Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-01-08


LECTURE
ME. o p BALDWIN viii deliver lecture this (satur-
VI day. evening, at Washington Hall. Subject: .wo-
AIS's gISaIs" jan1
R5- Mr.. Billpia lectured again at Wash
ins.On Hail. to about such an audience as he
had the evening before. His subject was "Fogy-
ism" It vas better connected than the one Of
the evcnin; previous, and impressed US more
fa7orably II, began by giving definition Of
the word ''iogy," which auciently meant an old
soldier, but nowadays has come TO mean one
that has more Of an over-weening and undis-
eliminating devotion to all that is old, without
regard TO the merit ia that which is new, pre-.
lerring the old evil to the new good The old fogy
is generally fine old gentleman whose ancestors
came over to England with William the Con-
aurer, and over to America with Capt. John
Smith. He loves to talk of the days when he
was young, has no prejudice against the Middle
Ages, and regards the antedeluyian tunes as the
golden age of the world. II he had lived in
those days he would have considered Methuse-
lah as the most suitable person for commander
Of the army. Noah was too young man. The
world, he thinks, is constantly deteriorating,
morally, physically, politically, intellectually
and socially. lie has not much reverence for
newspapers though he sometimes writes for
them under the signature Of Cato, Brutus, or
some other unimpeachable Roman. He regards
newspapers us corrupters Of society. The pow
er Of the Press! Wherein is its power? Where
in ought it to be, except as the representative of
public opinion. Its mission in his opinion seems
to be to set society by the ears, and to build an
altar of scandal at every breakfast table, upon
which to offer up somebody's good name
Concerning Young America, the lecturer,
among other things observed that it was the
prevailing spirit of the age In the opinion Of
Young America, everything like adherence to
custom and veneraton of antiquity is prepos-
ferrous, and that no nation can make any prog
ress that has particle of fogyisn. He thinks
that England is the greatest national develop
ment of old fogyis'n the earth. The lecturer
took issue with Young America concerning the
influence of English conservatism. He went
to show how she England had developed
her industrial and agricultural resources under
the influence Of conservative principles. The
lecturer quoted Ledon Rollin to show what
were England's resources. The general income
of the British Empire is nearly FIVE hundred
millions pounds sterling
The lecturer conceded the necessity OF ''the
progressive principle" but with us it seems to
run riot, even destroying the balance that should
be maintained between progressive and conser-
vatiye bodies. Young America is wiser than
Washington, Madison and jefferson. They
did not appreciate the magnitude of their enter
prise. They counselled US to avoid entangle-
ments with foreign affairs, and make the policy
Of the country peace at home as we'll as abroad.
Young America has mission-a domestic
mission, which onsists in every body neglect
ing their own business and attending to other
peoples And he has foreign mission, which
consists in reyolntionizing to the face OF Europe
Its great watch words are PRoGREss and ExPAx-
Sos. Yes! the progress of balloon that ex-
Pands until it explodes. He would be an idiot
who would deny our physical progress-but our
moral progress has been from the mountain top
Of purity down 10 the very verge of bottom
less abyss of political corruption, disunion aud
civil war.
The lecturer, after description of the dress,
HABITS, characteristics, &c. of Young America,
as seen in our cities, closed by an interesting
quotation from Caleb Gushing, with regard to
what was the true destiny of this Nation. As
will be seen by an advertisement, the lecturer
speaks again this evening. Subject: "woman's
Rights