The eastern clarion. [volume] (Paulding, Miss.) 1837-1863, 1859-08-31
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YOUNG AMERICA.

~auut"uug along the crowded street.
J., eng With rpul. lmpertIuont stare
lh" butterfly lJtIr- who fiutfsrci there.
Swinging cane with Ourhalcnt air
AHl nos Hun then smoothing the silky hair
Nhrn grow on h~ chm and shadows his Up.
\ genuine Young American chip
pi that guugU" block. which We, IN this free
Aud happy KePubur AN agree
Was th" toughest and hest. from surface to core,
HAT any country OF az" ccr borr.
Twenty summers have passed DER his head
Ith almost rupcrcepuue tread:
Twenty summer: and yet hc Is older,
lu nauy things. than hI- grand-papa:
pH.ru -lu. Al least by far:
And As tr h.- m,uucrs-no granite boulder
Eyer began o. suggest such age
As oHI hero. whose portrait -racs~ TINS page
,i course ho has travelled far and WIDE
Exhausted the planet u iact-and tried
excitement enough and seen them all through
!! li.1t l-' y hls own report be true,J-
y" have Killed. dear reader a dozen Ike YOU.
pt trips 20 Paris and London he chatters
n lightly and -lllly, A. If such matters
M'F" nothing more, upon my soul,
lhHM lthfu. leisure morning stroll,
pl 'h" CORNER city, the tales be tell.
vi .'- Jolly EE--ttr~ and gambling hells.
\ - enough t' make the sensible pair
a. "h"h D." owes. whst Ae never pays,
l'n"r ANA inye-far the rest of their dsy-
Repent Eu -uok-cluth aud ashes the hour
i.' -i'' iln nigth. Yet how he would stare,
!. !. i-H m-tiN respectable couple should dare
- "f ia'u- ih"lr grar..o-- son and heir
Assert it' night ~ parental power
n hardly worth Will, 70 describe ms clothes
Itl ,i.'f 'iail2' a. often ~ comes and goes
lht fashion Of nat, coats pants and veat
lu the latest uf which he j. tIwsy. dressed
t"r example. last month hIs spindle leg.
" NE ~ "i 'ruw~er- then an the go
y the it~nfHu-Ila of that period show
" ere d~ vel. defined a. "a th0rOuE Eh-hr-d nqys.
To-day th'y arc hidden n pants that ike pra-
n" wide at the top and marrow below,
NHDr0 they rest uu hi- boots: and exactly 90
OF h- tl-h'-fttng coats, which are now mere hars
pheylnE il similar mudi-h freak,
The tErH down collar he wore last week
Has given Pia-" 20 a NARROW band.
7 smooth and white IS "A aiy'e hand.
/ But glossy and stlfi and standing up
/ Like tine rIm of a fine white porcelain cup.
Z From hI- hUutIng-naSe Cooper watch de pends
J ) rhat,lIu euameiicd with blue
Z something Of course recherche and new;
. pretty match for the Elttering thing
} He wears ON hi- fu-er-s diamond ring,
4 that cost Heaven help hIm, II ever he feel
I What IL Is 10 know the want u = meal ,
/ A. much a many "A poor man spends
/ For bread and clothes the whole year through
, But what does he do, from morning TIL night:
I What does hr read or what does be write!
Surely. you'll say. ID man with health,
: And plenty of what the world calls wealth.
Must play some part ia the complex plan
Which aLgrayatv- individual man.
Ill answer the question; what does he do'
Why. he meets "a friend, and puts hun through:
Which means prr-uadIng a feilow-beIng
To drink ul he's past all hearing or seeing:
Iu other words. getting him tight or blue
D.
. pu q table covered with something ike btlzs,
With the white and the red and twelve ounce G
Making caroms and poeketing hss,
Just IL other young gentlemen do:
/ And when such pleasant pastlme pals.
J He tights the tiger and loses a '.
/ swallows drink. and complains Of eHHHi'
ui course the opera claims ms care,
. Aud every night you may see HIM there;
Not. though. a. # hc had come 10 stay
And enjoy the thing IN sensible way
" Winch might look ~ Il he'wa-n't base
Bot ,uuugug about. with his hat IN his hand.
