The Placer herald., 1858-12-25
Allegorical.
SACRAMENTO, Dec. 22d, 1858.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 22d, 1858.
Editor Herold:-One of the most beauti-
ful newspaper writer's of the day, thus speaks
of the "wind among the trees" He says:-
There is world Of character in group Of
trees Of different species, when the wind is
blowing" "Your fierce little crab-appe,
with arms a-kimbo and tangled locks, stands
stiflly and merely mods as the blast goes BY"
"The pensile branches of the elm, like CEN
sers, swing with graceful motion" "The
full-leafed maple rolls and tumbles in
the air like bilow." "The pines
shake their green pnions and seem Just
ready to fly, while the poplar leaves show
their white Innings and shiver." ''Here a
shrub swings like pendulum beating seconds,
while there group Of flowers dance up and
down as if just to keep time to the delicious
wind music" "The noble oak throws out
its strong arms with confidence and clasps
its leafy hands with honest joy; while more
timid neighbor seems-as it were-dodging
the breeze and striving its best to keep out
of the way" "The lombardies are slowly
sweeping the air, the spireas twinkle with
their white stars, and gilded button of
flower in the angle of the fence, looks out
for a second after the wind has gone, and
hastily hides in its corner again." 80 nod
ding and swinging, waving and rolling, trem-
bling and dancing, dodging and rejoicing,
are the whole family, as the clouds come out
of the west. Nothing is idle that has life in
it; even the violets wink in the wind, and the
white verbena is blown into blossom by the
storm" "But when it 'blew great guns the
scene was changed. The distinctive charac-
ter Of the trees departed. 1t was no longar
a censer elm, a bilowy maple or giant oak,
but just a tree-a tree in the mighty rushing
wind, and all seemed members of the same
family. Their leaves were wrapped about
them like cloaks of green; they GH bent to-
wards the northeast, as if they were hurry
ing away; they We're bowed pilgrims com
batting the same storm, and they looked
alike"
Permit me to ask if there is nothing sug-
gestive in this-are not mans pecuiarities
singuarly manifested. When the breezes
move us wildly, when soft zephvrs WOO us
to repose and all seems peaceful, how prone
are we-members Of tie great Democratic
tdn1lly-to initiate the various trees by yield
ing to our own peculiariles-bu let the
blast Of adversity drive over the groups, the
enemy in strong array present himself at our
gates and demand admittance, and all mer.
personal peculiarities and distinctions are
lost-or rather merGed-and like band Of
brothers, as they really are, they press fol-
ward boldly to repel the common enemy
to avert the common danger.
Surh avor hoe Ionr ,bo ,.,oo ,,;, ~ n
mocratc party-when strong-perhaps too
strong at times for safety-they have yielded
to the soft whisperings of an nsidious ene-
my, but when donqcr threatened, al! differ
ences, al! seltishness was hushed, and the
nobe band, like solid army, invincitle in
and strong in faith were ever ready
tc meet and overthrow the foes of cur clori-
Gus Union May it be ever.
| know not, Mr.. Editor, whether YOU will
deem the above worthy Of place in your
well conducted and widely circulated Journal
but should it have the good fortune to escape
that grand receptacle for the world Of use
less correspondence with which You editors
are flooded will see if can, on some
future occasion, when time shall offer pre-
sent you with something else which may.
perchance, tend to strengthen and encourage
the staunch emocrary.
We have nothing Of news except what
you will find in the papers of he day.
Members are coming and securing their
winter quarters, and candidates are laboring
to secure friends to their cause. For Speaker
it would seem that Messrs. Street. of Shasta
Moore, of Nevada, and Stratton, of your
county, are most prominent. But time will
more fully develop all these things. The
late squatter removal" is now with the
courts, and the Wand affair is pretty much
blown over. So wags the world
IRONSIDES.