Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-06-01
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Stephens advice 10 Young Men.

StcPhChs . AVFiCe W HOiNs MSu.
Tho Blcunurhasoe.t Hos. Company, OF Au-
gusta, Ca, recently ctaugcd its Inms to Sto-
pheus Hlso Company. aud on Thursday cVen-
log last its mca.bers called upoD the Hon. Alex
auder II. Stephens, who is visiting their city.
and presented to him an address and series ut
resolutions setting forth their change of name
aud their inpeing motive. Mr.. Stephens
thanked theu for the honor conferred upon
him, and took the OCCASION tc ssy few words
to them. The battle Of Iifa, he said. was open
lug for them, apd il wGs terrible battle 10
fight. Trey should fix thoir aspi Saon5 high,
aud Il they strCve to reach tbs Insight they
would ba able to d. So B, tru;hiu, honorable,
houest, Just, wiling 10 d. tight to others, gov
erued o. iutegrlty; hes. We're private virtues.
lu public tG lat vrt1e, intelligence and patriot
Ism be thoIr guide. With all i.s troubles and
errors he sald this is the greatest ouunr, 10
the w'rd. There is uothiog like it uudcr tho
sun. tor 1t gives liberty to ali aud aD opportuIi
tp 70 young m2n TO advance 10 ary Position.
When he Was prisoner 10 t, deral tort somu.
thing Wss said about propos!loa TO be mads
10 prisoners OF State shat il they wtu promise
to leave the c@un:ty aud revar r,:uyo they
ed this to him. aud ask, d him wusi he would
do. Ho sud he Tor one &0ulI rot utc,Dt susn
propositions; ne would rather be hang I'd i" the
u. s. thar live 10 say oth%r country. Novar
strive for aa cttioe fer tho hooor i. viii osufar.
He would IS soou bsve stolen goCds ss to seek
for an otfcs for he houGr 1t It. Strive rather
to couter nouor upon The oHi,o. H. Impress
upun th&m The necessity Of study. With teu
hours fer labor aud eight tur sleep there Fou'd
be Fix leti. What Eoud they do with these
Did they Know how muoh osu,d be Iearard IL
,uoae six houfs2 Riohsrd Henry Wilde, VITO
bcosme uns OF tne gteatesf Of Doets Hnd orators.
was cIe k in store. g. mad 10 study beween
times. William H. Crawford Was school
tesoher, and from smel! beginnings roeo to toe
highest positions. He was candidate at oue
time for the Presidency l. was said that Ns.
polson said OF him, at st. Cloud that he was
the only man that he felt Iks tskiog uf bis hst
to- Hs himself had commenced the udy Of
law on tbt 2S h Of May, 1854, aid vas admitted
10 the bar ID the following Juy. Aud il vss
said he passed very craditahlv examinarinp
He bad studied 3 4ckstoue, "Ssalk, on Evil
depce, "Chty on Peadlog." and me statues
OF the State. He bsd aIso prepared his first
speech, rhch he delivered 90 the Fourth of
July. The great maxim which hc learned when
Dow was
"Houor AID shame from no condition rise.
Act we'll your part, there all the honur lies.
Every mac can better himself ny s!ulv. DO
mt.ter 10 VIVA: occupation he may b.. Fl, "a
vsed them TO comuit Grsys "Etegy" nad
BurCs's advise 10 Youtg FrianQ" 10 hear,
aud also to study the classes it possible. a
young Ge;rsan orc, suiicd Latin 10 his Office.
He WAS the dIlest s:uGent he ever snw. aad it
took hiln month 10 master the difficulties Of
pepns, yet h hccamn a great casacl scholar
and the principal Of The CLASSICAL Department o!
school. ln conclusion, he aeaiD ,Espked
them for the hoper conferred. He shouId ell
ways regard their progress with g1ea, interest,
not only 10 frem1l q races, but iu no great race
Of life. Gnos when he wished TO make tie escopt
of Maunt Jnsh, a boy. whom he Isked to show
him the Way said Y will have to 90 down
81 much es you do w" Aud 80 it Was IL lltc.
There were ups aud there were downs, but
they mnst look ahead sGd strive to reach tho
top. IL, bad heard With great pleasure that
one of tho cardinal principles Of the Eassqg
Club and Of the Stephens Hose Compsny
was abstinence from stroi driLk. Hs was not
temperate. crusader. tut he believed that
ardent spirls should crly be takcu H.cdiciaay
Up 10 the time he was 81 years Of sss re he'd
noi taken more ths0 gill of ardent Spirits. and
he only took Ie p0w os mediciGc.