"At length the behavior of the young people became so notoriously bad that
the matter had to be taken out of the heretofore sacred precincts of home
and treated in a public manner. The press tried to work a reformation by
ridicule and threats, and when this was seen to have no effect the
legislatures took up the subject, and actually passed laws 'for the relief
and protection of oppressed parents,' and 'for the reestablishment of
rightful authority in the home.' These bold measures so angered the
children that they declared they would not submit to such insults, but
would take the matter of making laws, as well as all other branches of
public business, into their own hands. They started their own organs,
which made such silly declarations as this: 'We are young, but in all
other respects we are superior to our elders. We have more intelligence,
more spirit and courage, we outnumber them two to one, and, what is better
than all the rest, we hold them already in our power. So why should we not
use that power, and go forward and destroy every vestige of their
authority? Let them work and earn our support, and we will do the rest.
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