New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-01-04

t-em BAT hit him Vita a single piece OF iron o
che same weight slG you vii sill him.
! Mn-coser. there e great difference betwee.
| seeking wealth Dob fhe lou- rll. by s. wise inter
change uf -re great cclrioi ties ot cifrs ana fl-
-aus b. bay .a- 4ai selling. By manufacturing aal
tralil-, and the Thousand appliances oi u word
/ wide commerce. and seeking lhs images a4l
/ representative ~ wealth di-ects-tne yellow
gold .rse.t. The other may be au undue chronic
excitement tut tbs .ast Is trl.y tie yellow lever.
/ There IS IS great difference IS Carly makes
between a sincere Pagan iio.arry, thar igroanty
/ w0rstiQs CD under th- .rm of idols, and al Il
s-cere. ..r-, hyrccutcal iioatry. hke tlst
| which tle iloatrous Jews tooA zap, when they
| AArN better, N1rsliuI- tre Idols tleMse Ives
| " hen % comes to the real worship oi IDOLS BOZ.
stead ot the things which the idols represent, d e
/ Pie gttrrm1st depth Of human le -raisriol. And
lst 81 rle misery worship o. yellow gold Is the
I 1asest of passions. Place n msu ODD position .u
/ which. oy a few years honest and dilgeut apr.-
cation o bis faculties De- Will be- sure Oi a fortune
and you are ia fact, running him 90 g mold OF
| character, which nay be very favorable to -ooi
/ ness. which certainly does not exclude Do, b4t n
which, avalln1 himself Of the grace of God. le mos
/ make almost anything oi himself that BE- p'es-
/ Place man ar tle mouth 90 gold mine. ~ .-i RI
| shove. and pick a.. and We d0 lo- think you see
/ any Immediate discipline % goodness or prospect
o. virtue there. H.s frame will uemb.e wiki the
excitement Oi pure avaIice, and DE digs Digs DIGS
tle yellow dirt itself. and % Tee De mr. uunsturaly
careful. gets the fascination oi snake over hm.
/ Re IS very much in danger either 10 becoming ui
ser or spendth-it-oi going to one extreme or the
other There Is 30 hunger that Is So intense, so
6.tu.. a. after gold u tle form ot gold. The
mIser would eat AID criuA nis gold % be- could.
| A sort oi metallic poison seems o. get into hls
heart There is great danger in this.
Next there are particular social As Vel IS per
/ souai dangers ana temptations connected with
Il
] gold regions. The nrst and greatest IS from A.
dent Spirit. u, wherever Missionaries go with
the gospel rum goes or has gone be0r5 them.
| then certainly rum Will run before chase sitter
wealth. But 10 viii make dreadful havoc And
those ~ hl loading their ships ln whole or lu
part with ardent spirit Tor trathc there are curses
| o. their race. In TINS traffic, the demons 0t nam
mon on the one hand, and intemperauce on the
other. strike their bargain, and the rum merchant
u the eo-between. the pander between devils
| The poor Ind ans, whose veins are kindied with
this fire. Wi. be, Just now, the greatest sufferers,
blt not by and-oy, not everlsstugly. There ought
O. Re the most strenuous efforts against the eNp0r
t8ton OF Intoxicating liquor o. this discover
cd region OF wealth. Every company formed to
20 out larger orr smaller, ought 20 be sworn against
70 every vessel ought % exclude TO- 10 u Tor the
worldly interest and success % every individual
embarking ia this enterprise, that rum should bee
kept out OF II. Nay, the lives OF muutudes IN these
expeditions may depend upon this.
