The Arkansaw traveler., 1886-05-08
AMERICAN YOUNG MEN.
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 American history presents many re- markable instances of young men talk ing prominent and commanding sta tions at an age which would be thought very young in other countries We present few striking examples from the list of those who have passed off the stage of human action:
 At the age of twenty-nine, Mir. Jeffer- son was an influential member of the legislature of Virginia. At thirty he was a member of the Virginia conven- ton; at thirty-two a member of Conti- mental congress, and at thirty-three he wrote the Declaration of Independence Alexander Hamilton was only twenty nine years ofage when he was appointed Q lieutenant-colonel in the army of the Revolution and aid-de-camp to Wash ington. At twenty-five he was a mem- Der of the Continental congress- at thirty he was one of the ablest members of the convention which framed the constitution of the United States at thirtvtwo he was secretary of the treas ury, and organized that branch of the government upon so complete and com prehensive plan that no great change or improvement has since been made upon it.
 John Jay, at twenty nine years old was member of the Continenal con | gross, and wrote an address to the peo- | pie of Great Britain, which was justly l regarded as one of the most eloquent i productions of tine times At thirty two he prepared the constitution of the state of New York and in the same year was appointed chief justice of the state
 | Washington mas tweGty-sevcn years 1 of age when he covered the retreat of the British troops at Braddock's defeat, and the same year was honored by an appointment as commander-in-c of the Virginia forces
 Joseph Warren was twenty-nine years of age when he delivered the memor- able address on the 9th of March which aroused the spirit of patriotism and lib erty in that section of the country, and at thirty-four he gloriouSly fell in the cause of freedom on Bunker Hill
 Fisher Ames, at the age of twenty seven, had excited public attention by the ability he displayed in the discus sion of questions of public interest At the age of thirty his masterly speeches in defense of the constitution of the United States had exertcd great in | fluence, so that the youthful orator of thirty-one was elected to congress from the Suffolk district over the Revolu- tionary hero Samuel Adams
 Joseph Story entered public life at the age of twenty-six; he was elected to congress from the Essex district when he was twenty-nine; was speaker of the Massachusetts house of representatives at thirty-two, and the same year Was -ap- i pointed by President Madison judge of the supreme court of inc United | States.
 De Witt Clinton entered public life at the age of twenty-cight; Henry Clay at | twenty-six; the most youthful signer of the Declaration of independence was William Hooper, of North Carolina, whose age was twenty-four Of the other signers of the Declaration, Thomas Haywood, of South Carolina, was thirty; Elbridge Gerry, Benjamin Rush James Wilson and Matthew Thornton were thirty-one; Arthur Mid dleton and Thomas Stone were thirty three
 1t will be observed that We have con fined our illustrations to persons under thirty-tive years of age and only alluded to those with national regulations.