Mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado Co., Cal.) 1854-1860, 1860-04-28
FLATTERY.

In the wide scope Of intangible, worldly influences
no one can be compared, in point Of power. with
that seductive fundamentally, -fattery. Through
the agency Of the senses If sight and hearing, II
operates " th bundles effect upon the human I'm
Outstanding. Mysterious its might -incaIcul"blc
the result. which are attained b." ts discreet eNer
rrcisr Tho definition Il the cNIcngrarh"r is most
tame and defective in lnNtaposiion I" The real q IN
ra., Il the true theory ot ilMrry. False pr"''
= thu term DECLARED t he .,Hunl nous With Hattie
~ Vet oevcrconsidrrrda any praise, '''.' praise
How therefore. ran thu notion penetrate IT," human
mind that the individual owner e TINT mind l. Hat
tered Tell t., the ">scsSor II the CHECK 81 ruS>ct
hue that 1t giows with rbe ro,catc tingc # a s"a-
shell from the Indian coast, and ten ~ on" u" de.
IN led mortal b. hryr. Won Tell ~ III" dr"w ed
,loli, male ar female, that within tho depths 1t h.
or her cribs lie lyhining- kccner than the nere"r-
les splrnd"rS which on adorn III" XIV, aud IN min"
ont Of eleven Won make friend # tie badly
deceived individual. T"lpibr pr"r creature hose
head, because # a certain coi"r" lair. gloss lIk""
tropical sunset that nature has endowed hun 80
her. as the case NAV be, with "auburn ",k>. and
Won have got "a dead thing" through all tine, IN
Remark to the poor creature whose lips lnok like the
edges Of couple 0f raw beef steaks, temporuril,
conjoined that they resemble the " cleft nf an open
ing pomegranite blossom" and you ut once cnttl"
Yourself to tie gratitude Of the ol jet II v"ur c"n
plmeniary observation. say eNf1'tp the proprietor
of full set Of worries frnm the Laboratory Of skill.
fu dentistry, that "a line u pearl runs through her
parted lips, aud she's tonr friend frr life Verify.
there is no Latitude nor longitude Of eArstcnrc III
which the Brarcan, Pro'ran ni.:ht "f hati"ry ma,
not find field for itsexcrci-c. TIN i:nv legislator
accidentally selected by careless constituency, a.
"A transient representative If popular ";.inlon can
bc made Ia believe that the weight "i empires rests
upon his AtIanicun shoulders, Through the sIFtIo
influences u! tlattcry. The General If - nnli'll
corps, can be s"duced into the opinion, by the Haur
magic power, that h. is hero to whom AlcXInIcr
# Maccd"n, would willingly have bent The knee
Tn" lmring rhymcsicr, whose uneven lines appear
village spapr, by ono VOID q" editorial HAT
terry, can be mad" 10 believe that never were rnrli,
thoughts 50 POLITICALLY expressed. The political
cripple, whose ante. before I'm audience If il cl
gent frccmcn. have made tn" very grounding, wccI
for his imbcciIlty and ark of Wit. hy one word o
iaticry in the newspapers Of III" day. IL placed 81
the Olympus Of Sclt-conceitcd pleasure.
Win, then, can gainslr The lInmGr uf a.liicry
alike affects all ranks. every age and both scXcs-
Absolutely. and beyond its ordinarily considered
sphere it affords Hm merit II qualification outside .
its intrinsic worth 1t makes the worthy man fee
little more worthy. 1t may cause the WORTHLESS.
for moment, to feel less worthless. II tempted
King Cannte once to seat himself on the sea shore
aud say to the surging main "lhus far shalt thou e.
and no farther"
Welcome, then. to hattcry. Let fhc pill still b.
sugared. Let the dark front of common being still
be gided under the anrifprous "pcratiuns nf how'll
dcring fiattcry. Hctit reign Supreme. Mere thai
aught else so intangible, it affords pleasure. TIL
poor mans cot becomes palace, and the palace al
Elysium, if the learned disciple Of adulations ar
tisic school can invade the piIrlcuS Of the cot am
wander within the precincts Of the palace 1t make
a province n principaliy,-a nrIncipAlity, n king
dom, kingdom, On cnpire,-nn empire, the uni
verse.
Welcome, thrice welcome, then. o Aattery! Iii
the necrOmancer Of the nineteenth century, aud nm
like the wizards Of other ages il threatens no ma
lign consequences, even though iisp0wer be not &C
knowledged. Content with its conquesis it weep
not because there are not other worlds to CONQUER