Like she man l'r. Johnson met IN the strand;
And standing up. and looking around.
A. though he were deaf TO every sound.
Sometimes he'll lean iy an open door,
With A- killing eyes cast down 10 the foOr
7 A-Iuunh a- % -ay the whole thing Is a bore,)
Tapping his boot with hI, slender cane,
Ana hanging hi- sinister thumb on the chain
uf gold and blue. winch I've mentioned before;
. Al for what, Why. Just To make
The heart II sanIe dear little dansel quake
With tender emotion, PeThAp p- 10 break,
A. EuW many others have done for his sake.
, For % hIm II is perfectly clear that no woman,
. Who L. neither more nor less than human.
could stand. If he did Mt choose TO b., kind
/ The shock OF ms presence unless she were blind
/ Without losing forever the peace OF her mind
For ;h, music he does MT care PIN.
. And would call o. mere Internal din,
II fhe dared 60 speak aS ne thinks; but he sweaEs,
A. matter Of coarse, that he's raylshed with an
4 Winch might A. well he sch GlttIn up Stars
! ur'Ih" od Folks At Home, for all he cares.
p ( bui JA" tling that, pa the slang of the town.
. Makes Inn -..tyr Iu.' or takes INN down.
. j. To- see % pink umbed halet-girl
, ! spinning about In a muslin Wnlrl,
. With her leg raised above the line Of her knees
d 10 an angle of uInety-tre j, gree-.
! Il al ola sudden she comes 10 a stop,
Ana tum'l,~ down like hummIngtop'
The opera over. the lights an fed.
= .ur Tie ga turned of and the 'garands dead
Ila -,e~-hut may not follow him In
To nr- u. Il re~prt-the uAlo~trum of sin,
Within whose horrible vortex Of foam
L. FtF. o. ina Tl.. a a. 80 IN
And ~p We must leave our hero there,
TO Tryel amid the glitter and glare
~ that P"-ilient poisonous, vicious lair!
There among those who are known 10y name
I ! Which 20 utter would tiuSh the cheek with sham
/ Human flowers. once far 10 the eve.
u Now broken and >uled. and forever thrown by
r T1-fsuut for while. then withCr and die %
a There, 20 that room where the tempting snares
% Winch TIE mind Of the cunning upholsterer plaI
2, | Such i"r instance, A. ~umptuou- chairs,
= : Luxurious sofas and soft dIyan-,
= | lu The renaissance Style uf LOUIS Quatorze-
{ Are -trrwn 'er the velvet carPeted hoor~:
il ! There no that room which he knows 80 we'll,
With it, curtains Of crimson hrocatelle:
= There, Iu that ante-chumher of He'll,
Ana here. having brought him 10 that bad place,
~ A. a lawyer would say, rest my case
- And vii only indulge IN a single remark,
J.. Nt~ once heard an orator say in the Park,
: Wa" having udulgcd-in brandy and water
spoke on tor ~ least an hour and qusrter)
Z, Ny readers I've sketchci with feeble pen
'S OF tired 90. one Of our fast young men;
IF ! They re- common enough ss y"u.ll allow,
- / Too common. alas .) and suppo-juE you now
b- | To ask me what am driving at,
ll answer th. question PLAIN and Hat:
l. ! Cur Young E"puhilc. a. all are agreed
II pf which our forci3ther> planted the seed
Has grown to q noble tree indeed
Bu, have MT you heard that a worthless weed,
IfalluEei % Increase, n weeds always do,
Especially in 4 soil that H. new.
= apt. hy cyhau-tIng The earth round its roots,
To iuiure a tree. and impair tS fruits,
just like toe many suckers and shoots,
Why. OF course yuU have: then do Mt II You p
ID would beg II upon my bended knees,D
A. the danger I've hunted, cry 'Phsaw, or 'Fudl
X. | For remember tina; ia IN land Of ours,
| or equal n -ht- and co-cgual powers.
ale ! The last Young man. whom YOU no doubt despi
M In these DAYS Of political fraud may rise:
hc | l. a possible President Yea and a Judge
l"- | And remember. besides. that public worth
Mt | From private virtue should have its birth;
! That Won can't. a. ! need MT tell YOU IN verse,
'.d From tine ear Of q SOW make silkcn purse.