The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-04-27
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was descsaded hFssD ths - s. VI.
ants Of the land, end wha1e 91%
had f,r ages been The ank ee.a q zhaIF
MoGui conqusrurt <,fy ~ - y 1t.sTI5
Near hin might hava ksq ot.llvs4.
the tuFbaned follower ~ NaIl Nb11e
stern spirit, while be altgaag pMia
edged the supFemaey ~ : - -
masters, still secretly ebs.ir q lrHaRA
hostility against thsmv and 1|lH
mysteries Of faith to which ka ~
an external Difference. There tbS
sable negro from the neighboFihf ti.
merit Of Africa, or from the spicy q. ~ uE
Mozambique, who had alSd 6ec SAs
slave of the all-conquering race. In4 Ans
lay, the Japanssa, the inhahilnnk a MnMs
gal, Of Java. and Of CeylOn, wsFssthegsf
attracted by the fame Of the preacher, sssd
ta:h trrayed in the IictureaQge coetnms9
Of their suItry climea. AIs4 there tao
might have been noticed, >tniHglIng wttA
the crowd, the exitpd daughters II Tany
lands; the jewelled Portuguese mIstrsptTs
Of the Portuguese residents, arrayed mall
the-g gorgeous apparel of the East, who
had left their luxurious dwellings, 70 hstcn
to the preacher Of vencratcd faith, whose
precepts were familiar to their ears, IN
their innocent childhood, on the lgagy
banks and amid the fragrant orange groves
Of the murmuring TaguS, but which bad
long been banislIed from their minds By
the gny career Of vice and luxury to which
fthcy had abandoned themselves. The
Mosem female slaves of the Portuguese
were thcrc-the dsrk.cyed datghtete IS
the Orient, whose beauty has been lbe
glory and the misfortune Of their Tnes SsF
nges, and which no change Of dynaatiesS
no rise and fall ofempireS, could diminish.
Hindoo women, whose fair forms had oi-
ten been bathed in the sacred watesp.ef
the Ganges, and the darker natives Ut
Java, Siam and Bengal. who had been
bought or stolen from their native lADds,
by the brutal Portuguese. all aaaistec, TO-
gcther with soldiers, OficerA adsentnrers.,
assassins and vagahonda. t0eoastiipte tlVr
assemblages which listened b Tie el0-
quencc Of Xavier. NJ ee'el I11i n -Eai
And when the pale and ghaslly mISEiOn-
AIRY, weakened by excessive lshor apd long
fasting, ascended the pulpit, his slow and
feeble utterance at Hrst was scarcely sud-
BILE; but as he progressed he grew RHfm
with his subject; the color roSe "a his
cheek his eye flashed with ardoV hs
stretched forth his hand, and elevated his
sonorous voice, unit! its swelling echoes
resoundcd through the LOFTY arches aud
beneath the stately dome Of the cathsdral,
aud he proclaimed in impressive language
how the land was filed with YiOlenea and
blood; how the sacraments Of the church
were neglected aud deSpised; how the Inn
purity, cruelty and Axarice Of the people
cried to heaven for punishment; how ths
blood Of the Saviour Of men,. Of apostles
and Of martyrs, was tramplsd under i'm.
piOus feet; how the hour was rapidly ap.
preaching when the archangel's trump
would rcverberate through the heavens
and the earth, snmmoning . gnilty World
toaprear in Judgment; and hog= =thag,
the greatest Of sinners, unless they. re-
pented, would be condemned to an Stetni-
~ Of misery. Then the effect produced
+ by his elOquencg was prOdigiuus, and the
flowing tears and heart. breaking grnaDa
Of the motley and multitudihous audience
abundantly testified to ils intensity and
power. nffh