Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1849-08-30
AT length Civil and Religious Liberty


ocean and just al the moment that its
hallowed influence has been felt and the
birlhrlght of man is permanently es.
tabished, little boy playing in the vi.
cnily of mill Race became attracted
by the glitter of a golden scale, and
thus the innocent gamoIngs of infancy
have become the preludes In the discov-
cry of inexhaustible wealth. The great
one above forseeing the influence of
emigration consequent upon the dscov.
cry of the little boy, permitted The thou
sand vallies and hills of this favored
Region TO be covered with cattle roam.
ing undisturbed and multiplying in mum.
bers in anticipation Of the wants Of an
integral portion of freedoms Temple,
and lastly, in every portion of the Uni
ted States Territory. East ofthe Sierra
Nevada with the whites represented as
Savages, while the Red race on the Pa.
cific side appear as if by Providence's
decree to be tame and docie, that the
Anglo.Saxon Race in their march for
the establishment Of Liberty might not
be impeded. 1t cannot in view of all
these things, be doubted that the various
Isles Of the Pacific and the unfavored
Regions of the oriental world will long
remain in state Of despotism and of
barbarism. Europe has but too re.
Gently sounded the knell of monarchical
aud despotic rule, TO doubt the spread
of liberty, civil and religious, peedly
throughout Christendom.
To return 10 the subject from which
have inadvertently strayed. Gold has
been found in California, in more abun.
dance, than the annals of History ever
told of before The Region already ex.
plored in which plenty Of the precious
metal has been found to exist in said 10
extend for 400 miles in length, and an
average of so or G5 miles in BREADTH
Ii is found on almost every stream flow.
ing from the Western side of the Sierra
Nevada chain, and it is also asserted
that it has been found on the Eastern
side, though this statement has not been
confirmed by reliable authority. In
medate'y on the discovery being known
industrial pursuits were instantly relin.
pushed throughout the land and the peo-
pie flocked en- mdSSe to the rich placers,
from which many were so fortunate as
to extract speedily large quantities of
the precious metal. The gold was so
easily obtained and that in such large
quantities that the digger" became car
less of the trader or speculator-Goods
and Provisions became enormously high
and The little 10 year old urchin, before
exhibiting in the hayward frolics of
boyhood in his leathern breeches, now
assumed the aspect of a wealthy nabob,
with his golden wealth pressing the
miniature pocket of his pantaloons low
down on his juvenile understanding -
Such was California shortly after the
discovery of The Golden Region. which
now shines so brilliantly in the magma
ton of the civilized world. The Ore
gonians soon became acquainted with
the mineral wealth Of the Country, and
Commerce the fair handmade of Civil
cation at once conveyed the pleasing
intelligence 10 the Sandwich islands
Polynesia and other islands in the Pa.
cifc. The people of these countries
Immediately left the various employ
ments TO which custom and perhaps en-,
joyment had called them, and hocked
in hundreds 10 this "El Dorado" which
before knew no other reputation than
that given TO a boundless pasture giving
sustenance TO millions of wild cattle and
horses, where it was said, lhepe ople in.
lent from the enervating effects of a
hot and distempered climate, basked all
day long in the sunshine, the only char
acIerterstic disposition of priest trod,
den community. 1t will not therefore
be thought strange that The few Amer,
leans then in California who prided
only on the invaluable Agricultural re,
sources of the Country, should refrain
from culIivating The soil, and push for.
ward to the mines. The mania for the
attainment Of wealth still appears tc
prevail among the greater number o.
the fortunate Pioneers, and seems lC
rage with overwhelming fury through
out the world. 1t is impossible to form