Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1837-09-23
From the Philadelphia .NirTOr.
TIE WAY Is OPEN TO ALL.

Miss Martineau, in her recent work on this
country. says that the Only unhappy young gen.
demen IN our Northern States. aIe thoSe who are
BON to fortune. Wen, there Is more truth than
poetry IN this. Let those who have nn other for
tune than their hands, think Of il. There is a
free road open to them. Almost every great
name that has adorned the world, has been won
by personal ttiou-unnided by the iortultous
power OF wealth, or mushroom force Of bnih--
Young men OF our country, go up this road. Go
up IT. by your own exeriions, for you viii never
ascend ~ any ether. Rely upon nothing else,
for all else may fail YOU.
10 our contemplation, there is no spectacle
moe worthy Of admiration than a yutuous Young
man, advancing himself in the esteem Of the
good and worthy, by his own eNciions. His in.
dusiry is unceasIng--hIs department modest and
unassumlng Ills principles are hxed--his n-
iegnil unillRchlng. lie practices the cardinal
virtues for the love OF them and others love him
for the practice. lie should meet kindness on
every hand. Mankind are interested in his sue
cess, for he may become The depository of the
power which our fathers exercise. He may sit
in the high Pieces giving laws to the country
and wisdom TO the age.
We would not destroy the hey day of youth.
There Is natural huoyance to youth, that should
be INDUCED. But il should be cherished only in
useful, Innocent refined amusemens. Amid the
intelligent society of vytuous females, young men
should seek relaxation from the cares Of the
counting house, and the tolls of the work shop.
Here will their affections be purified, their man
ners Tchned. If The matron of the mansion ap-
prove II, LEI the young join in the merry dance to
win lnvgorallng rchcfto their physical poWels.
Young man, shun os you would the plague,
those who deridc the society of yirluous females
There Is a moral pesIllence in the very utmos-
phere they breath. If they loved virtue, they
would love virtuous socieiy,s II is sure proof
that they knew themselves too well TO enter where
Nltue and refinement alone diIluse their leful-
gent light Seek society above yourself, but en-
ter not that which is beneath YOU, either in intel
hgenec, refinement, or virtue.
More Young men are rnnccd III our cities, by
bad associations, than from all other causes COM
blncds When the norfcc enters a cofCrte he
soon catches the prevailing spirit. Ii drinking
and carousing prevail, Le drinks aud carouscs.
lie will not be laughed at because hs cannot
swallow as much vine as his fellows, and If they
Pdihh' VI lHc Suoilp uIllh 'uat nHkcW Hiau, nc
shows his strength Of head in swallowing the
same portallons. Ii others gamble, he CANDLES
As they descend TO tho lowest vices, in n spin
OF brdrado, be SINKS down with them even tC
the very depths Of pollutiou--untll he hangs up
on society, pest and nuisance instead OF ~
honor, and an ornament, as he might have been
i'.a ~, s's'N'st'~t N~'''"''''
Mating, bllghtmg influences fpohciow assoc
atoms.
When we behold young man capable Of re
slsting all such temptations, we watch his step
in profound admiration. We look upon HIM as
bright promise to humane liberty. Morality sba
hail hun has her champion. Religion will cSn
in'hs defence. lie shall set IN the high place
OF the Rcpublic--and his name shall endure,
| W hen monuments; marble
Hath crumhed with is scroll.