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Communicated

Communicated.
ED.sBAsNrR.
Although confident thu dear Molly -Starke''
Is perfectly capable Of sustaining both herself
and her cause 10 joust with the astute Cerne
liza, yet my woman's heart wiH swell up IN spite
of me, forcing me to say some things which may
save Molly contest with a foe unworthy of
her STEEL
Poor Corneliaswho must evidently be su
per-annuated old maid.opens her detachable epis-
tie with violent assault upon our rising gene
ration and the errors which have crept int. .edu-
cation since her day Very probably we have
bad boys now assdays, as has been the case
through all time; # Cornelia object to certain of
hem individually she had better speak to their
mothers about them or go to writing Sunday
school books, for which latter avocation should
think she is peculiarly adapted, though her cloud
edideas Of things in general might exclude her
productions from most religious libraries.
But chiefly she objects to Young America"
because they espouse her countIy's cause and
bear its banners, as they have done, manfully.
First she speaks of their .literary vanity" Ia
species of vanity of which she will never be gull
ty, at all events) their arrogance, and loquac-
ty,'' condemning them very properly; but incon-
sistently enough, she then in the next paragraph
sneers at oursyoung orator'for commencing his
speech modestly, even as the boys did in her day
Allowing then, that our young champions lof
whom God knows l am, and every American
woman should be proud are no more than what
she says youths fresh .from Academic groves
that's very prettily expressed too must ad-
mit-AfulI Of literary vanity, loquacious and ar
rogant" and even more vicious besides, admit
ting all this, have we not right to place weak
ness where weakness is to be met!
Have not, our whole party, with one voice, Of
fered to oppose these young men against those
of the opposite party, concerning whose youth
and defects ma eaers Cornelia, is dumb by the
way. Do we not consider, we, to whom it is o
every importance, that our cause is safe in thei
hands? Why then this solicitude on our account
Surely we are as capable of judging of our owr
, affair1as others.
; Ing as the gauntlet has been flung down
) we seesno young men of opposing principles
who have as yet dared to take itup.
Really Cornela I'm afraid when you iltimat'
that young men are not to dabble npolitics, yo'
9 are anon compos" What say you to thos
empty thunders of the sbeardless" in your owl
E ranks that have so often walked up the childrel
o 10 the neighborhood Of the Forum What sa
g YOU to those hating trades upon .dark lanter
: gentry and ssignes fatui' that you have 50 ofte
!. perspired under. Why Cornelia dear, canna
e those sshuge leviathansp that so spout blood
g okthunder in their oi0n meetings, come forth an
U oppose the ssbroad circumference Of the buck
e Ter Of Democracy, behind which they so deligI
ID to hide themselves to men Of their own ages, wh
d will be too happy to break 4 lance with fhems
!, Does not something whisper to Cornelia, that it
because they fear tumble in the dust that the
d kno1 how weak il the knees the poor old hac
sr Democracy has become. and feel il win not su
e lport them through the contesta Il IS . miser
lble thing to know that we are weak, but far wor
: IS now that our cauaa : weakers& Poor your
|" tn6pI low hed they feel.
g . am eare that & sdear Molly has read the 4
ae hle q Phaeton, and q hasreYery one else vi
re has ever been ID school IL Ill, although 70
~ dear Cornelia, seem to t1Iink 3 4omething d
cofhmon ID polite lettefa Bnt q p1ove Ii
on lEAM's son'did nof let hiS Ill charge ~ damag
a. I've - all perIeclly wiling ~ him ~
.a out that b Antics can senre up.
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