The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-12-29
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YOUNG MEN.
What they have Done.

| w HNe tHey nave DONC.
William Pitt the first Earl of Chatham,
was twcnty-scvcn years old, when, as a mem
Der of Parliament, he wagcd the war of
gaint against the corruptions of Sir Robert
Walpolc. .
The younger Pitt was scarcely twenty
years of age, when. with the mastery power,
he grapplcd with the veterans in parliament
in favor Of America. At twenty-five he was
called to the high and csponsblc trust of the
Chancellor of the Exchcquer. 1t was at that
age he came forth in his might on the affairs
of the East Indies. At twcnty-nine. dnring
the first insanity of George III, he rallied
around the Prince of Wales.
Edmund Burke, at the age of nineteen, plan
ned rcfutation of the metaphysical theories
of Berkeley and Hume. At twenty he was
in the Temple, the admiration of its inmates
for the brilliancy of his genius, and the va
iiety Of his acquisitions. At twenty-sx he
published his celebrated satire, entitled "a
Nndication of National Society,"" The same
year he published his essay on the Sublime
and Beautiful-so much admired for its spirit
of philosophy and it's elegance of language.
George Washington was only twcnty-seven
years Of age when he covered the retreat of
the British troops at Braldock's defeat; and
the same year he was appointed commander
n-chicf of all the Virginia forces.
General Joseph Warren was only twenty
nine years of age, when, in defiance of the
British soldiers stationed at the door of the
church, he pronounced the celebrated Grafton
which aroused the spirit of liberty and pa
trotisln that terminated in the achievement
of independence. At thirty-four he glorious
ly fell, CALAMITY fighting in the cause of free
dom on Bunker Hill.
Alexander Hamilton was lieutenant
colonel in the army of the American rcvolu-
ton, and aid de-camp to Washington at the
age of twenty At twenty-five he was
member of congress from New York; and at
thirty was one of the members of the conven-
ton that formed the constitution of the
United States. At thrty-one he was mem
Der of the New York convention and joint
author OF the work entitled the .'Fedcralist. 1"
At thirtytwo he was secretary of the treas
ury Of the United States.
Thomas Haywood, Of South Carolina, was
but thirty years of age when he signed the
glorious record of the nations birth, the
| Declaration Of independence. ElbrIdgc Ger
ry. of Massachusetts,: Benjamin Rush, and
James Wilson, of Pennsylvania, were but
thirty-one years of age: Matthew Thornton,
of New Hampshire, Thomas Jefferson of
Virginia, Arthur Middletown, of South Caro-.
| lima, and Thomas Stone, ofMaryland, thirty
three: and William Hooper, of North Carolina
but thrty-four.
John Jay at twcnty-nine years old, was q
member of the revolutionary congress, being
associated with Lee Livingston on the COM
mittce for drafting an address to the people
Of Great Britain, drew up that paper himself
which was considered one of the most clo-
Qucnt productions of the time. At Thirty
two he penncd the old constitution Of New
| York, and in the same year, was appointed
Minister 10 Spain.
Milton, at the arc Of twenty, had written
his finest miscellaneous poems. including
L'Allcgro, III Pcnscroso, Comus, and the
most beautiful part of Monodois.
Lord Byron, at the age of twenty, publish
ed his celebrated satire upon English Barls
and Scotch Reviewers; at twentyfuur, the
two first cantos of Childc Harold Pilgrim
age.
Mozart, the German musician completed
all his noble compositions before he wa, thr
ty. four years old, and died at thirty five.
Pope wrote many of his published poems
by tire time he was sixteen years of age; at
twenty his essay on Criticism; at twenty-one
the Rape of the Lock; at twenty-five, his
great work, the translation Of the Had
Sir Isaac Newton had mastered the highest
clements of mathematics, and the analytical
method of Des Carries, before he was twenty:
and discovered the new method of infinite
series; of the new telescope, the laws ofgrav.
itaton, and the planetary system.
DR.. Dwight's Conquest of Canaan was
commenced at the age Of sixteen, and was
finished at the age Of twenty-five. AT the
latter age he composed his celebrated disser-
taton on History, Eloqucncc, and Poetry of
the Bible, which was Immediately Published,
and republiShcd in Europe.
Charles XII, Of Sweden, was declared of
age by the state, and succeeded his father at
the age of fifteen. At eighteen, he headed
the expedition against the Danes, whom he
checked and with fourth of their numbers,
he cut to pieces the Russian army, command
cd by the Gar, at Narva, crossed the Dwina.
gained victory over Saxony, and carried his
arms into Poland. At twenty-onc, he had
conquered Poland, and dictated to her new
sovereign. AT twenty four he had subdued
SaXony.
La Fayctte was Encouragement in the
American army at the age of eighteen; was
but twenty when he was wounded at Brandy
wine; but twenty-five when he raised sup
plies for the army, OH his own credit, at Bal
timorc, and but thirty-three when raised to
the Office of commander-in chief of the Ma
tional Guards of France.
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