Squatter sovereign., 1856-07-08
SHORT PATENT sERMoEs.
on wINE-sEAyERy.
BY DON'T
1Exr.,


Fiji high the bosI.with ssrniaa wine /;
Our virgins'danee beneath the shade
see their glorious biacie eyes shines:
But. gazing on esclig,owing maid
My own the burning teaf-itop iaves
70 thfak such hbreassSmGst snclle siares.-
MY HcARERs-;hese are the words Of
my friend Lord Byron wiicin. n few GIN
and a too hasty pursuit after glory put in
to the grave In the midst of years. He
was fond net only OF gin, Int of filling high
the bowl with Samian wine for the fun of
seeing il lower iit.less but these;: with the
assistance of a woman OF two. an excess Of
poetry, AID a peculiar kind of burnt-up
ratriotisin, proved his ruin. Therefore,
my friends, If you would escape his fate.
avoid his foilies., Sin, wine and women
are well enough with proper and tenn,
perete indulgemenf;' but considerable dam
ger attends the first partaEing-there isno
knowing whatis may lead to. as the blind
beggar said Of his unframed dog. and while
the lady dogs were seducing him from his
proper path, The text says, Fill high the
bowl with Salnian wine;' but don't You do
| it. Fill i, with no kind of wine: neither
iSauiian, Port, Sherry, Madeira, Tener-
life, nor Glaret; :er there is a little devil
quietly sleeping at the bottom Of cEery
Ewine-cup, VINO. when disturbed by even
drop, is the very devil of ali devils.
/ My friends-the fext also says, Our
virgins dance beneath the shade. Yes,
they dance beneath the wide-spreadinc
shade of the tree OF liberty; Lat i. isn't its
consequence Of Samian wine or any other
manufactured excitement that they dances
liauga and sing, and come Tie extras.-
No, it is the natural elasticity of youth hood
fthst causes them to hop up and down.
wriggle about and promenade round, CONF
bined with the en.ivening influences of
Efreedotn's atmosphere and a desire to att
tract the attention OF young fellows. Me-
thinks see, as we'll as friend Byron, their
glorious black eyes shine; bnt they shine
only with the iastre of Natures pure VAR
nish. they need none OF the extra touch<
es of artificial s.imulants to increase their
briiiancy. They glis;en, like tie stars Of
heaven, net from any borrowed light. Bot
fro.a an inherent fire Of their own-and
Itney are toar1d 70 shine, like book With
a red cover and gilt edges.
/ My hearers-I don't know as there IS
any occasion for crying, TO think that the
breasts of these beautiful virgins must
T suckle slaves. We are all slaves. Az
Though in world of comparative freedoms.
and in land OF outrageous liberty, ws
were bern to he slaves and death aIcne
can e,nancipate US. We are slaves to one
another, to circumstances, and 10 habit
Man enslavcs his fellow man throughort
. the world. The man of weaEiI is consid<
kered the tyrans, anu one Of freedoms pets;
land YET he IS slave 70 Els own slaves and.
worse than ali, slave to more care ard
anxiety of r:Ifnd than bohdsman, serf. or
a coniensed negro upon southern plania-
tcn, ever thought of. Tie fact is. there
lis a certain superiority, either of genius.
talent, natural capability, or something efss
that puts one man aboye anothef-to say
nothing Of the power OF gold-and those
that are ander must conffise the best way
they can TO keep their corns from being
; Etrodden Upon. We are all studying and
tirying hard TO get up at the head of the
class; and yet rnawlrish Philanthropy IS
# continually Shedding crocodile tears for
: those at the foot, just as il If ecuidnt Be
If right that any oEs shoaid be there's On,
world, world what world! Oh, man.
;, man .-hea good and pure thou art in pre-
:, lceps, bu. how rotienly corrupt In practice
e know that human nature wants refining
I. more than toad wants wings; bur it Is
d not in my power, nor IN the breechcs oi
Amy living mortal, 10 do It; and he that at
ienpts it nignt as nell pull at brsh and
= try to make the earth perform a retrograde
:, revoiusion.
4 Ny fIiends-1 am dfsgusted with my
; fellow kind-and my own preaching il
. particular. So mote II be!