Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-02-01
LECTURE on YOUNG .AMiIERicA. iE 2

gE@7r0 By REV. w. H. MILBuRN. .graz =,
2, ;, The Rev. Mr.. Milburn lectured before
the Mercantile Library Association Of
New York city, on Friday evening last,
when a large audience was present. The
Rev. gentleman's subject was. Young
America" The New York Express, in
noticing this lecture, says: dj. eaE
"a 1.-The lecturer began by remarking that
ltwas not common for young children to
dictate their own names, nor prescribe to
the priest the amount of water for their
baptism. Young America is smarter than
other children, but has chosen name fit
to be recognised by. like the name and
like the sound. 1t is Young America by
right of age, and not by courtesy. 1t
Stands on a new footing. It is not an or
ganiZation, but sentiment, spirit fresh
and free. 1t is neither Wing nor Demo
cratic, and neither North nor South can
claim it. 1t is the Imagination of the
land, grasping the intentions and pur-
poses of the land. Young America has
issued the proclamation that with the
tendency to Improvement, the law Of
progress is to be trusted. The old focies
oppose it, not seeming to know that to it
they owe even their boots and shoes. On
position is expected, for everything but
nonsense and foole,y have to fight their
way, and make themselves by their own
exertions. All through our history We
have had clogs, and We need not fear but
the us inertia and the old fogies will be
a sufficient check on our onward progress.
The lecturer went on to giye-an amusing,
and, at the same time, truthful view of
the condition of ancient politics. There
is In this country a certain amount Of
enthusiasm, firm in its hopes and tena
cious in its objects. The Puritan was
pledged to be suspicious Of the masses,
and, therefore, could not trust religion
with the people. They hated England,
and reared an iron rampant against her
placing the preacher above the prelate -
yet at the same time making witches
trembie in the midst of their maehina-.
tons. The growth Of the Republic was
different at the North and the South. The
South was the first to separate Church
from State. And, in the present age,
such is our rapid growth that it is not
wise to mortgage our ideas for the future.
The events advocated to-day may be. con.
demned tomorrow, and the diplomacy of
one day be considered the folly of the
other. ..lG 1H. r.. "a
The subject of International law was
next touched on by the reverend gentle
men, and produced in the audience a
manifest impression. lie remarked that
Young America is. a republic in labor, in
literature and in life. 1t honors the law
of exertion, and affrms that labor is the
great instrument for the elevation of
man. Young America begins with home
spun and ends with broad-cloth !; pro-
duces not great poems but great things
Moreover it has taken newspapers under
its especial charge. You wonder that no
greatmen have arisen to fill the places of
the great ones who have left Us, can
tell you why it is. Because our public
press and its contributors fill the vacuum,
and are at the same time, cabinet, leeis-
lature and President. TIade is depend
ent on the papers know of one firm
who advertised to the amount of $50, 900,
and in few months received their money
again with compound interest. You and
| can leave America to do its work.
There may be some violence ard rashness
in it, but virtue, patriotism and intelh-
gence go onw ard, hand in hand with it.
The government is the train of young
America. With the press and the cleo
trio wire to help us, we may safely, trust
her alone. We possess the prudence Of
Ingrabam in the bay of Smyrna, who
with twenty guns, in the single ship st.
Louis, claimed protection for an Ameri
can citizen, and it was granted. 1 would
drink with you in your draughts of coffee
tomorrow morning this toast: 70 a'.' .s.s
"THE New ERA OF FOREMN DIpLo.
MAcY.-Captain Ingraham, with his 90
port-hole arguments and 81 stars, are
enough to establish this doctrine, and let
Europe answer it if she cam 49, ~