Staunton vindicator and general advertiser. (Staunton, Augusta County, Va.) 1858-1860, 1858-07-31
Young America.
From, the london Times, J}tly7.

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nations Of old Or middle age, Young En-
gland is nothing more than the old buck,
who, With wig and falseeeeth, with white
trousers, light coat and white hat dreams
of perpetual youth, and 50 dreaming is
knocked over by s-1dden return Of his old
govt Or rheumatism. There is only one
really new nationality in the world, like
Young Greece, or the sturdy aud mutlnous
rabble that Romulus gathered round the
| Palatine. 1t is Young America. It is the
lions cub strong, clumsy playful and
harmless till provoked, when savage nature
shows itself rudely & unpleasantly. Young
America is the young gentleman just come
to his property, with an abundance Of ami
NAL spirits, with health, with much money,
and credit, with all the clements for a good
start. His future, then, on this side the
grave. is infinite and inexhaustible. Do
what ne will, hc can never get through
his money, his time, his friends,
his vigor, everything He may for the
present DO what he pleases. A few years
riotous indulgence, a few madcap advc.a-
lures, any number Of questionable friends
Of all sorts, any rate Of expenditure, ]. will
leave remainder angle .for all tie parno-
ses Of ordinary life. It viii be time 70 be
wise ten years hence, or twenty years hence
Wha5, to-, If he has 70 pay for it at forty
.or Fifty !? That is very remote. So, let
the future take care Of itself. This is the
calculation on which many young lord
commences that brilliant career which forms
$50 frequent and 50 prominent a feature in
British social life. How he blazes and
flares for ten years What a jolly life he
leads! How he rises from scrape to scrape,
still unscathod, exciting the hopes Of his
friends and battling The aogories of the Gym
ical He is cat of nine lives. Nothing
harms him. With what stamina he meets
illness, loss. hostility, and even disgrace !
But, meanwhile, he is steadily and surely
drawing upon his capital. He is draining
his stock Of money, health, strength, credit,
time and friends. This is his opportunity
and this his way Of using it. In ten Of ff-
teen years at latest lie aTakes from his
dream to the saddest of certainties lie has
wasted the spring Of his life, and there re-
mains a barren summer, and an unprofita-
bic autumn and a dreary winter For fifty
long years, if he haply lives SO long, he
will have to brood on the bitter recollec-
tons Of wasted youth This is the too
common career Of Young England in it's
personal and individual sense. What if it
should be the career Of Young England de-
nominated from its estate Young America?
We owe, indeed, an apology for this
warning. We are told that England and
America are no longer mother ana daugh-
ter, bit sisters. We'll, VIC. are at least. TIC
elder sister, ard as We cannot give our
selves all the airs q youth, We may as we'll
claim the benefit Of seniority. So, listen to
US, Mr.. Dallas. Be advised, Young A
mcriea We admit that your position and
your prospects are splendid We admit
that for a considerable time you are likely
to have it all yoor own way, and that you
may do a, great deal without being called to
account for IT, You have now, it appears,
got finally rid Of that remnant Of yo1r to
telage, tao right Of visit IS veil as the
right Of search. This is a s;reat emancipa-
ton. Young Hopeful will now nave a
latch key his letters will not be opened Or
his boxes oyefhaylled. lie will not be ask
fca about his friends, bis bills, his .amuse-
ments, his occupations Young America
will now take or lend his flag all over the
world From zone to zone, and from pole
to pole, the Stripes and Stars will proclaim
perfect freedom to every trade or profession
that may choose to assume them. Slavers,
pirates, or any worse trade, if it can be dis
covered, may now carry 'the grand princi-
ples Of American Independence, conquering
and to conquer, all over the world; F" v her
ever we 90. across the vast breadth Of the
Atlantic that glorious banner will proclaim
a sacred immunity rs for the Interior de-
signs avowed by those who followed Mr.
Dallas at Mondays festivity, they do not
rest on the candor Of this or that cornwall
orator We know well enough what Young
America wants and We know also that where
there is a will there is a way The present
object Of our admiration is tie neEly-achic-
we'd triumph of American independence, and
the inezhaustib,e opportunities and reso1r-
ces Of this uneqaaled chlid OF fortune.
With the greatest respect for Mr.. Dallas,
| uUWeHcl, Will JIG HiOol bloViieAA
Gfor Young America, ard the most cordial
wish for her real improvement and legiti-
mate progress, we regret some omissions IN
this important declaration, as it seems to be
cousiidered, The description Of Young A
meriea's position and prospects IS confined
: to her territorial, material and political i'm
proyement, and the proba bility of her 20
ltical principles extending oyer the world
Not word Of her duties and obligations. --
Not word Of her readiness to do nobly fol
herself that which has been hitherto. !nten-
ded by the clumsy and annoying lnterfer-
ence Of Old England. Is Young America
wholly Indifferent to the moral character Of
her flag, and to the nature Of the princs1teS
on which the whole world is to &c reform
ed +? In the silence Of the speakers on No.i'
day upon this important point, we are left
to fear that the Stripes and Stars Will hence
forth be not 50 much the American flag as
the flag Of universal d;.shoror and crime
/ IF this be what < Dung America doliberately
contemplates, we must Withdraw our con
A gratulations. SIZE has splendid resources
and opportunities, but they are to be useC
not abused and this vast earth itself is toc
!, email, time itself too short, for the waste 0
this golden Inheritance. Nobody ever ye
made On i'll use Of youth, liberty, health
wealth and strength, 1itho>1t bitterly rue
ing it afterwards, and perhaps Representing
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