One From Times Crossword Book

[jocon]

Clue: "Native encountered by young man taking Soule's advice" - Answer: Westerner.
I can find no reference to Soule except a place in France and a pop singer. Would welcome an explanation of wordplay to calm me down!

[Neveracrossword]

I think the quote from Soule, whoever he is, was Go West, young man.

[Neveracrossword]

Wikipedia says it is claimed Soule said this in 1851. If the young man did go west, he'd meet the natives, westerners.

[elliemay1]

"GO WEST, YOUNG MAN, GO WEST" was an expression first used by John Babsone Lane Soule in the Terre Haute Express in 1851. It appealed to Horace Greeley, who rephrased it slightly in an editorial in the New York Tribune on 13 July 1865: "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."

[aelmpvw]

"GO WEST, YOUNG MAN, GO WEST" was an expression first used by John Babsone Lane Soule in the Terre Haute Express in 1851. It appealed to Horace Greeley, who rephrased it slightly in an editorial in the New York Tribune on 13 July 1865: "Go West, young man, and grow up with the country."

[elliemay1]

Hope you are calmer now, jocon!

[Neveracrossword]

Wiki says there is no proof of this - it's always been attributed to Soule, but there is no evidence.

[jocon]

Yes, elliemay - all better now. Many thanks to all others who answered so promptly. I should have known it was a well known quote.

[klazomaniac]

Wiki is a good source most of the times. But it does have its errors.
Two conflicting articles. The first acknowledges Soule saying the quote.
The second implies that there is not a shred of evidence that Soule had anything to do with the phrase.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._L._Soule

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_West,_young_man