The Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1852-1855, 1853-12-16

rir. from u, iau. coufrn- iis uer.i frsr,
hy nnaonrrinr that yhc rcrtainlv think.
.ie .r-s fir oT In ,he distance l'i,l.
daa. Theae sre ihc two aspects al
Yonnr America. comrusrd of those Who
have. and those who hope. ~ ,ilc Bow.
cry. Nounr America IS the bhov who
larns iho police. and runs wild der ma.
sheen: in broadway be- Is The slight
youfh apparcleA iu an extremely loose
sleeve will an altenuated arm hanging
om cr Co.; and preposierously iiqilt trnw.
ser. with "a sliuhtsfIcnine or lrg. nis.
sipatioa &. ns dream. and II p.qncs 81.
self uron know ING The world Itispsr.
pctaally trcmbliuc lest ID be thought
srooucy. never knowing That the great.
g., Of a!l spooncys is the spooncy WIN
Is blown about by the breath OF sillv
opinion
Let Us look a little more clusely At
social Young America. for %. Burke
saw, Manner. are more important
lbau laws Social Young America has
capprd the climax Of It's praise when il
saws Drunk or sober, he Is a gentle
man. lis theory Of gentleman is.
that be- shall be devoted TO a supreme
aud elegant iileness. Work il conshl.
ers diseracefIl to him. and its slouch.
inc eail and paironisinp smile seem 10
be olorird ,implv because there is re-.
ally nothing worth his doing. TO be
4 D.
"a, a lrouin, horse fn be tried. or a new
wine TO be ias,ed-he Is ready to make
some cNcrtion- TO accomplish il. But
not for sncl, humdrnm matters as study.
exploration or work. This belief how
ever. is not oringinnl with Young
America; il has been copicd from Eu.
ropc.
And vet II Is true principle of ant
that ornament cannot be separnted from
use. Nothing can be even ornamental
that has not purpose. Such was not
the model Of the gentlemen in past
times. Ancient rentlemen welded
swords and slaves. It was not the mod
el Of Bayard. without fear and without
repronch : nor Of the gallant Raleigh
and Sir Philip Sidney. These we're
grutlemen-ihc representative gentle
men of modern history. They certain.
" were not democratic, but they held TO
n sfrir, division Of such labor as there
was to be done in those times. They
were no idlers. They travelled early
and far but it was to see men. and learn
affairs. They devoted their leisure,
not 10 dissipation, bu, to beautiful and
useful studies; and they were neither
afraid or ashamed to serve God and
their country. True they loved estnb-
lished powcr-they were devoted al.
mircrs even Of Elizabeth, from whose
uuhandsomc character all the rouge of
1attery has now faded But activity
and industry were essential 10 thcir ideas
Of gentleman. In all the Beau Brum-
mels and George the Fourths Of our
times yon cannot find single point Of
resemblance to them.
Addison's Will lioncvcomb' is more
like the present model. (IIere Mr. c.
read the description from the Specta.
tori II IS probable that Mr.. William
IIoncycomb NAV be met at many of t!e
parties this winter.
The gentleman of Tory literature Is
much the same. Bulwcr adopts him in
his uoycl,. The model is exhibited in
various dresses, Ike the figure in the
low window ola barber slIop. Some.
fumes II onpcar. n. tho aristocratic Pei.
ham. sometimes as the sentimental Har-
nv I,Estrapre. and tbouah ladies may
siph over il n, that love Of
q man. the world poing down town TO
business looks into Inc BARRIERS window
as il passes. and laygh. n, The splendiI-
Is nuired block.
Is Yonpg America drawn on the cav.
alier model Or that Of Sir Pbilip Sid.
ucy or Rnleioh Doe. /, hear r,scm.
blauc.. 10 any character in history or ro-
nance. executing Alcibiades or Arthur
Pruleuni. ;
III. ,rue that tI,i. Yoyro America i
ouly the citv type. II deoends upon
the excitement the Glitter and tbe Ca
rric,. or ,be civ. il cannot live with.
ogt n. wonlcr.siruck and olmi,ino civ
audience. with whom lis pretence mss
es far reality bat II exer,. an injurious
ipgucuce u5on the country ,l.o. Itcx.
e,tes ibe envy nnd Inc imitation Of the
conn,,y youtb II draw country youth
into ,ie 'citv vortcx ignorant hat the
div /. a Cigcc "a ho iran sform. her sic.
tims iotoorrn and pearorl. and yiper.
Ia tbc Old .tory or tLc civ and country
mop.c The cj,y mouse saw 10 the
country moY.c. ID com. and belo me
to .a, hi. fcmptio, bit of cheese. Bot
Lr f,rg,.i. 10 add tl.,t the cheese /. hung
on a .,rips and the moor friend from
the rsr,l district. ge,, ehoked rog nj,
pain.
Uave v4,.t 10 learn that every one
sf nd ma, be- n. or.,, a. Sidney or Ra.
leiebs TO rs younc men The hope Of
ia. world &. entrusted Df IA Y.rug