The weekly mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1861-1862, 1861-03-16
The Rab1 sentlmentsIIst.

The Baby sentlmentalISt.
The newspapers in this State which
have long kept up against the Democratic
party, under the pretense OF being Dem.
Ocratic, exhibit for their conductors un.
commonly common capacities associated
with decayed temperaments from which
emanate sick, fiat and unpitiable sim:
plicity and feeble emartncss having its
support in that which is not truth. Rid
icule is best for those fellows; treat them
with that only and they show out best
Give them other attention and they as
spme that they are formidable 10 party,
wise in the State, noble in sentiment and
elegant in style; give them that which is
due from their contemporaries and they
wriggle like lizards and swell like tOads.
or this they do not have even half enough,
but If enough would cause them to disap-
pear there might not be sufficient impor-
lance in their disappearance to justify the
means Of removal. They fill q sphere
which certainly contains many who must
needs be fed upon their sort of intellect
ual and political victuals, and yet they
cannot be supposed to be capable Of viii
ating public taste. Ridicule would not
let them il they were.
The MarysviIle Democrat presents the
sorriest instance OF established sickness.
To this case we alluded short time ago
we entertained the hope that the editor,
who has the reputation Of having, under
other than factional influences, written
"some pretty good poetry" could be
aroused to greater vigor Of style, at least
for few days. But when we advised
him to find seclusion in a nursery, he
publicly claimed the sympathy of sissy"
apd mamma" We had said that the
politics Of the Marysville Democrat were
fiat and that its local sentimentalities
were tiattcr. The MarysvilIe Express
could not neglect to agree with us, and
then the Democrat mewlcd inordinately,
terminating in the sobbing assurance
that I'VE do not write sentiment for them;
we write it for those who can appreciate
it" This sobbing is broken and made
bitter by emphasis on the words I'VE
and them" Poor child again we say
60 to nursery and stay there. "Senti-
ment !" sentiment" John Il. Ridge,
poet, and literary so forth, do you claim
that dislike for unskillful descriptions Of
little girls in the act Of watering hen
feathers stuck in manure heap, in imita-
ton Of planting and irrigating flower
garden, is ambition to be distinguished
for the total absence Of all sentiment,
fancy, geniality Of soul or kindred quail
ties?' Oh, throw away your pen and 60
TO making baby houses" Sentiment
We delight in all healthy evidences Of sen
timcnt; we love little children and enjoy
lofty geniality Of soul we admire the
beautiful and simple expressions which
pure and healthy sentiment employs in
-its obscure manifestations, but we are too
susceptible Of the fine touches Of fine
poetic art to feel and acknowledge that
soft, and even natural, "baby talk" in q
newspaper is expressive OF hearty and
manly "geniality of soul or kindred quail
tiles" in an editor. The editor of the
Marysville Democrat says he writes SEN
tiIncnt for those who can appreciate it ;
we will therefore suppose that he seeks
the esteem Of women. What woman,
however much she may be pleased with
the little kindnesses shown to her chill.
dren, and however much she may indulge
in gentle and monumental sentimental
ity with children, will say that the fol
lowing, for example, from the Marysville
Democrat, is to her . most pleasing evil
dencc Of natural manly gentility, dignity
taste and clevating and elevated senti
ment?"
LITTLE CMLDRkN.-Paasing up one Of ouI
streets yesterday, we noticed q little blue-eYed
girl about two years old, sitting down in The
walk leading from the gate to Der fathers door
She was crying away as though her little heart
would break. We suspected thss mamma
whom We saw walking up street, had peremptO
rily hidden little darling " stay within doOrs
We stopped in front Of the gate and looked al
sissy. at which she seemed 10 no wise pleased
We said, Little pet, what 10 the matter 2
Little pet put on that sullen aspect that only
outraged childhood can, and answered ugh.
Then we asked, "who has been abusing the
little darlingf" ugh" We changed Out
tactics. Noticing some Gagged canarieS hang
ing under the porch, We asked" Whose pretty
little brides are thOse?" Little innocent
thinking we had reference to some little linnetl
twittering in the lOcuSts overhead, pot hei
hands up to shade her eye1 and looked up ist1
q tree for S0me moments, and then answered
"Why them in Dod's birdth." We told thA
little girl that shs was one Of Gods angels, aut
We meant il, too.
The INDIANS, Nor THE TExAxs.-Tht