The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-12-11

the continent, quickening the pulse and
th,iIfSs otIe3 ns1seSsSC thhsWSsy sthe
Nation, the World! Borne on the wings
of the wind and tho lightning, it is
Fcirdling tho globe, and wherever the human
heart ,Lseps fine ltSI ssbs- clidk. Of THE
Almighty dollar, its Knitting for action
the sinews Of youth and manhood, and even
I"waking fever in the blood Of age.", The
millionaire, in his palatial mansion, sur.
rounded by all the appliances for happiness
which wealth can purchase, holding in his
hand theiateH nsws from tho mines, sifEs
back into his yelv sted arm. chair in luxsrious
case, and dreams Of bags Of dust, and mug
gets and ingots Of gold, with which he can
buy another Railroad, double the number Of
his ships at sea, and bedeck bis wife and
daughters until they eclipse their envious
rivalswith more dazzling blaze of diamonds,
or brighten them into submission with . wider
and grandcr sweep Of "somethingto wear"
The sentimental youth, who has been "sigh-
ing like furnace" for some dear little bun
die Of fcminity, and writhipg under the
frowns of her equity purse-proud father,
is wildwith joy Mt the thought Of digging
specdy fortune, aud chasing away the scowl
from the old mans brow with CLEAN Of
golden sunshine.T & 4 " . T 4 ,
The told heart, on which ambition has
written 'sExcclsios," shrobs with quicker
beat Isl gold, and leisure, and study, and
fame, come floating in halo Of light before
the vision of its possessor. The hot blood
Pushes his check, and thrill Of triumph
quivers along each nerve, as no tells bis
aspirations and. his hopes 70 the girl he
loves. And she,, with a heart as noble IS
his own, and gensler, purer, nobler, true to
the impulses of woman's deepest love, bids
him God.speed, and proudly looks forward
to the time when the man Of her choice shall
be respected and honored by the wise and
good of the nation. The children of poverty
and disappointment who, all through their
lives, have been perpetually slipping on the
revolving wheel Of fortune, and remaining
in The mad It the bottom, new, as they
listen to the golden stories Of the Pixies
Peak pioneers, take a fresh grip, and each
one murmurs in determined tones 81 will
try again ~ The widow and the father!ess,
who hsss slipped their moorings and, adrifs
on the dark tide of sorrow, are padding
their own canoe, hail the tidings as the
sheet anchor Of sheir, earthly hope, and
already pesosfal land locked haven burst.
through The yellow misty light upon their
weary vision. But there are other hearts
than the good and true which participate in
the general enthusiasm. Villains Of every
grade, from the petty cheat, down through
the several stages Of -depravity,, to the
seducer and tho assassin, experience thrill
Of JOY as deep as their craven hearts can
feel, and already they are weaving Their
dark plans for the future into, tangible
shape: and, in their unholy dreams, are
riotinx in the accursed gains Of fraud. and
rapinc, and murder. But woe, wo! to the
reneSades whose crimes come to light. Not
one, or two, or n score, of detectives will
be on their track, but an outraged popu'ace,
eager for vengeance. No quibbling lawyer
will pick flaws in their iDdictment-no par
tlal Judges, no biased or purchased jury,
will save their nccks from the halter, but,
indicted by the voice of the people, and
tried by jury of thousands, untrammclcd
by the laws delays, they will meet right
cous doom and danslc twi1t earth and
heaven from the nearest limb.
The discovery Of gold in region thus
isolatcd from navigation, in the heart of the
country, will effect speedicr revolution in
Western affairs than the most sanguine
prosrcssioniss three months ngo would have
dared to predict. One year, and Colonia,
With her broad prairies and fertile valleys,
her countless herds and golden treasures,
Will be welcomed into the sisterhood OF
States. Five years, and the sportsman OF
Gotham, equipped for six weeks hunt,
will step aboard the western train with a
through ticket by rail, ria Council Bluffs,
to the Rocky Mountains. Ten years, and a
civilizcr more potent than all the armies OF
the Republic, will be rushing through the
valleys Of Utah, and westward, westward,
till it turns for home on the sands OF the
Pacific; then eastward, no ! freighted with
Japanese and Celestial tourists, bound to the
land of the knickerbockers and the Pilgrims
Wait till 1870, yc doubling fogies, then &c
to PaEscorr, and BANCROFT, and GlBBoS.
and RoLLrs and find, if you can, in all thcl'
} golden legends, parallel to the unwrittcI
history of your own "Grcat West"
And not on this continent alone will be
traced the effects of our golden discovery
Every department of human progress viii
receive new impetus. Enterprises, which
might have remained in embryo for an in
definite period, will now be speedily per
fccted. The marrage-feast attending thu
nuptials of Uncle Sam and the Island Queen
was succeeded by the penitential tears o.
the matrimonial spectators, who bought tn
wedding ring. In other words, the great worl
of 1853 has failed, but tits only Temporal,
} failure, and now in less than FIVE years
while the lightning telegraphs from
= cloud to cloud above the earth, its domcsti
Gated twin will be tripping with the speed o
light along its surface, bearing message
from jonathan to all the crowned puppets
of Europe, and taking from the tea table
of America morning greeting to his impe
, rial pig-tailcd majesty of the Cclcstia
J Empire. Somebody has said that gold i.
the great cnchanter which charms men te
destruction. That it will lead an army o.
charmed men to the mines in the spring
there is no doubt: but that it will conduc
them to ruin, We have no cause for believing
On the contrary, We have every reason t
hope that the enchantment will result il
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