Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1843-09-21
p O Ia Z N i o a III
(From the Richmond whig.)
TO THE YOUNG MEN OF VIRGINIA.


a the late of this once renowned Commonwealth
u IN contemplating the proceedings of, those
', VINO are now busy OH the public stage, yor
: s'and very .much in the position of a minol
= wa,chipy the management of his estate. before
= ne mas arrived at the age when the law places
: 1t IN his hands. The present race of$6Sblic
men are trustees for your benefit. 'INS are
oonnd TO turn over the estate TO you, al flu
ture day, and it is of the last importarxe~.ha.
> 1T should be managed wissG and u,iprighty::<
GU possess advantages which were no,
enjoyed by your predecessors in the same de-
gree. You are Thoroughly educated,
and therefore better kbled at an early age TO
enter INTO and appreciate the merits of our
form OIL Government. To say that we have
no doubt OF your patriotism would be n matter
OF s"Pererogatlon. II is rarely that man is
iouhd, so entirely monster, as TO be without
'na' very common, but not therefore less es-
unable virtue. But there is degree of en-.
lightened love of country among YOU. which
while it is willing to make anv sacrifice To-
promote the prosperity of your native soil. is
YET not blind to the faults of those who wo,,d
rule over 1t. You present to the world mass
OF intelligence which, when meliowed by ex
perience, and properly directed, promises to
rcueeIh the waning reputation of Old Virginia
IL Is oneot the proudest boasts of the Whig
Party, that 1t is enabled to enrol the large ma.
!orlty OF your names among lis adherents
prejudice or passion may betray those who
have already mingled in political strife; igno-
rance may lead the unwary, and interest GO
duce the corrupt But upon YOU the opera. |
tioh OF all these causes is as nothing. You
come fresh from the schools, where YOU have
been CALM but by no means indifferent specta-
LOTS OF the conflicts which have been raging
around you. There is holy enthusiasm. an
uheaicuiating generosity about youth, that
ieaas IL, IN Inc large majority of instances, to
embrace the right cause intutvely. and. as il
were, by species of instinct. This. fellow
cltizens, is the true reason why we find so
many OF you arrayed under the Whig banner
this is the impulse that will lead us TO vic.
Tory this is the feeling which is to reoener-
ale this "ancient and unlerr6ed common
wealth" Enlightened Enthusiasm, spreading
from bosom TO bosom, like the electric shark. |
must prove irresistible in its onward course
surely no party ever had more cause TO be |
proud OF Its principles, than that, TO which we. |
IN common with the large majority of Won. he !
long. TO revive the prosperity of our conn
try, ground into powder by long and calam. |
ltous system OF meas"res' q: -nsinra tho reign
=" - ana The accountability Of tboso p
proud station among the nations OF ME o esft Y
TO which we are entitled, and which was once !
our own.-to prove to the world that however
degenerate the example set by traitor, the
Wing Party, taken collectively, feel the degra- |
daon, and the shame they have been made to |
endure;-these are the objects, for which it |
will be our duty, as it is pride, TO struggle |
in the approaching contest. nober cause !
never fred the. bosom of the patriot lolter
aim never led the warrior to the field of glory
The very contemplation of the task before !
&c
sluices of fire through The veins.
! 1t was by men of your age thai. Republican
France was raised to pitch ST glory, unknown
to Rome, in her brightest and palmiest 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 enthusiasm and irresistible valor of
the boys and young men of France The
"whiskered Pandour and the fierce Huzzar''
! fled before her beardess youth The enemy,
whom 1t will be your ta,e TO meet, is of sim
liar character with the last named. Well dis
ciplined-long accustomed TO conflicts of this
nature, and seldom combating without proving
victorious, they come into the field with advan-
tages, which we would have you by no means
despise. They will not yield without a long
and desperate struggle. lfyou are conquered,
you will lose no honor; if you come off VIC
torious, you will acquire impershable re-
nown. But, with proper eXerlion, there Is no
danger Of defeat.
The man whom you have chosen TO bear
your banner in the great contest. is one whose
p name is calculated to excite enthusiasm in the
coolest bosom. Who is there among " on, that
o does not feel his heart warm, at the name of
o Henry Clay Known to all the civilized ma
tio"s ct tho Garth, and reverenCed wherever If
is known, that name will descend to posterity
without rival, save one, in the long cata-
= logue of those which have conferred honor on
u our common country. In every situation, un-
e der all circumstances, he has proved himself
e worthy of all that the grateful hearts of hi:
q admiring countrymen can hestow. Is sacri-
Is fee to be mace for advantage, who, in these
= days of selfshness, can be found 10 make it
, but Henry Clay? Do the rulers of the coun
e try get her into such a situation, that tht
e wheels OF Government compelled to stop
!! who can start them again but Henry Clay
IL Does any crisis arise of such peculiar Difficult
e ty that they who hold the helm of State, wher
J. the waters are calm, shrink from the DANCE
which yawns around them like a gulf; oil
ot whom are all eyes turned for relief : Whom
oi do all men implore to step forward aud gras
the rudder in his iron hand ;--fenry Clay
He IS the great Political SAVIOUR; the MAJ
whom all men may safely .reyile in the day O
safety, but TO whom all eyes turn, as if BY in
D. stluct, IN the hour Of danger His banner i
lie the flag of our Union the political labarun
os under which we hope TO- achieve triumph
over corruDtion and n,isruio ,vi,bou, q ma