Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1859-10-01
NUMBER 20.
0ur Country.


The Southern Mercury thus let's or on
"Our country" Hear him: ii,
There's not the least shadow Of q DOUBT
about the matter-ours Is emphaticaIly, unde-
niably, inconti ovcrtibly, positively, cOmparA-
lively and superlatively, great and gBOFiOus
country. The annals Of time furnish notha
ing to compare with it: Greece wasn't cir:
cumstancc: Rome was "nowhar." Venice
couldn't hold us n candle, while all modern
nations sink into insigniHcance before our
country. 1t has longIr rivers, and moro Of
them, and muddier, deeper, and they run
faster, and 60 further, and make more noises
and rise higher and fall lower, ard do mere
damage than any body else'S rivers. It has
more lakes, and they are bigger, and deeper,
and clearer, than those Of any other nation
1t has more cataracts, and they fall further,
and faster, and harder and roar louder, and look
grandcr than all other cataracts. 1t has mora
mountains, and higher ones, and more snow
on cn, and they are harder to get up, and
easier to fall down than all other mountains.
1t has more gold, and it is heavier and bright.
or, and worth more than the gold Of other
Countries. Our rail cars are bigger, and rug
faster, and pitch off the track oftcner, ard kin
more people, than all other rail cars. Our
steamboats, are longer, and carry bigger loads,
and "Gilc busters Oftener and the captains
swear harder than any other country. Our.
men are bigger, and longer, and higher, and
thicker, and can fight harder, and faster, and
can drink more whskey, chew more tobacco,
spit moro, md further, Stick-up their heels
higher, and do any thing else moro, and bet
ter, and oitcner, than IBeR in all other eoun--
tries combined. Our ladies are prettier, dress
finer, spend more money, break more hearts,
wear bigger hoops and shorter dresses, and
kick up the devil generally to greater extent
than all other ladies. Our politicians can spout
louder, and lie harder, make gas faster, dodge
quicker, turn Oftener, make more noise, and
do less work than every body clse's politicians.
Our niggcrs are blacker, work harder, have
thicker sculs, smell louder, and need thrash.
ng oltcncr, than other niggers. Our children
Squall louder, grow faster, and get too big fok
their trowSers quicker than all other children.
1t is great country 1t is the corner stone
Of nations, it is the top of the pile. and head
man Of the heap, the last button on the coat,
the crowning jewel of the diadem, the capital
OF the column, the last link in the chain, the
observed of All obServers.-lt will eat up alF
others faster than PharaOh's lean kline ate up,
the fat ones. When all other nations ara
numbered among the things that were, it will
just be rejoicing in its strength. 1t viii kick
all other nations out Of existence, it will lick
them up as the COW licketh up salt. 1t has
now thirty. three States, and ''more comm"
1t covers more territory than all other nations.
And finally, it has louder thunder, faster light
ming, bigger hail, and colder ice, than can be
found in any other part Of the habitable globe.
llurrah for this prodi-gi-ous constellation Of
free States! lIang man that eOnt praise his
own countryl