The Shasta courier., 1861-02-23

E~E L. Z. FISHERS the only Agent of the
SHASTA COURIER San Francisco, with powers
to receive subscriptions and advertisement
therefor, and receipt for the same
OffiCE-lTl3 Washington street, opposite
Maguires Opera House.
The " Almighty Dollar. Argument.
There is certain class of American citizens
40 dollar be placed in froat of them, have
-s-ss sc5a nor ear Cor aught beside-who, thus
+cireamstanced, can neither see the glorious sun
light nor hear the distressed cries of a fellow
creature. With such men the argument of the
Almighty Dollar" is omnipotent. They are
dead to all those promptings and impulses of
mind and heart which dignity aud ennoble hu-
man nature. Upon the chase of the almighty
Dollar, they are like the bloodhound upon the
freshly scented track of the fugitive wholly
absorbed in the one desire to mouth the fleeing
game" By them, principles, national or State
policy, religion, morals, are all looked at through
the dollar, and valued according to their capa-
city to yield cent. per cent.
"Gold, gold, gold,
Yellow and cold,
Hard to get,
And Hard to hold"
is the refrain of their song morning, noon and
night. Even their country they look upon as a
sort Of money-making machine, whose motive is
the desire to acquire gold, and value it just as
it pays handsome or mcagre profits.
Our present national troubles bring this igno-
bic class of men prominently before the eye OF
the patriot, who stands appalled, at the hideous
sight of a creature who calmly looks upon the
handiwork of Washington and his compatriots
as it is being destroyed, and when implored to
aid m staying the Yandal hand, calmly asks
=" VIII it pay ?"-" will it yield handsome cent
| per cent?"
Such are the men in the South who favor the
destruction of Republic which has the respec
and friendship Of the civilized world; and which
while it has guaranteed to every citizen NOR,
liberty than is enjoyed by any other people OIL
earth, at the same time has secured for then
such happiness and boundless prosperity as n,
other nation has ever possessed. This yer,
sef-suficient, so that, puffed up with concei
they yainly imagine that they can improve upo
'vhc; arid deems almost pcrfcction-tha
by pulling down the magnificent structure erect
ed upon this continent by our patriotic fore
fathers, under the lead of Washington, tina
Heaven inspired master builder, they can ont @
its fragments erect q nobler structure upon
broader and frmer foundation-in short, tha
they can create a new Republic which will yel
to national and individual investment an in
creased profit in dollars and cents.
And such are the men in the North who lool
upon the Union solely in a business light, an,
advocate its maintenance by the " Almight
Dollar" argument alone. Such men say to tn
South, your postal services now cost three an,
half millions of dollars per year more thai
they yieldl and then are astonshed that tn
South does not at once weaken in the knees
and abandon the contest for what they deem
Their constitutional rights. The same sort o
men would nave been Tories in the Revolution
unless they could have made patriotism "pay.
They could never have comprehended the wis
don of fighting for principle, for right.
And thus neither OF these classes being capa
BILE of considering principle or right discon
nectcd from pecuniary and mercenary consider
atiens-n short neither being capable of eleva
ting themselves to the altitude of a patriot, th,
friends of the Union must look to neither fo
aid in preserving it. The swine, as they devoul
themellow fruit upon the ground, never look "
to tho source whence it comes. And these mer
have been for years enjoying the utmost libert,
and basking in unbounded prosperity withou
once turning an eye of thankfulness to our peer
less Government, the source of all their happi
ress Nay, while enjoying the blessings secured
by that Government, they repay it with curses
Therein they act less nobly than the swine, fo
while they devour the fruit without sentimen
of gratitude or thankfulness, they do not assai
with intent to destroy the tree from who's,
branches the fruit had fallen.