Grass Valley telegraph., 1853-10-27
written for the Grass valley telegraph.

Written for the Grass Valley Telegraph
70 THH EDITOR OF TIE GRASS VALLEY TrIEaRAPH."
SIR -" Young America" proves himself
at the outset, rather an intractable pupil. ]
rather like him for it. The young of all ma
tions, and of all animals have large amount
of perversity and combativeness in their dis
position. Judiciously trained, pruned in its
excrsscences and restrained in its wayward
manifestations, this becomes goodly attri
butte and grace. The first, uneducated in
dications, however, of this natural impa-
thence of restraint and correction are very
Strong.-The impetuosity of the feeling at
times destroys the due equilibrium of the ia
culties and causes the subject to perform gam
bols, and emit sounds, that are provocative
even of laughter. in the more staid and expe
rienced elders. At first had merely inten
ded to correct mistaken assertion of " Youne
America, then, seized with sudden compass
sion for his avowed ignorance on the subject
of "Quartz." essayed, in some degree, to
enllghten him, voluntarily became his cicero
M; and, in all gentleness and brotherly
charity proffered my services as his instruc-
tor-when 10! instead of accepting with meek
ness and submission the mingled reproof and
instruction, ne utterly rejects both and even
gets into passion with me- His fine youth
ful instinct at once detects bitter but whole
some grains of rebuke, however diluted and
sweetened, and hence, the wry face he imme-
diately shows, and his wailing passionate re
fusal. AS said before, all this is only natu
rail- remember, in days long past, in my
own homage, that the physician, to provide
against undue rebellion, and to ensure the
reception of the necessary portion, used to
arm himself with curiously contrived spoon
having cover and hollow handle, Il will
not however have recourse to parallel pro.
ceeding with "Young America"-at least
not yet. have great faith in the influence
OF time, and would give him space for refec
tion. Besides l think he must have been
slightly feverish last Wednesday. 1 picture
him, with his editorial orbs ain a fine frenzy
rolling" plunging his pen deep in the bow
els OF his ink-stand as he would poniard in
the hear: of his enemy. hear the rushing
sound of the innocent goose pinion as he COM
pels 1t in its unwonted course of wrath, fle-
neuncing and even italicising me and my
article" as alike, stupid, AS Dogberry has
II "Friting me down an .qss,'' hinting that 7
orghtao go to school myself and e. N at
taeking the arrangement OF my s. 'ces.
ommeEsing On my commas and. rs:
and preiacing the ahole by o. an
anonymous scribblar and telling M .lat he
only notices me in order 10 administer to
my vanity. This last is but sorry ,nofipe.
and wouid advise Young America to
GEEK higher one, for the use Of his pen in
future. With regard to my caractere ano-
nyme-he who seeks me will very easily find
me, and in allusion to the matter of the com.
mas. / would remind my somewhat restive
pupil that write with pen and not com.
posing stick, and that the late unfortunate
accident to the publisher of the Telegraph
and the consequent absence of Mr.. Oliver
from MS editorial duties, during the greater
part of last week. is most ample excuse for
something more than the omission or even
mispl&cement Of few commas
1regret that more pressing avocations will
not permit me, at present, to lengthen this.
my second lesson to I" Young America" but
cannot lay down my pen without directing
his attention to one of the sins that do most
easily beset him and >counselling him most
earnestly to "reform it altogether" l al
lnde to habit, that he has, of mistaking vul-
g0rity for force of expression, If he will
discriminate on this point. and amend, and
also do what in him lies to think earnestly
before attempting to ,crite, he may yet pre-
serve both my instruction and my regard
K. o. R. A.