Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1858-10-30


toit f0aminG bOwS without chart or compass to Tud.
them through the breakers and Quekands Of the perI
Gus inc surface Tor a"hiic, il smooth and the
elements serene green isles Of beauty and lovelinesS
adOrn the verge Of the far-spTead horizon How The
eye strains to catch glimpse of the distant long
sought CcpanEo! But, alas! the scene ehanRes-ths
heavens are overspread with the hare Of the
stoTn-anon the clouds roll up their dusky towrrI In
threatening grHndcur-the lghtcnngs leap from their
uTA Oosos-thc thunder peal 10 rolled over the aston
fshed y"yAgersthc breakers dash their white npray
around them; unnCrved the pilot deserts the wheel
MS bark reels IN the confusion Of the whrlpool-found
eTs-and sinks to rise no more Poor day-drcam Of
young ambiton Beautiful, fervid and short was thy
duration! II had the meteor glare Of the "Pharou to
the Ancient Mariner, but like that "Pharos 10 buried
In the tomb OF the past without stone to the
spot.
The Imperial Purple invested slave by the mere co.
Incidence OF name crown is oftcneF heritage than
the reward Of virtue and ability Wealth NAV be the
unlocked for gift If the cAprcious goddess but God
aone can confer true genus may and often docs
St without the means and appliances Of success po-
tent friends and more potent money But the humblest
child OF the obscure poor may be its recipient and while
ne drives his mock to the brook and sings hs
songs DER the green hills Of his pasture grounds
visible messenger may descend and touch his lips with
coal from the altar Of Heaven Thus with Rob-
ert Burns. while draining his fathers land or the
scarcely less sweet singer Of EtTck There be
tellects which, by their innate energy and DURATION
break through all obstacles and foclby remind us Of
those immense lodges of granite which, by an inward
and unknown force have been uphcaved from their pri
tive POslton and now boldly project above the surround
eometmCs appear above the level plain Of social life
how ofl.n do VIC lind the ged doomed to life
Of drndssry perjury and want, in the unknown Sequrs
tratiOn If gArret!
Poor Butler suffered fromcold and hunger in miss1-
able attic, While the progate Court Of Charles the Sec
ond were Nulsed With the wit and sarcasm Of ud
bras ChattCrton died Of starvation, while literary
London MAS admlring his precociOus talents Milton
sold the opy.right Of Paradise Lost for E70
How graphically beautiful, and yet how true, does
that great dcneator Buwcrl Of the secret workings Of
him who asp'Tes TO lin himself above this leadcn weight
Of Poverty portray it, IN the vgls and midnight LAHORE
Of the young Artist Long, long had he studied his
much loved and with fever
sh hand, that nonpare Of Art which hS fond ambition
whispered would place him with RAphel and Titan -
Alas that beautiful vision sadly dispelled BY the
sober Judgment Of Reynolds. "TelI him to burn it,
the reply to the inquiry Of the Painters friend
burned the labor Of years-toOk poison and died Nor
need ~ beyond personal for instances
Of poverty and neglect, where many ardent spirit
invested with all the elements Of success has been
doomed BY the hard hand Of necessity, to foTego the
gorOuS pursuit, and bow the bright honors Of the mind
10 gnob pursuits or quench forever s celestial Ares
in the ubNio wine cup.
We willingly turn over this melancholy page, and
dropping tear the grave Of the lost one, hasten to
the contemplation OF that more agreeable part Of
subject which records the tiumphs through many vics
StudCS, OF those Who have attained the long sought
gNi. have before remarked that capacities Of the
hIgheat order may win for time, but must fail TO
cure the admiration and reverence Of mankind. The
world. with all 'ts cOnventiOnallsm and folly is both
practical and unitarian. PromCtheus who, according
10 the fabulous legend stole fire from heaven animate
his Of clay, might have been the most
ingenious of his race and the most daring Of theNea
hut the story Invested 1t Its myth, prcsents him
titled tn ImpcrshAblc fame for bestowIug man all
know ledge. lie that taught the earliest rudiments OF
huGhaudTN, vac WorthCT than the alchymist no d.
covered gunpo~d der.
