Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-13

l. OUNTY CALIFORNIA TURDA7,AU Ta,1so
In the language Of Chancellor Kent, the Image
OF the SsnctGy Of Temples. Contemplate her
parliamentary bodies, In which eioqencc,

In the language Of Chancellor Kent, the Image
OF The Sanctity Of Temples Contemplate her
parliamentary bodies, In which eloqencc,
"All head to counsel, and ell heart n feel"
rules her wilderness offree minds " with un.
bounded authority. Figure to yourselves her
countless churcheH the beautiful architectural
creations Of Christian ingenuity and opuIent
devotion; whose exquisite spires ere lifting
the hopes Of their Immortal hOCks to the wor.
ship Of the unseen Shepherd In the realms Of
immensIty, while their choirs and organs are
pouring forth, through all her valleys, tide
grand diapasOn, caught by the pendent hea.
vens," Is echoed through eternity!
In contemplation behold through the vista
OF unmeasurcd years that mighty Republic,
lord Of the ascendant in the armament of the
nations the -Gavorite- habitstion- of human
liberty, and Of the principles Ofa generous hu.
manity; by its inherent aud rcnOvatng ia.
fuence localizing all faction and fanatcism
into specks upon It's disk; in the integrity Of
It's federation and the immutability Ofits sphere
above the commissions of the "rolling ages, +"
il shall ultimately shed the beams of freedom
on the darkest regions of the earth, and OK.
pand the circle Of human bcneIicence and
-~SSS
TIE Ctr AND TIE LIP.-One OF the early
Italian nOvelits has left US an anccdotc of .
pleasant old FlOrentinc gentleman, ScolaIo
Eranchi by name, xhich, IL the p1ovsEb- had
not been rs old as the Greeks, or probably as
philosophy itself, might be supposed to have
originated the famous admonitiOn about the
"cup and the lip" There is noting very won
derful in the story. Similar surprises have
happened at many dinner.tables
Signor ScOlAi0 was entertaining some friends
at tavern and the wine had been flowing for
some time and the company very merry, when
the old gentleman, who had the spirits Of
young one, and who was gifted with q CORES.
ponding How OF words, wound up panegyric
which he had been making on the juice Of the
grape. with the following peroratiOn:
$50 much, gentlemen, for the gloricS Of
wine in general: now for sample Of them in
particular, and that too In connection with my
own glory, and In the shape Of this particular
glass Of wine which hold in my hand, and
which am about to have the honor and fell
city of drinking.
Gentlemen, II is very remarkable circum.
stance, and worthy, if you reflect on II, Of your
deepest consideration, that this particular glass
Of winc-lOok at Il, iC you please, and observe
It well, IS thing contemplated in the DEGREES
Of fatc-was destined from oil eternity 10 be
drank by the, simple as stand here, Scoluio
Franchi. Moot a. you will the point bolt the
matter to the brain sin, with all the enquirers
on such subjects, from Aristotle to Saint Aus.
tin, every particle Of evidence LEFT in the re.
spectivC selves Of your subtlctics out Of the
whole grinding and trituration Of tho great
questions Of fate, frec.will, forc-knowledge,
liberty, necessity and unavOidabilty; and YOU
will find nothing in the whole rounds Of Ger.
tainty more certain, than the drinking and i'm.
bibition OF this one particular glass OF wine bv
me, Scolaio Franchi An the folOs that could
be written on tho other Side-All the armies
that could be brought against mo to hinder me,
though they were bigger than Charlcmagnc's
or than Agrican's-all tho eclipscs, comets,
and earthquakes gathered together Cf that
were poSSible) from all time-or whatsoever
else might turn, terrify, and annihllate man
from his purpose, if It wcrc not absolutely de.
creed, as in this instance, could not turn, ter.
rify, or in the least degrre interfere with or
O6struct the passage Of this pre,onslinated
glass Of wine into the stomach OF ScolaiO Fran.
chi"
The orator had no sooner uttered these
words than the friend who sat on his right,
and who had been nicely calculating the beat
mode Of doing il, snatchcd the glass out Of Lis
hand, and swallowed it himself