Squatter sovereign., 1856-04-15

me for what purpose man was created, |
should say at once. he was created to love,
serve and obey his Maker, and to do ali
the good he can, without directly meddling
with the business OF others: but generally
speaking, he does like to believe this
doctrine:
He'd rather believet that the chief end of man
is to keep what he's got, and to get whathe can
think my hearers, that man has made
money his chief end. whether be is de-
signed for 1t or not. Go where you viii
among the nations of the earth-among
the enlightened, civilized, halfcisilized,
savage, heather, barbarian, unitarian,
trinitarian, bibletarian, nothinganan, and
money Is the god bowed down - by all
Yes, my friends, it is the general or uni
versal god for the whole world. There is
but one greater. and more powerful but
it makes me feel lad to say that this great
er One is most shamefully slighted by the
unhallowed attentions paid the other The
difference is. one Is worshipped six days
in the weei-aye, l may say seven
while the other is worshippet only one
day-and, in thousands of cases, not even
that. You may well hang down your
heads, We proselytes of modern avarice,
and blush for the shameful truths that
fire off at you! l shoot no blank car
itridges-inine are no paper wads-but.
with the leaden bullets of conviction,
mean 10 pierce your understanding-chests
which, alas! have been converted into
srb-treasuries for miserly, worldly, gain
getting, hard-currency thoughts. Sup
posing, my hearers, that should, in the
superabundance of truth and honesty, have
the supernuous kindness to say that you
were all worshippers of false gods, the
same as are those pagan idolaters Of the
East, who don't know enough TO move
back when too near the fire: supposing
should say this-what might you do to
me You might. perhaps, tar and feather
me-you might ride me On a rail, as
averse as am to such mode of travel
ling-you might persecute me to the full
lest extent of the lynch law; therefore, /
shan't say any such thing: but will ven-
ture to say, that between you and the poor
ignorant heather, there is practical like
ness. They bow down 20 log of wood.
piece Of stone. or pair Of stuffed
breeches; and you worship pieces of gold,
bits of silver, and scraps of paper. How
much better then, are you than they?
Not but precious little, when the moral
and intellectual advantages which you pos.
sess are thrown into the scale OF eonside-
ration. They, poor things, are surround
ed by the thicllest darkness of ignorance
so thick that their little sixieen-to-the
pound candles Of instinct can burn but
with siekly glare: but you. my dear
friends, are differently situated. Here
you are, placed in an ever-blooming gar
den of knowledge. The sun Of enlight-
enment shines down upon you from an un.
clouded armament OF peace: around you,
on every side, flow streams of learning.
enriching the soil OF your intellects, and
beautifying the 1owery wales Of virtue ::
before you, stand the two trees of good
and evil, and you know which is what, as
we'll as do. With all these advantages,
how is it possible that you. ye children of
Iayarice, can be content to waiIow in the
filthy mire of lucre. But YOU will keep
gnawing at the root of all evil, regardless
of the poison that turks therein, the effect
of which Is most awful. It causes some
to steal sheep, rob hen-roosts, lie, chea, and
dissemble-others to put on the robe of
piety, and go to church to pick pockets in
prayer time-others to squeeze a poor
mans sixpenoe In his clutches, till it
squeals on, for mercy-and others to per-
form clandestine pilgrimage to Texas,
TO worship at the shrine of Mammon.
o, my friends. these things are dis
grace to civilized community. have
10 objections TO your making money, il
you can make it honestly and not too fast.
Go to the bees. those little democratic in-
sects. and grow wiser. They obtain their
bread and their honey, by Incessant indus
try. There are no beggarly misers. thieves
and robbers among them-no land-sharls.
money-changers, fint-skinners. and sharp
ers-no striking for wages-no wrangling,
disputing and quarrelling about gain, and
the division of spoils. No. my friends. all
there is love, harmony, industry, and
peace. The corrup,ions of avarice can
find no crack through which 10 enter their