The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1858-09-08

comes seriously, practically home to
Scroggs whether, after all, the Creator
of the Universe did really make men
and women for this particular kind of
navigation, and whether the struggle
for, and laying up Of money, is the
most noble, exalting. wise and real hap
piness-giving business in the world
While thus deprived of life's comforts
and blessings. Scroggs reflected Upon
the millions of worthy and industrious
poor of this and other lands, for whom
it is indeed hard trial to obtain sufi-
cient of life's goods and needs to start
up strong and prosperously out of their
greaves. Indeed being bound to reflect
seriously upon his situation, with the
calamaties Of the scroggs' generally, his
heart began to expand and experience
genuine sympathy for humanities race
in every cline. For once in his life he
seemed to realize that his neighbors had
bodies and souls to suffer and die, or to
rejoice in pleasure and live, by about
the same causes as gladened or made
sad his own heart. He also fully be-
lieved mankind had one common auth
or and destiny. This being the real
state of the case, he concluded that it
would be only common sense and nat
ural justice, to do by his neighbors and
friends just about the thing he would
like to experience at their hands. He
beheld vast multitude with noble minds
and generous hearts and God given rea-
son, put down to perpetual bondage. to
constant. weary toll and care, by the all
conquering arm of money, binding soul
and sense with every element of true
greatness and goodness, into pale cring-
ing obedience to COLDS despotic reign.
Often Scroggs beheld the genial spirit
of noble benevolence, of a lofty virtue,
with pure and warm humanity filling
to overaowing the souls of a multitude
who, in spite Of money, selfish ambition
and glory, seemed determined to arise
and assert their form and origin Immor-
tai; in their faces. goodness, wisdom
and justice beamed deathless imper.
sonation, and assemblage of true, moral
and intellectual excellence and grandeur,
standing in bold, rebuking coArast with
blind avarice, selishness, money pride
and money bondage. At the same time
| Scroggs beheld the golden God, money,
fstretch his all prevailing hand over
these moral, social and eternal intelli.
gences, spurning ra.sen, knowledge
and genuine humanity from their reign,
into obedience to the rule and behest
of money. There the first angel sound
ed, having the keys and seals of public
opinion and poured out his vial upon the
nations, when there came forth voice
saying: money, money, money. 1 am
the Alpha and Omega, the first and the
last, the beginning and the end of life. ~
Thus our hero beheld and saw the So
cial, political and religious world chief
ly given up to the spirit and dominion
of money. While Scroggs became
sorely vexed at the want of real comfort
wisdom and peace dwelling among his
kindred and race, he lifted up his voice
declaring unto the people that he did
not believe that men and women, made
in the image of their Creator with minds
and souls eternal, were really made te
be money makers and slaves TO those
who made most of that article, the love
of which sis the root of all evil" de
priving those given up to digging tha
root, Of about every real and true com.
fort. besides those privileges and bless
ings naturally belonging and really ap'
pertaining TO Gods noblest and bes
creation, the true and complete man and
woman. These privileges and bless
ings being only found in the enjoymen,
Of life, liberty and the pursuit of hap
piness, through the culture and exercise
of the best powers of body and soul
the great channels and avenues through
which we are to discover and travel ur
to the purposes of our physical ane
mental creation, Scroggs said he coult
not exactly understand how the all wise
and good Creator should make one mar
to toll, "grunt and sweat under weary
life." hauling and hewing the wood OIL
drawing the water of another man who
happened to be more favored by gold
than the white slave that did his drudg.
cry for from three to eight shillings pei
day. The poorer laboring for the rich.
er from youth to manhood, from man,
hood to old age. even down to thei,
graves, for little more than what food
drink, clothing and shelter is needful to
preserve the body, and in hard times.
perhaps not quite all even of these com,
forts to be had, which has been the ex.
perience of Scroggs if Of no one else il
our land of money, murder, music and
moonshine. In the nineteenth place
Scroggs would like to enquire why every
man cannot have small portion Of the
Lords free and green earth.