Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-06-03
RANDOM THOUGHTS.

Il night dreams, and sometimes the
Yer are less visionary than the
Paler. If men do not go so far as to
corporate a company for the purpose
building second tower of Babel,
ey do unite at times III very foolish
Undertakings. Ben. Butler, aided by
ogan and Morton, were driven by
{he autocratic bchests of terrible
Nightmare, to attempt to make paper
noney plenty. They probably dream
towards the rosy hour of dawn,
TIT they were about to become the
ia 6Ost exalted benefactors of their age
- making two rag dollars go where one
ulent before. But Grant vas dreaming
u something very different; and as
Rhuriel's slnar revealed a toad,
% the veto exposed initiation in It's
weird and danger Gus aspects. The
nfnff that dreams are made Of is usual
~ SO fragile, that the hand of a child
nay break it, and vet the cherished
dream of lifetime may, by melting
% action. become the foundation on
Nhich lofty superstructures are made
~ arise. Nearly % Years ago, when
Louis Napoleon was living in London
In comparative poverty. he used to tell
with the apparent certainty of in>pia-
tiOn, what he should do when he be-
came Emperor of France. His sur
standings ut the time not less than
hD evident untitness for tEs p sition
~ which he a>pired, led his unbeliev-
= II.
laugh ut his ambitious ulterances; but
the dream of years ultimately became
= reality. 1t first inspired his own
soul, and then. by the accrction of
atrength. it made its power telt on the
susceptible natures of his ardent fol-
lowers, and Ikea pebble cast into a
lake, its influence was seen i'll con-
Atantly wideEing circles. until success
was secured. As he became satiated
with power and honor in his special
*phere, this daring adventurer. casting
Ills evil eve abroad, listened again to
the tempting voice OF dreams, and this
time they proved dclu>ion and II
snare. lie beheld Il Mexican Empire
prOStrate at his feet. and later still Il
conquered Germany receiving at his
hand the small mcrcies he was willing
to bestow. TO him individually was
to come a military glory surprising
that of his great uncle; but could he
have dreamed when he left Paris to
l,aptize his boy in human blood that
he would never again return; that he
would fail to die at Sedan, and that in
few wears his days would end in
exile, how differently would he have
acted. Even now, il slender youth Is
dreaming at Chislehurst of a speedy
res, Grafton to Imperial honors, and,
however wild the vision may appear
40 many, it unquestionably has a
1Ower in some degree commensurate
with the impression it is making on
the drcamer'S own mind.
1t is Il very dangerous thing to allow
unbridlcd fancy to run away with
H0ber reason. The Car Nicholas
probably dreamed for years that his
Ereat mission in this world was to real
Ike the expectations OF his ancestor
Peter, by the capture of Constanti-
slOple. When defeat and disaster in
the Crimca reused him from his slum-
bers, the rude shock his faith received
rs to the accuracy of his visions was
great enough to kill the proud despot,
and vet, perclance, in his dreams of
inva>ion, he WAS LAYING the corner
atone of some historical editice of the
1uture.
Enthusiastic and unlawful dreaming
will always precede great national and
social changes. The French dream of
conquest in 1870. called into being. as if
by Omnipotent fiat, il regEant German
unity, and Bismarck dream of years
Became an accomplished fact. mid
might dream of vengeance on the part
Of the mercural GaulS may soon in-
#yolve Europe in deluge of blood.
al All enthusiasts are o. necessity
51reamerS, and while they are in many
8ases sent ahead of their generation to
blaze the way OF coming multltudeS,
hey are almost certain to be mis-
Dnderstood. When, 80 years ago,
William Lloyd Garrison was thunder
8ng forth anathemaS against negro
slavery. and with trumpet tongue de-
elaring its coming downfall, because II
vas wrong, lie was looked upon as Il
ray fanatic. but to-day his theories
1f right arc firmly Incorporate ed IN our
national Constitution. Great inventors
8fequire to be enthusiasts, but how
much greater al times alc the realities
hey produce than anything they con-
Reived of in their brightest dreams:
Gould Watts, Stephenson, Morse, and
others of like rank, visit the earth
Some fifty wears hence, and see i'll its
Ytill measure what a wondrOus impress
sion they had made OH the daily life OF
She human family, they would he as
Roni>hed beyond measure at the mn
mcnSe results of their feeble efforts.
Hreat dscoverers, too, in order tc be
great, must be kept under tne intlu-
*ence of some impelling dream. In the
estimation of some little creatures.
Livingstone was crazy. and because he
1 TO t.h iIl
was represented as not having accom-
3l'li>hed as much as might have been
3eNpected. Susan Il. Anthony Is no
6doubt dreaming. in her small way, ana
4who knows but she may discover the
Means Of promptly emancipating her
4kex. Even Miss Abby Smith, resist
ng he unjust tax collector. believes
hhe has discovered the rock against
which the waves of oppression. set in
notlon by the tyrant man, may be
5daShed into harmless spray.