New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-12-12
THE PROXIMITY OF THE AeE.

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Of anwholesosne isms and the spread Of whole
some knowledge, in the cultivation Of the peace
full arts and sciences and the discovery ant
application Of engines Of unusual destruction t,
human life and happiness, in charity and il
worth, in hypocrisy and in vanity in grea
things and in email things, and in unmeasuret
liberty and irrsstficted tyranny this era, ",
unhesitatingly declare our opinion, exceeds al
other eras known to the pages Of sacred or pro
| fame history.
| This is creative may say, an g immense >
| era-and this is great country, inhabited By
a great people, wonderful for their annexins
proclivities, which lcok to both the North and
South Poles for supplies Of ice to cool them Of
when the universal fit is raging, and who regard
the Arctic ocean as . nuisance because it stops
their progress in that direction, and the Ant
Arctic as confounded humbug, because it pre-
vents annexation in another direction Pa
cifc as stupendous waste Of water which
ought to be filled up and made cultivable for
corn, cotton, wheat, rice, sugar and potatoes
and the Atlantic as Of inconyenient breadth for
| o tremendous suspension bridge, over which
newly invented locomotives should run at the
rate of at least three hundred and sixty five
miles per hour!
tsYoung America has taken all these things
into profound consideration, and there is no tell
ing what he will not do before he stops
Whether he succeeds or not, one thing is GER
tain: he will write out and publish tremen-
dcualy long story, with out regard to expense.-to
others which will make the printers sorrow
over htliness misapplied, and the publishers
those unfortunate fellows, who are compelled
to pay up every Saturday, no matter what the
weather almost weep for sheer vexation.- =
"Young America is always prolix &
g But the proli1ity ofaYoung America is cast
entirely into the shade by che interminableness
Of sold America" The old gentleman has
nothing to do but spin out long yarns and fight
al his battles, real or imaginary, over again.
He, therefore, makes prodigious use Of the
longest and most unfathomable words Of the
English language. The fact is, the habit has
obtained to such an extent that plain, common
people, cannot understand either the old fellow
Or the young fellow, without the aid Of q whole
library Of dictionaries
This pernicious example has prevailed to such
IN satsns snas National ana State,
politicians, aping the.statesman, local and gen.
eral, obscure what charity supposes they mean
so say unusr suca cioua q words, that the
a,'sn'as q tne'r eMore IS altogether lndescriba-
PFC me gfounoiings are captiyated with their
/" words Of learned length and laundering
sound, but the intelligent and patriotic look
upon such Da.aerdasn' coming from nigh places,
Wien pam ana mor ~ 80 must all men,
capaple =, Juaging Dase metal anu true metal.
i'ooA ~ tne lsHiuenss message, and the re-
po.'s .1o1n ivy sal.ous departments OF state.
= = ailoss - ges nold OF the few
sra,ns y wne s ainia tne enormous quantity Of
cnan'i i1ooA ~ tne saepates IN the Senate and
house q AepFesensa.ives' ana the offlcial re-
portsoI tne same ana the PROOF will be clearly
apparent snas nine-tentns were made for g Bun
c0mpe --nos lor inc good 81 the country Or the
ennen.enment o. mankind. a useless, hurtful
proAAisy pervaaes them ali. The quantity, not
me quahsy' y the END aimed at. Then, let us
come oown 70 tne proceedings OF our State Le-
sisla.ute-.nsse y louisiana Ihese are really
ame. our statutes ahd journals battle even
- -. Asensss Wis.eu ~ OUT lawyers, ana throw
:, unosi sAtnsy nv oonlemp1, over AZ.
ls.s Z aos noW' anu never wiz De- IN the State
8 AVu.slana, Man' Is pouy OF men, possess
ns ssfsa'lliey any grasp OF MIND, memory,
ma.'er what u Is cailed-suttioient
y Assp " WIN tns astounding progress Of our
z "inaaAs1s iney orasel zoo last, and IN too
nsny airssnons' even lor TINS SWIFT generation.
Das' ploiiA' .eulous anu unprohtable as Pres-
W.. aeaus 81 departments, Congresses and
.ss.e hsg,Sia'ures nave peen ana are, the pro-
Any 'ealoushess ana appropriateness of the
'oinnon SounciA o. Inc city OF New Orleans,
, j, mem al. Inc proceedings Of the
a1lianlsne q areat Britain are brief
= comparison, Inc Journals Of the General
0s.ess = ny un''eo states are full Of re-
reshing breylty by way Of contrast And even
~ - slslasu.e q me state OF Louisiana
any meaningless and unworthy as
y many ~ a's acslons-" hides Its diminished
|, ,e Eas ana mas ny word TO say. The Common
.onnSi arrows tnem az 50 deeply into the shade
nat rivalry IS out OF the question.
II anybody mas curiosity sufficient to prompt |
ne examination, we you'd refer to the files Of
ne Creacent for the past ten days for proof |
the Imperial Parliament u the actual Govern |