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Three Dolls. per annum.\
Volume X.]
From the Connecticut Coura.it .
On exciting emulation in children.
hi an kind are naturally so a
vrfe :toillome exarciils, whether
body or mind, that they would
] t teir faculties ru!t and corrupt
i . 1! >;.i if they were not quickened
t c -ction by powerful incitements;
incitements which originally spring
ci )• r from nectffity, or iron the
lice of and: Hindi m. Necefliy is
th. mother of induflry. She sets
im- ions of !u:kJ.; in motioo, and
pis thoufiinds oi heads agog tor
ideas and invent! >ns, wliich would
have* remaned fiuggifh and inert
•vi’iir-ur i., r impulse. I'hc genera
aluy of ihofe who daily endure se
vere bodily toils, doit not becaule
t *y love to labour, bur bccuufe
th y have to starve; So alio moft
i :heu! *u! inventions in the world
_ a tiie ofl prmg of neeefiity ; and
a ‘oafideranle part too of even the
y. or genius have sprung from
t probfick but f.vcrc dame.—
1 Dr, Johnlon, tor ir.ftance,
i ‘*bo.n with a itiver Ipoon in
J nouth,” he vv mid have lived a
l! j *^n J a sleeping giant. Ii was
:. - {Hr v, herd **cefG : y, that roitf and
t, i torpor of*hits mighty mind into
a..Lon and impelled him to labors
v.i v .ii extent and great ufdulnds
to the public. The thing hi the
w rU mat it load Joyed an 1 vet
mo t uij.nl, is neeefiity; in so far
as it produces induflry, vmich a
gaiii produces competency tor the
ftnl Miaace ar.J ftipport of life ; and
in so far alio a; it quickens the in
ventive facuiiics of man and awak
ens and brings into action the dor
rrakt powers of Genius. The oth
er gj-cat ctafit of ii:citem*nts to hu
man a&ions, (for I speak not n>*w
of religion motives) may be traced
t • \ keen and red Id's defue of be
i dittinguifhed : thus while fome
t-'. hat they may live, others, be
: ve real want, t.-it equally
I :n.y may make a figure
i.
In the important hufinefs of edu
cation both these kinds of incite
iiient are ufuilly employed : com
piilfion is ufc.i, as far as necetury,
“*nd in the meanwhile pains are ta
ken to awaken in the minds of the
learners a lively emulation, or a
ffrongdefire ofpre-emmence. And
it is obvious to remark, that these
two kinds oi incitements to learning
have been, in different ages of the
world, blended together by inttruc
ttons in different proportions. One
century fine?, and even much lat< r
rhar. that time, the difciplinc of
fchivjts, brthin England and in tills
country, was extremely fevure, —
‘idle whip ard the ferule were ufeJ
for the chastisement of dullhefs as
v; 11 a■ of :dlenifir and- igtiory, not
only for mending the manners,.but
for purgi.ig the brain. Each poor
u i ;ht had his I . T. n to learn in a gi
ven tint ■; aa.J his chief encourag?-
uier.tst ‘ ieam it wire lo be found
in tiie formidable in'.lru*'i.nts < f
tninidrntnt v.d*ich were placed r i
i i
jf Ttiy before l i-i eves : as to she
and di'-quctits, r .!:.*va'i y ha j . ..-a
\inMTTni?
..i 1 a%Jc JL jt\ •
WASHINGTON, CGeougiaJ Pk-i vi id wleiclv for SARAH HILLHOUSE.
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deligently plodding at their book3
all the* day long, the matter fettled
the Lores with them at evening,
with cuffs, and lash s, and with the
little bliltering convenienpy for the
hand. The idle b y that would not
and > his talk, an 1 the dunce that redd
net do it, fared alike. But though,
ih thole days, children were made
to buckle down to their learning
per force, rather than by th • win
ning arts of persuasion, yet there is
no doubt but fo.ue considerable
pains were taken even then to awa
ke. * in them a sense of honour and
tu inflame their minds with a dtfire
to excel. Bj this, however, as it
may, that iron age for boys produ
ced a Newton, a Boyle, a Locke;
m- n superior in deep refcarch ro a
ny who have succeeded them.
