The mountain Democrat. [volume] (Placerville, El Dorado County, Calif.) 1863-1943, 1864-12-24

human cOuutenance.

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human countenance.
"The crowd cried that there we're more
under the car, and when looked beneath
It seemed as il the wheels were choked
With dusky bodies. Two or three chokey.
dars here made their appearance and com
PEELED the crowd to move back. Upon
getting closer to the wheels san that ono
Of them was half over the body Of man,
and that it had crushed but his bowels
and fastened itself like some Unsuitable
monster in his blood. Close BY him there
lay another man crushed to dcath-he was
but heap Of mangled flesh. The Brah.
Minis still looked down from the cars upon
these poor wretches with perfect uncon-
cern, and were even signaling for the
crowd to pull again; but the few police
men present made them drag the car back,
so that the bodies could be got out from
between the wheels. The mob cried out,
'Apse, Apse,' that they did it Of their own
accord and indeed there was no appear
ance of an accident. Their bodies were
far under the car, where they could scarce.
ly have got unless they had laid them.
selves down in front. I saw two other
men lying there when the car first stopp-
ed, but they got up and walked away
The three bodies we're placed together,
and the car was dragged on by the people
once more. didn't stayfto sec whether
its track was made in fresh blood"
THE HAMMER AND THE PEN-We read
that the pen is mighticr than the sword ;
reasoning metaphorically, the statement is
true. But the hammer is more powerful
than either, by the argument that deeds
are more cogent than words. The pen
inspires mankind to great efforts by the
glowing words proceeding from it. The
sword hacks and carves a brilliant name
for him who wicIds it; before its advance
the nations of the earth shrink back in
dread, and the women and children cover
in fear. By the light Of the bursting shell,
or the glare of dwellings, in flames, it
stands out and CLEANS balcfully against
the sky, and only over human anguish
and agony docs it stride to triumph and
renown.
Who ever feared the hammer, or its
deeds? Those who rush along the iron
roads Of the iand-thosc who plow the
waters Of the river or the ocean-t these
experience the triumphs Of the hammer,
know well its power, and how indispensa
bile it is. The pen may stimulate and in
vite to greatness, but it cannot achieve it
the sword bends oil things to its will, bu
it burns like consuming fire. and man
kind writheS in agony before it. Only tht
hammer is all powerful and peaceful. By
it thousands live and grow rich. With i
men amass wealth and build up the bul
warks Of the nation; hunger is kept q
bay, and famine is put to fight; peac'
eXalts her head, and hard. listed toll find
the brow of Mars. The pen bows to tn
hammer and does it homage. A man ma,
live in physical comfort without book il
the house, but he cannot exist withou
being indebted to the hammer or its quiv
alent. The pen sings the praises of tn,
hammer, and indites culOgiums upon it
numerous achievements; few are the mon
umcnts the hammer deigns to raise il
honor OF literature. The pen is mighueI
than the sword, because it achieves its OBJ
ject through reason and not force, and alst
in that it is infinitely more civilizing ant
humane in its efforts upon the world; bu
the hammer conquers even more territory
than the pen, and is, in its way, invinci
ble. No country is too remote or an!
wild too savage to resist its weight, no
any metal, wood or vegetable powerful
enough to defy it. Without the hammer
"a symbol of toll, as the pen is that o
thoug hit, and the sword Of violcnce-tht
world could not exist in comfort and re
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