Plymouth advertiser. [volume] (Plymouth, Ohio) 1853-1988, 1855-03-30
Where are YOU Going d?

In these days when every young man
and woman is smitten with the desire to
go to the ends Of the earth seeking new
things, it is we'll that few common sense
facts should be repeated, that these crusa-
ders after happiness may not be utterly
blind to the other side OF the question they
solve without reflection. Probably sever
al thousand people whose privilege it is
to read the Ohio Farmer are burning with
internal flames after o change of circum-
stances:-Falmers who are gettirg rich
too slow: merchants who are getting poor
too fast aspirants for Office whom the
people do not yet recognize; ministers
good many years this side d. D.: law
yors in thrcalbare coats young men dis
appointed in love; young women heaving
in sight OF the desert OF maidenhood /;
people who have and are nothing now,
but think there is q place where they can
gain every thing; people who are and have
enough now, yet long for more;-all these
and more, are thinking by day, and lay
ing awake o'nights, revolving the one
thought of a change Of situation. They
study the geography ofthc West; buy a
book on California; write letters to the
Kansas Emigrant Aid Society; bore every
man or woman who has come from the
place they would so to, and trcasuing
up every tit-bit Of encouragement, dismiss
the other side with disgust. Nobody
knows what fever RACES in America on
! this very theme; and we would.be glad to
see the man this side of approximation
who does not intend sometime 'to move.
r. Now, moving is a great fact in oul
civilization: and we are not disposed tc
ridicule the enterprise Of our people; yea
we ourselves have moved have survived
six months Of secret deliberation, ant
three months Of open aiscord previous t.
taking an express train from the Puritan
! city, one glorious October morning, fo
God knows where; for, having once 90
adriit we may turn up Senator from tn
Sand dwich Islands, or fillibuster in Cuba
a missionary to the Southern Arctic Con
tinent, or private in the Crimca; though
now we abi,oin the Forest City. But W,
have learned triao by this process, anc
' wish to say it in the ear Of our hot-head
ed young friend, though we arc sure he o
she will dismiss it, as we did the thousan,
and one predictions of the villge ani
city gossips who gave lis their parting ad
vices gratis.
Why are yougoing? Do you know tn
reason of this fierce des lie to nove9 Is
because you are poor? The cure 70
poverty may be in yourself; for certai
habits Of labor and economy will en-
poverty in Golconda itself? Doyou wis
to make money faster than now? Ifyot
gains only increase your love ofgain, bet
ter stay where you are. Do you long fc
rapid promotion +? Are you not risin
as last as you deserve? Do you wish (
be over-rated? Is it not probable the com
, munity knows your merit, or will find
out as we'll as you know it? Have yo
been Tilted in love? Coquettes fouris
every where and you, running from tn
Scylla of Yankee Prudence may fall int
; the Charybdis Of Buckeye Gloriana, C
Southern Della. Havcyo suffered great
;, at home 7? 1t may be, home is the plac
to gain the discipline of your sorrow, an
4 flight will only be escape from your life
choicest opportunity. Is duty too har
! in the old spot ? The devil travels b
sea and land, and will always get ahead /
you; can you resist him better in Cal
. iornia or Iowa, than Ohio or New York
l Ifyou wish to escape Duty you are snea
4 of the first water, and are not fit to go irol
: home. Why are you going? If bccau.
! you are as certain as may be that yol
L Manhood, your Womanhood will he az
; vanced, and your fellow men be elevate'
n and your God better served elsewhere tha
Lat your present post, go. If because yc
9 are tired Of being faithful, scared at life
emergencies, goaded by a restless ambitit
u for gold or praise, or fame, or lashel 1
u the nervous American Fury across cont
nent--yol viii go, of course, but you W!
repent it. e
4 Where are you going? To California, b
J cause consia Jake has fonnd alump there
J Are yon a man who would find sllm
: anywhere I? Men differ, and while Jal
Z marches on to 4 fortune, your CONSTITUTE
may guide yon to fever, a gambli
y house or q general bankruptcy of bodyas
b soul. TO Iowa or Nebraska, bccat
u Jonathan became Justice Of the Peace