Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-06-28
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A. this time the country d flooded viii
n kinds Of pablicAticns ~cslculStAd a, IN
a., - eulssatiea 70 the Wild I'D 'noan'
nincsas eSuntr, Of che gold regions Pam
phiets and newspapers are burdsnins the
mails, nd slanUtsg every elBsc end count
ing room, in the sGort ~ draw labor and
cS6zSl b the West Thossapds Who as1
comfortably settled for life, and surfcuhd.
cd with cvstythins wkleA oaa render NOR
tai happiness complete, arc becoming infect
cd with a strange un~casiness which bodies
no good to their future years. Many who
need never place their hands to labor, are
,renarinr TO rend tho ties Of home and
friendship. and 70 sncountcf unknown
rerilS and hardships which they cannot
now comprehend, and which they may
never he able to surmount, in tho vain purs
sui: Of a competency which they now pos
sess. The wild and imaginative tales Of
the aIlurcments Of Montana, Idaho and Ne.
yada, seem to be as powerful for evil to the
well balanced minds Of OUT MISTER Of fact
people, as the ramon Of boundlcss boards
of American wealth were to the reckless
and deludud followers Of De Soto Of his
brother a%dycnturcrs. II the prospect Of
sudden wealth has always been over power
ing to the minds Of all men OF every age,
SO has experience taught US that safe invest
mcnts and steady, though trifing profits,
have been more conducive 70 human happi-
ness and general welfare. If Cortez won
an empire aud almost countless wealth by
his courage and cruelty, De Sot o persisted
miscrably in the midst Of an unsy mathizing
and hostile wilderness. II Pizzarro could
not estimate the value Of thc gold that was
strcwn at his feet, and could force kings and
princes to do his bidding, the equally dar-
ing Balboa was made the ignominious vie.
tim of a gibbct erected by his interiors. II
Cortcz, and Balboa, and Caesar, and Bona
parte stakcd their lives for fame and domin-
ion, ind for a time possessed the baubles,
did they not also perish more miserably
than the meancst Of their slaves? If the
haggard gamester is able to attain cnor
nous wealth by his ~ruinous profession,
would itbe advisable for every man to peril
tho comfort and happiness Of his family in
ordor to follow that galncster's example p
II hazardous experiments sometimes win,
IS II advisable for every man to play a game
o. ha1ards to win boundless wealth or be
lett a beggar If some adventures
arc enabled to accumulate their fortunes in
the land of gold in maryelously short pc
RODS Of time, does that fact constitute a
reason why other men should leave safe and
prosperous homes to initiate their cxamlc ?
Wo think not. Before making rash con-
illusions, people SHOULD calmly consider
these matters. Where one man makes his
fortune by going to Nevada, n dozen are ir.
rstrievAbly ruined. 1t may do well enough
Tor young men to journey thithcr, who
have no particular ties to bind them to any
one spot, and whose minds are filled with
the enthusiastic desire of youth to see the
world, and to adventure into yelled and I'M
known realms Of nature; it may do well
enough for those who have nothing to loose,
and everything to gain, to embark in an en-
tcrprisc which can leave them no poorer
than when they commenced but mcn who
arc settled down for life, and surrounded
by tender ones who look TO them for sup
port and protection, should be careful how
they harbor desires which may bring them
to sorrow.
Few who have been reared in old and
highly civilized communities, can comprc-
bend the trials, privations, and discourage
mcnts which our pioneers are subjected to.
And those who now move in the circles of
refined and cultivated society, should be
careful how they hasten to deprive them
selves OF n blessing and happiness which
cannot be properly appreciated until lost
Life in the wilderness may wear an
nlluring air when viewed from an easy chair,
through the bewildering veil which the
novelist or poet may cast about it, but when
confronted in all its rugged austerity, it will
be found TO be quite q different affair.
Let those, therefore, who have allowed
themselves to be bcwildered with these al
Turing tales, turn from them as q drunkard
would turn from the fatal glass which he
has just rcnounced.
Let those who must leave their old an
choragcs turn 10 the beautiful prairies Of
the central part Of our State, that stretch
boundlessly away like the plains Of a para
disc; where the land brings forth unparalel-
led harvests, aud where no foe can pene-
tratc to deyastatc and destroy. The late
war has unsettled thousands, and inculcsted
a spirit Of adventure, and a love Of excite.
ment into their bosoms which will bear the
saddest Of fruits if it is not checked. Years
which would pass away in unrewarded
struggles in the regions Of gold, could be
made to blossom with wealth and prospect
ty on our own generous soil. The safest
course is the best one, and while Iowa Of
fers such ~uncqualed inducements to the
emigrants from the East, let them not blast
The hopes Of a lifetime by oversteping the
bounds Of prudence, and casting their for
tunes with the destinies Of lands which Of
they know nothing.
OuR abolition cotemporaries who urge
tho extension Of the right Of suffrage to the
negro give prominence to the assertion that
the man who il fit to fight is Ht to vote. II
one admits hat this be true, it will not at