The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1863-04-03

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| Load Bacon.
There are some people in the church (not thu
1 Lay portion only thereby who have got it int
their heads, that none but very gouag men are
fit to be bishops and rulers in conducting its at
fairs, contrary to the fashion of the good solder
times" Likewise the stately beardless boy
and inexperienced youth, nowadays, will on
y suit the country for its highest posts of hon
| or and usefulness. Our masters and electors, a
the head of affairs, are unwittingly, in their ex
| travagant desire for young rulers, prelates anc
potentates, realizing the designs Of mysterious
Providence, as they are disclosed, by prophetic
oracles: ''And IuiN gre children to be their prin
ces aAd babes shall rule oecr Mem"-Josiah, chap
ter III.
Who is Francis Joseph Of Austria7-who is
| the Bourbon coward and tyrant of Naples, a!
he is called? Are they not young men? Ant
who is (as he is styled) the liberator and hero
of Italy! before whom they are trembling ol
fying?-is it not the veteran warrior, Garbal
di? Who was the late President of the Uni.
ted States-who was the secretary of State
who was the late mmander-in-Chief of our ar.
mics? Who is the present Chief Justice of the
| United States-who is the present British Pre-
mier-who rules over an empire on which the
sun never sets-who was Pellissier? Are all
these young men-the conquerers in the Crimean
war.
ga man that is young in years. says great
author ''may be old in honors, if he has lost no
tine; 6ut tbs happeneth rarely"
"Theye is youth in thoughts as well as in ages, y
says Bacon. Many young men in office once
~l,a o,,I Enff/ fn0f1S
their lifetime. Many old men are for progress
and abhor old .fogieS, yoaag or old. To the ad
mirers of youth and boys for dignities in Church
or State we recommend the following facts which
have appeared in sensible article of a late pa
per:
! Rev. DR. Baird, referring in recent letter tc
biographical sketch of the late Robert Walsh
prepared in Paris, by Mr. Jomard, says:-'l
have said that Mr.. Jomard must now be an ole
man, but perhaps ought to take that back
for men in France and Europe generally are not
as old at eighty as we are at sixty. Humboldt
at four score was not beyond his prime, and
Lord Palmerston at three score and fifteen scarce
ly begins to think of being old We live too
fast in this country"
We do live rathor fast in this country, bul
many Of us live long, too. We believe that
our average of longevity is as high as that Of
any other country; while individual instances
can be found that are truly remarkable. We
continually hear about Humboldt, Palmerston
and Lord Lyndhurst, but we are apt to forget
that their parallels can not be unfrequently found
among us. Boston daily sees the venerable
Quincy in the enjoyment Of all his faculties, at
the age of 87 and Massachusetts is proud OF
the rulings and decisions of her Chief Justice,
now (f we may be allowed the expression) high
I'D in the seventies. AT the Yale commence
ment, the other day, none failed to remark the
form of Professor Silliman, still upright and ac-
tive under the burden of 80 years. and in oul
report of the Fort Point Celebration in Maine
last week, we gave an account OF grand meet
! ing presided over by hale old man of 9l.
OF our literary men, Irving has just finished
the life of Washington, at the age OF rs, Paud-
ing is 80, and Richard II. Dana is ~. The
list of this department, and in those of the pro-
fessions, might be greatly extended But let us
turn TO public life, which, perhaps, makes The
greatest draft upon all powers of the system
I Ex President Van Buren,, who has gone through
! the whole mill, is well and hearty at tho age oi
! IT, We have known in the Presidential chair
man of 20, who boasts that he is healthier
than his Cabinet, of which, however, the lead
ing member in the Department OF State, IL II.
| The actual Commander-in-C Chief OF our armies
is 73; and yet if it were called into battle, no
man would be thought worthy to take his place.
Our Chief Justice is 80; but he works like a
clerk, and one Of his late decisions, we fear, is
to be impressed upon the whole future OF our
national history. But we need recte no fur
ther instances of aged men actively employed
in this country. We have done enough to show
that Dr. Baird's remark does not admit Of two
hasty acceptance. Let us not discredit oursel-
yes too readily. Perhaps we live in general,
quite as long as we ought to, considering our
multiplied violations of physiological laws, but
the vital fibre in this country is amazingly tough
-Boston Journal.
Are the preates and rulers who have been
elected when they acre young, willing to re-
sign, aohen they become old; if they are, then it
is fairplay, elect the young, if they will resign
when they become old, according to the stand
ard of our juveniles. Then all is right, "What
is sauce for the goose is sauce for the ganter' as
a great politician has said. Let the incumbents
who have got into Office political or prelatical
on the plea of their youth, resign, when they
reach SO or 60 years and they win prove their
sincerity.