Iowa news. [volume] (Dubuque, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Wisconsin Territory) 1837-1841, 1837-09-09
TIE WAY IS OPEN TO ALI.

Miss Martineau, in her recent work on ,b;.
country, says tina, the only unhappy young gentle
men IN Our northern States are those who a 70 born
to fortune. Well, there is more truth than noe,-
ry IN this. LIE. those who have no other fortune
than their hands, think Of it.-There is FREQ
road open to them. Almost every great mama
that has adorned the world has been won by mar.
sonal effort unaided by the forfei,ous power Of
wealth. or mushroom force of birth. Younu men
OF our country, go up this road Go up it, by your
own exeItions, for you will never ascend by anv
other. Rely upon nothing else, for all else NAV
fail you. 'Ay
10 our contemplation, there is no spectacle
moro worthy of admiration than a vir,uo,,s Young
man, advancing himself i'll the esteem of the good
and the worthy by his own exertions His in5lus.
Wy ~ unceasing-his department modest and unas-
su'ning His principles are fxed-his INTEGRITY
unfnching. lie practices the cardinal virtues 70,
| the love OF them-and others love him for their
| practice. lie should meet kindness on cyerv hand.
| Mankind are interested in his success; for lie NAV
| become the depository of the powcr which onr
fathers exercise. He may tin the high places
giving laws to the country and wisdom to the age. y
-, We would not destroy the hly-day of YOUTH
There is a natural buoyancy in youth that should
bs INDUCED. Bu. it should be: cherished only in
useful, Innocent, refined a,nusemants Amid The
intelligent society OF vrtuous females, Young men
should seek relaxation from the cares Of the count,
! ghouse and the tolls Of the work shop. Hero
VIII ."eiI dHcctions DC pufifed, their manners re-.
fined. II the matroa of the mansion approve il.
let the young join in the merry dance TO win inyiy
Grating relief to their PHYSICAL powers.
| Young men, shun as you would the plague, those
who derde the society of viruous females. There
is moral pestilence in the very atmosphere they
breath. Ii they loved virtue, they would love viz
tuous society 1t is sure proof that they know
themselves too well to enter where virtue and re-
fnement alone daiuse their refulgent light. Sock
society above yourself, but enter not that which is
beneath you, either in intelligence, refinement. or
virtue.
/ More young men are ruined in our cities by bad
associations than from all other causes combined
4 When the NORGE enters coteire, lie soon catch.
es the prevailing spirit. If drinking and carou,ine
prevail he drinks and carouses. He will no, b.
laughed at because he cannot swallow az much
wine Us his fellows, and il they par,ake of the
STRONG drink that 'nakesh mad,' he shows his
strength Of head by swallowing thesa pota,ioms.
II others gamble, he CANDLES. Az they descend d,
the lowest vices in spirit Of dratado. ne SINKS
down with them--even TO the veiy depths Of pol
lutiou--untl he hangs upon society, pest and
nuisance instead Of an honor and IN ornament. 4 |,
he might have been, had he NO, me, ruin II, tho
bewilderiny, communicating, blghting influences
of pcrnicious associations. s' a ="
! Whan we behold young man capable Of rss;,,-
ing oil such temptations, We watch his s,e,,s +,
profound admiration. We look upon him a.
bright promise to human liberty. Morality shall
hail him as her champion. Religion will exuls in
his defence He shall cit in the high places Of the
lRepublic-and his name shall endure,
When monumental marble
Hath crusnbled with its scroll