater
responsibility in this matter than they are
at all times willing to admit Upon the
former falls the mantle of the parents while
the young are under their care. Upon them
devolves much of the work of training and
trimming the talons of passion and the
beaks of vice. How many are there among
them who come up to the standard that the
necessities of the case requires Let the
condition of our public schools be the an
swer. Upon the latter descends the duty of
showing by both precept and example how
and thus be fitted for the life to come. Those
who are not fit for this life are certainly not
fit for the next
If the mass of the people would take this
subject into more serious consideration /;
take hold OF the work which is theirs to do /;
throw around the young the shields of proper
public opinion and pure examples hedge in
by proper restrictions certain necessary ()
evils treating those who make such evils
necessary with the contempt which they
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and more human doves among us and we
be the better able to look with commendable
pride and pleasure upon ''Our Boys and
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