New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-20
BEEcHER ON YOUNG AMERICA.

The Rev. HENRY WARD BEEcHrR gave a lecture
last evening in the large hall of the Cooper Institute
on Young America. The hall was crowded. Mr.
Bce1her SPOKE st Of the natural connection between
old age and conservatism and between youth and pro-
gress In every free community there was party Of
youth; there was Young France, Young England,
Young America, and now, thank God, Young Italy.
lCbeers.l This youth had union Of safe sense with
personal independence verging impudenee, and Of
ieyerent pertnes Of speech with an intention OF po-
Iiteness-men liked such contradictions. They liked
10 imagine sailors as rugged oak trees, but with
hearts ike little birds nests up in the branches The
Young America supposed to be OF the best 0iood,
horn In the best country under the best government IN
the world and no government ever had better eiti-
zen II took more to make the trimmings OF man
now than il took to make man 50Oyears ago. The man
could not be confined in his growth; In China
they dwarfed trees so az 10 grow an oaK IN mower
rot And il was very convenient TO have forest 20
thai II could he taken in doors out of the Storm II
was very convenient to have Chureh-pot or stale
pot in which TO grow men, with circle beyond which
they could not extend. But the true man said: God
gave me my girth, and shall grow up TO that = We
Ead no homogeneous national character the country
was TOO large. Only in small countries was such
thing hostile We should in hundred years have a
New-England man, struck out as sharp az coin a
Middle States man, "a Gulf States man, and Pacific
States NAH. There were some few essentials TO ma
tona greatness OF these the first physical vigor
Our wasteful sensual dissipation must be given up
A man who had character 10 sustain could not get
neediul exercise unless he were leh and could aiord
his carnage There had descended 10 us an lde; thai
he was a gentleman who could I've without labor;
this was a fungus. Laughter There are thousansd
of men who are willing 10 work day after day from
morning night, but il was with reference TO time
when they could retire and do no work. NOW no man
lad any tight to retire until the sexton shut the door
behind him and screwed ii down. Not TO WORK was
dsg1aceful in "a young man or an Old man, VINO nan
yigor enough left to work with. For tins reason we
were bound TO give shop-r0om work-room, schooE
room, and land-rOom to every The great educi-
ting ground of their sphere OF work, where
thew worked out their theory into prTcilce Work OF
scne kinds agricultural work, was already respectable
IN England Royalty took pride in breeding pigs ana
our pgeeIies were vocal With Prince Alberts breed;
Cir Charles Fox was builder and contractor, ana
Sir joseph Paxton the Duke OF Deyonsnlre gardener
New times FOR England. We III this country ouSh 10
have higher moral principles in our action tnan any
other nation. But il bad not been 90 we iad also
right 10 expect great independence and liberty OF
thought Nothing was so responsible as this. Free
dom TO think without scrvie adherence 10 probes
| sionsl formulas was for this country. All WhS
no longer for artists alone. Learning wa
confined 10 no learned class religion TO no consecrte
tribe Of men. The priest had right TO Judge 20 nae
the layman. The great intelligent mass OF The oute'
conn unity were coming 20 be the supreme ana mia
iudges The artist the scholar the priest, starved he''
If thew served not the people thousand years iS'
there was a famous dispute "a TO the keys Of Pe'er
He had black and one gold, one for up there aie
one for down there. The man who held them, hell
the rudder OF the world they were the real rulers e
| who would be crowned. The Catholics thouSM ihel
had the KEYS the Protestans thought they had them
| but there gradually grew up sentiment OF Po"e
among The people, until all The people found ma ne
| could 20 to God themselves: and whoever had Inc on
| kew, each man and woman and child had a little Ike
| with which he could get into the Kingdom OF Heaven
| Ard 20 the people said TO the yranghng pTlests
| {" Jingle your Old KEYS mach az You please
| ave have got Ourselves Inns wa
! the great growth Of the people, whleh
Thee DAYS Was swallowing up all CLASSES
! We might expect in youth, youthfulness. some ga
deners pruned oh the side crush from treesi but Il
though il made them very f'le ii weakened their sieu
they good tor nothing when trained There wei
u.en trained to piely, excessive narrowness,
carry the right eye wIti great property 10 carry ~
eft eve Ne 70 have no i'll influence, to pus MS ie'
one before the other with great proprlety, never
sv mig biz hands except with great pFopnciy living
BE- proper foor. This could not be held up ne an dt'
| IL American character. Old age was very b1sulh'
except when AZ nm ord head young shouidersi
man that begins baok-end foremo,t-it wac Pllss"u
We had : right. TO demand that young men Shouh q
| be cOnseryb i've. Woe 60 the Land whose foii
ueu were conservative. And he that Aaa ea
10 hear let him hear; Tor never were 'he
such Inducements 60 conservatism IA You
u.sp as il New-io.k. We bad young men Ia