A revolution in public feutiment
has led happily on the whole, to a
great degree of rnildnefs in the dii
cipline of schools. Corporeal pun
iflunentis but feldotn i: fl ch I at a
ny of them that are rdp< dable, ex
cept for persevering obflitucy or
downright villainy. lufead of put
ting children under the lash for eve
ry petty fault, as formerly, itfbrts
are ufua’ly made to reclaim them
by geniLr methods-. Their dull
neis is bone with pati-. nee, it th y
are but diligent. :\L*ans are I
to fha ;ie tue.u >ut of ih ir tc.!!;
todi.w them ton cl d’e attemit n t
their hufinefs with th.* bands.. .t
periuafion, and to inflame thtir ar
dour in it by daily appeals to the
mdt lively fsnflbihiics of their
hearts.
A powerful ir.ftrumem that is us
ed in ov. le-’ii r ftrutfi* l l is emula
tion: and this seem to lv *u t:hc.l
bv ‘he au’hority o’ the celebrated
Q.iiuulian. who I t*ys, “ give me a
boy whom praile excites, whom!
glury warms.” Quiotilian, h. we
ver, did not b. long to the Christian ,
but to th. pagan feho'-l of morality;
and his maxims therefore are to ne
received not without and iifide-able
grains of allowance.—Let usfober
ly confider whether there be not
fome dailgcr of Towing the feeds of
emulation too thickly in young
minds; whether it be not like flow
ing thiflles and nettles in a garden
(iefignerl for the choicefl flowers Sc
fruits. In the writings of an inspir
ed apoflle, etnulation is put in vc- j
ry bad company : it (L.n.ls thus, !
41 Emulation, wrath, strife ” It is
in the natural course of things f.r
emulatioii if carried beyond due
bounds, to beget wrath and for
wrath to beget If rife. An excefiive
love of ditlin£l:on naturally leads
to vanity a. and egotism, to envy and
ill-will, to bitter animc.fmes ard vi
olent contentions. “ Where there
i,- temfletfion,” lays the great Eng
lilh moiafifl, “ there will be vatiitv ;
ttiul where th. re is vantrv there will
be* folly.” We may observe fome
making thcmfdvcs ridiculous by
their till 6t a d airs; others running
into ruinous expenses, to make an
appearance*; ethers again trying to
puM down their fuptricirs to their
iv.n ’-v.l, by the i.al .* arts of !e-
Mtcticm; an J uthurs vd, bdin •
SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1810.
one another with all their hearts,
merely from the cir. unilLnce of
their being rivals for prefeiment or
for tame. And uhat can we fi;d
but cmu'.itiun, or adtfirc of woid
iy dtllir.cboo* at the bottom of all
th:s ?—Now !o. >k at children who
are incited to learn, chit fly, if not
altogether, by the spur of emula
tion. Set, at a dancing Ich ml, the
little mils who excels all the refl in
that frivolous a^complilhmerit; fee
in her count* nance and boh iviour
the buddings of confeious luperior
iry ; and let the marks of i if. rig en
vy in those fhefurpaflts bee also
two boys at the hi ail of ihiir rials,
Irugglinc together f. r pre-emiti
encp, whilst thole they have lelt be
hind eye thetn afkiunce with ! >oks
that betray the dilturbtd feelings of
their btarts.— Behold this and you
t) ho!J, in embryo, the teen rival
rus and the bitter envyings that
will probably exiit among th- m in
the fubLqu* nt periods ot thtir
lives.
What then ? Shall no kind or
degree of emulation be cxc'-o-.J a
mo! * rhildn.n? i’his would be
• lit'i ir-g nr. ;h-. cnnti.i v nme
A hie of and ftintb ‘i is i ri.d
e* o I'.-n n * •!'■ ; a 1 . :’.e
•i :• ; n. ix rn -r* ,>. ! ;f a
1 i * g*w..t ...I*, lli* 4w. . - . 4>U;
*• th*. and. .. ,*s so ..1e tv.pt to
ttorlL ’ I'inu ! ::*t> i may be en
tourage J ::t c! .! hen, bur no: to
t-x''efs l nor as the leading principle
of adion. As ape pi piof* fling
chuftitu.ity, we fl old -ducati our
ehisdrtn on chriilian principles.—
e fhoulJ infire them to Itrive to
txi-1 ;n t’cCcfT.ry and valuable ac
q ii r eineTt >, r-.>t to mu. h that tltey
m.y and flingo sh themselves fr ao
the c. mmon mess, outflrip their
fellows, and rrakea splendid ti. uie
in the world; but rhhflv that -'icy
may pled* God, the giver of their
tal. nts, a.id be ulefu! t< men. We
fhoidd drive to l**;*r!i them to prefer
one another in love: our inltu.ctions
fhottUl tend to mafci them humble
rather than ps-md, mode If rattier
than aflun;ing, benevolent & court
eous rather than fcomful amt over
baring. I:t a word, children !!.• uid
be taught, ar.d tfi'.duallv taught,
that neither lean.mg, nor genius,
nor any external advantages or
wordly diltindions, art* ct •t-rwifo
valuable than as they may ihe bet
ter enable thetn to i rve Gui a:.d
their generation.