The inventor Of tho automa lon chess player
ON! distinguished the skilful constructor Of an
ingenious hut useless instrument Of amusement while
the nainC Of ATkwnyht will 90 down To pusterity a
TO the human family II then IN this con.
dOcS the greatest good deserving Of the highest
~avd1 OF fame.
How earnestly We; how steadily, did that electrician,
Franklin, pursue hia luNcstgatIon Of the subtle fluid
that while II gave evidence of ITS existence, eudcd the
researches "f the most profound aud complicated
ImCnts yet To his patient perseverance, the
rn"Nn Of seducing it frnm the cloud and proving its
identify with the GANNnc spark! And thus II MAS To
thC hdrious navigator, who first conceived the idea
;hAi ihc earth WAS balanced by spending CONT
n"nt' Marx hun IN his long and fruftlcss search
AFTER corresponding sympathy. He disclOses HIS syS
t,m before the totrntatrs Of Europe: They hstcn
rfrInnusH a. his theory. lie wanderS from court to
QUIT, :" procure tho necessary patronage and batcd
an all at hops. disappointed in royal promises, he re-
E; isgust. hut the. spirit Of dIAcuv-
CIV -! hAurtC thu ardent enthusiast. lie seeks the
(ru't "t trtdI!rd and Isahclla Instead Of the smile
nr he Is greeted by the royal fru~n and
thS trTs cf~igC rooFtiers. Al last the noble nInd
eI Que listened to his theory. She 10 ehaTn' with
II, NNrrg 'prt AID the novelty and grandeur OF the
s.ictrtIs' his patron-pa~ns her jewels ut
,;i tar expedition; fleet Of three small vessels II
rrp,L, thcy set SAT- from the small town oG als, and
t' tV rrs time IN III" TccoraCd cras of the world, the
r.t NoraErr hraVcII SITS his helm fer the uhkow
cNYhr"d Wet nan Al eye had never before dared To
glance over that tItrklsa Wartc II Water! Day AMI
\I1ht fl WED IN the order Of time, and vt no Outn
" found L. the vast ucran. low he I'd
among the scAmcu but still undauntcd hr steadily pur
the marked by his destiny At last the
murmut grows IL thrcAIcnrEH. II communicable i'm
rtcs-hC promises. Al last he consents to limit the
vf onward progress to thI,e dys The discovery
of New World inItCd to thr chances of three short
dag! Bat perseverance trIumIhrd! hight is seen
III" gloom Of the surrounding darkness TO glimmcr
from distant PAINT IN the horror! Now II kcCmH TO
~avrr! Now II II stationary 1t moves! II movca it
ia nd! as land! and the Continent Of America is
discoN. rcd
eou,a ,dd mary more examples to the triumph Of
great niud0 scrnhuHy lnsuTmountahc obstacles,
Tut thr limits O. thiG address will not permit to
trca,s longer on nur patience. History rhIloso.
phN teaching hV exam We, aud what haO been done
he again rqaad and gu. nasSed The present fruitful
In discovery aud nonc nCcG despair Of attaining to use
fIlreGA, Il not to fame.
10 on, then, Young gentlemen, in the beginning YOU
have made. and which have hooTably sustained
Remembering that the not always 10 the s"In
the BATH to the strong" Your orgaui: began
cary lSS0, Cventful in California History
IhrouR AL the phases Of have ned
the integrity Of the Cold Spring Lyccun. lour CONT
HUty the hSt cVIdCnee Of Irzl and CncTgy and
ai;cr NVar> ~hcn time aud the changing events of
Luusn ,r shall YOU from each other, and place
different relations To those that now surround
have the SAtIrfetion to with pleas
ing rrrocetonS to the dcghtful moments Of mental
TteNAtHn, pasHd ia this retreat Of confidence and
nicndsLip.
pAYrNr O IRYz Mil M,t.uiSRRY-A J. Doolittle