Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-08-13
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in the language Of Chancellor Kent, the image
OF the SaDctity Of Temples. Contemplate her
parliamentary bodies, In which eloqence,
IAN head TO counsel, and ell heart u feel"
rules her wilderness Of free minds with un.
bounded authority. Figure to yourselves her
countless churches, the beautiful architectural
creations Of Christian ingenuity and Opulent
devotion; whose exquisite spires arc lining
the hopes Of their immortal AOCks to the wor.
ship Of the unseen Shepherd In the realms Of
immensely, while their chOirx and organs are
pouring forth, through all her valleys, tide
Of choral harmony, which, In the swell Of its
grand diapasOn, caught by the pendent hea.
vens, is echoed through eternity!
In contemplation behold through the vista
OF unmeasured years that mighty Republic,
lord Of the ascendant In the armament Of the
nations; the favOrite habitatiOn Of human
liberty, and Of the principle Of0 gsneFoUS hW.
manity; by its inherent and renoVati Ia.
fiuence lOcalizing all faction and Mnaticism
into specks upon Its disk; In the integrity Of
its federation and the mmutability Ofits sphere
above the commissions Of the rolling ages,
it shall ultimately shed the beams Of freedom
on the darkest regions Of the earth, and cx.
pand the circle Of human bencRcence and
Christian charity to the horizon Of the world.
@~SS -
THE CUP AND THE LIP.-One Of the early
Italian novelits has left us an anccdotc of a
pleasant old FlOrentine gentleman, Scolaio
Franchi by name, which, il the proverb had
not been IS old as the Greeks, or probably Ns
philosophy itself, might be supposed to have
originated the famous aImonition about the
cup and the lip" There is noting very won
dcrful in the story. Similar surprises have
happened at many dinner. tables.
Signor ScolaiO 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 q
young ono, and who was gifted with a cores.
pOnding flow Of words wound I'D paneCyric
which he had been making on the Juice Of the
grape. with the following peroration:
$50 much, gentlemen, for the RloriCs of
wine in general: now for sample Of them in
particular, and that too in connection with INV
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, il is very remarkable circum.
stance, and worthy, if you reflect on il, Of your
deepest consideration, that this particular glass
Of wine-lOOk at it, if you please, and observe
it well, as q thing contemplated in the DEGREES
Of iate-was destined from all eternity to be
drank by the, simple as stand here, Scolaio
Franchi. Moot ~ you will the point bolt the
matter to the brain sin, with ali the enquirers
on such subjects, from Aristotle to Saint Aus.
tin, every particle Of evidence LEFT in the re-
spectivc selves Of your suhtlctics out Of the
whole grinding and trituraton Of tho great
questions Of fate, frec.will, knowledge,
liberty, necessity and unavOidability; 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 by
me- ScOlaio Franchi. All the foliOs 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 CharlcmnEncs
or than Agrican's-all tho eclipscs, comets,
and earthquakes gathered together (if that
were posSible) from oil time-or whatsoever
else might turn, terrify, and annihllate man
from his purpose, If It were not absolutely de-.
creed, as in this instance, could not turn. ter.
rify, or in the least degree interfere with or
o6Struct, the passage Of this pre.Orlinated
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 best
mode Of doing it, snatchcd the glass out Of Lis
hand, and swallowed It himself