Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-09-04
RICHMOND DAILY WING.
MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER =. Is4s.
TO THE YOUNG MEN OF VIRGINIA.

i esting class of our population. In your hand,
atno very distant date, will be lodged the fate of thi
once renowned Commonwealth. In contemplating
the proceedings of those, who are now busy oil
the public stage, YOU stand very much in the pc
sition of minor watching the management OF hi
estate. before he has arrived at the age when tn
law places il in his hands. The present race q
public men are trustees for your benefit. The,
are bound TO turn over the estate TO YOU, at iu
ture day, and it is of the last Importance, that
should be managed wisely and uprghtly.
You possess advantages which not enjoy
cd by your predecessors in the same degree. You
are more thoroughly educated, and therefore bette
enabled, at an early age To enter into and appre
ciatc the merits of our form of Government. TC
say that we have doubt of Your patriotism
would be n matter OF supercrogation.-lt is
| rarely that a man is found, so entirely n mon
stcr as to be without that very common, but moi
therefore, less cstmable virtue. But there is de-
gree of enlightened love of country among you
which, while ii is willing to make any sacrifice to
promote the prosperity your native soil, yet not
blind to the faults of those who would rule over it,
You present TO the world mass of intelligence.
which. when mcllowed by experience. and proper
~ directed, promises To redeem the waning rcpu-
tation of Old Virginia.
1t is one of the proudest boasts of the Wing
Party, that it is enabled to enrol the large MAORI
ty of Your names among its adhcrents Prejudice
passion may betray those who have already
mingled in political strife ignorance may lead
the unwary, and interest scducc the corrupt =
but upon You the operation of all these causes is
as nothing You come fresh from the schools.
where You have been calm but by no means indf.
ercn spectators, of the conflicts which have been
raging around you There is Il holy enthusiasm
an undertaking generosity about youth. that leads
it. in the large majority of instances, 10 embrace
the right cause ntutively. and, rs it were. by n
species of instinct This. felow-citizcnS is the
true reason why we find many of YOU arraycd
under the Wing banner--this is the impulse that
will lead us To victory this is the feeling which
Is TO regeneratc this 'ancient and unterrfed COM
monwealth.' Enlightened Enthusiasm spread
ING from bosom To bosom. like the electric spark
must prove irresistible in its onward course
Surely, no party ever had more cause 10 he proud
oil its principles than that, To which we, in COM
mon with the large majority of YOU, belong. To
revive the prosperity of our country, ground into
powder by long and calamitous system of mca.
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countability of those by whom they are admins.
tercd-to resume that proud station among the
nations of the EARTH To which we are entitled. and
which was once our own--to prove to the world
that however degenerate the example set bv
traitor. the Wing Party taken cocctveie, feel The
degradation. and the shame they have been made
To endure;-theSe the objects for which IT will
be- our duty, as 1t is our pride to struggle in the
approaching contest. \ noblCr cause never fired
the bosom of the patriot. \ lofiier aim never led
the warrior to the field of glory. The very CON
temptation OF the task before YOU, is enough to
send the young blood in suices of fire through
your veins.
1t was by men of your age, that Republican
France, was raised to pitch of glory. unknown
to Rome, i'll her brightest and pamiest days. The
stern warriors of the North, whose iron frames
had breasted the storm Of battle for the fourth part
Of a century, were scattered before the fiery en-
thusiasm and irresistible yalor of the bows and
young men of France. The .whiskcred Pandour
and the fierce Huzzar." fled before her beardless
youth. The enemy, whom it will be your fate 10
meet is Of a similar character with the last
named Well disciplincd-long accustomed 10
conflicts of this nature, and seldom combat
ing without proving victorious, they come in.
to the field with advantages, which we would
have you 10y no means despise. They will
not yield without a long and desperate struggle.
If You are conquered, you will lose no honor: If
You come of victorious, you will acquire imperish.
able rcnown But, with proper cScnion there is
no danger of defeat.
The man whom YOU have chosen to bear YOUR
banner in the great contest, * one whose name is
calculated to excite enthusiasm IN the coolest bo.
som. Who is there among YOU, that does not
| feel his heart warm, at the name of Henry Claw
/ Known to all the civilized nations of the earth.
aud reycrcnccd wherever it is known, that name
will descend to postcrity without rival, save one.
IN the long catalogue Of those which have con.
lcrred honor on our common country. In every
situation, under all circumstances, he has proved
| himself worthy Of all that the grateful hearts
Of his adniring counirymcn can bcstow. is a sa.
crlice 10 be- made for her advantage, who in these
days Of sefshncss, can DC found 10 make il. bni
| Henry Clayl DO tho rulers Of the country get
her into such situation, that the wheels Of Go.
yernmcnt are compelled to stop, who can start
them again but Henry Claw Docs any crisis
arise Of such peculiar difficulty that they who hold
the helm Of State, when the waters are calm
shrink from the danger which yawns around them
like gulf; on whom are all eyes turned for re-.
lief Whom do all men implore to step forward
and grasp the ruddcr in his iron hand, Herr,
Clay. He is the great Political Savior; the
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