HORRIBI .I’. P.IAST \CRE.
The following : taken from a
late London paper. Unhappy llu
r pc! lirerahy wallowing in Lljod,
what a cLflir.y is yours f
The fulluv. iiig is an extract of a
private letter from Abo, the capital
of Finland, under date the G:h ult.
“ It is with regret that 1
communicate to y u <*u accounted
the perpetration el attrocitics 1c arcc
ly exceeded by the memorable in.if
lacre on St. Bartholomew's d,.y a:
Baris, by the Ruffian troopsi a the
inhabitants. I this ill fated c< unity.
In violation of at*. c-x;r. ltipul. “1 nt
iii th*: treat;. L the Ivan.-href F:n-
[Payable half yearly.
£ Number 494.
land to Ruflia, a certain porri *n of
the inhabitant* were ordered t > he
drafted or rather impressed int*> ;he
emperor’s lervice. ihe delp *tic
mandate was in general obeyed ic
considerable levies were ptocu ed,
before their deiiination was kn *wn
to be the Ihores ol the buxine, to
fight against the lurks, la the
province ol Savo ax the alarm be
came general; aud the people con
ceiving th- y were exempt from ler
vice fur a limited time, vtutuicu to
rem*>nrtr3te a ainft what they rou*
fnlered as an infraction of the trea
ty. Count I* 1 (kv, the g >vern >r
of Kinlan I, to whom the app- *! was
m.ide :n tne tn ft rdp.'Cttul uni
iub.n-lfive terms invited th’ inh *o
itams, by proclamation, t*> repair
on Sunday ialt to their rdp.-clive
churches, in order t> obtai . a re.
dress of grievances. This arutiie
had the desired est ct. ‘I h• i; ‘iy
birants, who arc w! leiy lea*’ • M
aud dilti. ult t*> be vp>( at in c. t
v.er- colh-ct'-d ill a locus;
uhiu in anxious exp-.ct ‘id
pr ti’re i .ct of grace, and *. i . c-B
t i-us of the impending dm
s h y were hidden!/ Ijrr* uride ’ I
■.vs. ‘so! loklnrs. k*i-> regtir ’!
t i. .ct vj* f*te |< ace, hi I
i- voice- oi Humanity, die •
t-i. t. - *** tbc yi . p- i
the a.rar.s of their God, from GB
bnAmjs cm thrir parents, an i th ‘u.dß
j.iyincnt ot all that w.;s rr. ill ! .■
to them in life; and munov .r ..wM
ch-.'e-J, witiiom -•!.'/ isiiiucr
age, sex, or condiui.m, di m
?rtempted by interceffi m - r fonts'*
to f.'.fren the hearts s>r av* t theL
de.idlv weapons of tht ‘r ~ n ft*-]
Id, iffilfius. Inihepu i.li s w!it*r<J
th !e atrocities W'*re pe r petrate,l, m**
1 ;* than 7'X - ) unoffending and tie.
fenfel-Js individuals intve taken v.cJ
tints to the relentU fury <..i monJ
(ters iu human } *rm.” ™
Selected for the Kalelg'j Star.
THE M AN ('IF F \SH!G J.
What tsa moucr un ii >,.?
A trtin of talte um*! difliputi-’ i:
A bu;y nvm with<:iit e in! ivir. r.f,
A happy man wi iiout e; j.y ne -t;
Who I'quan-ier.. all his tune and
trcaluies
Ort empty jovs Si taffdet* pleasures;
Vi fit 8, attendants an I attent
And courtly arts too low to m *’ n.
In fl ip, and dreffc, h: Ip n: i: ; ay.
He throws I'. j wortfilell !!;.* away;
Has n*> opinion of his own,
But taite.; from leading beaux the
*v
ti-n:
With a difilainfui smile or frov/a
11. >n therif-rafcrowd In. k-.down:
i'lte world p d.itc, h.. friends and he
And all the r ft are—Nob-niv !
T'aught by the h :cai his fusil s to
fill,
And how to write an i how r-* r p I!;
i he great his oroides he m !c s,
Gupie.s their vice s a:, i inifk.k .:,
(. ad nit
Aad lives nu £ and di ~s a nv-j.
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