Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1859-07-01

"iiA tHO SChNi al ulhusIOn " polltlcli PpW-
or among the people at large, by which
every free man of the white race becomes
an cnmoat in our State and national
sovcreigntics, have brought the patron
age of the Government and the capaci-
ties of the people into contact and fur
nishod motives for high attalnments in
science, law, and political economy I'M
known to the monarchics and despotisms
of the other hemisphere, founded as they
are upon the interest of the few And,
in consequence of the indefinite numbers,
70 whom the high hoaora and dazzling
rewards of our free country make their
mighty depths of appeal, and whom they
stir to mental activity in their prepare
tons for our cver-returning "0lympics. "
onG country is soon to be the +" brightest
spot" on the planet we inhabit, and in
the empire of the mind, of letters, and of
c.o1ucnce, the first in the civilized world.
Carry forward your minds then, to
that country which rises on the prophetic
future. Consider the immensely Of her
outline, itself a boundless image of lber-
ty crowded with dense and mighty
people belted with every degree of eli
mate, reposng in the midst of the great
oceans, and watered by a thousand rivers
running to the seas. Behold her fields
spotted with focks and heTds, and
crowned with purple haryests; checkerod
with electric wires and public works !:
studded With villas and cities, and ruled
by the wisest government the world ever
saw. Turn the radiant eye Of contem-
plation to her beautiful seats of art,
where the genius of sculpture "rours
life and soul and passion" into the breath
ing marble, ard The painter difIuscs the
beauty of Tic " face divine" on the living
canvas. Look at her academies, colleges,
and universities. thick as the stars,
lighting the intcllects Of millions at their
redundant fountains. Gazo on her sa-
cred judicial tribunals, graccd with q
learned bench and eloquent bar +; pre-
senting, in the language Of Chancellor
Kent, the image of the Sanctity of TEN.
pies. Contemplate her parliamentary
bodies, in which eloquence,
All head to counsel, and all heart to feel, ;
rules her wilderness Of free minds" witt
unbounded authority. Figure to your
selves her countless churches, the beau
tiful architectural creations of Christian
ingenuity and opulent devotion whose
exquisite spires are lifting the hopes Of
their immortal focka 10 the worship oil
the unseen Shepherd in the realms Of
immensity, while their choirs and organs
are pouring forth, through all her val
leys, tide Of choral harmony, which, in
the swell of its grand diapason, caught
by the pendent heavens" 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 fayoritc
habitation of human liberty, and of the
principles Of generous humanity; by
its Inherent and renovating influence To-
calizing all faction and fanaticism into
specks upon its disk ; in tho integrity Of
its federation aud the immutabiity of its
sphere above the commissions Of the ''rol'-
ing ages" it shall ultimately shed the
beams of freedom on the darkest regions
of the earth, and expand the circle of
human benciccncc and Christian chart
ty to the horizon of the world.
AN ORPHAN PROM MoNrEBELLo.-A
letter from CasaIe, in the Solm Pahic
of Lyons, says: =" ! met in tho Piazza
Savonc a French light infantry soldier
with a sparrow perched on his shoulder
the soldier smoking, the sparrow CHR
ripping You breed birds, my brave
fellow 2 said J. The man smiled and
answered, This is an orphan from Mon.
tebello. The day Of the fight, on lcav-
ing sho village, we chased the Austrians
across the fields Bullets whistlcd among
the trees like hail, and this poor bird,
quite young, being terrified, fell from
its nest on my arm. thrust it into my
shake, winch had been pierced through
by two balls, and thought no more Of it
until, on returning, | felt something
scratch my head, and then / said, 1T is
my little prisonerp and to the surprise
and great amusement of my comrades |
produced him ] have kept him since,
and now we love each other dearly do
We not, MontebelloP And as he spoke
he held out bis finger to the bird, which
hoped on it without hesitation. ! begged
permission to buy Monticello q few cher
rios, and to caress it. Castullus would
not have kissed more tenderly the bird
Of Lcsbia than I did that sparrow"
I QUARRELsoME gPiaIr. "A spirit
realty TO take offence upon all occasions
is truly an unhappy possession for any
person The dearest relations Of life,
tue closest friendships, tho most sacred
associations, the best situations in bust
ness, aud tho fairest prospects IN life, are
frequently warrcl aud broken of, in q
by a hasiy word or action. ~
People Of otherwise excellent natural
qualities, as well ms education, often
make all around tEem, as well as them
elves, quite miserable by their quarrel
,omeness. To avoid such sad results,
VIC should closely watch the first rising
IF our temper, apd cndeayor TO cugb our
lpirit in tho smaller affairs of life, and
n the fret beginning Of contention 49,
solomon says: " The beginning Of strife
. when one lctteth out water, ii. e., it
ioon wears q big hole or vide breach } |
leave off contention before it
be mcddlod With Contention is also
,ne Of The most Improbable occupations
which can onsaec the attention cfany ono