man , ▁upon ▁Lord ▁John ▁Mann ers ▁and ▁George ▁S my the . ▁ ▁Like ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁the ▁Oxford ▁Mov ement ▁who ▁ar d ently ▁opposed ▁the ▁Victor ian ▁Rad ical ism ▁cent red ▁in ▁compet itive ▁economic ▁self - det erm ination , ▁the ▁found ers ▁of ▁Young ▁England ▁rejected ▁util itar ian ▁eth ics , ▁bl amed ▁the ▁privile ged ▁class ▁for ▁ab dic ating ▁its ▁moral ▁leadership , ▁and ▁bl amed ▁the ▁church ▁for ▁neglect ing ▁its ▁duties ▁to ▁the ▁poor , ▁among ▁them ▁al ms - g iving . ▁ ▁Exp and ing ▁the ▁T ract ari ans ' ▁rever ence ▁for ▁the ▁religious ▁past ▁to ▁include ▁a ▁reaction ary ▁political ▁ag enda , ▁Young ▁England ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁found ▁the ▁model ▁for ▁a ▁new ▁Victor ian ▁social ▁order ▁in ▁England ' s ▁Christian ▁fe ud al ▁past . ▁ ▁Like ▁Evangel ical ism , ▁Young ▁England ▁reflected ▁the ▁enthus ias m ▁for ▁confront ing ▁the ▁middle - class ▁crisis ▁of ▁Victor ian ▁conscience . ▁In ▁their ▁advoc acy ▁of ▁an ▁exclusive , ▁though ▁toler ant , ▁ecc les iast ical ▁authority , ▁Young ▁England ' s ▁plan ▁for ▁a ▁rev ital ised ▁state ▁church ▁followed ▁Col er idge ' s ▁conception ▁of ▁an ▁English ▁cler isy . ▁ ▁Liter ature ▁Dis ra eli ▁had ▁out lined ▁the ▁principles ▁of ▁Young ▁England ▁in ▁The ▁V ind ic ation ▁of ▁the ▁English ▁Constitution ▁( 1 8 3 5 ), ▁which ▁character ist ically ▁opens ▁with ▁an ▁attack ▁on