Evansville weekly journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 184?-18??, 1848-03-16
ADVlCE TO BOYS.

encourage them by kind words and good exam
pies to be '.just and true"-just and true to
Others. aud to themselves. We copy and adopt
the article for the benefit of the rising gem
Grafton in this quarter. They are soon to be-
come men and take their places ON the stage of
action for good or for e:il-whether for good
or evil depends upon their trainingat this time.
But hear friend:
s.Young friends, il has been some time since
The editor of this paper has given you advice;
it has ever been our desire, since we occupied
the responsible station of editor of popular
paper, 10 say, occasionally few kind words,
addressed particularly to boys. Remembering
| wildly the time when are werea poor orphan
without one single person to say kind word
or encourage US to perseverance, we feel for all
all young lads, and knol0 something which
will be valuable 10 them. In the first place,
then, be obedient to superiors, be just, indus
trious and true. We do not mean by industry
to recommend a slauish life-a life of drudgery.
| BY no means would we see boys deprived of
necessary pastime-but there is a kind of indus
trious habit that must be acquired in youth.
! The reason why industry is so necessary is.
that nothing of distinction is attained in this
world, without it comes from labor, mental or
physical. Obedience 10 superiors, by which
we mean parents, guardians, and tutors, and
those whose stations are naturally SO to COM
mand respect, will raise any and every lad to
favorable notice. Be just and true. Ny young
friends, you may think there is little in those
4 four short words, but mark what you read now.
! weigh it well. No man or human being can
be long happy, who is not both just and true
Suffer death before dishonor-before telling
] a falsehood or acting traitorously. Remember
and cherish the story of the GREAT GEORGE
| WAsHINeToN, when he was little boy. If
| you do not remember the anecdote, ask your
friends to tell it TO you. So noble spirit was
Characteristic of the feelings that made Wash
ington the father of his country; if he had told
"a lie, in all probability, we may say, surely hp
could never have risen to the station he held,
and now holds, in the hearts of his countrymen
and the world.
''There is another thing that, although not
mentioned first, is of the utmost importance
for you to observe, viz; regard for religion and
holiness. Nothing is SO disgusting as to see
lad disrespectful towards religion, and sneering
at goodness, Shun ,ch a course. The Bible
is book to BE- priced above all things, for its
pure and holy teachings. Never revile it or
hear it reviled, without showing your abhor-
renee, in respectful firm way; for, rest assur-
ed, there is something wrong in the mind of
that person who speaks against the bible as
moral teacher-a director to happiness and to
heaven.
''My young friends, after having said this
much, We have something to say equally as i'm
portant-equally as true, and equally as bind
ing. 1t is this Inform your minds. O! if
we could make you sensible of what you could
do for yourselves, it would give us more Joy
than riches. Did you only know what you are
capable of doing, how eagerly would you fol-
: low this advice. Instead Of growing up as
Others have; instead of being ignorant of the
world, you would be learned and happy. The
true happiness of this world consists in the en-
loyment of a cultivated, emil ,htenel and just
mind. There is not lad in this western couil-
try but could be as enlightened and as learned
as the greatest man of the age, if he would onl y
leiU it, and carry out this determination with
out shrinking; always excepting providential
Obstacles The true course to pursue IS, tc
4 resolve 10 never close your eyes at the close OF
e any day without having learned something use
: ful, Every. lad has time. No excuse for any
e one; for desire to learn is alloays rewarded
5 with perfect satisfaction. Resolve, then
i young friends, to be obedant, Industrious, just
e and true Visit no places of bad morals, for q
: bad purpose. Cultivate good flow of feel
/ ings; study and initiate the true gentleman
and, above all things be not forgetful of thi:
advice-LaJorns your minds. Let nothing de
> ter you from The pursuit of knowledge, anC
n you will remember this advice with pleasure
+ when you come to the stage of action; for,
c few years OF ly will tlapse before you, the boy
e hood, will occupy every station oftrust, homo
IS and profit in this nation.
New YORK FoT TAYLoR.-A New York cor
! respondent of the Louisville Journal, speakin;
!. of Gen. Taylor's prospects in New York says
The Wing masses were never more com
pact, never more resolved than now. Th
conceded fact that Gen. Taylor can and vii
SXyPP1 the Fnooire State has plapad 71fipfqJ