Mariposa Democrat., 1857-09-17

Pollock, at Musical Hall on Monday evenin
last, on the occasion Of the opening Of tn
Industrial Exhibition. Its intrinsic worth wi
commend itself to every reader:
Kings hold their courts, and Presidents
At ierees, show their several bents
For shrewd intrigue, or for display,
As best in crowds Of fools the, may:
In stainless uniforms appear
Our harmless soldiers once a year,
Through mnd-for nature never yet
Saw nremen but her eyes we're wet
In shirt well sprinked-rcd or bue-
Or clad in capes Of darker hue
Still, once year, with splash and noise,
To man the ropes come forth the boys:
Well pleased at each procession's close,
To calm their qnarrels, soothe their woes,
By swallowing, in forgving vein,
Frank whtney's chowder aud champagne.
The politician--harmlcss souls =
The night before they sought the polls,
Were wont. til lately, 10 disclose,
In line, their forces 10 the foes.
The clcrqy-nay their tribe increase
Each Sunday don their robes Of peace,
And mark with due precision, down
The gathering evils Of the town.
The mournful doctors save or slay,
With pomp, their patient. every day
To which saiutly throng
! for many sins belong
But nc'er forgetting, nor should you,
That am a mechanic, too
The lawyers. with a learned air,
DiurEally To courts repair,
And there do--nothing, with such grace,
And formidable length Of face,
That at their slow, mysterious nod,
Their beaten client, must applaud:
Shows all--all shows--so let them pass,
Swift images along the glass
We envy not the courtly air
or princes prauked and debonaire;
We envy not the proud display
OF any White Iiou~e gaIa-day.
And whyg Because in ,nhoods pride
Young beauty blooming by their side
Our BEST may say, with fearless brow,
To each, to all, around them now,
Away with ball, or court. or throne,
Tonight, mechanics! is our own.
The holy night, when homes are sweet
When fircside circles proudly meet
When smiles, and light that seems smile,
And cheerful talk the hours begnie,
And JOY as Of a battle won,
Comes with the senac Of duty done,
And strong resolve. for further toll
Succeed remembrance OF turmoil,
And calm del ghts that seem again
To freshen, as with genial rain.
The social Eden's dusty bowers
Such nights, mechanics! all are ours.
What pictures does the mind recall
or scenes like these, endeared TO oil -
Work done and tools bestowed aside,
The HOME Is sought with honest pride,
The fire Is bright the table spread
The lamps their cheerful radiance shed,
The grandsire, spectaclcs on nose,
Half reads the paper in doze;
The schoolboys, leaving tops aud drums,
Bring forth their states and prove their sums.
The sweet young wife displays with glee
The baby that adors her knee,
Aud mothers hand pours out the tea.
In such night eaes we find our joys,
When we were all apprentice boys;
In such night scenes we found again
Our joys as working journeymen;
And here on this Pacific coast
Our land, and all it holds, our boast.
Is il not fitting, fair, and right
Our Institute should chase the night
To first present his name to light
To say beneath yon moont dome
Artistic labor finds home?
No sunshine need its curves adon,
For eve is the mechanics morn.
What need to praise, upon my part,
The Genius Of Mechanic Art
She speaks from quarries, woods, and mines,
Behold, like light city shines
She waves her wand-the seas are white
With ships impatient in their flight
Her finger traces, and it, course,
Is followed by the iron horse!
Through the deep seas from which the heart
In widest fantasy will start,
She looks-and oi the magic wire
Transports her messenger of fire.
For her the blacksmith swings his sedge,
The builder grind, his hatchet's edge;
All workmen labor as she says,
All matter her behest obeys;
All shapes are facile at her nod
From the rude cabin logs and sod
To temples to the living God.
Mechanics to your hands we owe
Whatever we behold below,
From nature taken. and designed
To suit the changing human mind
Aud more, Americans Our State,
SO young, and yet so proudly great,
In peace Or war as always true
Support, defence demands of you,
And all who love the UNION pray
That till the earth shall pass away,