The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1854-10-14
ST. JOHN s BURY,
SATURDAY, OCTOBER IL, 1854.
YOUNG. AMERICA.

YOUNG AMERICA.
National pride is the offspring of high
minded patrio,i>n, but national vanity, that
I of ignorance and concct. The one aims at
an enlarged policy and emil rh:cncd sentiment
founded on principles whose working promise
the greatest GOOD to the State the other re-
, iccts profound culture As degrading to its
$ universal genius, an! hoastluIly relies on its
own sounding brass" The one, in order to
! the highest development of its own resources
, calls to it's aid the wisdom and experience of
I other times - the other secs nothing GOOD
brvond itself, condemns the old and foreign
, and cxpcE!s its energies in pursuing shad
owS.
r We arc Justly proud of Amcri'', the Elder
but America the lo"nq'r is the rcrsonlira
ton of national vanity, tickle from want of
, principle. rash from inrxrcrirncc. and super
fetal frcm wiliuI determinations. !, build:
ar-ca>:icS bv night and gets them patented
. hv lav 1t has no time for study or 70,
thought II has only learned its thrrc-!cttrr
ell alpEabe: consisting f Steam. Elr,:ri-it>
and Destiny" and from these spectral lite
nature has been formed, more imaninativ,
than Utopia. more eloquent than the l.>cour~,
to DR.. Primrose on Co>mnrraphv. II seeks
no principles save those which hiing six per
iccnt. regards no experience and profits hv 10
facts save those belonging to imagination ard
mc.han;c>. lis polar star is due wc,'. 1t
knows no past bat Bunker Hi and the Fourt!
Of .Julv. no future hut OREGON. Cub, and the
Sandwich Islands, IL has 10 on.ci,,.c even
on slavery no creed but annexation. II.
knowledge unlike light. increases in dire.
proportion as Tie square of lis distance from
the object increases. and is literature ti''.!
yes the nation with glory. upon which .'ca>
NO ark hearing TIE seeds O! jndrtncn. and
calm reason.
+ The Young American hnvs his minority AT
seventeen. GOES 20 the tra,,,mv two half
terms where he addresses he public on the
sui irrt> Of "Our yloriors Union" ard the
Western Star cf EMPIRE" then. Trusting 10
Ph:rno'ogv for his knowledge Of men. witt,
S;ri;uali>m for h;< rcli,io"> creed. will, I!o-
mroJathv or Water Cure Tor n,oc,;rlnal re-
lief and Graham bread for intellectual Nicol
and happy physical! tone. he GOES to The az
West and in n;nc months is chri>.cncd Gov
csnor Of some ri>;n. Iowa or Kansas.
Now this NAV stimulate a national vanity
vet there is little in it worthy Of na:ion1
pride. Principles must prcccde practice.
t Without them, it will hc empirical and NJ
: true progress made If all the glitter an
e show Of improvement he taken from III" pres
emf, little destined TO be permanent vii! re
: main. Our contributions to science and phi
j !oSophv are really small 1t is true We hay,
applied their principles for the promotion OF
productive industry to a surprising extent
vet this does not deserve the highest rrai<"
= The highest form of culture should su|or,!i
: nate and give direction to the spirit of The
: age, ard not he led bv it. 1t is only thus
that permanent advancement can be made
All other has no positive valuc-no firm foun-
| ,!ation.
, The present hich state Of civilization in
ENGLAND is the growth of nearly a thousand
years. Here We have applied Il" rrod'rt>
7 ' '
such "ad,an.arc dressed" 1t has indeed
proved advanta -cous to national wealth. Yet
science and philosophy mus: be cultivated.
or, like the ship where ncw sail is CO.. ,inual-
" unfurlcd without corresponding Increase
Of ballast all will he lost. We have indeed
the magnificent treasury of the I.vdian king,
but, alas. no Scion to unfold the higher laws
) of human happiness.
NEw-loEK.-tn Mother candidate ha> rhrcn
put in nomination for Governor in New York
Mr.. tIman. t:v grand conclavc Of the
Know Ncthings, convened in the city of New
York last week. Report has it that they are
bent upon dc;catin. Mr. Stewards re election
20 the United States Senate Ii they surcccd
in the scheme, the ablcst and most useful
man in tie Senate will he struck down. There
. are now five candidates for Governor. in
: New York. 1t is a large State, and there is
vet room for more. What will come out of
this confusion nc one can tell. The mul,ip.-
cation of candidates afford: chance for the
= election of a Nchra>kaitc
:, The Know Nothings put forth a comi,l,tc
State ticket, and they will loub;c>s also
T. have candidates Of their own for the lcoisla
/ ture. They claim to have enrolled as mem
l"ls OF their order some $4,000 legal voters.
, This is but a fraction Of the whole number
: OF the voters of the State, We: it is LARGO o.
: nough to change entirely the political aspect
OF the result. X looks to us now. as if If wou,d
! be The means of concentrating the entire for
C c'Sn vote upon seymour, Tie administration
and anr;cmrerancc candidate, and eve him
: a plurality. and consequently an clcc,ion.-
; We arrive AZ this conclusion in thi, WAY Tho
administrator has opened a war of ey,crm;.
nation upon Il! Order of Know Eo,h;nrs
l and therefore will held most o.. ,;c members
Of lis party to their POLITE al allegiance. and
also GAIN Il lager foreign vote than ,hcy will