Then there Is the wire OF Gambling. These TWO
things rum and gambling, will be real elements
of hell. Yet, as some are sending out rum, Others
vii send out dice aud playing cards for commerce
iu the gold-dzgng colonies. Aud what Kind OF
colonies they are likely 20 turn out, u these things
prevail, any man may Judge Against these TWO
things. rum and gambling. every company and
every individual going Ihither ought 10 guard with
the EXTREMIST caution. II young men 10 not take
care, they will return gamblers, where they went
ont honest, and drunkards where they went out
temperate The temptations 10 both these vices
but suppose especially % the vice Oi gambling
Will be tremendous. Total abstinence, both from
dice aud drink will be the only Safeguard, with
very special watch against the dealers of cards
| and liquor. These things. II they prevail will
| Orhg on quarrels, hot blood, the use OF daegers
and knives, indeed a lawless, murderous state o
life and manners. There Will be insults, robbie
/ ries, personal revenge, and hostile artiss.
Then, too, there Is the greatest danger Ol all the
restraints OF the sabbath being tramp.ed under
foot. This, indeed, is one OF the greatest most di-
! rect evils 10 be apprehcndcd 10 this whole move
/ ment 10 might be guarded asulnat by each com
/ pauy taking out with them preacher oil tue gus
| Del and establishing regular sabbath services
wherever they settle but without this, without
churches, without ministers, and at a great dis
lance from the fixtures and Orresses OF Christian
| itr there is danger OF utter decentralization. There
| $ 10 remedy for any OF the evils that have been
named. but IN the restraining power OF the gos
| pei Legislation eau do little Gods word can
| do much. Individuals can do much by means OF
| that word. Companies might do much by taking
| men % preach n, and planting m California the
/ Institutions o. n Christian Sabbath, hand In hand
with their secular business. II the Sabbath be OBJ
| served, Sabbath morality will be triumphant
| M the Sabbath be desecrated. unb0unded hcen-
tiousness " ill oyerrun the land intemperance and
| gambling, violence and wickedness will prevail
! fourth danger has been named In some quar-
ters the danger of the Introduction OF slavery and
| OF Slave labor az the mines And n indeed these
| four evils should come together, Rum, Gambling
Sabbath breaking, and Slavery, then would the
state OF society be about as bad as we can con-
ceive It 20 be on earth.
But there seems already prOvdentai guar
anty against the introduction OF slavery IN the
| concurrence OF such large companies OF ireemen
| who will do their own work and whose principles
are deterr ned against any other than free labor
10 would seem very clear that tree labor IS 70 have
| the pre0ccupancy there, and we may defy slavery
b enter wherever that IS the case Beside, u
any persons shOsld BE- ndlscreet enough % carry
slaves to California, what power on earth can
there prevent them from at once asserting tnen
own liberty aud digging for gold on their own &C
count Here, then, is territory OF enormous
extent, one-iith as large as the whole United
States unbhghted by the curse Of Slavery,
and which Divine Providence seems 70 have pre-
served for Freedom suddenly added 70 our coun-
try A territory, almost without population here
toiore, having II is said, but about eight Or ten
thousand persons Of civilized origin, and about
- 900 Indians, all free, and which God IS causing
D be oveuun by FreemeD, with rapldity III
heard OF ia the world, since the armies OF the
North overran the Roman Empire. The danger
from Slavery IS very slight. II It were real, II
would be among the very FIRST duties OF all the na-
mer0as companies now advancing thlther from the
Free States. TO set up and secure unalterebly
Free Government that shall exclude Slavery Tor.
ever. But the other dangers are real, pressing,
and portentous. How are We 10 guard against
them The arm OF Government at present Is a.
most Observation-Disclosures are pOweriess, aud n
all accounts be true. are IA danger just IN proper
ton TO their success There Is no safety but IN
companies firmly united on the principles OF Indus
iry. Integrity, Temperance, Religion with one
common interest one common freedom. holding last
% the Sabbath setting up 10 Institutions al once,
and on the foundations Of rs Religion and Morality
compacled together. We have heard 10 suggested
that voluntary Military Government will be nee
essary but Of one thing We may be sure, that no
Government can be successful, nor peace and hap
piuess possible, without the Institutions OF toe
gospel The due observance oi God Sabbath vii
90 more Tor Law and Order than al toe muskets
ard armies IN world. A colonies